On 11/9/16 1:53 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > On 10/11/2016 08:24, Melinda Shore wrote: >> The experiment appears to have had minimal impact. It's perhaps >> most helpful to consider the role of the facilitators during the >> lengthy and occasionally acrimonious Singapore discussion, where >> facilitation was unhelpful. > Which I don't think is intended as criticism of the facilitators, but > rather of ... human nature? Yes, exactly, and apologies if I implied otherwise. > I think it's only more Chair-like interventions (summarise opinions > and suggest a possible way forward) that will work in such cases. The facilitators did post summaries. I don't think that was actually helpful, divorced as it was from some sort of actual facilitation/moderation process. It looked like a lot of work for the facilitators (for which, btw, a belated "thank you") and for that level of effort I think we'd hope for something that moved the discussion forward a bit more actively. Melinda
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