Facilitator vs. Trainer

Trainer-
- Give information and skill
- Direct learning
- Operate from specified outcomes
- Have an established timeframe
- Plan the sequence to achieve the outcomes
- Are cognitive
- Use an a priori design
- Move from known to known

Facilitator-
- Provide nurturance
- Guide interaction
- Operate from an overarching goal and a vision of possibilities
- Have an undetermined timeframe
- Have a repertoire to draw from, but no predetermined plan
- Are intuitive
- Use an in media res design
- Move from known to unknown

Facilitators must act upon these beliefs:

Must trust the group’s ability to find its own direction and resolution
- ask questions and listen
- recognize that when it’s time, it’s time

Create a form from group work
- model attitudes and behavior
- reveal their thinking
- foster independence
- stay in the here and now
- trust their intuition

Has no preconceived notions
- go slowly to go fast
- use the energy
- if unsure what to do, do nothing