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Here’s another question for Chris, Siona, and Dave: What is a facilitator compared to a host? And compared to a coach? And finally, compared to an artist?

I ask because people keep suggesting I’m a facilitator. But being a bit of an elitist, the two seem juxtaposed.

But I’ve started to wonder if elitism has been given an unfortunate and unjustified coloring. I also wonder if facilitation has been characterized too much as group hugging when there’s really a lot more on the table.

I picked the comparisons above because they each seem to have some element of facilitation and each also maintains a primary sense of elitism. For example, I think a host can be picky about her company. A coach makes cuts when creating his team. And the artists we all seem to love the most all seem to have a bit of that elitist flair.

It seems to me we’ve all run pell-mell into the arms of the crowd … the broader and more base the group, the better. And I’m wondering what your experience has been across the gradient of elitism. How does the value of the outcome change across each step up the ladder of exclusivity? What is given away and what is kept?

So, I’m hoping you each might weigh in without getting too hung up on the caustic connotation of the words I’ve chosen - that you see beyond them to the sense of my inquiry. What do you think?

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