Responsibilities of the Team Coordinator/Facilitator
What are the meeting responsibilities of the team coordinator/facilitator?
They include the following (see also Facilitator Roles and Tools for Meetings):
- Schedules, arranges, and conducts the meeting.
- Prepares and distributes agenda before the meeting and ensures that agenda is
followed during the meeting.
- Clarifies purpose and helps the team identify goals.
- Ensures that all team functions are assigned to various team members.
- Encourages everyone to participate throughout the discussion.
- Summarizes and organizes the ideas discussed to gain commitment (with help of
recorder).
- Identifies common topics or subjects in discussion to maintain direction of
discussion.
- Asks questions to clarify comments and restates if members are confused.
- Encourages team to finish each agenda item before moving on to the next.
- Encourages the integration of new members.