>>That was my first thought, too. But the main tenets of being a facilitator seem to be that everyone gets their say and that the facilitator takes no fixed position regarding the issue(s) at hand.
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>On the other hand, if the conversation gets way off-topic, perhaps the facilitator should have the skills to keep it back on topic. Not to predetermine the final result, but to ensure, for example, that a talk about current trends in astronomy don't ends up as a rant against the current government, for example.
Sure, that's a useful if not necessary requirement for the role, but I'm not sure I'd call it "stack[ing] a conversation". As Charles pointed out, it seems like a loaded phrase, in English at least.
Regards. Al
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