you want to get a lot done and aren’t
sure how to accomplish it.
you want to do more than just sit around
and talk. You want to be sure
that people get into the conversation and have some fun, and
there are results for which people are accountable.
everyone’s participation is important,
and you need a professional to be
sure that happens, or you want your best in-house facilitator
to participate.
people are really mad at each other or have
other strong feelings that need to be aired.
you need a neutral person in
whom everyone has confidence to keep the discussion even-handed
and balanced.
the meeting is “high stakes”
in terms of issues (expand the mission
vastly) or participants (new Board members who are prominent
and need to be incorporated into the group).