facilitators
Those who ease
Facilitators are people who make processes easier or help groups work together effectively.
In business and education, a facilitator guides meetings or workshops without directing outcomes—drawing out participation rather than lecturing: The facilitator kept the discussion on track without imposing her own views.
More broadly, anyone or anything that enables an activity can be called a facilitator: Social media has become a facilitator of political movements.
Conflict resolution facilitators
- arbitratorsNeutral third-party deciders
- negotiatorsThose who arrange agreements
- conciliatorsThose who restore harmony
- intermediariesAgents linking separate parties
peacemakers · go-betweens · liaisons · brokers · diplomats · reconcilers · intercessors · moderators
Those who coordinate activities
- coordinatorsThose who arrange activities
- plannersThose who devise arrangements
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
synchronization · alignment · integration · scheduling · management · harmonization · administrators · liaisons
Reaction accelerators
- enablersThose who facilitate harm
- empowerersThose who grant capability
- advocatesThose who support causes
- championsContest winners, top performers
sponsors · backers · supporters · promoters · accelerators · drivers · change agents · influencers
Those who coach athletes
- instructorsPeople who teach others
- coachesThose who instruct athletes
- mentorsExperienced advisers to learners
- tutorsPrivate academic helpers
educators · guides · teaching assistants · orientation leaders
People who provide support
- helpersPeople who give aid
- aidesSubordinate staff members
- guidesThose who show directions
- consultantsExperts hired for guidance
advisors · counselors · navigators · advocates · case managers · support staff · service providers
Those regulating discussions
- interlocutorsPeople talking together
- hostsThose who entertain guests
- panelistsDiscussion group members
- chairpersonsMeeting leaders, formally titled
mediators
Conflict resolution facilitators
- arbitratorsNeutral third-party deciders
- negotiatorsThose who arrange agreements
- conciliatorsThose who restore harmony
intermediaries · peacemakers · go-betweens · liaisons · brokers · diplomats · reconcilers · intercessors · moderators · adjudicators
organizers
Those who coordinate activities
- coordinatorsThose who arrange activities
- plannersThose who devise arrangements
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
orchestration · synchronization · alignment · integration · scheduling · management · harmonization · administrators · liaisons · conveners
catalysts
Reaction accelerators
- enablersThose who facilitate harm
- empowerersThose who grant capability
- advocatesThose who support causes
champions · sponsors · backers · supporters · promoters · accelerators · drivers · change agents · influencers · patrons
trainers
Those who coach athletes
- instructorsPeople who teach others
- coachesThose who instruct athletes
- mentorsExperienced advisers to learners
tutors · educators · guides · teaching assistants · orientation leaders
assistants
People who provide support
consultants · advisors · counselors · navigators · advocates · case managers · support staff · service providers
moderators
Those regulating discussions
- interlocutorsPeople talking together
- hostsThose who entertain guests
- panelistsDiscussion group members
- collaborationteamwork, partnership, co-creation, alliance, sharing
- mediatorsmediator, mediators, arbitrator, arbitrators, negotiator
- support groupssupport groups, support group, self-help groups, group therapy, peer support
- doersdoer, doers, workers, go-getter, makers
- discussion rolespanelists, speakers, moderators, debaters, respondents
- peer supportpeer counseling, peer mentors, peer counselors, support networks, self-help groups
facilitatorsblockers
Things that obstruct
obstacles · obstructors · impediments · hindrances · barriers
facilitatorsdisruptors
Those who destabilize systems
saboteurs · antagonists · agitators · troublemakers · dividers