Towards distributed facilitation in research teams: an example from itDf

This essay argues that facilitation is a valuable tool for research teams. It suggests that an external facilitator is particularly helpful for more complex gatherings, and that for smaller or more routine gatherings, building skills within teams to enable the distribution of facilitation across team members is a viable alternative to hiring an external facilitator. Distributed facilitation is a way of supporting internal facilitators by helping to mitigate the time and effort it takes them to manage both process and content.