Patterns & Metaphors
Expertist participant type
Other Names:
Blind belief type
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Conference participants who judge the value of a meeting by the number and the qualifications of the experts present tend to believe and trust in expert opinion and mistrust contributions from other participants including their own.
[Strengths] A respectful relationship to speakers and presenters, if they are experts or specialists. Become aware of dimensions to an issue that non-specialists may not have been exposed to. A useful balance to grassrooter types.
[Weaknesses] Mistrust of "grassroot opinion" including their own leads to a passive consumer type participation. Tends to accept "expertise" without question. Can become cynical when disillusionment sets in.
