Assigning a Table Leader to Encourage Fellowship

At most of our women’s events that involve women eating and fellowshipping around a table, we assign a “table leader” for each table.  This person is friendly and good at drawing people into the group conversation.  Her job is to do her best to engage everyone at the table in conversation.  This is not always easy, but she attempts to make sure that every woman attending the event feels included.  In order to get everyone engaged, the table leader may also need to tactfully and gently keep one person from monopolizing the conversation around the table.

A simple beginning is by having each woman at the table introduce herself and tell a little something about herself.  We try to facilitate this by using “ice breaker” questions.  Sometimes these ice breaker questions are introduced by the emcee of the event; other times each table determines their own.  But the goal is always to draw people into conversation, help the new women or the more reserved personalities to get acquainted and feel welcome, and to encourage fellowship.