Table 1.

Committee’s assessment for the improvement of facilitation skills

No.	Age	Occupation	City	Improvements	Points for improvement
1	Early 50s	Nurse	Akita	She seems to have acquired a wider perspective	She should make use of pauses to improve the effectiveness of her speech
				She now looks more confident	Her speech is still lacking in emotion
				Her speech has become smoother	She uses set phrases such as “Let me see…” too frequently
					She should adopt a pace that is more in sync with the participants
2	Late 30s	Care manager	Akita	The speed of her speech has improved	No other comments
				She is now able to pay attention to the audience
				She is now able to keep a good pace with the audience
3	Early 50s	Care manager	Yokohama	She is now able tos whilepeak while looking at the entire audience	She still looks a littletoo serious
				She is now able to use body language effectively to get her point across
4	Late 30s	Care manager	Yokohama	Her speech has become smoother	Her explanations lacked clarity
				Her voice has become clearer	She should look at the participants rather than the slide
					She should focus less on reading and more on explaining
5	Late 30s	Care manager	Yokohama	She is now able to explain with feeling	She should explain the various concepts she wants to convey in her own words
				Her speed is now slower and her speech clearer
				She is now able to pause effectively during speech
				She is now able to elicit questions during her sessions
				The second time, she did not pressure the audience to agree with her opinions
6	Early 30s	Care manager	Himeji	She now appears less nervous	She should make eye contact with the participants rather than look at her memo
				She is now able to use words of her own to explain her thoughts
				She is now able to use pauses effectively during her speech
				She has improved her vocal tone
				She now looks confident
7	Late 40s	Care manager	Nagoya	She seems to have acquired a wider perspective	No other comments
				She is now able to avoid unnecessary words during her speech
8	Early 40s	Social worker	Nagoya	She is now able to entertain the audience	No other comments
9	Early 40s	Public health nurse	Tokushima	She now looks at the audience and appears a little more confident	She still needs to work on projecting a more confident image
				The speed of her speech is now appropriate	She is unable to establish a good rapport with the audience because she is still too serious
10	Early 40s	Care manager	Tokushima	She is now able to use pauses to her advantage during speech	She should be mindful of meaningless gestures
				The speed of her speech has improved
				She is now able to illicit questions from the audience