It helps to name what it is you/we are celebrating, confirming it and its value. (Tom)
Naming a challenge for what it is helps ease the tension that may accompany it --Sue
Getting specific about the exact commitment is where the rubber meets the road. --Tree
A key skill in establishing common ground. The facilitator listens to discussion and then says, "I hear we have X in common." --Tree...............................Naming - making it explicit to the group what their common ground is - wiki
Go ahead! Say what you see! And then give it a name. -- Tom
It can be very useful to name the presence of powerful emotional currents and/or specific manifest emotions --Sue
Naming something can be a form of feedback, and offering feedback may result in the Naming. - wiki
Naming both helps people figure out where the energy is and helps with situations where you don't have the opportunity to follow the energy in the moment. - wiki ... I agree, and I'd add to the end "because it helps the group recognize what was going on and set it aside for now" (or "it bookmarks the energy") - Tom
Naming seems closely related; an outward manifestation and use of the insights gained from consciousness of hologram. (Not all naming arises from hologram; naming may also arise from other sources.) - wiki
Almost always Going Meta begins with either a question or a Naming or both. -- Tom
The part of GFA that is about replacing a negative label with a positive one is all about Naming. --Tree
Guerrilla Facilitation often involves naming something that's going on that isn't noticed or is being determinedly ignored. "I sense an elephant in the room. No one seems to want to talk about X. Do we want to address that?" -- Tom
A major function of harvesting is to give a name and thus coherent reality to phenomena that may be subtle, emerging, complex, or otherwise difficult to express. -- Tom
When a group is not clear about what exactly is emerging within it, naming it can reify it into something that they can feel they now know. -- Tom
Finding the perfect question is a form of Naming. --Tree
[Inquiry] may help in Naming something safely and subtly rather than explicitly. -- wiki
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