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Benefits of the Critical Friend role

Benefits to projects and institutions

Particular benefits may include: 

  • Providing an independent sounding board for further development and enhancement.
  • Suggesting ideas and external links.
  • Promoting the project to a broader range of external audiences.
  • Helping to promote sustainability.
  • Encouraging serendipity.
  • See project feedback on the value of the critical friend.

 

Benefits to sponsors

In addition to the benefits listed above which can also apply to them, critical friends can benefit sponsors by:

  • Adding value to the project by maintaining a strong focus on sustainability.

 

Benefits to the sector

In addition to the benefits listed above which can also apply, critical friends can benefit the sector by:

  • Suggesting and/or facilitating links and collaboration between related projects which can lead to further development and enhancement.

 

Potential disadvantages

The most common disadvantage is the failure to use the role effectively because of confusion or misunderstanding over the role and its relationship with other structures.

 

 

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