1. it allows for the creation of an informal atmosphere no matter how large the group.
2. it permits participation of all those present.
3. it stimulates pooling of ideas within the small group and by means of the reporting to the large group facilities over all communication and participation.
4. it encourage a division of labor and responsibility.
5. it secures maximum total individual identification with the subject problem at hand.
6. it is a rapid method of obtaining consensus.
7. it encourages the development of individual confidence in the democratic process.
8. it makes it very difficult for discussion and recommendations to be controlled by authoritarian leader or by small vociferous minorities.
9. it helps to free individual of their inhibition against participation by identifying their ideas with a small group which then may become the protagonist.
10. the method often provides welcome relief from fatigue, boredom and monotony as large meetings seem to bog down.