The closure activity during the final meeting provides opportunities for participants to:

• consolidate their learning
• note their most important lesson or memorable experience
• reinforce the confidence they have gained in themselves
• validate the strength and power of the relationships they have cultivated through this process
• honor the group’s efforts, courage, and accomplishments, and appreciate everyone’s investment of time
• reflect on the group’s aspirations for advancing the work its members just completed

Closing statements from the facilitator offer an opportunity to:

• praise and celebrate the group’s accomplishments and the effort it took to achieve them
• share a few personal feelings (and identify them as such)
• formally end his/her engagement

Closing statements from the convener may include:

• information about funding for specific, follow-on activities
• an explanation of additional resources and possible roles for the current participants
• a status update regarding the convener’s continued support or disengagement from the project