Host and participant: what the words mean

Every Robin session has two sides:

• The host is the coach whose session it is. The session runs on their session type, at a time from their availability. Only the host can start a transcript or a recording, and whoever starts one controls it.
• The participant is the one who books it.

Where "coach" and "client" come from

Each session type names the roles. On Robin's Peer coaching session type, they are coach and client. On a session type a host adds, the host names them in their own words. A supervision session might name them supervisor and supervisee. A mentoring session might name them mentor and mentee. Robin shows exactly what the host wrote.

That is why a booking page reads like this:

Peer coaching · 60 min Sam: coach · you: client

If you book it, that is the relationship you have both agreed to for that hour.

When you only see "host" and "participant"

Some session types do not name roles. An intro chat or an ad-hoc call has no professional role to declare, so those sessions show the neutral pair:

Intro · 20/30 min Sam: host · you: participant

It means only that nobody has declared a professional role for that session. You are two coaches who meet, and one of you hosts.

Naming roles on your own session types

Add or edit your own session types under Scheduling → Session types. You will find the two role fields there, with suggestions to start from. The fields are optional and free text, and you can word them however fits the work. Whatever you write is what other coaches see when they book. Robin sets the roles on its own three session types. See session types.

Want the fuller picture?

For who hosts, why it matters for your logbook and your records, and why a session keeps one role configuration for its whole length, read Who hosts a session, and why Robin asks.

Questions

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