Learn English – the word for someone who initiates group social interaction

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Example scenario: a youth hostel employs someone to try get guests to be social and interacting. In a common area (lounge), the person may bring together various solo guests into a group and get everyone playing board games.

The end result being a better experience for the guests. The guests then being more likely to leave a positive review.

I experienced this some years ago at a hostel in New York. The social man later said he worked for the hostel to start such social activity. Long after, I saw a volunteer advertisement for the same thing somewhere else. I'm sure in that advert they had a word for the person who starts such social activity – I just can't remember the word.

Edit: Perhaps another take on this is someone who is planted within a group of people with the goal of influencing the group toward a desired outcome.

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These people are generally employed as "Holiday Representatives", more commonly shortened to "Holiday Reps".

The ubiquitous "Club 18-30" travel company has a page detailing their recruiting requirements for such as position.

Being one of our Club 18-30 holiday reps is a job like no other! It's definitely not for the faint hearted, you'll need to have a great personality, awesome communication skills and enough stamina to keep you going from morning to night!

Typically, these types of reps will organise parties, excursions and other social activities while imparting their local knowledge upon the guests.

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Monitor

 1. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of
    duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or
    caution.
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 2. Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the
    school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the
    absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a
    division or class.
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 3. someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
    [Collaborative International Dictionary of English]

Somebody has to warn kids not to steal the milk.

It has the same root as admonish but describes the person and their authority.

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aberrant: departing from the right, normal, or usual course.

'An aberrant Christian' , 'an aberrant doctrine'

heretic: a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.

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