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How To Be A Rock Star Panel Moderator
This document provides tips and best practices for moderating panels and involving audiences. It recommends that moderators move discussions along at a fast pace, keep things unpredictable with humor, and involve the audience early and often. Moderators should share relevant information, help audience members learn and solve problems, and act as an advocate, manager and guide for both the panelists and audience. It also provides suggestions for structuring question and answer sessions, managing expectations, introducing participants, and getting audience feedback and participation throughout the event.
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- 31. Manage expectations Make agreementwith audience
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