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How to Moderate Talks, Panels, Meetings, More
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How to Moderate Talks, Panels, Meetings, More

Matt Abrahams and Sonal Chokshi
A16Z, 2020
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In this a16z podcast, interviewer Sonal Chokshi and guest Matt Abrahams discuss essential skills and techniques for conducting successful interactive communications, including presentations, interviews or panels. They outline the necessary planning and preparation, tell you how to keep a discussion on topic, and provide valuable advice about verbal and non-verbal behavior for virtual and  in-person events. Practicing their straightforward tips can help you achieve calmness and confidence in person and on screen. 

Take-Aways

  • When planning an interactive communication, establish a clear goal and shape the arc of the experience to support it.
  • The moderator guides the conversation and connects ideas to serve the audience. 
  • Verbal and non-verbal expression requires different approaches in person and remotely.

About the Podcast

Sonal Chokshi, editor in chief at Andresson Horowitz, hosts this episode of the its a16z Podcast. Matt Abrahams, host of the Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast, lectures on communication at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a founder of Bold Echo, a communication skills consultancy.

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