Whether it's moderating a live panel discussion, managing your all-hands meeting,

or even guiding a cross-functional team to a decision in an important meeting,

mastering the art of helping a group communicate is a critical skill for many of us.

In this episode from November 2020, expert communications and presentations coach Matt Abrams,

who was also a lecturer at Stanford's Graduate School of Business

sits down with Sonal Choxi to share frameworks, strategies,

and many concrete tips for how anyone

can become a better moderator and facilitator.

They cover everything from how to approach prep work,

like can you be too prepared,

and how to handle disruptions on the fly

to the subtle differences between in-person and virtual events.

The ways our own ticks and anxieties can manifest before an audience and more.

Hi everyone, welcome to the A6 and Z podcast. I am Sonal and I'm here today with an episode all about one thing but also many things which is how to

moderate and I don't mean moderate in life like everything in moderation I mean it in the sense of

moderating when you're speaking whether managing or participating in a meeting,

presenting a talk, doing a panel or live discussion, even a podcast, and more. We also go deep on something that's top of mind right now given the pandemic, which is that many knowledge workers who have the privilege and ability to work from home, are now communicating entirely online and virtually, and many will probably continue to do so well beyond.

So how does that change moderation?

Where do the differences between in-person and remote, as well as the evolution of tech and

tools, come in?

Our special guest for this episode is Matt Abrams, who's a lecturer

on Strategic Communication and Virtual Communication at Stanford's Graduate School of Business,

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