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Speaker & Moderator Toolkit
Information for Workshop Moderators
What is a Workshop?
Every workshop is required to incorporate an element of interactivity. As a result, there are no "didactic" workshops. Each session should fall under one of these categories of interactive formats:
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Q&A: A moderator and no more than three speakers will speak for no more than 20 minutes each. Since all workshops are 90 minutes in length, this will allow the moderator to conduct a 30-minute question and answer segment at the end of the session with questions from the audience.
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Panel Discussion: A moderator and no more than three panelists. The panelists do not give presentations, instead, the moderator asks them probing questions in a series of pre-defined topics and allows them to respond in turn. Once each panelist has addressed each question, the moderator will allow one person from the audience to provide commentary as well.
If you are a panelist.
Panelists do NOT need to provide individual handouts. The session moderator will be providing one handout containing session overview and topics.
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Audience Response: A moderator and no more than three speakers, each of whom will offer a presentation constructed solely of clinical case situations. Each case will be presented to the audience, who will respond via audience response keypads, and the results will be shown on the screen. The speaker will then tailor his or her comments depending on those results. Allowing five minutes for each case will mean each speaker can present six cases.
If you are a speaker participating in a session utilizing the Audience Response System.
You will be asked to submit several cases or questions to which the audience will respond via keypads. Instructions for submission will be forthcoming.
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Hands-On: Sessions in which participants have the opportunity to actively manipulate devices or otherwise practice procedures in a supervised setting.
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Pro/Con Debate: Two presenters provide opposing views on a controversial topic.
As moderator, you are responsible for…
Working with confirmed speakers to develop specific session content. Once they are all confirmed, you will be notified via e-mail. You should contact the speakers well before the meeting to ensure that their presentations fit the learning objectives. You will also be responsible for verifying that the session content is free of commercial bias. Your staff liaison can organize a conference call for the session participants if you would like.
Assisting the staff liaison assigned to your session with the collection of necessary materials from your speakers. The timely collection of disclosure statements, handouts, and audio-visual presentations is essential to the overall success of your session and your assistance in this area will greatly increase their likelihood.
On-site management of your session. It will be your job to make introductory announcements, to introduce your speakers, and to ensure that they and your session begins and ends on time.
*If you are a moderator in a Workshop . . .
Moderators should contact the speakers in their sessions well before the meeting to ensure that presentations fit the learning objectives and that there is a minimum of overlapping information within the presentations. This is also a good opportunity to obtain biographical data for speaker introductions. *If you are moderating a panel discussion workshop, you will be asked to submit a handout containing session overview and topics.
If you have further questions, please contact Sara Wagner at (414) 272-6071 or swagner@aaaai.org
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