Moderator roles in a seminar

1. Moderator Roles in a seminar
Examples of Expressions
(Adapted from :
http://www.digitalsignageexpo.net/dse-guidelines-moderators)

2. Welcoming
Good morning everyone and welcome to .........
............. My name is ................................,and I’ll
be moderating today’s event. I am glad that you
are all here.

3. Housekeeping
Before we begin, just a few housekeeping notes:
• Please mute your cell phones now if you have not
already done so.
• Also please note the evaluation form you
received. We would appreciate your completing
this form and handing it to the room monitor as
you leave. Your comments and suggestions are
very important to us in planning future seminars.
• Lastly, our procedure for questions and answers
today will be… [Moderator: explain procedure
agreed upon with presenters here].

4. Introducing Presenters
Now let me introduce our speakers….
[Moderator: introduce speakers by name, title
&company; there is no need to take time
reading their biographies as they’re printed in
the program]

5. Closing
Before we close, we have a few additional
announcements:
• Remember to turn in you evaluation as
you leave the room.
• Your certificate can be taken on the
information desk.