Table of Contents
Let's Talk: Leader Moderation Guide
The goal of every Let鈥檚 Talk group is to promote civil discourse to a larger audience. With your leadership, your group will engage students in thorough, constructive, and vibrant discussion about tough issues in a healthy atmosphere. You will help students practice and develop their skills as productive interlocutors in an informal and exploratory forum. An interlocutor is simply someone you talk to, like a discussant. Discourse groups allow various viewpoints to come together for inquiry through collegial discourse and dialectic, allowing members to learn as much as possible about other people鈥檚 positions, experiences, and ways of thinking.
A key part of being a Let鈥檚 Talk leader is recognizing when to intervene during a heated discussion. FIREhas created this Leader Moderation Guide to prepare leaders for their role as moderator and to give them the tools to diffuse tensions in conversation.