There are there roles in a conference/ panel discussion:

• The Moderator - Guy Kawasaki has his advice for them: How To Be a Great Moderator.
• The Panelists - Paul Kedrosky takes care of them: Ten Rules for Being a Good Conference Panelist
• The Audience. How can you be “good audience”?   The answer: don’t.  Be Participants instead.

How? You can learn it here, at the Techdirt Greenhouse.  No, you don’t really have to be a Bay Area resident. Last time we had participants from Chicago, the UK … come on, it’s fun, and a life-changing experience: you won’t ever want to passively sit in a conference where the panel talks and you listen …or sleep.

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