Allie Hager
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Moderator

The right question can change the entire conversation.

Allie creates engaging discussions that bring out the best in panelists, while keeping the audience with them the whole way through.

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Allie Hager moderating a panel discussion from the podium
What good moderating actually requires

Not just asking questions off a list.

Researching Panelists

Coming in knowing who is actually on the stage, not reading their bio for the first time that morning.

Asking Intelligent Questions

Questions built to get a real answer, not a rehearsed one, and to move the conversation somewhere worth going.

Facilitating Disagreement

Letting panelists actually disagree without the conversation turning into a fight or shutting down.

Controlling Dominant Speakers

Keeping one voice from eating the whole panel, without making it awkward.

Pulling In Quieter Voices

Making sure the panelist who is not fighting for airtime still gets heard.

Creating Audience Value

Steering the discussion toward what the room actually came for, not just what the panelists want to talk about.

Managing Q&A

Running the open floor with the same control as the rest of the session, so it does not lose momentum at the end.

Which one do you need

Speaking, emceeing, or moderating.

Keynote Speaker

Allie delivers Break Out by Staying In as the main content of a session.

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Emcee & Event Host

Allie runs your event, keeping energy up and transitions clean between other people's sessions.

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Moderator

Allie runs a panel discussion, asking the questions that get real answers and keeping every voice in the room heard.

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