Moderators
...Repeat the question
When you’re on stage, you can hear every small sound coming from the audience. The reason is the crowd is facing you. Conversely, if you’re in the audience, you can’t hear anything except the speaker. That’s because most everyone has their back to you, or you have your back to them. As a result, there’s an odd dynamic in that the presenter can have conversations that most others in the audience can’t understand because they only hear half of the conversation.
So if the audience doesn’t have a microphone, do your part as moderator and repeat the question in your microphone.
When you get the cue from the conference producers that it’s time to wrap it up…
