Like most aspects of Giving Games, you can tailor your role as moderator to suit your particular needs.

• Your most important responsibility in facilitating the discussion is to treat the participants with respect and to ensure that they are respectful to each other. Everyone is entitled to their opinions.
• If participants break into small discussion groups, you can float between groups and/or have people call you over with questions.
• Make sure everyone who wants to participate in the discussion has a chance. If certain people are dominating the conversation, break in and invite other people to contribute by asking what they think (but be careful not to single out anyone who may just want to listen!)
• You may get asked a question you don’t know the answer to — even if you try to anticipate potential questions beforehand. “I’m not sure about that” is a perfectly acceptable answer! Consider having a device available to do follow up research on the fly (but remember it's possible the information you're looking for simply doesn't exist). It is better to be honest about not knowing something than to make something up or provide inaccurate information. You can also say something like, “I would have to look into that, but I’m happy to get back to you.”
• In some Giving Games, it’s obvious that the facilitator has a clear preference among the charities. For instance, a group dedicated to fighting extreme poverty might run a Giving Game pitting an anti-poverty charity against a heartwarming but less effective domestic charity. It’s okay to acknowledge this bias. You can say something like, “You may think it’s clear what I think. But this isn’t about what I think, it’s about what you think. If anyone’s talking to you about a charity, there’s a good chance they have their own agenda. And if there’s one thing you take away from this Giving Game, it’s that you should think critically about what they say and make your own decisions.”
• You probably won't need to do much to stimulate conversation — the participants generally have plenty to say. If you need to get things started, just ask if anyone has any initial thoughts or impressions on where to give or how to think about the choice.
• If the conversation goes off on a tangent, or is hijacked by a particularly vocal participant asking a lot of questions, help steer it back on track. Don’t be afraid to limit the scope of what can be covered in today’s game while also acknowledging that these are important topics and questions; perhaps promise to identify another day and time to continue/expand the discussion, or set up a time to meet with any particularly vocal participant individually to more fully address their questions.
• In the unlikely case that the discussion dies down, you can jumpstart it by asking a leading question. The question can either be practical (about the specifics of the featured charities) or conceptual (about the frameworks that should guide this choice).