The '''Green Room''' is a space that is often created and set aside for program participants.  
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The '''Green Room''' is a space that is created and set aside for program participants.
Panelists are invited to meet in the Green Room before panels in order to gather and plan the discussion they are about to have in front of an audience.  (The name comes from Theater and historically refers to the room that actors in the theater use to prepare in before a performance, and to retire to when they are not on stage, during a show.)
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Panelists are invited to meet in the Green Room before panels in order to gather and plan the discussion they are about to have in front of an audience.  (The name comes from Theatre and historically refers to the room that actors in the theatre use to prepare in before a performance, and to retire to when they are not on stage, during a show.)
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Some conventions give their [[concom]] and [[staff]] access to the green room as well, or offer a separate [[Staff Lounge|staff lounge]]. But you needn't do either.
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Some conventions give their [[concom]] and [[staff]] access to the green room as well, or offer a separate [[Staff Lounge|staff lounge]]. But you needn't do either. There are also Regional and Genre convention variations, for example [[Filk]] cons never have a Green Room.
    
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