Panel discussions at TwitchCon are usually tucked away in meeting rooms at the convention center. When they are broadcast, it usually happens on the Twitch channels with complicated names like twitchcontwitchunity which don't make it to the front page where most of Twitch’s viewership lives. This makes them fairly easy to miss. So let's highlight some of the smaller, quieter moments from the show.

The "Change Begins with Me" panel was hosted in the Twitch Unity Lounge at 10 am on Friday, September 27, just as most of the convention was lining up for the Twitch Rivals Fortnite competition. As a result the room was sparsely attended with quite a few seats available. VOD for the panel has not been clipped yet but the full day of the panels from the Unity Lounge is available here and this specific discussion starts at minute 32.

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The panel was discussion between Naomi Kyle, Elisa Melendes, and Leslie Pirritano about building positivity in a general sense on Twitch. Kyle is probably best known as a host for IGN, Melendes holds a PHD in Comparative Sociology but is better known as a creative streamer and as a voice actor in Borderlands 3, and Pirritano is a part time streamer and executive at AMD. The panel focused on small everyday ways to bring positivity to your life and, by extension, your Twitch stream.

Some choice words of advice included:

Making charity streaming a regular part of a routine.

Keeping a schedule.

Making sure your stream has an educational aspect to it.

Staying open to new and different experiences.

Reaching out at your office to improve conditions if you see problems.

Keeping a journal with a page full of things you like or that make you happy.

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Once the general discussion ended the panel took a few audience questions, such as: Do you have any advice on work-life balance for people who are new to streaming? In answering, the panel focused on actions that can be taken by an individual over advocating for structural solutions like a union for streamers.

Another question from the crowd: Moderation on Twitch is getting more difficult, do you have advice for keeping Twitch chat positive without banning or timing people out? This question was answered with more practical advice such as implementing a three strikes rule for bad behaviors and having the streamer help with calling out bad actors in chat.

The panel ended with a call to action for audience members to tweet the hashtag #OneSmallThing along with an example of one simple action that someone could take to help build positivity.

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