Powerful Panels Blog
December 21, 2015
Who schedules a presidential primary debate on a SATURDAY night? I guess if you don’t want anyone to tune in, it’s a good strategy.
December 18, 2015
As the moderator of a panel discussion, it is your job to facilitate the conversation so the audience receives tremendous value from their expertise and perspectives. […]
December 17, 2015
This article will explore the creation of panel questions initially posed by the moderator. We will cover the 9 steps to create good panel questions.
December 10, 2015
When I talk to my clients about where they source their panel moderators to facilitate a panel discussion at a meeting, conference or convention, I’m not […]
December 3, 2015
You just agreed to be a panelist at your organization’s annual meeting and you are wondering, “What was I thinking?”
November 19, 2015
Congratulations! You have moderated an amazingly successful panel discussion. You met the panel objectives, delivered on the promise, made the panelists look like heroes and the […]
November 11, 2015
Change up your format with a quick “Lightning Round” to add a little pizzazz to your next panel discussion.
October 29, 2015
Last night’s Republican Primary Presidential debate was snarky, awkward and just plain weird.
October 21, 2015
It’s almost showtime! 45-60 minutes before the panel discussion is to start, the panel moderator and the panelists should meet each other face to face for about 15 […]
October 15, 2015
This week at IMEX America in Las Vegas, I was speaking about how to make your panel discussions go from boring to bravo. Before the session […]
October 7, 2015
One of the most important tasks for a meeting organizer and panel moderator to do is to create an appropriate structure and panel discussion formats. What's the difference? Consider the structure to be the essential framework of the panel discussion, (the tasks, the flow, and the timing) whereas the format gives it the shape, color, life, and energy.
Formats come in all kinds of shapes and sizes - the creativity is boundless! However, there are generally five types of formats that I have seen in the in-person and virtual world.
September 30, 2015
I was having a great conversation with Mark Milroy, CAE, Vice President of Learning at ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership. He has seen ALOT of panel proposals […]
September 24, 2015
Harry A. Overstreet, an American Educator who was the first to write about the panel process said, “No one, under any circumstances, is to rise and […]
September 10, 2015
I’m a HUGE fan of Catchbox, a throwable microphone that I use (almost) all the time for audience Q&A during interviews and panel discussions.
September 3, 2015
A conference organizer recently emailed, “Unfortunately the fact that most people (certainly in our market) don’t have a high regard for panel discussions is one of […]
