Powerful Panels Blog
July 19, 2016
Regardless of how prestigious your panelists are as well as the intense preparation you put into your panel discussion, you must intervene when a panelist:
July 12, 2016
Dave emailed me a most intriguing question: “Should I pay a someone to be part of our panel? It’s a stand alone panel which is NOT affiliated with […]
June 29, 2016
We’ve gotten so many compliments on the SMM panel discussion at MPI’s World Education Forum, that I thought it would be useful to break the process […]
June 23, 2016
When I walked in to MPI’s World Education Congress in Atlantic City last week, I was delighted to see the ballroom set in a theater-in-the-round! The […]
June 14, 2016
I am often asked where the moderator should be stationed. While there is no “right” place to be located, make your decision based on the the […]
June 7, 2016
Note: This is part three of a three part series on Theater-in-the-Round. Today, the focus is on having a panel-in-the-round. Enjoy! While theater-in-the-round is a unique audience-centered […]
June 1, 2016
Note: This is part two of a three part series on Theater-in-the-Round. Last week, the focus was on staging, this week is on speaking in the round, and then next […]
May 26, 2016
Note: This is part one of a three part series on Theater-in-the-Round. Today, the focus is on staging, next week will be on speaking, and then having […]
May 15, 2016
While there is great debate in the moderator community about who should introduce the panelists, let’s put it on record that I’m not a big fan […]
May 12, 2016
If a Panel, a Q&A, and a Keynote Speaker Had a Baby……it would be DigitalNow‘s creative collaboration sessions, according to MeetingsNet.com. I was fascinated with MeetingsNet.com’s description […]
May 5, 2016
“OMIGOSH! I knew this was going to happen!” If you think about it, a good panel moderator can see most of the things that can go wrong during […]
April 28, 2016
“Rapid fire panel discussion sounds much more sexy than [boring] panel discussion, doesn’t it? I admit, I was intrigued with the title when I stumbled upon […]
April 5, 2016
Top 10 Problems with Panel Discussions In a survey we conducted in 2014 of over 500 executives and meeting professionals, we asked, “What’s your absolute, biggest […]
March 31, 2016
I’m always on the lookout for a smart, brisk panel discussion format, so I was delighted to witness Michael Wilkinson, Managing Director of Leadership Strategies moderate a […]
March 23, 2016
Ian Cleary runs razorsocial.com, is an expert in social media tools, and speaks at various conferences. He has attended several panel discussions, he is frequently asked to be a […]
