Powerful Panels Blog
August 27, 2015
I was talking with Tim Mathy at SpeakInc about a panel he was on that “flowed amazingly well.”
August 19, 2015
Popular television shows are great venues to look for ways to spice up your next panel program. It can be something as simple as riffing an […]
August 13, 2015
It rankles me when something is advertised as one thing, and then it turns out to be something else. When a bank says, “free checking” only […]
August 9, 2015
Moderating a nationally televised debate is never easy. Just ask Fox News anchors Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace, the moderators of Thursday’s first Republican Presidential […]
August 4, 2015
Here’s another way to kick off the panel, finish it up, or interject some energy into the room – especially when you have a “boatload” of […]
July 29, 2015
I’m always on the look-out for unique ways to spice up a panel discussion – and most of them seemed to be based on TV games […]
July 16, 2015
San Diego Comic-Con, the world’s largest conference celebrating the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture, just ended. Although I can’t prove it, I believe […]
July 9, 2015
I was talking with a meeting organizer the other day who was grousing about the usual suspects. You know… the folks who are ALWAYS called upon […]
June 24, 2015
Questions from the audience can enrich a panel discussion or derail it, so decide ahead of time when and how you will manage questions. You can:
June 17, 2015
Audiences have a love/hate relationship with panels.
June 10, 2015
How much research should a moderator do in preparation for a panel discussion? For some, not a lot is required because they are a seasoned moderator […]
June 3, 2015
I see it all the time: A panel that lacks visual diversity. It’s a bunch of middle-aged white men as panelists and no women or minorities. In […]
May 27, 2015
A recent Rasmussen poll found that 46 percent of Americans want ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos banned from all 2016 campaign coverage following the revelation last week […]
May 27, 2015
When putting together a powerful panel, round up a handful of interesting people with different experiences and perspectives. In other words, look for DEEP panelists:
May 20, 2015
“Oh, we don’t use panels at our conferences,” says the meeting organizer for a well-known conference.
