Powerful Panels Blog
May 15, 2015
I was facilitating a roundtable discussion at an un-named conference recently and watched an A/V perfect storm – a confluence of events that, individually would have been no […]
May 7, 2015
These are tough questions to ask a high-profile political figure:
April 24, 2015
Obviously, everyone has an opinion. But if you have a lot to say about the topic, then you should be a panelist and not the moderator. […]
April 16, 2015
Question: I am moderating an upcoming panel with a wide range of panelists: One bona fide expert who has written a ton of books on the […]
April 10, 2015
A key skill of any panel moderator is to inspire conversation between the panelists. After the initial remarks (either through an initial presentation or first “hot […]
March 20, 2015
Yesterday, two seemingly unrelated items about panels hit the national media.
March 12, 2015
A recipe for panel disaster is allowing the panelists to “just show up” and expect brilliance to spring forth. Sure, it could happen if the panelists […]
March 6, 2015
Is there such a thing as too many panels? Absolutely.
January 30, 2015
I stumbled upon a picture of a panel recently and cringed. The moderator and panelists are sitting on simple, four legged barstools with an itty bitty […]
January 20, 2015
A few years back, I moderated two panels of my peers at the National Speakers Association’s CSP/CPAE Summit in Coral Gables, FL. The Summit had about […]
November 21, 2014
An important aspect of every panel discussion is creating interaction with the audience – before, during and after the panel discussion.
October 15, 2014
Every once in a while, I hear a drum beat for an end to panels at meetings, conferences and conventions. Many of these commentaries lament that […]
September 15, 2014
Harry A. Overstreet, an American educator, first coined the term “panel discussion” in a short article “On the Panel” in October 1934, issue of The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review. In essence, Overstreet envisioned the purpose of a panel as a “glorified conversation [with] all the delight of generous give-and-take. And if it is a genuinely good conversation, it sends people away with a warm feeling not only that their own ideas have been clarified but that their understanding of other points of view has been broadened.”
September 2, 2014
Back in July, I had the good fortune to witness the Executive Exchange Panel with Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor in Chief, Forbes Media, Kat Cole, CEO […]
July 20, 2014
At the 2014 National Speakers Association (NSA) Convention, Mark Sanborn moderated the Executive Exchange Panel with Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor in Chief, Forbes Media, Kat Cole, […]
