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August 19, 2019
I was recently moderating a panel discussion with several hundred people in attendance and we decided to use microphone runners to solicit questions from the audience […]
August 14, 2019
Trending now: Joe Rogan fans have created a petition asking that the UFC commentator be considered to moderate a 2020 presidential debate. The Change.org petition currently has over 137k signers. Boo hoo. […]
August 12, 2019
As a panelist who wants to be successful at an upcoming panel discussion, you’ll put the work in, doing the work needed to look brilliant and […]
August 6, 2019
When your panelists have differing viewpoints, try this “hat debate format” inspired by Jordan Weissmann at The Slate:
August 1, 2019
With 24 candidates vying for a spot in the next debate cycle, this round of debates was much like herding cats with the intention to differentiate the […]
July 26, 2019
It’s tribal council time for Survivor 2020 – Democratic Presidential Candidate Edition! The DNC wants to winnow the slate of candidates – so don’t be surprised […]
July 16, 2019
The first few minutes of your panel discussion are absolutely critical. Although people shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, they do. The audience (and panelists) […]
July 9, 2019
I have watched several panels who declare themselves as an “UnPanel” – a panel of 4-5 people without a moderator. And it always ends up with […]
July 2, 2019
You might have noticed that I’ve been reporting on the Democratic Presidential Primary debates! And as I was trolling about looking for tidbits of information, I […]
June 28, 2019
As I predicted, round two of the first Democratic Primary Debate was more feisty. Moderator Lester Holt called it “spirited.” I’ll call it a feeding frenzy […]
June 27, 2019
Sorry to those who wanted this first Democratic Presidential Primary to be a slug match. It did not “get nasty” as predicted by some of the […]
June 19, 2019
For this presidential debate cycle, the country has been focused on who will be able to stand at the candidate lecterns. Yet there is an equally […]
June 13, 2019
NBC just announced “a panel of five” moderators for the first Democratic Primary Debate:
June 3, 2019
This week, in an exclusive report to Refinery29, it was reported that “the Democratic National Committee is requiring that each 2020 Democratic presidential debate includes at least one female moderator.”
May 29, 2019
Q&A is often the biggest fear for many panelists. What if I get asked a hard-ball question? What if I can’t answer it? What if I […]
