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December 5, 2018
5% of annual meetings have panel discussions – and it’s a fifty-fifty proposition they are any good at all! Expectations decrease dramatically when your attendees walk […]
November 20, 2018
‘Tis the season to be jolly! Or so you would think with all the Christmas decorations already up on display!
November 13, 2018
What would you do if you realized that you were a male panelist on (yet another) all-male panel, otherwise known as a “manel”?
November 5, 2018
So you’re talking to your panelists in preparation for an amazing panel discussion, and one of your panelists asks, “What can I do to make an […]
October 31, 2018
Have you ever been on a panel (or watched a panel discussion) when the topic started out in one direction, and because of the synergy of […]
October 25, 2018
In this age of increasingly polarized opinions, I watch with horror the television news shows that host a “panel” of experts – who all talk over […]
October 16, 2018
Nowhere is fascination more relevant and important than during a panel discussion at a big meeting or conference. After all, your audience’s expectations aren’t that high. […]
October 9, 2018
Here’s a new term for you: the Spotlight Panel. First featured by the ultimate panel destination, San Diego Comic-Con, the Spotlight Panel Session is exactly what […]
October 2, 2018
A panel discussion ain’t over until it’s over! Why not punctuate your panel with a group activity to discuss what just happened? Here are three ways […]
September 26, 2018
Want to really shift gears, throw a wrench into an otherwise traditional panel discussion? Ask one of your panelists to ask a question to a specific […]
September 17, 2018
Is a panel discussion merely a “staged conversation” as noted by Indian author and frequent panelist Jerry Pinto in a recent blog posting?
September 14, 2018
Where does a panel moderator get the actual questions to ask the panel? According to my colleague and Founder of Extreme Meetings, Brian Walter, he says, […]
September 10, 2018
Remember the game, Musical Chairs? It’s a party game where you have one less chair than the number of people. When the music starts, everyone circles […]
August 28, 2018
Speaking with Sopan Deb for a TimesTalks conversation, Stephen Colbert talked about his struggles with the lack of overall diversity in the writers rooms of comedy programs.
August 22, 2018
I was kinda surprised when I stumbled up on Jared Lindzon’s blog about Larry King and a panel he moderated at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto. […]
