Powerful Panels Blog
August 2, 2020
If you can’t moderate a panel discussion well in the live, face-to-face world, you probably won’t do a great job in the virtual world. And why […]
July 29, 2020
The mother of all panel events is San Diego Comic-Con where 6,500 people line up for Hall H. Wouldn’t it be fabulous if you had a […]
July 22, 2020
I recently attended a virtual panel discussion that went a bit sideways right out of the gate. Rather than use the “waiting room” feature and have […]
July 15, 2020
I was recently asked to moderate a live, face-to-face panel. After my initial shock (what? Live? Do you not know that the COVID-19 virus is still […]
July 9, 2020
Polling the audience is a great way to engage the audience at the onset of your panel, during the discussion and even at the end. But […]
July 1, 2020
You’ve decided you want to poll the audience to get their opinion, select among a limited number of options, or to gauge their level of interest […]
June 24, 2020
Especially in these times of virtual panels, many panelists want to provide more value to the audience in the form of a handout. That’s what they […]
June 16, 2020
As we continue to practice social distancing, we still need to meet, albeit virtually. And we’ll still have the ubiquitous panel discussions with a group of […]
June 10, 2020
A seasoned panel moderator was asked, “Is it necessary to use humor in a panel discussion?” The moderator responded, “Not unless you want people to listen.”
June 3, 2020
The main way to learn how to moderate a panel is to moderate a panel discussion. Not just one, but many. Note what works and what doesn’t […]
May 27, 2020
I recently moderated a one-hour virtual panel about the future of meetings using Zoom that went exactly according to plan (which is extremely rare!). In preparation, […]
May 20, 2020
For the foreseeable future, panel discussions will be virtual (where everybody is geographically dispersed, connected through a digital platform) or hybrid (where there is a group […]
May 13, 2020
Virtual panel discussions are all the rage during this COVID-crisis. Yet many of them are one-way communications between the panelists with little interaction from the audience. […]
May 6, 2020
It’s not a matter of “if” one of your panelists on your panel discussion will ramble off-topic. It is when it will happen. Especially when moderating a […]
April 29, 2020
Now that several states are starting to “open up,” don’t be surprised if a few small face-to-face meetings are held while using social distancing guidelines. Some […]
