Panelist
May 13, 2021
If you are asked to serve on a panel discussion as a panelist, there are some things you should DO and some things you definitely should NOT do to be successful. Here's my list collected over the last ten years of moderating panel discussions:
September 16, 2019
So here’s a new term I have never heard of: “Stacked Panel.”
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 […]
January 8, 2019
I just finished an interview with executive coach Pam Fox Rollin on how to be a powerful panelist during a panel discussion at a meeting, conference, […]
December 11, 2018
As a panel moderator or a panelist, what do you do when your panel discussion hits a lull in the conversation? What action can you take when […]
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 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 […]
May 9, 2018
Panelists, what do you do when you are the LAST person to answer the same question all the other panelists answered already?
November 20, 2017
Some words of wisdom from fellow professional panel moderator, Brian Walter: If you are in charge of the panel you want to “cast for contrast.” And […]
October 4, 2017
Perhaps you’ve been asked to serve as a panelist in an upcoming panel discussion…and you may be wondering, “What do I have to do to be […]
August 31, 2016
You had a sneaking suspicion this was going happen. A good friend asked you to be on a panel, and it’s not going so well. Even […]
May 5, 2016
“OMIGOSH! I knew this was going to happen!” If you think about it, a good panel moderator can see most of the things that can go wrong during […]
December 3, 2015
You just agreed to be a panelist at your organization’s annual meeting and you are wondering, “What was I thinking?”
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 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 […]
