how to moderate a panel
January 22, 2019
Birth.Movies.Death editor Scott Wampler kicked off a hilarious thread where he begs the question: “Literally everyone in this stupid business has an A+ ‘crazy guy at the junket/Q&A’ […]
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 […]
August 7, 2018
How do you get your panelists to spill their secrets in a compelling way? Ask your question in such a way that rather than just giving an […]
July 18, 2018
Was just talking to a panelist about his recent experience in sharing his insights during a panel discussion. One of his comments made me cringe:
July 2, 2018
Perhaps you are familiar with the party board game, “Would You Rather?” The premise is fairly simple: The player picks a card with a precarious dilemma and […]
June 12, 2018
Ready to shift gears? Shake it up? Change the tempo of the traditional, ho-hum boring panel discussion? About two-thirds of the way into your panel discussion, […]
May 22, 2018
Want to break up a rather mundane panel discussion? Try polling the panelists!
February 27, 2018
I’m always on the lookout for interesting ways to start a panel discussion. Sometimes, the panel moderator will poll the audience to get a baseline for […]
November 8, 2017
Recently, I was asked to co-moderate a panel discussion with a dear friend and colleague. “Wouldn’t it be fun?” she said. Yes, it can be – […]
October 19, 2017
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) […]
August 23, 2017
It’s show time! It’s time to take all that planning for an amazing panel discussion and put it into action.
July 5, 2017
If you have prepared the panelists appropriately and kicked the panel discussion off well, the conversation will start to flow on its own and the panelists […]
June 20, 2017
Ugh. Sometimes, someone from the audience asks a lame question in a panel discussion. As the panel moderator OR a panelist, I believe you have two […]
