panel moderation
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 […]
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 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 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 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 31, 2018
There is an inherent danger in over-preparing the panelists. Yes, you should talk to the panelists. Outline what you want to see happen on the stage, […]
July 24, 2018
A colleague asked an interesting question this week: “Why would anyone want to be a panel moderator?”
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:
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, […]
March 29, 2018
Here’s a panel discussion tip for panelists from the Founder of Extreme Meetings, Brian Walter. He calls it “the question behind the question” – a technique […]
March 7, 2018
American Idol is back, and what a great example of the “hot seat format” for a panel discussion! On “American Idol,” the expert judges are the […]
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 […]
