How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion
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...asks questions, calling on 1-2 panelist for each question in a way that elicits those interesting stories...good questions with trusted audience members. A good first question is a model for the questions that ...You know, the one where the questions are obvious, the answers uninteresting, the panel members all say... no time for audience questions and an audience member asks a 5 minute question that is really a speech...list of questions for the actual event, based on these interviews. The idea is to ask questions in a directed...spontaneity, but having a good handle on some interesting questions and topics in advance is key.
Make sure ... the panelists answer all the questions (they won't all have interesting or new answers). Know when to...