How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion
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Oct. 22, 2014, 1:57 p.m.
... audience questions and an audience member asks a 5 minute question that is really a speech? You have ...event is what is important.
Choose 4 panelists (maybe 5) and no more. Too many panelists will negatively affect...going to be good at talking, so they will easily take 5 minutes to introduce themselves and, voila, 1/2 of... are nice if you can afford them). I am talking about making sure the audience is interested, educated...of the stories or topics you know they can speak about. There should be some spontaneity, but having a ...location and parking information and remind them about the event as it approaches.
Room set-up and logistics... make or break the discussion section.
And what about those audience members that want to take over? It...