How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion
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Blog Post
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Oct. 22, 2014, 1:57 p.m.
...uninteresting, the panel members all say the same thing and one panel member dominates the discussion?... no time for audience questions and an audience member asks a 5 minute question that is really a speech... a fun discussion. People are much better at remembering these things on a relaxed phone call than when...moving and to prevent any one panelist or audience member from taking over.
My own personal rule is that ... get things started.
Give a couple of audience members a chance to participate. For example, at a recent...nonprofit science organizations, I asked audience members to stand and describe unique nonprofit models that...in the audience. I always try to meet audience members before a panel discussion and often incorporate...