Virtual Panel Discussion
July 29, 2020
The mother of all panel events is San Diego Comic-Con where 6,500 people line up for Hall H. Wouldn’t it be fabulous if you had a […]
July 22, 2020
I recently attended a virtual panel discussion that went a bit sideways right out of the gate. Rather than use the “waiting room” feature and have […]
July 9, 2020
Polling the audience is a great way to engage the audience at the onset of your panel, during the discussion and even at the end. But […]
July 1, 2020
You’ve decided you want to poll the audience to get their opinion, select among a limited number of options, or to gauge their level of interest […]
May 27, 2020
I recently moderated a one-hour virtual panel about the future of meetings using Zoom that went exactly according to plan (which is extremely rare!). In preparation, […]
May 20, 2020
For the foreseeable future, panel discussions will be virtual (where everybody is geographically dispersed, connected through a digital platform) or hybrid (where there is a group […]
May 13, 2020
Virtual panel discussions are all the rage during this COVID-crisis. Yet many of them are one-way communications between the panelists with little interaction from the audience. […]
April 29, 2020
Now that several states are starting to “open up,” don’t be surprised if a few small face-to-face meetings are held while using social distancing guidelines. Some […]
April 22, 2020
With all this talk about “opening up” the country, I have to believe that people will eventually start coming together – in small groups live-streamed out […]
April 8, 2020
When moderating a panel virtually, consider using the “breakout room” function – smaller group sessions that are split off from the main meeting.
March 24, 2020
With the rise of the coronavirus, many of us are meeting virtually (Zoom, Skype, GoToMeeting, or MS Team seem to be the most popular). The panel […]
