It’s downright depressing. You walk out of a potentially fabulous panel discussion and wonder, “What happened?” As you scratch your head, you’ll be asking those around you, “What was that all about” or just mutter under your breath, “That was weird….”
Ah yes. These phrases are the symptoms of a fundamentally flawed panel discussion. There is no rescue, no antidote to this poorly conceived panel. It has simply missed the mark due to these factors:
These three fatal flaws will be the absolute death of your panel discussion – unless you (the panel moderator or even the panelists) intervene quickly at the first signs of missing the mark.
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