Professional Panel Moderator Kristin Arnold asks Pam Fox Rollin, Executive coach and frequent Silicon Valley panel moderator whether the panel moderator should handle the technical details during a panel discussion at meetings, conferences, and conventions.
Video Transcript
Kristin: Pam, should the panel moderator be responsible for handling the technical details of a panel discussion?
Pam: As a panel moderator. I take that on. Because if I don’t, it’s possible that nobody else will. So making sure that nobody is dressed in the color of the backdrop, making sure that the chairs are appropriate making sure that people have a place to put their water down. Yeah, no, this wasn’t why got an MBA. And yet it is important for the comfort of the people there to be able to know the details are handled the sound system was checked, all of that.
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