Professional Panel Moderator Kristin Arnold asks Dr. Chip Bell, professional speaker and panel moderator, how he feels about moderating panel discussions at meetings, conferences, and conventions.
Video Transcript
Kristin: How do you feel about moderating panels when you are the expert on the subject?
Chip: It’s fun. It is fun because here’s how it’s fun. You would think at first blush, wait, you know so much more than your audience because of your experience, and they’re going to be providing you data and information that’s maybe elementary compared to the fact that I’ve been doing this for a long time, but the truth of the matter is is that you always, no matter what panel, there are many questions I ask that I sort of can predict what the answer’s going to be, but I always get some nugget I hadn’t thought about.
I always get some gift from that panel that you either go, “I never thought of that, or I’ve never thought about it that way, or I never really considered that was something important.” So there’s always insight to be gained from the panel even if you’ve been at it for a gazillion years.
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