Professional panel moderator Kristin Arnold asks Michael Carnes, CEO of Hoka Hey, Inc. specializing in creative media and event production, to share what drives him crazy about panel discussions at meetings, conferences, and conventions.
Video Transcript
Kristin: Michael, what drives you absolutely crazy about panels?
Michael: My biggest bug-a-boo for me technically, as for the audience as well, it’s when they’re all jumping all over each other—when they’re just jumping on each other “And what about, no, no, no. And we’re—and no!” And they’re just going back and forth and back and forth, and they’re not getting anywhere other than having their own little argument. It’s like the entire world could stop and they’d still be up there doing their thing. That drives me nuts, and it drives the audience nuts. You see it.
What is communication? It’s you and I talking and listening and responding to each other. So if they cannot give that communication to the audience, and the audience would be able to listen and take it in, if they’re bantering back and forth, it means absolutely nothing. They’ve lost the whole communication.
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