Professional panel moderator, Kristin Arnold asks Neen James, an expert on leveraging your focus and paying attention to what matters most at work and in life, what to include in your introduction to a panel discussion at a meeting, conference, or convention.
Video Transcript
Kristin: Neen, as a panelist, what information do you include in your introduction?
Neen: A start for me could be, very simply, a very quick overview, a little bit about my background, it might be two bullet points, what my kind of category is that I serve in the world, what I’m obsessed with, what some examples of people I’ve worked with, an analogy for myself, how I’m unique, maybe challenges my clients face and how I solve them, and why I do what I do. And this very, very simple answer takes me less than two minutes, but it sets up credibility in the mind of the audience. And it’s not “look at me, look at me,” it’s like, here’s why I’ve been invited to be part of this.
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