Should your panelists know the questions before the panel discussion begins? Professional panel moderator, Kristin Arnold asked this question of Kate Delaney, Emmy Award-winning journalist and America’s #1 female sports commentator and talk show host.
Video Transcript
Kristin: Kate, did your panelists know the questions ahead of time?
Kate: So they didn’t know the specific questions. I didn’t hand them a list of questions and say, “Here’s the 10 questions I’m going to ask,” or try to ask, or from 10 to 6. They just knew the direction I was going to go in, and they knew the first thing. I’m going to ask you about content that’s relevant now. But they had no idea about the others, just the general direction that it would be.
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