The second annual leadership conference of the ACE-Women’s Network of Indiana, co-sponsored by the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence, will be held on April 16 in a live virtual ...

A great panel discussion should engage and entertain conference attendees, while a subpar performance will have them heading for the exits. Conference season is underway with associations across a ...

Sadly, the value of most conference panels is questionable, due mostly to the lack of effective moderation. Just recently I heard that one nervous moderator asked the panelists to introduce themselves ...

As panel moderator, one of your key goals should be to involve the audience as early as possible. Most conference attendees hear the phrase “panel discussion” and involuntarily groan. They have ...

Panel discussions at conferences are the worst. Conference panels almost always feature a few muckety mucks blah blah blahing on a stage. The moderator will spend about a third of the time introducing ...

The Bottom LineQuestion: Why is it so difficult for many professionals to lead a panel discussion? Adubato: Most people lack moderating skills. It s not their fault. They haven t been trained. As a ...