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How to conduct a Panel Discussion - Coggle Diagram
How to conduct a Panel Discussion
Putting a panel together
Think about a topic
Topic does not need to be devisive
Do not always have competing points of view
Avoid doing too general or vague topic
Recruit varied participants
Five people create interesting discussion
Create a panel with variation in age, gender and ethnicity
Notify then several weeks in advance
Allow them to prepare in an adequate time
Choose a moderator
Select an additional person to be a moderator
Moderator's main purpose is to keep the panelists focused on the audience.
Keep the discussion running smoothly
Help out the panelist when they stall
Plan the physical setup
Appear closer to the audience
Moderator sitting in the middle of the panelists
Moderating a panel discussion
Get the audience invested in the panel
Asking a rough poll of their opinion
Poll the audience on their level of knowledge of the topic
Asking for their involvement
Ask the panelists the prepared questions
Give other panelists a short amount of time to respond
Respond naturally
Start the questions in prearranged order
Follow through with your own questions
Briefly introduce the panel and each participant
Introduce each participants
Avoid going to a complete biography
Use only one to two sentences
Keep the panelist on task
Let panelists know beforehand what phrases you'll be using yo bring them back on track
Politely return the discussion to a right point if a panelist is going on too long or going off topic
Identify about particular issues and resources
Materials
Arrange tables and chairs
Microphone condition check
Name tags for every panelist
Seats for audience
Guidelines
Ask the questions that are already prepared
Audiences' question session
Introduce the panelist and the topic of the discussions
Summarize the discussion
Preparation
Strive for a balanced panel
Choose one moderator and members in team to play the role of the experts
Planning the panel discussion
Write question for the panelist
Come up with several open-ended questions
Provide more questions than you expect to get through
Plan out the rest of panel discussion
Determine for each section of the panel discussion
Try to avoid visual presentations(AVOID)
keep audience involvement low
Bore the listeners
Tend to slow down presentations
Introduce the panelists to each other in advance
Figure out the goals of the panel
Main focus of panel should always be a discussion