Welcome to the sixth video of the seven-part video e-course “High-Performance Panels: How to Moderate a Lively and Informative Panel Discussion with Professional Panel Moderator Kristin Arnold.”
It's showtime! The big day is finally here and it's time to put all the planning into action.

Arrive early
Check in and meet
Walk through the room
Open the session
Start conversation
Keep the conversation going at a brisk pace
Intervene decisively and respectfully
Moderate the question-and-answer session with the audience
Close the session

For more information on moderating a lively and informative panel discussion, visit www.PowerfulPanels.com

Award-winning author Kristin Arnold is an expert in the field of leading teams in the workplace. As a facilitator of high-level meetings, keynote speaker, and professional panel moderator, Kristin has worked with over a hundred different organizations, three hundred different teams, and has spoken to over half a million people around the world on the topics of leadership, strategy, innovation, critical thinking, and teamwork. Visit www.extraordinaryteam.com for more information!

As past president of the National Speakers Association of the United States (2010-11) and one of the first female graduates of the United States Coast Guard Academy, Kristin brings 20 years of hands-on team-building experience to your audience. She has worked with small businesses to Fortune 500 companies and is as adept in production as she is in the boardroom.

She is considered a leading expert on panel facilitation and is the author of five books, including the award-winning Boring to Bravo: Proven Presentation Techniques to Engage, Involve, and Inspire Your Audience to Action. She is also the co-author of numerous other books on teamwork, including The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation.

Kristin Arnold, a professional panel moderator and leader of high-stakes meetings, is committed to making all panel discussions informative, interactive and interesting – and to helping YOU become a better panel moderator.

Why? Because 95% of annual meetings feature panels – and the odds of them being any good are 50/50! Expectations drop dramatically when your attendees walk in and see the traditional draped head table with microphones on short stands. There are sooooo many other ways to have a stimulating conversation! So let's increase the likelihood of your next panel being a success with these resources:

Visit our blog at http://powerfulpanels.com/blog.

Start your free 7-part video e-course that teaches you how to become a powerful panel moderator at https://kristin-s-school-70c8.thinkific.com/courses/powerful-panels-free-video-course.

To learn more about the steps to successfully moderate a panel discussion like a pro, purchase this user-friendly guide at http://powerfulpanels.com/store/

For even more resources on improving panels, check out Kristin's knowledge base. It's packed with customizable checklists, worksheets, templates, agendas, sample emails, video interviews, and webinars with industry icons and professional presenters – all in one place! https://kristin-s-school-70c8.thinkific.com/courses/powerful-panels-knowledge-vault

Or contact Kristin, who can coach you through the process of moderating your next panel discussion. http://powerfulpanels.com/contact/

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