Friday, May 12, 2023

How to speak on panels: Kristin Arnold on Your Intended Message

Are you ready to speak on a panel? Are you prepared to make the best impression and convey your intended message? Listen to this interview with Kristin Arnold about how best to speak on panels. https://youtu.be/y103Ihq96lw Oops typo in the video! The name is Kristin Arnold. 00:00 Introduction 02:01 Speak on a panel to promote your message 03:48 When panelists disagree 05:34 Prepare for your panel appearance 08:59 Make your message brief 12:09 How can panelists support each other? 14:46 How can the panelist set the tone of conversation 15:44 How can a panelist prepare for the panel 17:57 How to prepare to moderate a panel 22:57 How to keep the panelists on time ----- Kristin Arnold is a professional meeting facilitator and leading authority on moderating panel discussions. She is the author of six books including, "123 Ways to Add Pizzazz to a Panel Discussion" Learn about the book - 123 Ways to Add Pizzaz to a Panel https://kristin-s-school-70c8.thinkific.com/courses/panel-pizazz Listen to the podcast interview here https://yourintendedmessage.podbean.com/?s=arnold ------ Excerpts from this conversation with Kristin Arnold Now wait a minute, isn't that an oxymoron? Perfect panel, but great alliteration. I like that. You know, because my my brand name is powerful panels. So I like the whole alliteration thing there, George, but you know, I think panels, when done well, are great. They're a great opportunity to get insider knowledge and lean in and, and get some juicy tidbits and takeaways. Perfect. I don't think you're aiming for perfection. Because you're aiming for a really great spontaneous conversation and there's gonna be some but some verbals and perfection. I think that the old days of panels is maybe the executive would rise and give a speech. And then there might be some questions from the moderator. And then some polite applause. And I think that that's just boring as all get out. Nobody wants that anymore. Don't you agree, George? I agree with with you. Yes, that format sounds extremely boring. Let's have let's have some argument. Let's have some punches throwing on that topic, Kristen. Is, is it more exciting and for the audience when there is disagreement among the panelists ----- Well, I think that that is a version of an exciting panel where, where you have divergent points of view, and you want to have an interesting, provocative discussion, and it doesn't have to be fisticuffs, or anything. In fact, there was a case study, I did that they called it the programmatic punch. And they used, they use fighting metaphors. And they had the stage was like a boxing ring. And they really went all out. It was a lot of fun. But not every panel has to be like that. George, I mean, you could have a panel where everybody actually is in full agreement about the what they're talking about. But the they have differences of methods or applications or different perspectives. And so you want to be able to build that kind of holistic three dimensional perspective about a topic. So that would be interesting, you know, like, so I'm getting the insider view, I'm getting a perspective that I wouldn't normally hear. So you, you kind of have to start, as the executive who's being asked to be on a panel is you ask what's the objective of this panel and who's in the audience, so that you can make sure that your message isn't as sales pitch, but it is providing value to the audience where they are giving them something that they don't already know. Something that makes them lean in and go, Oh, I didn't know that that's interesting, or makes them think about something differently to change their mindset, you know, are you informing Are you influencing? Are you persuading? Like what's, what's the overall panel objective? And then what's your personal objective that should be in alignment with that? -----