The most effective panel moderators aren’t just great timekeepers or expert facilitators...they’re relentlessly curious. At every stage of the panel experience - before, during, and after - curiosity is a mindset that sets extraordinary moderators apart from average ones.

Here's how:

Panel Design Cards are a  powerful new tool to help you quickly and creatively design panel formats that are engaging, memorable, and fun. These cards are the culmination of years of experience, thousands of hours of research, and an obsession with making panel discussions not suck.

So, what are Panel Design Cards? Listen here. 

If the keynote got a “not bad,” we’d reevaluate the speaker for next year. If the AV was “not bad,” we’d call a tech meeting. If the food was “not bad,” we’d be emailing the caterer. But for panels? Somehow, we let it slide. Here's why this happens and what we need to do better.