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Checklist Guide for Moderating a Panel

“When panels go wrong, it’s usually because the moderator doesn’t know how to moderate.” ~ Cassie Kozyrkov Moderators play an integral role in panel discussions.

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#42: Brooks and the Eulogy Virtues

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” ~ Simone Weil, French philosopher

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#41: Where should you stand on stage?

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Don’t hide behind the lectern!” ~ Mike Michalowicz

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#40: Are you accidentally training in hard mode?

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “[T]hink first and speak afterward. If you . . . do that, you will not have any trouble.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder

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#39: A quick way to calm your mind

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “In a calm sea, everyone is a pilot.” ~ English Proverb

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#38: How to control your voice

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “That voice! I can’t get it out of my head.” ~ Prince Eric

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#37: How to deal with disagreeable people

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “It’s the unexpected that changes our lives.” ~ Shonda Rhimes

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#36: Traveling through Time Together

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am.” ~ Etta James

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#35: What’s the moral of the story?

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “You better have a good moral to the story.” ~ John Prine, The Bottomless Lake

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#34: What if You’re Not a Natural?

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “An overnight success is ten years in the making.” ~ Tom Clancy, Dead or Alive

Checklist for Introducing Speakers

“The aim is to make this audience want to hear this speaker on this subject.” ~ Stephen Lucas, The Art of Public Speaking Speeches of

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#33: The speech most likely to get botched

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Our new president . . . Hoobert Heever!” ~ Harry Von Zell, flubbing the name of President Herbert Hoover

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