Comments on: Why Panels Suck http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/24/why-panels-suck/ Doug Kaye's Weblog Fri, 16 May 2008 04:06:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: THD http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/24/why-panels-suck/#comment-25368 THD Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:46:07 +0000 http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/24/why-panels-suck/#comment-25368 The other limitation of panels is all the time spent by panelists on the history of their work/org/initiative. This is not always the fault of the panelists, but perhaps this could be mitigate by referring the audience to a short description of the org or panelists in a program guide. I often find that the panel format takes a long time to jump straight to substantive issues or valuable opinions and key thoughts the panelists really have to offer. As an audience member I don't mind a short description or some marketing, but what I really want to hear is how this person thinks about an issue, what challenges they are facing or something else that I can't read on the the persons/organizations website. The other limitation of panels is all the time spent by panelists on the history of their work/org/initiative. This is not always the fault of the panelists, but perhaps this could be mitigate by referring the audience to a short description of the org or panelists in a program guide. I often find that the panel format takes a long time to jump straight to substantive issues or valuable opinions and key thoughts the panelists really have to offer.

As an audience member I don’t mind a short description or some marketing, but what I really want to hear is how this person thinks about an issue, what challenges they are facing or something else that I can’t read on the the persons/organizations website.

]]> By: Chris Brogan... http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/24/why-panels-suck/#comment-23908 Chris Brogan... Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:28:08 +0000 http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/24/why-panels-suck/#comment-23908 I attended your Podcast Academy 2 in Boston and loved your method for delivering quality speakers without panel blur. It's part of how Chris Penn and I modeled our plan for PodCamp. We wanted the most value translation between speaker and participant. At our spring Video on the Net event this spring, there will be single-speaker only spots, and no panels. We're hoping this helps answer your observation above. Best to you, Doug. I attended your Podcast Academy 2 in Boston and loved your method for delivering quality speakers without panel blur.

It’s part of how Chris Penn and I modeled our plan for PodCamp. We wanted the most value translation between speaker and participant.

At our spring Video on the Net event this spring, there will be single-speaker only spots, and no panels. We’re hoping this helps answer your observation above.

Best to you, Doug.

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