Words Pack a Punch

Words Pack a Punch

Jan. 23, 2013 by

Over forty years ago, drifting through my undergraduate years in my ratty easy chair, I came across three words that lifted the veil from my eyes.  Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, the Three Musketeers of rhetoric, seemed to me to be

How to be a good panelist

How to be a good panelist

Dec. 7, 2012 by

Whenever I’ve been a panelist, I start out thinking it’s easy—a no brainer—and then, as I get closer to the event, I change my mind.  I begin to realize that I will be on display for all to see and

How to be a great panel moderator

How to be a great panel moderator

Dec. 4, 2012 by

There is very little drama in panels.  I’d like to see panelists a bit more feisty, eager to engage in debate and debunk…but they rarely are (or do). Polite and well-mannered is more like it–don’t want to rock the boat