Comments on: What are the Keys to a Good Conference or Panel? http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/06/28/what-are-the-keys-to-a-good-conference-or-panel/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sun, 13 May 2012 00:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: stephen o'grady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/06/28/what-are-the-keys-to-a-good-conference-or-panel/comment-page-1/#comment-2117 stephen o'grady Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:27:32 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=924#comment-2117 i don't know about that. i've moderated panels with enterprisey folk before, and never had a problem with not prepping them. craig burlingame, for example, from the State of MA sat on a panel with me at OSBC last year and fielded pretty much whatever was thrown his way. if panelists have something they absolutely cannot have discussed, they can certainly let me know before hand but i don't see how prepping them benefits them or the audience. i don’t know about that. i’ve moderated panels with enterprisey folk before, and never had a problem with not prepping them. craig burlingame, for example, from the State of MA sat on a panel with me at OSBC last year and fielded pretty much whatever was thrown his way.

if panelists have something they absolutely cannot have discussed, they can certainly let me know before hand but i don’t see how prepping them benefits them or the audience.

]]> By: James http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/06/28/what-are-the-keys-to-a-good-conference-or-panel/comment-page-1/#comment-2116 James Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:08:53 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=924#comment-2116 Not prepping panelists in advance makes it problematic for most enterprisey folk except myself of course. You should consider making exceptions here as we really do need more enterprise participation in the technology ecosystem... Not prepping panelists in advance makes it problematic for most enterprisey folk except myself of course.

You should consider making exceptions here as we really do need more enterprise participation in the technology ecosystem…

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