Free Diagnostic worksheet
Turn a panel into a useful conversation
Build audience-led questions and a practical discussion outline.
By Amy Aceto-Hitchinson
What you’ll work through
Start with what the audience wants to understand, then prepare questions that let a speaker explain their reasoning. This worksheet is for an organiser or moderator planning a business discussion.
- Define the audience question
- Prepare three question types
- Plan the interaction
- Protect the usefulness of examples
- Complete the running brief
A look inside
Define the audience question Our audience is ___ and is trying to understand ___. The context they share is ___. The differences we should not overlook are ___. Use information from the organiser or audience, not assumptions based on a job title.
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