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Behaviour And Life Skillsguided and informal discussion before an audience as if the panel were meeting alone. Theproceedings of the panel should be the same as those described for informal discussion:volunteering of facts, asking questions, stating opinions-all expressed with geniality, withrespect for the contributions of other members, without speech making, and without makinginsidious personal references. This primary function should occupy approximately two-thirds ofthe allotted time-say forty minutes of an hour's meeting. The secondary function of the panel isto answer questions from the audience. This discussion method is suitable for use when arelatively large audience is anticipated. The disadvantage of the method is that it confines mostof the discussion to the panel itself. The audience listens and is given a chance to ask questions,but for the most part is passive and receptive.Panel discussions, if well conducted are usually more interesting to the audience than is thesingle-speaker forum. They provide sufficiently varied opinions presentation of facts is frommultiple perspectives.93