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[divider type=”space_thin”] You arrive wide-eyed and ready. This panel is going to be awesome! You’re going to get to hear experts and practicing creators speak intelligently about the craft and the industry. You’re going to get to sit a mere 50 feet away from the star of that show you love and maybe, just maybe, you’ll get to ask a question and the star will answer it and you’ll be so excited that you may leak a drop of fluid from one or more orifices. It’s going to be great you say as you walk into the room.
And, then, an hour later, you emerge a somewhat different person. You seen things (mostly the back of someone’s head); you’ve heard things (garbled things). But besides tweeting, texting, and IG, you’re not sure what to do with these feelings. You want someone to do something. Instead, you wander around the vendors’ booths looking for some of your lost innocence.
We’re here to help. We polled some folks post-panel and post-conference, crunched the numbers, compiled the data and came up with a feedback sheet that will help you express your feelings (and maybe, if we’re all lucky, be a force for positive change) [title type=”h6″]At this panel, I felt (circle one or more):[/title][check_list]
Seen Validated Sad Angry Invisible Marginalized Ignored
[/check_list] [title type=”h6″]Things that could improve this panel should you decide to offer it in the future (circle one or more):[/title] [check_list]
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