In Singapore, one had "Panelist for SP World 50 Best" printed on her business card.
Mr. Lipton interrupted his fellow panelist for a moment to say he could not talk about McGraw-Hill because his firm represented the company.
His sales had been flatlining for years; he was white and middle-aged, with no other identity — smug TV panelist, for instance — to lift his profile.
If you want to be a panelist for the Motherlode Book Club's reading of "Some Assembly Required," e-mail me, comment below, or leave a comment on this post on my Facebook page telling me why before Monday.
"It was controversial at the time, but what occurred to us both at that moment was that these kids were not at the top of anybody's list," recalled Ms. Noone, who on Monday evening will be in Washington as a panelist for "Operation Babylift: Saving Children From the Vietnam War," an event organized by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program.
Ms. Topaz received a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1998, served as a panelist for many cultural organizations, including the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the New York State State Council on the Arts, and was an auditor for the National Endowment for the Arts.
A seasoned panelist for both NIH and NSF, who prefers not to be identified, concurs.
After finding a great panelist for them, they decided to "uninvite" me but to keep the speaker I referred.
One National Science Foundation NSFF) panelist, for example, recently told me that the panel's funding rate in the last competition was 3%.
And strong leadership is essential, says Mamphela Ramphele of the World Bank, a former vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a panelist for the IAC report.
In addition, he writes about wine and beer regularly for a number of trade and consumer publications and occasionally serves as a wine judge and panelist for various events.
