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5 Steps to a Compelling Live Interview for a Conference

January 30, 2018

Can a live interview make a difference at your conference, trade show or meeting? Yes, it can! You start, of course, with a good guest, someone who’s appealing with an interesting story to tell, and one that’s relevant to the audience. But just as important is the person conducting the interview. I’ve given this a lot of thought over the years as an energy journalist anchoring the TV show “Platts Energy Week,” co-hosting the “Columbia Energy Exchange” podcast, and conducting interviews for business meetings in the U.S. and abroad. And while I don’t pretend to be an expert on public speaking, I’ve learned enough from hundreds of sit-downs with CEOs, government officials, authors and others to give an audience a good run for their time. I’ve also seen how a live interview with a prominent guest can give a meeting…

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by Bill Loveless
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Live: A Conversation with Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good

March 1, 2017

For a number of years now I’ve specialized in interviews with CEOs from across the energy sector, before audiences, in print and on the air. Doing this onstage is especially satisfying as I have the opportunity to immediately share a conversation with an audience, experience the reaction of onlookers and incorporate their questions and thoughts. In short, it’s always an exciting opportunity. In this instance, I sat down with Lynn Good, the CEO of Duke Energy, one of the largest electric power operators in the U.S., at the 2017 ARPA-E summit outside of Washington. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advance Research Projects Agency provides funding and expertise to help developers of risky but promising energy technologies bring their innovations to market and transform the ways we produce and use energy. Watch the conversation here.

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by Bill Loveless
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Why the energy industry isn’t going nuclear

June 22, 2016

The CEO of the biggest electric utility in the U.S. gave a wide-ranging talk the other day on a transformation taking place in her industry, as power providers move increasingly to cleaner forms of generation. But one topic was missing as Duke Energy’s Lynn Good delivered her formal remarks at an energy conference in Washington: nuclear energy. (Read more)

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by Bill Loveless