Panels and Workshops

To inquire about my planning, hosting, or moderating services and rates, or to discuss potential event series, please contact me at lukenathanphillips2012@gmail.com .

Panel Series Planning and Hosting

I have planned in-person and online panels for various organizations. These events feature two, or sometimes three or one, policy experts, journalists, or activists with discrete expertises, for live audiences. I develop the panel to facilitate a unique and productive conversation, and heavily moderate it for maximum effectiveness. These events also feature generous and moderated audience q&a sessions.

I can plan multiple of these panels for a single day to host a conference, or multiple over several weeks or months to hold a series, around a central theme. I consult with hosting organizations regarding themes and guest speakers. I also coach aspiring panel moderators on best practices.

Discussion, Workshop, and Debate Facilitation

I have extensive experience organizing and facilitating discussions over contentious issues between ideologically and socially diverse groups of people in various formats. These include moderated discussion sessions and parliamentary debate formats. Under some circumstances, these can include certain types of specially-designed and highly-structured workshops as well. These events’ primary purpose is to provide a safe space for individuals to express themselves honestly, be heard and understood, and engage each other in a productive and edifying way, with mutual understanding as the primary aim.

I have moderated conversations or chaired debates for many civic and educational organizations, including the Hertog Foundation, the National History Academy, the Rumi Forum, American Purpose, the Institute for Religion and Democracy, the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy, the American Enterprise Institute, the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College, the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future, Syracuse University DC, the North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership, the McGovern Center for Leadership and Public Service, the Virginia Military Institute Center for Leadership and Ethics, and many more.

Below are samples of the panels I planned for Braver Angels and allied organizations.

Radicalization and Religious Responses Post-Global War on Terror

Approaches to Faith in Public Life in the 2020s, ft. Shadi Hamid and Christine Emba

The Red-Blue Divide in the American Catholic Church, ft. Leah Libresco Sargent and Santiago Ramos

America’s Public Forum: Social Trust, National Cohesion, and American Resilience, ft. Michael Mazarr and Seth Kaplan

America’s Public Forum: The Spectrums of the Right, ft. Yuval Levin and Daniel McCarthy

America’s Public Forum: American Spectacle, ft. Adam Garfinkle, Martha Bayles, and Peter Skerry

America’s Public Forum: Political Economies and Social Visions Emerging on the Left, ft. Shadi Hamid and Pete Davis

America’s Public Forum: How the Left and the Right Won, ft. Matthew Continetti and Michael Kazin