I have witnessed Ms Dlamini as a facilitator/ moderator in several energy sector conferences and seminars, such as the SALGA Energy Summit that took place in March 2018, where she was chairing a closing plenary session. I was captured by the way she is knowledgeable about the subject matter and is able to direct a discussion to achieve the objectives of the session while keeping the audience engaged. It’s evident from the way she introduces the panellists that she takes time to research them and their backgrounds and makes the introductions interesting without reading their CV’s word for word. The level of preparation is quite evident in the way the panellists respond promptly to her questions in each one of the panel sessions she moderates.
What really captures me as a member of the audience is the time management and how she is able to manage the conversation ensuring that every panel member has a fair chance to speak especially in a big panel of speakers that can be difficult to manage. She asks thought provoking questions, which also stimulates audience participation in the session and she conducts the audience question session in a firm but professional manner. Miss Dlamini captures and summarises every discussion round with eloquence, and has an amazing ability to consolidate key messages and chunk them up into discussion themes that can be captured as take-aways for the session.