The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

OCTOBER 13, 2015

However, the choreographer usually plans … Continue reading Audience Management 101 for Emcees → Articles Effective Emceeing (Tips!) Any stage act or performance will involve an audience. That’s the whole point of the act. Performers know this, and a lot of them react to the audience when they are on stage. For example, in a dance routine, the dancers cannot move out of their formation to interact with the audience.

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Pivotal Public Speaking

JUNE 10, 2011

I’ve been an emcee for a few gigs — and being a female doesn’t always put me as a first choice in the stereotyping! Nothing is worse than for something to happen on stage and the emcee goes right on with the next introduction as if he/she missed the point.

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Speak Schmeak

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Enter Tom Phillips, perennial emcee. Be humble One thing I love about Tom's emceeing is that it's never about him. Being an emcee is hard work. Tom Phillips is a true expert in the art of emceeing, and I look forward to hearing him again next year!

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Hi Everybody, after months (actually… years) of receiving emails and requests from readers from all around the world – about the art of effective emceeing, and for more resources to BE an effective emcee… I’m pleased to share we’ve created out very first online training course on the subject. For this, I’ve worked with Joshua Sim, … Continue reading Learn About Effective Emceeing – Online Course (Live Now)!

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Pivotal Public Speaking

JANUARY 30, 2010

as a Professional Emcee. Have you ever considered being an emcee? Emceeing is a different skill from delivering a speech. You will learn: Key selling points that will make you a sought-after emcee. Add to Your Speaking Revenue. with Mark Standriff.

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Speak Schmeak

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Enter Tom Phillips, perennial emcee. Be humble One thing I love about Tom's emceeing is that it's never about him. Being an emcee is hard work. Tom Phillips is a true expert in the art of emceeing, and I look forward to hearing him again next year!

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

JUNE 22, 2007

link] 4 months ago Top Posts Effective Emcee-ing! Categories Articles Body Language Coaching Communicating with Children Dealing with People Effective Emceeing (Tips!) Role of the Emcee As the Emcee, (or M asters of C eremonies), you are the bridge between the audience and the “Stars&#. The role of the Emcee is to facilitate the event and ensures that programme materializes without a hitch (or minimise those hitches that come up). im emcee-ing in 2 days.

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

JULY 15, 2007

link] 4 months ago Top Posts Effective Emcee-ing! Categories Articles Body Language Coaching Communicating with Children Dealing with People Effective Emceeing (Tips!) Have you read my post on Effective Emcee-ing? As an Emcee, it is critical that one remains cool and spontaneous – be ever ready to react to changes and the response of participants or guests who are with you on stage. Related Posts: Effective Emcee-ing It Just Keeps Getting Easier!

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

JUNE 12, 2015

As an audience member, have you ever heard an emcee on stage introduce or close an act by describing it as “Awesome”? Based on these, it seems like everything is “Everything Is Awesome” … Continue reading Don’t be an Awesome Parrot on stage → Effective Emceeing (Tips!) That dance performance was … Awesome! Up next we will have an act that is simply … Awesome! That accounting presentation was so … Awesome!

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Pivotal Public Speaking

DECEMBER 27, 2010

public speaking emcee introductions keynote MCimage source. As the introducer, you are the connector – the broker – between the speaker and the audience. The article is short yes, but oh so to the point. All are excellent reminders.

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Pro Humorist

JUNE 17, 2009

Compere, MC, Emcee whichever spelling you choose it’s important to have someone who gain capture everybody’s attention. A good emcee can help to keep an event to time by giving ample warnings to any long-winded speakers. Tags: Public Speaking Auctioneers Comedians Comedy Compere Emcee Fundraiser humour Introductions Jokes Presentation Presentations Public Functions Toastmaster Toastmasters

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Duarte Blog

APRIL 28, 2020

Not even a day later, Andrew Hochradel, the emcee of the event, came up with an idea for a free, online creative conference. At the end of February, I found out that an event I was looking forward to—Creative South—was getting postponed, along with countless others.

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Craig Strachan - Keep Talking!

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Related posts: When you are the Emcee at a Wedding I mentored a new client recently on being an emcee. Use these when preparing your speeches, and you will give a great and engaging presentation. Be prepared. Be concise. Be engaging. be authentic. Be aware. Be involved.

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

AUGUST 20, 2007

link] 4 months ago Top Posts Effective Emcee-ing! Categories Articles Body Language Coaching Communicating with Children Dealing with People Effective Emceeing (Tips!) And I was really horrified when I first served as the Toastmasters for the Evening (Emcee) at another Toastmasters Club. Home About Gary Testimonials FREE MATERIALS!

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Speaker Launcher

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Imagine you are a 10-year-old boy and your teacher asks you to emcee a Remembrance Day (Canada) ceremony in honor of veterans. The entire school will be there along with parents and you have never spoken in front of a large audience before. This was the exact situation that my grandson, Jayden, found himself in just […]. The post The Impact of Your First Public Speech appeared first on Jane Atkinson.

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Speaker Launcher

APRIL 2, 2020

She has also been featured in 120 media publications, was a columnist for Speaker Magazine for 2 years, a digital Emcee for Women’s Speakers Assoc.

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Speak Schmeak

JULY 3, 2012

The emcee of the evening, Tootie, pulled out all the audience engagement tools, most notably humor (after all, it was a drag show).

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Professionally Speaking...

APRIL 26, 2011

There were two emcees, actress Sally Field and Newsweek and The Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown , who brought a conversational tone to the structure of the evening. The role of an emcee is to create context and add color and variety to break up the standard format of presenting awards; Field and Brown carried this task off admirably.

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Speak Schmeak

JULY 3, 2012

The emcee of the evening, Tootie, pulled out all the audience engagement tools, most notably humor (after all, it was a drag show).

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Craig Strachan - Keep Talking!

JULY 3, 2009

Emceed meetings, conferences and events. As of two days ago, I am the District Governor for Toastmasters District 74, Southern Africa. Geographically, we are one of the largest districts in the world, covering 9 countries in Southern Africa. I am also the youngest District Governor in D74.

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Humor Power

AUGUST 4, 2016

The emcee said that her three speakers tonight had not been drinking. The emcee also said that she had a crack team of evaluators. Here is another Observational Humor monologue presented at the end of a meeting. We’ll tell you what was said and what happened during the meeting before the monologue was presented. TH SET-UP. We will give you enough background to help you understand the jokes. JR mentioned Pole Dancers.

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DeFinis Communications

DECEMBER 17, 2010

She runs training programs, speaks at meetings and events, presents to her staff and sits on several San Francisco-based non-profit boards where she has been an emcee at events for over 400 people. “Wow…how exciting! I never win anything!”

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Humor Power

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Special thanks to the contestants, the coaches, the Sgt at Arms JD Smith, the timer Jesse Oakley III, the Emcee Bill Brown, the Videographer/Editor Philip Dahlheimer, and the Facility Host Ryan Mulligan. The Power House Pros Second Annual Stand-Up Comedy Competition was held on November 30, 2015. Six brave and funny contestants took the challenge of being funny on stage. Congratulations to Elliott Chase, Andrea Grossen, Beverly Rideout, Joan Wang, JR Wilson, and Bill Parker.

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Speak Schmeak

OCTOBER 29, 2010

He's introduced by the emcee as "One of the pioneers of stand-up." I'm currently reading POP! Create the Perfect Pitch, Title, and Tagline For Anything by Sam Horn, a book about crafting memorable titles, taglines and slogans.

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Speak Schmeak

APRIL 19, 2010

This doesn't guarantee that the emcee will practice your introduction or have any measure of polish, but at least you can choose the words. I felt that the emcees lacked preparation and were winging the introductions, one more noticeably than the other.

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Speak Schmeak

APRIL 19, 2010

This doesn't guarantee that the emcee will practice your introduction or have any measure of polish, but at least you can choose the words. I felt that the emcees lacked preparation and were winging the introductions, one more noticeably than the other.

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Speak Schmeak

MAY 20, 2008

Because I wasn't actually a speaker, but was being introduced from the audience as a mentor in the new mentor program, it slipped my mind that I would still need to check in with the emcee beforehand.

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

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Speak Schmeak

OCTOBER 29, 2010

He's introduced by the emcee as "One of the pioneers of stand-up." I'm currently reading POP! Create the Perfect Pitch, Title, and Tagline For Anything by Sam Horn, a book about crafting memorable titles, taglines and slogans.

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

JULY 20, 2010

link] 4 months ago Top Posts Effective Emcee-ing! Categories Articles Body Language Coaching Communicating with Children Dealing with People Effective Emceeing (Tips!) For all you emcee-wannabes, I may even throw in a couple of sample scripts or two.

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Speak and Deliver

JANUARY 14, 2013

The crowd claps, maybe even stands, you shake the hand of the emcee, walk off and smile and wave, both energized and relieved that you've done your best. Don't you love the feeling right after you finish a speech?

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

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Humor Power

JANUARY 25, 2011

The emcee of the program quoted large parts of King’s I Have A Dream speech. Frank, the emcee of the evening, had interviewed every speaker for the evening and asked them what was their dream. That evening the Master Evaluator passed control of the meeting back to the emcee without introducing me. The emcee (Frank) kept the meeting moving by doing my introduction.

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Humor Power

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

The emcee said that this year celebrated the 30th Olympic games. The emcee shared parts of the Olympic creed…to participate, to struggle. The emcee said that before 1912, gold medals were made of real gold. Here is an analysis of another Observational Humor monologue. THE SET-UP (What was said and what happened during the meeting before the monologue was presented.). A speaker told us about The Secret Society of Happy People.

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The Public Speaking Blog

AUGUST 26, 2008

Volunteer to emcee at your company’s event or your child’s birthday party. Photo credits to Slimmer Jimmer. Let’s set things straight. There is absolutely NO way you can learn how to swim or cook from just reading a book or attending a seminar unless you are a genius.

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

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Speaking Of...

MAY 22, 2008

As the emcee, it was my job not only to follow contest protocol, but also to conduct contestant interviews. there's room for emcee creativity during unscripted parts of the show; my chance came during contestant interviews, when I engaged contestants in an improvisation exercise--this made the audience laugh and showcased the contestants' talents; I also got rave reviews for being creative. Last Saturday I had a real dose of Stage Time.

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

JULY 12, 2007

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

JUNE 25, 2010

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OnSpeechwriting

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Seitel was the emcee for the day and captured very well the mood and the words. Ted Sorensen still packs a punch. That much was evident when he spoke to 300+ speechwriters at Ragan’s Speechwriter’s Conference in Washington on Feb.

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

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Speak and Deliver

JULY 1, 2014

It''s still easy to feel like an imposter , knowing one day I''m figuring out how to fix my car and the next I''m booking a ticket to Malaysia, that in the morning I''m dealing with insurance issues and at night I''m emceeing a public celebration. "I haven''t succeeded enough." "I''m

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

OCTOBER 25, 2010

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