Yes, as an emcee, you should probably share your name and connect with the audience on a human level, but I think attendees would appreciate something more thoughtfully-curated than a casual bio. In the same way, attendees don't come to events to learn about the emcee. If the server is providing an optimal experience, the guest will want to know the server's name. In the restaurant world, some operators maintain that servers should "earn" the guest's interest. Any interaction with the server is secondary. When you go out to eat at a restaurant, you don't go to do a meet and greet with a server, you go for the food. Being "excited" might be a little overplayed and unless the emcee truly embodies that excitement, there's likely another adjective that's better suited (i.e. #1 says "we are honored to have you here," and #2 says "we are excited you are here." I agree that addressing the fact that the audience actually showed up is important but the adjectives should be flexible and genuinely describe the emotion being expressed. Probably the best advice I can give is to set the stage and set the audience’s expectations. Tell them what they will see and hear (without giving away any surprises you have in store for them). Tell them what you expect from them too! Do you expect them to have fun? Take notes? Meet someone new?įollowing these basic principles and tips for the first announcements to make from stage will help set the tone for the entire event. You have to start somewhere and it might as well be with warm and welcoming words, connecting with the audience, and setting expectations so that everyone, including you and the event planners, can enjoy themselves.Ĭopyright © 2018 Elevate Live Events, All rights reserved.
#EMCEE SCRIPT PROFESSIONAL#
This is more for professional conferences. They are going to ask anyways, better give it to them.ĭon’t make them wait for this information.
Here is the opportunity to build credibility and authentically connect with the audience. Introduce yourself, with 20 seconds of who you are. My suggestions are name, where you’re from, any family you have, and some kind of a connection to the crowd. If you met someone in the crowd before the event, tell the audience something you had in common. Here’s an opportunity to let the audience know that you are a person, just like them, you just happen to have a microphone in your hand. It’s true isn’t it? As the emcee, usually we aren’t involved with the planning and preparation that goes into an event, yet we represent the brand, the organization and the people that worked hard, sometimes for a year or more, planning this event. We are excited the day is here, that they are in the room. We have asked people to give up their most important resource, their time, to be present at our celebration, our conference, our banquet, our fundraiser. For that, we should be excited and grateful they are in the room. It sounds intuitive, because it is. Welcome. It’s such a simple phrase but could be lost amongst all the other things you could say. When you visit a friend's house, imagine knocking on their door and a smiling face greeting you saying, “welcome.” That’s what every emcee is trying to do, whether they are doing it or not, is welcoming the guests into a story and an atmosphere designed for them to hear something and experience something.
When an emcee gets on stage, the lights in the audience dim, the crowd hushes, the music lowers… and the first words spoken from stage are _?Įvery emcee might do it a little differently, but the introduction will be about the same. The important thing is to be clear, warm, welcoming and be yourself.
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