![]() ![]() ‘You may no longer have a physical audience, but you need to treat the camera as your audience and engage your attendees online.’ Tip #1 – Make the mindshiftĪndrew says it’s important to make the mindshift – ‘It’s a new experience, embrace it,’ he says. He shared his tips on facilitating virtual events. In our recent episode of Webinars and Wine, we interviewed Andrew Klien, professional conference emcee and trainer, who has been in the industry for over 25 years. And with virtual and hybrid events exploding, it’s important they get it right. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that emcees have had to make the transition and learn how to facilitate and engage online audiences. Keeping the event on track and on schedule.Helping speakers to deliver engaging presentations.Contact us here.Up until March 2020, almost all emcee’s were trained to facilitate live, physical conferences. Still not sold? Want to know more? I’d be happy to chat. If not me, then we can supply another fantastic emcee by combing through our curated database of former TV news folks. I love working with Centrifuge and its clients, and I’d be thrilled to get involved with your next event if I’m available. The virtual world isn’t going away any time soon – plus, all these benefits apply to a hybrid/partially-remote event as well. Akin to conducting thorough research for a news story, I will spend time getting to know you, your mission and your people – from titles to name pronunciations to product facts and company history.Īn emcee like me (toot toot!) is an invaluable investment. No cliches.” I commit to these three – even the cliches – with my client. My favorite J-school professor drilled a motto into our heads before sending us out in the world: “Don’t assume. ![]() Last but not least, journalists are all about truth and perfection. We are also trained to ask follow-up questions when we feel they’re appropriate or necessary, which can clarify information and reinforce the event theme or brand message. As someone who is external to the client company, we can pose questions that internal leadership may not think of. ![]() We know how to drive home a theme, attitude or brand message with our tone and inflection, word choice and even body language.Īt the root of everything a journalist does is ask questions. An emcee acts as a ‘breath’ between long presentations, retaining attendee attention and giving everyone a moment to take in what they just heard to or watched before moving on.Ī good TV journalist is a storyteller, not only reciting the facts but doing it in a way that evokes emotion and connection with the viewer. Cue: ‘This just in!’ What if a presenter wraps up early? Or there’s a tech glitch with someone’s camera? An attendee submits a question? No worry, we’ll adlib to keep everything moving along smoothly. Broadcasters are trained to roll with on-the-fly instructions from their producer using their earpiece (IFB), sometimes while live on-air. ![]() This will make your interactions between the emcee and speakers feel authentic and fluid, keeping the audience interested.Īdlibbing abilities come into play again with time management, unexpected tech problems and real time questions, updates and announcements. Adlibbing is something TV reporters and anchors do frequently – whether it’s at a breaking news scene or in studio as we converse with our co-anchor and meteorologist, we know how to provide seamless commentary and conversation on live TV. ![]()
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