#1. Know Your Role
The role of a corporate MC (aka emcee aka Master of Ceremonies) is to make sure the event goes smoothly and to guide the attendees to wherever they need to be.
#2. Know the Schedule
One of the most important jobs of a corporate MC is to keep everything on schedule. While you won’t be able to control the individual speakers (hopefully the event coordinator will have a system to make sure they don’t go on too long), you will control all of the transitions and breaks.
#3. Know the Speakers
The MC is typically the person who will introduce each of the speakers or guests at the event, so it makes sense that you should know who they are. First, it’s important to know all of the names and how to pronounce them–you don’t want to force a speaker to start her speech with correcting how her name is pronounced.
#4. Know the Content
Our corporate MC, will be transitioning from one topic to another. Knowing a little bit about the content of each talk (either by getting a hold of it beforehand or paying close attention while the content is being delivered) will help you be able to comment on the subject matter.
#5. Know the Audience
Finally, you want to know the audience. While a corporate MC isn’t required to be funny, many of the best ones are. They can kill time with an interesting story, or revitalize the crowd with a fun energizer. The only way you can effectively engage the audience in this way is to actually know the audience–who are the people in the room? What is the age group? What industry do they come from? What is their role / level?
SKU: CMC001
