Wedding Event Host MC & Master of Ceremonies Public Speaking

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Even super-experienced Event Hosts use a detailed Run Sheet at every single event.

Clever Event Hosts build bridge time into their Run Sheet so things go smoothly. 

Successful Event Hosts listen and then incorporate their clients ideas into the Run sheet. 

A collaborative Wedding MC will make sure everyone is working from. the same runsheet

You either meet your bride and groom couples at your home office, their home (less preferred) or a quiet coffee shop

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Relaxed Event Hosts use a checklist to optimise their time and reduce tension. 

The Event Host's Morning Checklist starts the night before.

Pro Event Hosts dress appropriately. 

The rockstar Event Host is as well-dressed as the best-dressed people in the room

Because of the energy and concentration needed to perform, it's a wise idea to power nap before you go on stage.

My mentor said to me many times "if you are not early, then you are late"

A great photo is the best way to promote your 1st class talent as a Master of Ceremonies

A picture of you 'in action' as the MC at a wedding reception is still the best way to showcase your services to your bride and grooms.

A good photo should instantly reveal your personality for the whole world to see.

It must imply 'Hi there. I am organized. I am entertaining. And I am here to serve you.'

This video explains how to generate the "Money Shot" aka the HERO marketing photo using pro Wedding MC Pete Miller as an example

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Confident Event Hosts are Appropriate, Articulate and Approachable.

In-control Event Hosts establish themselves as the leader from the get-go.

Astute Event Host's befriend the function manager.

The professionals who are working at the wedding reception appreciate the emcee showing leadership skills by taking a minute to go through the runsheet with them before the event begins.

Every time you check the order of the bridal party entrance, you are improving your chances of getting it right.

It's best to be in the room at all times; keeping an eye on whats going on - and looking for opportunities to bring a smile to the faces of the guests.

It's a huge advantage to practice and run through your announcements on the floor before the guests arrive

Immediately eliminate and banish any bad thoughts that do not serve your excellent performance. The MC stage is not the place for insecurities.

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Funny Event Hosts recognize funny situations. 

Expert Event Hosts understand their own sense of humor. 

Pro Event Hosts do not use dumb joke books. 

A wedding MC reads an audience like reading a book

The Art Of The MC is to seamlessly move from one segment to the next without the audience even noticing.

MC Scripts are templates that get you started on the right foot but allow you to hop around and have fun.

The magic of an MC is to make the fully rehearsed seem totally spontaneous

"Break the Ice" by getting the crowd so involved they stop thinking about what they were doing before.

This video I shot myself introducing the bridal party has had 170K views already. It's popular because it shows exactly how to get the audience on your side from the start.

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Organised Event Hosts prepare for The Speeches as the main course finishes.

Caring Event Hosts ensure The Speeches get videoed.

Supportive Event Hosts prepare the speakers.

Its a tradition that Champagne is used for Toasts - but this can also be non-alcoholic apple cider

Parents with children have a difficult time @ weddings.

As the best public speaker in the room, the speeches become the MCs responsibility and domain.

The MC needs to set the microphone height on the lectern for each speaker

Imagine I am shaking your hand right now because you deserve a huge congratulations. 

I'm super impressed you made it to the end of this special Udemy EVENT HOST mini MASTERCLASS. 

You should by now have a pretty good idea of what's involved as an Event Host MC @ wedding receptions anywhere and why it is called the best job in the world. 

If you like what you see, and you want a lot more, then seriously consider upgrading your skills to the full EVENT HOST MASTERCLASS course. 

It has over 70 videos, 5 quizzes, 8 downloadable PDFs and an invitation to join the elite MC Directory. 

You automatically get a 100% rebate on your Udemy fee by emailing your receipt to speakerscoach@gmail.com. 

You will receive back a specially discounted code where you can purchase the full EVENT HOST MASTERCLASS course minus the fee you've already paid. How's that for a good deal?

The full course is the ultimate professional level and will set you up for success. I can't wait for you to get started. 

Email your Udemy receipt now to speakerscoach@gmail.com and I'll personally upgrade you via a special coupon code.

This video explains the background of how all this started. It's not strictly part of the Udemy course, but it's funny and informative at the same time

NB: I'm talking very fast because as the guests started to arrive inside the venue. As you can see from the background, the staff are well underway with their preparation.

ALSO here is the script of what I said (in a hurry)

How The Professional Wedding MC Agency And Book Got Started By Accident. Read and see why the professional wedding MC career began by chance. And today, the emcee segment is the fastest expanding part of the wedding industry. Here's why.

The following text is taken from a video I recorded for a TV show about the unexpected rise of the professional wedding MC. It was filmed just before the wedding reception was about to begin. You can watch the video at the end of the page.

Well firstly, a little bit of history about myself. How did I get to be a wedding MC? I didn’t grow up telling everyone I was going to be the wedding MC – who does?

The industry has taken on enormous change. When I first started emceeing weddings in the mid-90s, it was a cliche that the wedding MC was an older gentleman with grey hair, a frilly shirt and told very bad jokes – that he laughed, but no one else did. And it was a real cliche, and it worried me. In fact, I was told by my corporate clients not to say that I was a wedding MC – but I was proud to be wedding MC.

And it happened by accident. I was a corporate MC as I said, and I used to do a lot of work. I first started with Westfield Shopping Center – thank you, Westfield, for all that thousands of hours of training on their stages. I made all my mistakes there.

One of the marketing managers had a girlfriend who was getting married, and she put me up “I know this guy – a compere – and he can do it” and she rang me and said “you’re going to emcee my girlfriend’s wedding” I said “oh no, I’ve never MC’d a wedding before – I don’t think I’ve even been to a wedding – what’s going on?” she said “please please” and it was well paid and so forth like that – and I said okay.

So I had enough smarts to ring a DJ – and it was the first one in the Yellow Pages and he was close to where I lived, and he’s still a friend today and he was great “A Ball Entertainment” Rick Chisholm – thank you, and he sat down, it was for free, and he sat down and he said ‘yeah I’ve MC’d a bit’ in those days the DJs kind of had to take it on board whether they liked it or not and some of the run sheets that he gave me I still use today.

And so I turned up at this wedding and I started to MC and I thought “goodness me, how long has this been going on for?” this is fantastic; this is much better fun than a corporate MC job. I mean the corporate MC is great – it’s a big responsibility like a wedding, but the wedding so much fun. And I thought ‘oh please’ and I’ve stayed there ever since I’ve never looked back.

But what happened, how the agency came about; I got booked and double-booked, and it just it went crazy because I was writing down everything; there was not one piece of information, apart from Rick Chisholm’s run sheets, on how to do it – so I wrote down everything. I was learning so fast that I used to come home at night time and I’d get home about half-past 12 at night-time – and everyone would be asleep – so I’d write and write and write and I’d sort of fall into bed about four o’clock in the morning having these scribbled notes.

Then a bride rang me on a Wednesday she said ‘can you MC?’ and I said “no sorry I’m booked already’” and she “please please please” and she started to cry. She said I’ve just been to a wedding and their friend did it and it was terrible.

I’ll never forget that phone call, I’ll never forget it. I thought ‘I have to do this’ I can see what the world is telling me to go out there and be a really good MC – a wedding MC – and train other people to do it because it’s a really important job – you only get one chance to get it right – so I put the phone down. Originally I said “No”. I put the phone down and then I thought about it. I sat there. I’ll never forget it

I sat on the desk and thought “Peter, come on you can do better than that” and I thought I’ll ring my mate Gary and he’d done a little bit of compering for me and helped me out in jobs I couldn’t do and he said – nice guy – “yeah okay”. I said ‘look I’ve got these notes, these handwritten scribbled notes – I’ll send them to you.”

So I rang her up and I said ‘look I think I’ve got someone’ and she went ‘thank you thank you thank you’ so I ran to the newsagent and I photocopied them I put them in the express post he got them on Thursday and looked at them on Friday.

I rang him on Monday and I said ‘Gary how did it go?’ he said ‘mate it’s good fun’. ‘yeah it’s great fun isn’t it’ and he said ‘those notes you gave me were excellent’ he said ‘mate you should make it into a book’. I went ‘yeah yeah yeah yeah’

Anyway, to cut a long story short, he did another job for me and he said ‘mate you’ve got to make those notes in your book’ because what I’ve done I had written out the scripts; and I didn’t realize that it’s a plug and play template.

And that book YOU CAN BE A WEDDING MC became a best-seller straight away it was published and now it’s on Amazon and it’s sold lots and lots of copies. It became the handbook for all professional wedding MCs around the world and so that’s how it started … completely by accident; there was no plan. There was just a need, a real need for it to be done well.

Grab this one prop to make your NYE party a huge success.

BUILD ANTICIPATION ON NEW YEARS EVE

There is just one essential New Year’s Eve prop every MC needs to succeed on this special occasion.

At every New Year’s Eve celebration, the Event Host MC’s main role is building excitement and anticipation by informing the audience of the time left until the clock hits 12 midnight.

EXPERT TIP FOR MAXIMUM FUN

Start the countdown from the beginning of the evening, and demonstrate it visually with a large clock changing the time on the face to match the real-time left before twelve o’clock strikes.

Grab the largest clock you can manage. The larger the funnier. You can use a real clock – from home or the hotel wall (joking) – or make one yourself one from coloured cardboard.

I learned this trick from a very risqué MC called Willie. He had the audience laughing at his bawdy references to his ‘big clock’. With a name like Willie, what would you expect?

Hosting a New Years Party on the 31st December will be a breeze with this one essential prop needed to make your live event an interactive success.

Succeeding on a big stage at a big event with a big pay packet will be a breeze with help from UP FRONT IN CONTROL the events industry guide to monetizing your speaking skills by working as an organized and entertaining Event Host MC at corporate and social functions.

Good luck.