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Master of Ceremonies.
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How can one be a great MC, Anglika?
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A leading question , Blouen!
Here are some suggestions:
"A good MC will get the audience on their feet, have them clapping and cheering, a good MC will add some humour, edify your people and enhance your message – all without upstaging you, your company, speakers, conference or event itself."
Iain Duguid - Life Challenger
INTRODUCTION Being a Master of Ceremonies (M.C.) or giving a speech can be fun if a person
Here are some suggestions:
"A good MC will get the audience on their feet, have them clapping and cheering, a good MC will add some humour, edify your people and enhance your message – all without upstaging you, your company, speakers, conference or event itself."
Iain Duguid - Life Challenger
INTRODUCTION Being a Master of Ceremonies (M.C.) or giving a speech can be fun if a person
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Thanks Anglika.
Though I can't open the first site, blocked here in the office. The second one is exactly what I'm looking for.
* Have you ever tried being an MC in any ceremony, Anglika?
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I blew my best chance of emceeing.
I did a spot of stand-up comedy while I was still living in Berlin -- one of the comedy clubs in town had a regular English comedy night. One night I remember particularly well, I was just about to launch into a stinging attack on the German sense of fun -- or rather, lack of it -- when I suddenly thought it would be a good idea to just check how much of my audience I was about to insult. So I said, "Any Germans here?"
When you're on stage, the lights blind you and you can't see more than the first two rows of the audience. I saw some hands go up, but I heard... nothing.
So I said, "See -- this is exactly what I'm talking about. Let me demonstrate: Are there any Americans in the audience?"
Americans are much less reserved than Germans, and I heard cheers and shouts and whoops (and possibly also the first two bars of The Star-Spangled Banner, but perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me).
"See -- that's how to do it," I said. "Let's try again: Any Germans here tonight?"
About six people said, "Yes."
"No no no," I said -- and got them to try again. After about three attempts, I got them up to the same volume as the Americans.
Afterwards, the emcee suggested that I ought to try my hand at emceeing. Unfortunately (but fortunately in other respects) I met a girl from the country and moved away from Berlin to live with her (and eventually to marry her), so I never got the chance.
I did a spot of stand-up comedy while I was still living in Berlin -- one of the comedy clubs in town had a regular English comedy night. One night I remember particularly well, I was just about to launch into a stinging attack on the German sense of fun -- or rather, lack of it -- when I suddenly thought it would be a good idea to just check how much of my audience I was about to insult. So I said, "Any Germans here?"
When you're on stage, the lights blind you and you can't see more than the first two rows of the audience. I saw some hands go up, but I heard... nothing.
So I said, "See -- this is exactly what I'm talking about. Let me demonstrate: Are there any Americans in the audience?"
Americans are much less reserved than Germans, and I heard cheers and shouts and whoops (and possibly also the first two bars of The Star-Spangled Banner, but perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me).
"See -- that's how to do it," I said. "Let's try again: Any Germans here tonight?"
About six people said, "Yes."
"No no no," I said -- and got them to try again. After about three attempts, I got them up to the same volume as the Americans.
Afterwards, the emcee suggested that I ought to try my hand at emceeing. Unfortunately (but fortunately in other respects) I met a girl from the country and moved away from Berlin to live with her (and eventually to marry her), so I never got the chance.
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A good MC has to be quick on his or her feet mentally, if that makes any sense. You have to know how to "work" a crowd, how to handle any unruly people in the audience, and how to excite a disinterested audience. Sometimes it means joking with them or even poking some fun at them. Getting the audience involved is the main objective. Rewboss' example made me chuckle, because he's right - it's pretty easy to get Americans to speak up. :-D One tactic I've used on occasion to spark up a sluggish audience is to ask "Does anyone here believe in horoscopes? I'm actually somewhat gifted when it comes to astrology. Go ahead, tell me your sign and I'll tell you all about yourself." Folks will yell out various signs, and I'll pick one out: "Taurus, sign of the big mouth. Always the loudest and first one to shout out in a crowd." ;-)
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