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Effective Emceeing (Basic) - The Complete Guide for Shy Speakers

Speaking on stage and MCing share the same skillset. Many speakers have switched to MCing events as their main game or as a profitable side hustle.

In this workshop, you will discover some of the super, key skills of what it takes to be an effective emcee at events. Whether you are a total newbie, or if you have experience hosting events, and are thinking about formalizing and enhancing your skills to take them to the next level, this course is for you!

Just follow the 10 tips to successfully stage manage and MC special events of any kind; indoor or outdoor, day or evening.

They include prestigious award nights, conferences and seminars, trade shows and talent quests, training and sales meetings, charity fund-raisers and society balls, and of course elegant wedding receptions.

But working as an Event Host is not just for folks experienced in presentation skills. MCing is available to anyone who can be organised and entertaining at the same time.

I have coached and mentored comedians, magicians, sales trainers, teachers, marketing managers, TV personalities, and many more to extend their on-stage experience with MC work.

You will possess the ability to shine the light on others and make them feel special; in other words, it's not all about you. A great MC becomes a star themselves by making the guests feel like superstars!

Any experience speaking on stage in front of a live crowd will give you a wonderful head start. What are you waiting for? Join now, to speak up, stand out, shine on stage now!
  

Objective

You will learn:

• How to introduce yourself as the event emcee in sensational style and capture everyone's attention
• Understand what is required and not required to MC both intimate receptions and corporate business events
• Become confident enough to add "Event Host MC" to your speakers resume AKA master of ceremonies
• Marketing and maintaining a personal brand
• How to develop your own MC style
• How to recognise humour and keep everyone laughing without telling a single joke
• How to be an expert at brevity using vocal variety, facial expressions and body language, and
• The best way to introduce yourself and the event, and keep it running smoothly and on time.
• Handle the basics of preparing, presenting, and performing as an entertaining and organised Event Host MC
• Learn that MCing weddings is not as difficult as many others make it seem
• Manage any mistakes while emceeing
• Builds your confidence even further (because you know what you can do)
• Helps you increase your income (because you can charge other people as a pro)

Outline

3 Tips to Successful Life as An Emcee Career

• Fear of Failure
• What to say
• Building Confidence
• Common Mistakes of First Time Emcee

10 Tips on How to be a Cutting Edge Emcee

• Role of Emcee
• Feel the ground and relate to the audience
• Tee Up
• Transitioning
• Managing Mistakes

Change Your Voice and Change Your Life

• Microphone Placement and Handling
• Where to Stand & Body language

Scripting

• Formulating a Story Structure
• How Do You Start A Story With A Set-Up & Inciting Incident?
• How Do You Create A Middle For Your Story With Rising Action?
• How Do You Create An End For Your Story With A Main Event & Resolution?
• Tie Your Message to the Story

How to Present, Perform and Persuade

• Preparation at least the night before
• Dressing Appropriately
• How to dazzle the crowd

Who should attend

Testimonials

Hi, I'm Jack Neo. Last night I was immensely impressed by your hosting and stage charisma at Teochew Entrepreneur Award Ceremony. I've an upcoming event that requires an emcee and I would like to know if you can host for us. Thank you!
Jack Neo

Sharlyn is one of the rare few bilingual emcees of Singapore. I'm very impressed with her bilingualism.
MS LOW YEN LING, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Trade and Industry Mayor, South West CDC

Talented, Humorous, Quick Witted and Bilingual . Sharlyn is one of the most engaging Emcees in Singapore who never fails to rile up the crowd with her fun games and antics! My company staff and I highly recommend her emceeing service
Mun Yip, CEO of Omnititan Pte Ltd

“Sharlyn's professional and versatile hosting style allows her to connect seamlessly with audiences from all walks of life. Not forgetting she is also effectively bilingual! Very impressed with how she can bring any event to life with her spontaneity and wit! Her ability to react and improvise to any situation on stage truly sets her apart from the rest! Such a rarity in this field!”
Shu Zhen, NUS Fundraising Dept

I learnt a lot from the emceeing workshop and Sharlyn is able to hold the audience attention and create the right mood at the right time. What really impresses me, is how she is able to salvage an awkward situation, e.g. when the music suddenly goes off causing an awkward silence during the mock up session. Sharlyn with her wealth of experience, coupled with exceptional preparatory work that she puts her heart and soul to do, any event that she hosts is sure to shine ! Highly recommend learning from her.
Garrick Bay, Foundry Productions

Profile of Sharlyn Lim

Sharlyn is a communication and presentation skills expert who has a demonstrated history of hosting broadcast media programmes. She graduated with a Media & Communications Degree and is deeply passionate about mentoring individuals in harnessing their voice to communicate information and present ideas at their workplaces and in public. Her voice has been highly lauded for TV and online voice-over advertisements (which means you have probably heard her “voice” somewhere).

Sharlyn is also a Weekend Radio DJ with Love 972 FM. With an air of Jene sais quoi, Sharlyn has also acted in the recent movie “Make It Big Big” directed by Mark Lee & acted alongside Fann Wong. 

Her soothing voice has also won over the hearts of Taiwanese Movie Producers & landed her 1st ever Movie Vocal Dubbing role in Jack Neo's latest movie - Killer Not Stupid.
  
Other than a Voice Coach & Effective Communicator, Sharlyn is a highly sought-after presenter in Singapore, carving out a niche for herself in the realm of professional hosting!

She is effectively bilingual in both English and Mandarin and has since hosted events in the presence of dignitaries, C-levels, DPM, MPs:

• Princess of Belgium
• Kofi Annan
• Christine Lagarde (1st IMF Chairwoman)
• Jim Rogers
• PM Lee
• President Halimah Yacob

With local and overseas celebrities like :

• Lynn Xiong Dai Ling
• SHE
• Korean FT Island, Brown Eye Girls etc  
• Zoe Tay, Gurmit Singh, Mark Lee,Jeanette Aw etc.

Interviewed TVB celebs like:

• Tavia Yeung, Ma Jun Wei etc.

List of Accolades

• Best Emcee of the Year Award 2018 awarded by BMSP
• 2nd Runner Up in Talent Quest Toastmaster in 2012
• Love 972 Weekend Radio DJ
• Y.E.S FM 933 Star DJ Search 2007, Top 10(Voted Most Popular by IWeekly Magazine)
• Hosted Sian Chay Charity Gala with Mark Lee and telecasted via StarHub Channel
• Proud Graduate of Vocal Coaching by Mark van Cuylenberg
• Proud Graduate of Taiwanese Show Host Cao Qitai  曹启泰
• Hosted Channel 8 Children Variety Show,– Happy Sunday Kids
• Japan Fuji TV – Amazing Singapore! Outstation Host
• Hosted & Interviewed Hong Kong TVB Celebs at Starhub Awards
• Interviewed Taiwan, Mediacorp Celebrities & World Acclaimed Speakers eg. Jim Rogers, Princess of Belgium etc