Six Vital Tips for a First-Time Emcee

Six Vital Tips for a First-Time Emcee

with Dr. Bill Lampton


Suppose your supervisor told you, “You know that we have our company banquet scheduled for next month. Before she transferred to another state, Evelyn did a fine job as master of ceremonies for five years. Of course, we need a replacement emcee now, and I have selected you.” Would that assignment intimidate you? Not if you followed these six vital tips.


1. Spotlight others, not yourself
2. Be clock conscious
3. Remain totally alert
4. Be careful with humor
5. Check the technical equipment beforehand
6. Use your natural conversational voice


To sum up: Your employer honored you by asking you to emcee the annual event. You can make your first time effort both successful and enjoyable. Put others in the limelight, be clock conscious, refrain from using intoxicating beverages, use humor cautiously and tastefully, make sure the technical equipment is working, and speak conversationally. When the evening ends, you’ll start looking forward to your next opportunity to emcee an event.


Links: ChampionshipCommunication.com

[box_blue]Note: If you would like to listen to a podcast right away you can hear a sample by clicking on the “play” button on our podcasts page. If you would like to play your podcast later or take it on the road, you will first need to subscribe to and download the podcast using the subscription software on your computer, such as itunes. Then you will have to transfer the podcast file to your portable media device. We recommend the following subscription software for the best user experience:

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Scroll to Top