Do you know you can start anytime ? Even when you are young. Emcees are in demand as we have events everyday. Conferences, birthdays, weddings, roadshows and many more. Just check out shopping malls concourse area and also hotels, you will see many activities going on. Each activity, they will need emcees.
So, how to be an emcee?
1) You need to be ready.
How to go about being ready ? You need to have practice session, an environment where it is safe, at least to make mistakes and get valuable feedback for improvement.
If you are an adult, you can join toastmasters. For us, we have kids emcees happening in Taman Tun Dr Ismail. Below are some of our activities, working with the kids to clock the stagetime.
Get the stagetime, be it in school or your friends event. You can start by volunteering, but there is a fine-line being taken advantage off if you do it too many times. You will have to decide if you want to charge a certain fee for the services. That is entirely up to you during the negotiation.
2) You need to create a profile of your services.
This can be done with a simple website. Companies who wants engage emcees will obviously need to know our credentials. Thus, having a website is a no-brainer for them to find you.
Second is to have a social media profile or page, highlighting your services too. Facebook and instagram is a good start for more personal events like birthdays and weddings. Linkedin will be next if you want to get corporate engagement.
3) Get a mentor
How to learn a skill faster ? Get a mentor. Mentor is someone who has gone through the challenges and will guide you. He or she will help you save a lot of time by reducing your learning curve. Bear in mind that you might need to take those harsh feedback if you are getting a mentor. Afterall, a diamond is produced through many hours of polishing.
That is all for now. Hope the tips above will kick start your emcee journey. How to be an emcee ? Is all up to you.
To know more about us, kindly visit :
Email : KidsPublicSpeaking@gmail.com
About :
Johan Speaking Academy has trained more than 1000 kids to speak on stage since 2014. The founder Johan Ooi is the 2015 Peninsular Malaysia Public Speaking Champion. In year 2015 itself, he represented Malaysia to the World Championship of Public Speaking held at Las Vegas. He finished as the Semi-Finalist.
Founder Johan Ooi and co-founder Cherry Ho conducts kids emcee classes at Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
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