How To Be A Great Event Emcee (15 Tips From The World's #1 Seminar MC)- Devon Brown
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15 Tips To Being AN OUTSTANDING Emcee (Event Host)
For those who don’t know me, I have been an event emcee for the past few years, and have risen to become the world’s #1 live seminar event emcee. And I love what I do!
I have shared the stage with Tony Robbins, Dean Graziosi, Les Brown, Brian Tracy, Rachel Hollis, and others.
Through my experience (and some mistakes), I have learned how to become a great event emcee. I want to share those lessons with you today in the form of 15 tips that will help you succeed.
And oh yeah, just a quick heads up that (as you probably noticed), I'll be using the two different spellings, "MC (short for Master of Ceremonies)" & "Emcee", interchangeably - since they're both accurate.
15 Tips to Become a great Event Emcee
There are many different kinds of emcees: wedding MC, seminar MC, trade show MC, product launch MC, awards MC, and so much more!
No matter what type of emcee you’re aspiring to be, these following tips will help give you a leg up on the competition.
1. Do your homework on the event
Before you meet or interview with your prospective client, you should absolutely do homework on the client and event first. Look at their website and the event page, past testimonials, their Facebook community, and whatever resource is available to you.
2. ALWAYS REMEMBER, it’s not about YOU... it's about THE EVENT!
3. Come with more energy than the room, but not so much that you blow them out of the water
My rule of thumb is to set my energy 2 levels above wherever the room is and then gradually build it up.
4. Dress the part
As an emcee, you should be the best-dressed person at the entire event.
5. Arrive early & make sure you do soundcheck, feel the stage, and envision yourself interacting with the audience
There’s a famous Vince Lombardi quote that goes, “If you’re on time, you’re late.” You should take this to heart as an emcee.
6. Mix with the crowd beforehand (call out the fun people)
The hardest part of every event is the first time you get on stage. To help overcome that first obstacle, I intermingle with the crowd beforehand.
7. Script your opening!!
Like I said, the most challenging part of an event is the first time you step on the stage. In those opening minutes, it’s up to you to set the tone and set the expectations for the event. So, I strongly suggest you script your opening.
8. Talk to the speakers beforehand if possible
If possible, talk to the speakers beforehand. Some speakers try to just hand you their bio, but that’s not good enough.
9. Be Confident, have fun, and own your mess-ups
One time I said accelerate your sex when I meant to say "accelerate your success"... I owned the mistake and it added to the fun.
10. You’re an emcee - not a comedian
You’re not there to do a set, you’re there to help the event.
11. Work Even When You’re Not on Stage
It’s okay to take a break when you’re not on stage, but you should still consider yourself on the clock.
12. Have fillers (to kill time)
It’s not uncommon for technical difficulties or other hiccups to occur during an event. When they do, it’s your job to keep the audience engaged and their energy level up.
13. Be there for the event host
Ask, “What can I do to make things easier for you?"
14. End as strong as you started
Leave the audience with something uplifting and inspirational, whether it’s a success story, an uplifting anecdote, or thoughtful encouragement.
15. BE AUTHENTIC!!!
Do you. Take ideas from others but put your own spin on them
For more tips, encouragement, and success hacks, please join my private Facebook group, Awesome On Stage: / awesomeonstage
For the full article with explanations for each tip, visit DevonBrown.com/how-to-be-a-great-event-emcee-15-tips
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How To Be A Great Event Emcee (15 Tips From The World's #1 Seminar MC)- Devon Brown
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1.- Do your homework at the event. 2.- Remember is about the event, not you. 3.-Come with more energy than the room but not so much you blow them out of the water. 4.-Drees the part 5.-Arrive early and make sure you do your sound check and feel the stage. 6.-Mix with the crowd beforehand. 7.-Script your opening. 8.-talk to the speakers beforehand 9.-Be confident with your mess-ups. 10.-You are an MC, not a comedian. 11.-When you are on sage interact or study with the audience. 12.-Learn how to have filler and learn how to kill time. 13.-Be there for the event host. 14.-End strong as you stared. 15.-Be authentic.
@FromPeloToYourHeart
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the notes 💖
@esthermutelu8408
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the notes sir
@prophetmazi1496
Жыл бұрын
God bless you for the note summary sir it's a privilege learning from your vast knowledge sir. Thank you
@AdamWestUS
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@tejuteju8143
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
I'm gonna emcee my first event tomorrow. It's a kid's birthday party. As a 15 y.o. I'm totally unprepared for this but after watching your video I think I can get through the event confidently. Thank you for the wonderful tips, it was really useful 😊😊
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Have fun! Let me know how it goes.
@adewunmibalogun6160
Жыл бұрын
Hey how did your event go hope it went well
@lalabegante5850
Жыл бұрын
IT WENT WELL HEHE, the parents of the kid wanted me to be the emcee again next time. Your tips really helped me thank you so much ♥️♥️
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
@@lalabegante5850 Amazing! Good to hear that!
@husainshah6677
Жыл бұрын
Everybody starts somewhere, and dude's doing exactly that
Confidence and fun will go further with the crowd than perfection ever will was DEEP!
@DevonBrownTV
7 ай бұрын
100%
To think this is three years old. I see why you are the best in the world. I plan on coming in behind you brother. How can I see more of your content? My name is is Justin. Hope to link up with you at some point. This video is timeless😁🔥
@DevonBrownTV
2 күн бұрын
I appreciate it, man! Join my exclusive Facebook group for more content like this: facebook.com/groups/awesomeonstage See you there!
@justinpound9438
2 күн бұрын
@@DevonBrownTV I had my Very first MC with Bone Thugs n Harmony may 24th and rocked it man. Thanks for the pointers brother. Love you
I'm emceeing my first event (other than being the lead singer for a band) on Staurday night. This was EXACTLY what I needed to hear. Such a great video! Subscribed fo sho!
@soyemitunde8265
Жыл бұрын
how did it go?
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
I hope your first emceeing event went well!
@heroinaesperat3391
Жыл бұрын
Q
@amitfromgurgaon2883
Жыл бұрын
how was your event buddy?
I’m hosting an event tomorrow and God this feels like a breakthrough seeing this before my event, THANK YOU SO MUCH 😁🙏
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Let me know how it went. Hope it went well!
@amitfromgurgaon2883
Жыл бұрын
how has your event been?
I must say this is phenomenal. I am a professional MC based here in Nigeria, and I have been thinking of training younger and inexperienced MCs. This here is just a perfect guide to my videos and I learnt a lot myself. It would be great to talk to you in person.
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! That's amazing.
@MCUgom
7 ай бұрын
Good to hear from you sir. Can we have some interaction.
Hi, from New Zealand in 2024 ...... I am MC'ing my first event tomorrow and have loved these 15 tips :) Thank you so much for sharing with us.
@DevonBrownTV
3 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you for the love.. If you want to learn more about emceeing or public speaking in general, come join our private Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/awesomeonstage I share tips regularly there and it's just an awesome space to hang out and learn stuff for emcees and public speakers. See you there!
Thank you for the tips. You are a natural and may God bless you
Thankyou so much. I have an event of 500 people with our First lady being the guest of honor and this is exactly what I needed. Thakyou
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! How did the event go?
I have an emcee event in a few hours & I’m super grateful for this tips. Thank you so much. Love from Nigeria 🇳🇬
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
All the best! Let me know how it goes!
@Yourfavoritecheerleader
Жыл бұрын
It went really great! The host & attendees were super pleased & pumped up by my energy. Some of the tips you shared worked e.g 1. Arrive early 2. Be available to help 3. Dress the part 4. Make friends with the attendees before you resume your responsibility so it’ll be easy to flow when you start 5. End strong. Overall, GRACE was available for me 😁 Thanks again ☺️
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
@@Yourfavoritecheerleader AMAZING!!!!!
This video covers everything I needed. Also, I liked your energy felt engaged throughout the video.
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
First time listening to you but I can see why you’re in demand. I’m an artist but today I’m playing emcee with my co-host @ a weekend music festival in Barbados called Silkroad. Your pointers, energy and insight is highly imperative 🙏🏾👑🖤 Keep shining brother
@DevonBrownTV
Ай бұрын
This means so much! Thanks bro.
Watching you from Jamaica and I hear, " Big up to Jamaica" ........subscribed same time...though I was already planning to
Thank you! I am planning to MC for Christian women at my church. Your tips are terrific!
@DevonBrownTV
11 ай бұрын
Awesome! Emceeing for church events is always fun and meaningful. All the best and let me know how it goes! Also, let me invite you to join our exclusive Facebook group where I share tips on public speaking regularly. Here's the link: facebook.com/groups/awesomeonstage See you there!
You are bad ass my man. Have already subscribed for a great reason. Getting great value from you and your energy. Love you brethren.
I love this. Thanks for sharing
love this! thank you
Bro, this is the best thing I’ve ever seen! I do a Corporate Events and travel all around the world and I learned so much from this video just now!!
Awesome tips! Thank you.
I love this so much. Thank you so much sir
Thank you for sharing these tips. They are indeed helpful.
Thank you so much Mr Devon Brown for this video
Devon!!! Thank you so much for this. As many others have commented, I'm MCing a church event tomorrow and I was looking for a guide even though I have a little bit of experience MCing. This is going to be a lot easier because of your content. Thank you!
Love love love this! Especially the part about Cool Runnings, and when they say they need to Jamaican and can’t be Swiss it’s so true and thank you for all the examples! It also helps put words to what I’ve worked on without realizing it, and help me hone in on skills specifically thank you
Great tips Devon! Thank you
Great tips Devon!! thanks!
This is so helpful. Thank you Devon
These tips were so helpful. Thanks Devon
Many thanks Devon
Thank you, this helped a lot.
Thank you Devon.
Love your TIPS!!!!
Awesome, awesome, Devon. Your energy is contagious 😂
Thank you, Sir.Devon... It is really helpful for me... Thanks a lot. And may God bless you more.
It's so helpful and of value. Thank you!
This was sooo awesome. Thx 🙏
I’m watching this video. On my way to MC an event. These tips were perfect. I never would have thought of all of this but it is definitely useful. Thank you. You’ve got my sub.
@DevonBrownTV
10 ай бұрын
How did your event go?
@KelvinTroyJohnson
10 ай бұрын
@@DevonBrownTV it went great! I watched your video several times, and was ready when I arrived to take the stage. I got compliments, and the host of the event invited me to be the host for the next event. We have now formed a bit of a partnership, and have bigger plans, then we had before meeting. Thank you for creating this video. It was tremendously helpful.
@DevonBrownTV
10 ай бұрын
@@KelvinTroyJohnson THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!
God bless you, sir!
Thanks so much,got so much value
Very usefull tips. They will help me alot. Thank you Devon!
Thank you for this! I didn't even think of the time while watching you... You're a great mc indeed
Thank you it help me to be myself and have confidence it’s my first time
Great vid!
Thank you So much for your tips Sir...
I'll be emceeing an event on Sunday evening, and I'm so anxious, this is a great help. Thank you 😩
Thanks for all the tips, really helpful!
Lovely! Energetic!! Awesome!!!
Great tips Devon!
Have a good day! I learn so much in the video you released. I've been emceeing for different occasions for more 10 years. I wanted to further it since it gives me joy everytime I'm on stage. Hoping to meet you, work with and learn more with you. God bless.
This really helped me out thanks 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Great information. Thank you for sharing. All brilliant tips.
Helpful video thanks for sharing these tips.
Love this video thank you so much!!!❤❤
@DevonBrownTV
6 ай бұрын
You're most welcome!
Thanks for these tips! I'm having my 2nd time MC'ing a school program (I'm 16, 4th year HS) and my first hosting last month was good, did a few mistakes. I hope these'll help me this friday!
Thank you devon, i watched the whole video and learned a lot from it. More power!
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! This means a lot to me. 🙏
Thank you Devon. This is gold
@DevonBrownTV
9 ай бұрын
You're most welcome!
Hi Devon. I’m a french MC from Reunion Island. God bless U for these simple but powerful tips. I’ll use and practice them for sure 😊🎉
This is really helpful! I agree about doing your homework and the other tips you shared. Loved the perspective you shared about serving/helping the event host. And adding the energy levels tip on my notes! Thank you! 😊
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
So glad to be of help! You're welcome!
Omg i love how you explain everything! Thank you so much for your nice video! Subscribed 👍🏻🔥
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind words and for subscribing! If you want to increase your confidence in public speaking, I have a free gift for you: awesomeonstage.com/free-gift/
Thanks so much sir, I am an MC n I realise all dis tips are so true.
Thank you so much Devon. It was a really helpful video!
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks a lot! This means so much to me!
This is so good and practical!
This is awesome!! I'm hosting a Music Festival downtown Toronto tomorrow for several hours. I did it before and it went fabulous but this time I'm staying for the whole event and I wanted to be prepared. It's amazing coaching! Thank you! ❤
Super cool tips - really awesome and informative! Thank you Devon.
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Erica!
This is so beautifully helpful 🥺🙏
im gonna be an emcee on a christian program as a teenager, and i thank you for giving out these tips since it's really hard to keep up with the pace of works and an event!
Thank you so much Devon
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
You`re Welcome. Thanks for subscribing.
Thanks this was very helpful.
Great video. This was very insightful !
Man I love your energy and it's so entertaining and fun.
@DevonBrownTV
5 ай бұрын
Thanks!
Thank you for such an informative video 🙏🤗
This will be very helpful. Thank u
Thankyou so much Devon. I'm MCeeing my first big event today. And these are the best tips I've heard.
So great! Thank you Devon for this awesome video. Love your energy and insights! I'm a newer emcee and would love to see more videos about being an emcee. Thanks for sharing!
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Welcome to the club, Amy! Sure, my channel has a lot of tips for you, or let's connect on social!
This is gold
This video is a life saver!!!!
Thank you so much Devon. This really helped
@DevonBrownTV
10 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
SERVE -- i needed this one. thank you!
@DevonBrownTV
Ай бұрын
You are welcome!
Many thanks, Devon! Insightful and valuable video.
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
I love this! Thank you
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Welcome!
Thank you. Very helpful tips.
@DevonBrownTV
3 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
You're amazing! This was so helpful!! Thank you!!
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
Great content. Very helpful!
Thank you I have been chosen to emcee an event next month and thank you for your advice
Thank you for making this and sharing your knowledge and experience
@DevonBrownTV
2 ай бұрын
thank YOU! Are you interested in more emceeing tips? I share them regularly with the exclusive facebook group I created: facebook.com/groups/awesomeonstage Hope to see you there!
Thank you for these amazing ideas! The energy you exude even in this video is contagious. Great find on YT!!
@DevonBrownTV
10 ай бұрын
Yay! Thanks! I also have created a private facebook group for folks who want to leverage their public speaking skills. This is the space where I share tips and other stuff about public speaking. Here's the link: facebook.com/groups/awesomeonstage
Thank you so much, Devon.❤🎉
@DevonBrownTV
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for being here!
Thanks so much for this video 📸. Be authentic. Love that!!
@DevonBrownTV
6 ай бұрын
100%
Fantastic video. Great advice and Inspiration. Thanks heaps Devon! Blessings
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
I’ve seen this guy speak at many events in different industries, and he’s seriously the best MC. Like, he IS that guy.
@DevonBrownTV
10 ай бұрын
WOW THANK YOU!!
@cpmvmaker1
10 ай бұрын
@@DevonBrownTV I’ve seen you speak at every thing from clickfunnels, to medical conferences! You’re the man, Devon
@DevonBrownTV
10 ай бұрын
@@cpmvmaker1 Thanks man!
This is awesome..i love it, I love you Devon
@DevonBrownTV
6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
This was incredibly helpful
Thanks for this tips!😊
Great video and very useful. thanks!
So glad I found this,Devon
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Yay!
Lots of value here, THANK YOU!
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Thank you very much, You motivated me further, Energy and being able to spot that, it is not you, but the event.
Thank and God bless you.
Thank you for sharing this amazing content. A beginner mc just got lifted 💯
@DevonBrownTV
Жыл бұрын
so glad to hear this!