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Effective Emceeing Skills Workshop For Corporate In-House Events

Designed for corporate organisations that host regular events, the corporate emceeing workshop equips you with the skills necessary to host a variety of corporate functions, from corporate courses, public meetings, corporate dinners, corporate ceremonies, corporate awards ceremonies and public events.

If you are someone who needs to organise and host corporate functions, then this workshop is for you. This workshop is specially designed for executives and leaders in the corporate setting.

In this workshop, you will acquire life-long skills in emceeing, hosting, and public speaking. Specifically, you will learn how to engage the audience attention, host the event confidently, portray poise and elegance when speaking to small and large crowds, and think fast on your feet in response to challenging questions and events. You will also learn how to build your charisma demonstrate leadership skills through your emceeing skills.

You will get to learn from an experienced coach who was a national public speaking champion, and who have hosted A-List events such as Yacht Shows, international competitions, business conferences, public festivals, and ceremonies and functions involving ministers. Therefore, this workshop is designed to give your great exposure for enhanced performance.

Objective

This workshop is split into seven major objectives:

1. Understanding the different forms of emceeing
2. Master the Psychology and Mindset of emceeing to build unbreakable confidence
3. Learn how to craft your emcee script effectively
4. Incorporate Body Language Techniques into your performance
5. Enhance your performance with Stage Positioning Techniques
6. Learn vocal expression and voice projection techniques
7. Handle impromptu scenarios and glitches

Outline

Segment 1: Introduction To Emceeing

1. Understanding what is emceeing
2. The different forms of emceeing and events
3. The Psychology of Emceeing and the Emcee Mindset

Segment 2: Emceeing Best Practices

1. Pre-Event Rituals (The 3 P’s)
2. D-Day Rituals
3. Post-Event Rituals

Segment 3: Crafting Effective Emcee Scripts

1. How to segment a script
2. How to start the event strongly and create an impactful impression
3. The correct way of introducing VIPs and inviting someone on stage
4. How to manage the timing
5. Get sample scripts from the trainer
6. The Voice of God Technique

Segment 4: Body Language Techniques

1. The do’s and don’ts of body language
2. Common pitfalls of presenting oneself on stage
3. Body language techniques to build rapport
4. Body language techniques to present with authority
5. The appropriate standing posture to convey confidence
6. Hand gestures and their meaning
7. The secret psychology of handshakes

Segment 5: Stage Positioning Techniques

1. Stage movement strategies
2. Stage positioning techniques
3. Eye contact techniques and strategies
4. Pacing and leading on stage
5. Using stage positioning to convey ideas
6. Designing off-stage sitting arrangements
7. Common and subtle mistakes to be aware of

Segment 6: Vocal Expression and Projection Techniques

1. The three types of voices
2. Voice projection techniques
3. Voice enhancement exercises
4. Strategies in using pauses
5. Implanting 'Emphasis' on words
6. Understanding tone, pitch, and vocal rate
7. Creating vocal stamina
8. How to speak at length without hurting your voice
9. Pronunciation and Enunciation for emcees

Segment 7: Handling Impromptu Scenarios, Glitches and Contingencies

1. Learn about the common scenarios, glitches and contingencies
2. Solutions to handle common problems
3. How to think on your feet to handle contingencies

Who should attend

Corporate leaders and high-performance executives who want to

1. Learn a lifelong skill
2. Learn how to emcee for personal and professional interest
3. Demonstrate leadership skills as a host
4. Enhance performance in the workplace
5. Form positive impressions in the workplace

Methodology

The workshop will also be conducted in an interactive manner, infused with practical exercises, and embedded in spiral learning curriculum design methodology and in-class social learning systems. This allows for maximum engagement with students throughout the lesson.

Testimonials

- I learned a lot of technical skills that I can apply
- The facility is Great
- Trainer is very knowledgeable and shows us a lot of helpful tips to perform better
Institute Of Technical Education

- Very Effective ways of dealing with emceeing mistakes
- Despite the small class size, was Enthusiastic and able to held our attention with activities and real life example and very spontaneous.
Institute of Technical Education

Dr Tan is an award winning speaker both in the national and international speaking arena. His commitment and dedication to the learning outcomes of his students have been absolutely impressive. His content delivery skills are astounding, his style engaging, and his facilitation skills dynamic. He is able to hold and captivate the attention of his audience for long hours at a stretch. He has captivated audiences in Singapore, China, Nepal, Vietnam Thailand, Maldives, and the USA. His workshops are filled with exciting elements and activities that provide deep-rooted engagements and lots of learning outcomes. Such is a noteworthy skill worthy of praise.
Muhammad Anwar Ali - International Speaker and Executive Coach

Many thanks for your charisma and inspiring sharing last Wednesday at AIA on the above subject. It is inspiring to learn from you, which I believed that is so much more we can learn from you. My take away are the elements required to craft great stories. I will work on it for my sales. Truly appreciate your generosity to share your power point slides with us for our reference and learning. Wishing all the best in your noble career of inspiring others.
David Low - Financial Services Consultant, AIA Singapore Private Limited

Profile of Dr. Tan Kwan Hong

• International Speaker to 420,000+ People from 800+ Organizations in 40+ Countries
• Singapore Champion Public Speaker For 2017, 2-Time Singapore First Runner-Up
• PhD, MSc (Finance), MSc (HR), M.Ed., MMTM, MIT, MPM, PGDBA, GDTD, SDBA, BSc. (Economics), Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM)
• ACTA Certified, MOE accredited, Google Certified Educator, Microsoft Education Expert Award Winner

Kwan Hong is passionate in helping professionals attain mastery in public speaking, personal peak performance and career growth. His highly rated workshops include: public speaking, business negotiation, interview skills, resume and cover letter writing, essential business etiquette, and finding your career passion.

With 12 years of training experience, Kwan Hong has personally conducted workshops or given speeches to over 200,000 people, 550 organizations and schools, in 15 countries. His clients include A*Star, AIA Singapore, AON Singapore, Alexandra Health, Citibank, DSTA, Ministry of Education (Singapore), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam), Land Transport Authority (LTA), Halogen Foundation, People’s Association, Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG), and the Young Men’s Christian Association.

Kwan Hong has been hired by organisations to coach their C-Suite Executives, Vice-Presidents, and Directors. He has also conducted group and individual coaching sessions for sales executives, negotiators, spokespersons, media relations executives and young professionals. Kwan Hong has also trained participants for international debate and public speaking competitions.

In 2017, Kwan Hong came out tops over 5000 contestants to become the Singapore Public Speaking Champion, awarded by Toastmasters International. He was ranked 2nd in Singapore for the Evaluation Speech Contest in 2016 and 2017. He was ranked top 7 in Singapore and Thailand in 2013. He was also awarded the Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) title, the greatest honour that can be earned by a member of Toastmasters International, achieved by less than 1% out of 350,000+ members globally.

Kwan Hong has a PhD, 3 Masters degrees, and 3 Graduate Diplomas. He is also certified in high performance tools, such as Strong Interest Inventory, DISC, Enneagram, NLP, and Transformation Coaching.