Being a MC for a seminar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 ~ TATASHINE

My heart’s still drumming at the moment when thinking of day I acted as a MC for my company’s seminar. It was the
first time I was in the role. Yet everything has its beginning, and being well-prepared is a key to success.

Just want to share a MC script for those who might be in need in future

Enjoy 🙂

Time Activity

8.55am

– Call for attention

Ladies and Gentlemen! May I have your kind attention please..

/ Ladies and gentlemen, as we are about to begin, please have a seat.

/ May I have your attention, please! Our program will star in about a minute, so please find yourself a seat to settle
down. Thank you!

9.00am – opening My name is ___ and on behalf of _____I would like to welcome all of you to this seminar. It is
our privilege to have you with us today. We are now ready to begin the proceedings of the seminar.

/ Good morning ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of _____, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to all of you. We
appreciate you taking time off your busy schedules to join us today. We hope you will find the program we have lined-up
for you to be fruitful and engaging.

Let me first of all introduce you to the agenda.

We will set the ball rolling with ______, the ______ of _____ saying a few words / having an opening remark

We had requested all the seminar invitees to participate in a short online survey. Vivek will also share with you the
findings of this survey. That should take about 10 minutes.
At 9:15 we will have our guest speakers presenting their point of view on the seminar theme. We are fortunate to have
two very prominent industry professionals speaking today, ______ and ______

At 9:45, ______our _____ based in Vietnam will introduce a new and fascinating aspect of the most beautiful organ of
human body … our brain. This will be a 15 minutes presentation.

We will take a coffee break at 10:00 am.

We will reassemble at 10:15 / The seminar will resume at 10:15 and this is when we will present to you ______, our TVC
enhancement tool.

At 11:15 am to conclude the seminar we will have a panel discussion /At 11:15 we will have a panel discussion as the
final seminar item of the day. The audience can also participate in the panel discussion by asking questions or sharing
their own point of view.

We will end the seminar at 12 noon / The seminar is planned to finish around 12 noon

I am sure it is going to be a great 3 hours of interaction and learning for all of us.

I will now invite _____, the _______

9:00 – 9:15: survey result Mr ________, please.

<<<<Welcome note

Findings of a short survey amongst marketers and ad agencies regarding the availability of TVC evaluation / co-creation
tool options>>>>

9:15 – 9:45: Guest presentation Thank you ______

We are privileged to have as our first guest speaker today, ______, _____at ______. Let’s hear from him his experience
and views on the subject…advertising testing
<<<<________>>>>>

Thank you ______. It was a very precise and relevant presentation. I am sure all of us in this room relate to each and
every word that you mentioned. Thank you for sharing.

I would now like to welcome our next guest speaker. We are extremely honored to welcome _______ the ____ at ____.

<<<<_______>>>>>

9:45 – 10:00: A beautiful mind Thank you very much ______. A very thought provoking and insightful presentation
indeed. Your thoughts are going to stay with all of us.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, time for _______, ________of _________to share with us the story of our mind….

<<<<________>>>>>

10:00 – 10:15: Coffee You have heard from _______how beautiful our brain is. After the break, you will find out more
on …..

Ladies and gentlemen, refreshments will also be served in/at ______.

The breakout sessions will start promptly after the coffee break at 10:15am. Thank you.

<<<<Coffee Break>>>>>

10:15 – 11:15:

___ introduction

Welcome back Ladies and Gentlemen!

I hope all of you are enjoying the proceedings so far. There are more exciting things to come…
Just before we took our coffee break, _____ had left us with a question….

Let’s now hear from him the answer to that question.

<<<<_______>>>>>

11:15 – 12:00: Panel discussion Thank you, _______

I would now like to invite on stage members of our elite panel for a discussion to conclude this seminar.

Please welcome ______

The panel discussion will be moderated by ________

12:00 – Closing Thank you all.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I hope you’ve found this morning’s presentations informative and useful.

Thank you for spending time with us today.

So without further ado, here is a sample webinar script and template that you can use to present your own webinars.
This script assumes that the webinar will involve two people: a host and a presenter.

The host is the person who starts off the webinar and sets the tone. This person also fields questions and then closes out
the webinar. The presenter is the one actually giving the presentation.

Here is the sample script and a link to a Google Doc template so it's easy to get started:

[BEGIN WEBINAR]

INTRODUCTION

Host: Welcome, everyone! Thank you for joining us for today's webinar. My name is [HOST NAME] and I'm the [JOB
TITLE] at [COMPANY NAME]. [COMPANY NAME] is the leading provider of [SERVICE].

Today we are presenting "[TITLE]" presented by [PRESENTER]. Just a little housekeeping before we get started. If you
have any questions during the presentation, please type them into the question box in your [Zoom, GoToWebinar,
WebEx] control panel. I'll bring them up during the presentation and we will also have time for questions at the end.

Now without further ado, we will turn the time over to [PRESENTER]! Our presenter today is [details/bio of PRESENTER
to highlight credibility and expertise on subject matter].

PRESENTATION

Presenter: Thank you, [HOST]! I appreciate the introduction. It's great to be speaking with all of you today…

[Give presentation]

Presenter: ...so with that, we will go ahead and take some time for questions.
QUESTION & ANSWER

Host: Thank you, [PRESENTER]! We will go ahead and take some time for questions now. Just a reminder, please be sure
to type your questions into the question box in your control panel.

It looks like we have a few questions. Jim asks...

[GO THROUGH QUESTIONS WITH HOST ASKING THEM AND PRESENTER ANSWERING THEM]

Host: It looks like we've covered all of our questions. [PRESENTER], is there anything else you wanted to cover before a
wrap-up?

Presenter: No, I think we're good for now! Thank you, everyone. It was a pleasure being with you today.

WRAP UP

Host: Great! Thank you, everyone! We appreciate you being here. [MENTION ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS & MAIN
CALL TO ACTION]. Thanks again for joining us today and we will see you next time.

[END WEBINAR]

Naturally, you can modify this script to suit your needs, but this works well for us and should serve as a good framework
for your webinars.

FINAL THOUGHTS & TIPS:

I like to take questions during the webinar, but it's totally up to you. You might want to wait until the end to cover them.
I just like to address them as people are asking them so they can get answers right away and I can weave the answers
into the presentation to add context.

When bringing up questions, be sure to just mention the requester's first name to preserve privacy.
The host should have a few questions with made-up names written down in case there are no questions. That way you
can bring up a few commonly-asked questions in the event that the audience is shy.

Don't just read this script like a robot! Speak naturally as if you are talking to a friend. Nothing makes a webinar more
boring than a host or presenter that just reads the script. Speak casually and follow these public speaking tips.

Presenting a webinar doesn't have to be difficult but it does help to have a good script so you can feel confident and
lower anxiety. Feel free to use this for your next webinar and let us know how it goes!