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Jul 29
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160 - How To MC Like A Pro (even if you’...

Cat Matson
About this episode

“How To MC an Event” is the question I’m answering in this week’s episode of Speaking with Confidence … a question asked by Louise in my community.

MCing is my favourite speaking format … so I LOVED answering this question!

Listen in to hear:

  • What is the role of an MC (and what many people get wrong)

  • How to do an Acknowledgement of Country that is meaningful and DOESN’T sound tokenistic

  • Why as MC you want to make the experience enjoyable for the audience, and how to do that

  • What to do with those extra long speaker bios

  • How you can leverage the opportunity to build your profile while you’re MCing

To join me for the upcoming SpeakEASY Elevator Pitch Practise Session, click here.

If you have a question you’d like me to answer on this podcast, do so over on Instagram.

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