This blog post is useful for people who participate in public speaking events and social gatherings.
To introduce a speaker is a very important task. If you do it right you will make yourself popular.
The main principle to follow is to showcase the speaker's best qualities and talk very highly of his/her achievements, mentioning their awards, work and other contributions. Do your homework and find out the facts about the speaker.
Learn how to pronounce their name correctly and articulate it well when calling the person.
When calling the presenter smile, use a loud voice and upward inflections because it will make you sound optimistic and energetic. Maintain a straight posture and good eye contact with the audience. When the presenter comes to the stage shake his/her hand and make eye contact with him/her.
It would be fantastic to ask the audience to clap: “Let’s give a round of applause to our next speaker Simon Bird.”
Stress the most important words by saying them louder.
Below is an example of an introduction; I put the most important words in italic font:
“It is a great owner to introduce our next speaker, Simon Bird. Simon has a Ph.D. in Politics and is a Nobel Prize winner. It is impossible to overestimate his contributions to human rights in this country. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s give our warm welcome and a round of applause to Simon Bird!”
You can master the skills of presenting and more with the apps Get Rid of your Accent UK1 and Fluent English Speech (British English) or American Accent App and Fluent American Speech (American English), and Power, Pitch, Pace, Pause.
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