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Help for Speakers Tip of the Week
Two Tips for MCs and Event managers

I was MC at my sister's wedding last weekend, and we were blessed by sunny weather, and a happy family occasion, despite the London Cab hired to transport the bride and groom losing brakes on the Port Hills where they drove to take photos, and another car rolling into the Avon, and being retrieved by the parks department!

From the wedding come two speaking tips.

1 - When you're MC of an event with several speakers, remember your job is not to hog the limelight, it's to make it easy for the other speakers to look good.  That means being the co-ordinator, making sure the technical requirements are sorted, that people know the order that they speak in, and that they get an introduction which makes it easy for them to succeed.

2 - If you're managing an event and things don't go to plan - as they often don't, then you are usually better to look for a solution that takes account of the new situation, rather than fight and moan about the fact that what was planned isn't now possible. 

In our case, the band needed more space than expected, and the dance floor had to be moved for the Ceroc dance class held while the bridal party were away getting photos. And the cab breakdown delayed dinner, but we let the caterer know as soon as possible, and it really didn't matter.   

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