Click here to learn how one manager has repeatedly hired Terry to MC and how that's enhanced their marketing results. He's been Pro MC finalist in 2009 AND 2010 at the Corporate Events Guide People's Choice Awards. At events like yours, Terry grabs attention, generates rapport and creates memories. Terry's background in corporate training and people management gives him the commercial savvy to clearly convey your messages. He will thoroughly research your organisation to ensure he can grab the attention of your audience to both inform and entertain. Author of ‘THE GUIDE: How to kiss, get a job and other stuff you need to know’, that book has been acclaimed as a platform for people to reach the young people in their lives. Terry Williams is a leading New Zealand comedy writer and humourist. He's not crude. He's no clown. Terry Williams is a clever, business-savvy satirist & comedian.

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He's gained skills as a comedian that he's found beneficial in the real world outside comedy. These include communication skills, rapport building, self-confidence and quick thinking. Now he's helping people in business learn from his serious comedy experiences without even having to get on stage. Terry speaks to corporate groups about what he has learnt as a comedian that can create value and change in the workplace. His presentations can both amuse you and provide you with invaluable tools for leaders, managers, salespeople at work and home.

His motivational presentations to business groups receive rave reviews. Or, if you want a comedian for entertainment, he does that too. He’s performed in several New Zealand International Comedy Festivals. Terry's style is interactive, with the use of entertainment to keep the sessions flowing, hold your audience's concentration and improve their recall of key information.

As seen on TV1’s ‘Good Morning’ and TV3’s ‘Sunrise’, Terry Williams combines comedy with valuable business acumen to be a skilled and knowledgeable MC, speaker or facilitator.

Glenn Middleton, Manager Operations - Orix "The feedback I have received from our sponsors and media contacts re your performance last night has been 100% positive. I am confident your skills and most importantly "culture fit" will only but complement our desire to provide the most professional hospitality product within the series this season."

Debi Chalmers, Asia-Pacific Venue Management Association "Thank you, Terry. You are an ingenious performer who invigorated our audience with your rapid-fire repartee and observational wit. A skilled master of ceremonies, assured compere, and polished stand-up comedian.....you left our delegates screaming for more! Sincere thanks, for your commitment to our 2008 Asia Pacific Venue Industry Congress."

Jason Roberts, Marketing Manager, Zeacom "Terry is an engaging presenter and works well in small / large group situations. In my case we were wanting to use a comedy ‘bent’ to not only better engage with our customers, but also find innovative ways to consider issues, find solutions and of course ‘connect’ people. Terry did a brilliant job for us in this capacity and is highly recommended."

Roseta Jacobs, Auckland University Centre For Professional Development "A marvellous job... very professional, respectful yet still hilariously funny... It was the perfect end to a successful conference."

Brian Berry, Rothbury Financial Services “Terry’s session as Keynote Speaker finished our conference on the ‘high’ that we were looking for. His very humorous session gave us skills to apply not only in our businesses but also in our personal lives.”

Professor Alan Stenger, Business School, University of Auckland “The best corporate entertainment I’ve ever been to.”

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What Should You Expect From The Professional MC For Your Event?
In addition to the obvious benefits of time management and organization, an MC should liven up any series of presentations with enlightening introductions and relevant business-related humour. An MC must be an asset with tangible business benefits...

Time Management
All too often events run late. A professional MC must ensure that your speakers stick to time. Furthermore, your day should proceed seamlessly as your MC expertly introduces your speakers, smoothly transitions from one to the next and connects all to your event’s objectives – creating continuity, attentiveness and relevance.

Focus
An MC must maintain the attention of any audience by providing the brain some much needed novelty between presentations. The emcee's introductory and conclusive remarks and activities should leave a memorable, humorous, and applicable message in the minds of your audience, augmenting their enjoyment of your event as well as their appreciation of the other speakers' presentations. If you’re selling something, be it ideas or products, your MC is the one to ‘close the deal.’

Search And Rescue
Perhaps the greatest benefit of a corporate MC is their damage-control capabilities. If one of your speakers is late, absent, or otherwise incapable of performing, your MC should be able to help to fill in the gaps with their own relevant material so that your audience need never know there is a problem. (The art is in concealing the art.)

Planning
Accustomed to live performance and entertainment (and having learned from the mistakes of others), an MC is a valuable resource for planning the proceedings of any event. Whether making decisions about how much time to allocate to each presenter or who to hire or seating arrangements in a banquet hall, a professional MC should have the experience and creativity to help you with most aspects of event arrangements. Remember: they perform at events for a living, whereas you may be a first-time planner/organiser. Utilize their expertise and suggestions as much or as little as you want, but never hesitate to ask for their opinions.

Summary
Many events spend more on table settings than on their MC but how many events owe their success to the table settings? An MC should benefit you and your event in ways you cannot even imagine. They should ensure the continuity of the proceedings, keep your audience attentive and entertained, incorporate their own exciting abilities like comedy, and lend professional opinions about any and all aspects of event planning. When considering how to improve your events, take into account the numerous ways in which a professional master of ceremonies can create a fun, productive, and memorable atmosphere for any occasion.

Terry also does a lot of behind-the-scenes work that he's found his clients appreciate. For example, four exhibitors recently felt short-changed at the low foot-traffic their locations were generating. They'd paid thousands for their locations near the entrance to the exhibitors hall, only to discover that another unofficial exit / entrance had been created. Result = next to no foot traffic + unhappy exhibitors + concerned conference organisers

On hearing this, Terry schmoozed them and set up a scavenger hunt guiding delegates to their stands for answers. He cribbed a few prizes as incentives for the 'hunters.' Result = Everybody happy X repeat business X ongoing vendor support!

Terry finds his business background helps him - approachability and credibility. He can't sing like some MCs but he knows business people and their issues and hot buttons. Why? Because he is a business person. As such, he knows that the obvious audience isn't the only audience. There's the sponsors, vendors, exhibitors and the organisations that are paying the registration fees for the conference delegates. An MC that can sing and tell jokes is fine but superficial. What conference organisers need is someone who can do that and keep in mind the other customers that the conference organiser needs to satisfy. Terry knows his success is contingent on the success of his customer's customers.

And, if a speaker fails to show up or is delayed (as happens ALL THE TIME), Terry can replace them or cover for them with a 30-90 minute presentation on lessons from comedy for Engineers. (Or Manufacturers, or Leaders, or Lawyers, or whomever...)

And if you want Terry to perform some comedy solely for entertainment after a conference dinner or awards, then he can do that at no extra cost as part of his inclusive fee. That's added value!