ICMI Speakers

26Aug

TEDx Melbourne

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MC at TEDx Melb event @MECC 2012

My first TEDx experience was fantastic. It was hard work with lots of intros needing editing and plenty of background research but it was all worth it. While I’m very used to the corporate MC style, I’m not used to working to a crowd most with their heads deep in their iPads tweeting anything of interest! A couple of my asides were tweeted immediately. Hilarious!!

I really enjoyed the selection of speakers which included Shanaka Fernando from Lentil As Anything restaurants , Adam O’Donnell ex SAS member- now Leadership trainer and Helen Macdonald  the corporate optimist.

I enjoyed getting the crowd dancing for Joseph D’Souza’s arrival onto stage. Check out the pic!

TEDx Melbourne Crowd goes off!

 

Thanks to Adam Yeo for his great event and to Troy and Zara from Humour Australia for asking me to MC for them. (They are sensational MC’s by the was so it’s always a pleasure to fill in for them; you know the gig’s going to be great!)

 

19Aug

A busy month

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It’s been a very busy month! I MC’d the Australia and New Zealand Geotech Conference at Crown Casino’s Palladium room for Leishman Associates and ICMI Speakers and Entertainers. The event was the Gala Dinner in a busy conference and adding some fun seemed to go down really well.

Next was a great event for Bosch at one of my have hotels the Sebel Albert Park in Melbourne. Working with Wacky Entertainment we rocked the night with our special brand of live and interactive quiz. The music questions were all played live and the interactive table games went down a treat.

I had the pleasure of co-writing the opening segment for the NICE Systems conference at the Langham Hotel. The brief was to create a funny, engaging and interactive opener for an 8:30am start! We also needed to fit in with the Mafia/WiseGuys theme. We did it, got the laughs and then I stayed to MC the rest of the conference. Lots of keynote presentations to weave in and out of and many moments of energy were required to keep the day motoring along. Thanks to Jon Smith from DG Global.

I flew to Sydney for one of my favourite clients – Perpetual. Their Private Wealth Awards took place at the Wentworth Sofitel recognising their top performers. My role once again was to make the prestigious night fun. I linked the night’s theme of excellence through great achievement to the London Olympics and played a hilarious short DVD that I edited and followed later with some stand up comedy. I also had some fun with the award winners as they came to the stage. Special thanks to Nancy at Saxton Speakers.

Next I flew back to Sydney to MC the stage at the Sydney Event Showcase (prev RSVP). This was a huge event bringing together some of the top event related people in the land. My stage duties involved warming up the crowd ahead of performances which included legendary Aussie/NZ band Dragon. Thanks to Harris, Kate and the team from Apples & Pears Entertainment.

Coming up this week, I am MCing my first TED event here in Melbourne. Can’t wait!