How to Become a Good Host

Keep calm. MCs are often under a lot of pressure. The success of the event was due to the great contribution of the MC in skillfully navigating the program. Although the atmosphere during the event can become lively, you need to stay calm and pay attention to maintain the MC image. To stay calm, try:

• Continue to lead normally despite making a mistake . Stopping only makes the error more obvious. Try to adapt to the situation and ignore the error to continue. If you can do this, the audience will almost forget that moment of mistake.
• Find a point to look while speaking . Looking at your audience while you’re speaking can add to your anxiety. Instead, try directing your eyes to the top of their heads to reduce staring at each other.
• Speak slowly . Talking too fast is the most obvious sign that the MC is nervous. Speaking at such speed can lead to mispronunciation and stammering, confusing people. Avoid haste and should pause a little between each sentence.

Prepare for the opening of the event. Introduce yourself and welcome the audience to the event. Clearly identify the target audience and greet each one individually. The welcome doesn’t have to be lengthy, but the information given should be accurate.

• For example: You could say, “Warmly welcome all members of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union who don’t mind the long distance, take some precious time to come to our program today. now”. ^[6]

Presenter introduction. MC is responsible for inviting speakers to the stage, as well as introducing important characters present at the event. The more special the speaker, the more detailed and impressive the introduction should be. ^[7] When you’ve finished introducing yourself, ask the audience for a round of applause for the guest character until he or she picks up the microphone. When the speaker has finished speaking, continue to ask the audience to applaud as they leave the stage and on their way back to their seats.

• One of the MC’s biggest responsibilities is to make sure the show runs on time, so don’t be afraid to let your speakers know if they’re talking too long. You can pass them a note or signal, such as raising your index finger in the air and then spinning it around to try to get the message across, “Hurry up, please.”
• Before moving on to the next introduction, be sure to thank the speaker for the speech and reiterate a little bit about what they mentioned while on stage. Mentioning can be quite fun, exciting, or exciting. ^[8] This shows that the MC focuses and at the same time affirms the value of the speaker’s talk.

Connect the parts. Let’s make a little joke to make it easier to link the former to the latter. Before the event begins, you should try to prepare some material such as commentary, anecdotes or jokes to use between sections. ^[9] In addition, you should comment on what just happened. Try to find something funny and meaningful about the previous speaker or performance and use that as a stepping stone to move on to the next speaker or performance.

• If you find yourself in an awkward situation, try asking the audience a few questions. It should be a “yes” or a “no” question, so you can keep your audience focused and attentive, and strengthen your MC role.
• The worst part is that the host doesn’t know what just happened on stage. This leaves a bad impression, showing that the MC is not aware of what is going on.
• If the event is only a few hours long, briefly summarize your recent performance or presentation in the space of time. You can also reveal what’s coming next.

Mentally prepare for any situation. As mentioned above, a good MC is always ready for any situation. Everyone knows that a live broadcast often has a few minor problems such as: The waiter spilled the water, the sound department played the wrong music or the speaker was late because he was busy going to the bathroom. You need to control the program by distracting the audience or fire up the unexpected to create a comfortable atmosphere.

• If something goes wrong or someone behaves unruly, the MC must remain optimistic.
• It should be remembered that the MC’s job is not to reprimand others but to make sure everything goes smoothly no matter what. The MC’s negative attitude in any situation is offensive and extremely inappropriate.