Having a professional introduction is vital to any presenter—either full time or part time. In this episode I’ll give you a really important tip that you’ll want to put into place immediately.
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Here’s to your success!
Burling Hull. He lived more than 100 years ago. He was quite the showman. Think P.T. Barnum, with attitude! He stood on some of the most famous stages in America. He was a contemporary of Houdini. In 1914 he wrote a booklet called, The Art of the Stage. It covered a variety of topics…
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Sound like they will be good… liked the intro one!
Thanks for listening, Greg!
I add my web address to the ‘back’ of the introduction. So when the emcee is reading your introduction, your contact web is seen by the audience.
Toby—thanks for the input! Good idea!
David Hira has a fantastic introduction that he freely shares from The Magic Word Podcast you can download as a PDF in this link
https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/david-hira
Thanks, Mark! I’ll check it out!