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Nowadays, even small, informal events or gatherings can benefit greatly and will turn out to be more successful if there is a presenter. A professional presenter can ensure the smooth flow of the event’s program or schedule of activities. A seasoned and talented emcee will also have the capability to turn a boring event into one that is more fun and interesting, one that all guests and participants will remember for all the right reasons.

The experiences and skills of a presenter will also help you greatly if you are still in the planning stages of a corporate event. Your hired presenter can share valuable inputs and advice on several key areas or elements, including time allocation for speakers and seating arrangements.

For your chosen emcee to be successful in his or her hosting duties, he or she needs to know some important details about your company and the event itself. As such, it is important that you share with him or her the key details below:

The schedule or timetable of the program.

The presenter should know exactly when things are supposed to start and stop. For example, the time when the first speaker is supposed to begin his or her presentation and when he or she will stop. One of the key duties of an emcee is to keep everything on schedule. Although the presenter may not be able to control the individual speakers, he or she will have to control all of the transitions and breaks. Your hired presenter will have to be very flexible in adjusting transitions and talking points to fill the appropriate amount of time.

Information about the speakers.

The presenter will introduce each of the speakers or guests at the event. As such, he or she should know who they are. Make sure the presenter knows all of the speakers’ names and how to pronounce them correctly. You should also provide him or her sufficient details about the background and qualifications or credentials of each speaker.

The content or topic each speaker will talk about.

Event presenters have the important job of handling the transition from one topic to another. To help the emcee share useful and relevant comments on the subject matter, make sure he or she knows some things about the content of each talk. You can ask the speakers for a summary or some notes about their presentation and give this to the presenter so that he or she can read it before the event. During the event itself, he or she will be more confident and will be able offer valuable comments or inputs.

The type of audience you will have for the event.

Lastly, it is important for the presenter to know the audience. For the presenter to effectively engage the audience, he or she needs to know who the people in the room are, what the age group is, what industry they come from, and what their roles or job titles and levels are.

Get more tips on hiring an event presenter here.

The first thing you should know if you want to learn how to conjugate Spanish verbs in the present progressive tense is that you need two things, the verb estar (to be) for any pronoun in the present tense and the present participle of a verb. For verbs ending in -AR, the present participle is formed by dropping the ending and adding -ANDO. If the regular verb ends in -ER or -IR you add -IENDO. The present participle is the same for all pronouns. Only the verb estar is conjugated according to the pronoun. See example below.

yo estoy viajando – I am traveling
tú estás viajando – you are traveling
él/ella está viajando – he/she is traveling
usted está viajando – you are traveling (formal)
nosotros estamos viajando – we are traveling
ustedes están viajando – you are traveling (plural)
ellos/ellas están viajando – they are traveling (masculine or feminine)

Verbs ending in -IR that change the stem in present tense continue to change the stem for the present participle. Review the following:

1. Verbs changing the stem vowel from e to ie in present tense change the vowel to i for the present particle (ie → i ). Therefore preferir (to prefer) and sentir (to feel) become prefiriendo, and sintiendo respectively.

2. Verbs changing the stem vowel from e to i in present tense also change the vowel to i for the present particle (e → i ). Thus pedir (to ask for) and servir (to serve) become pidiendo and sirviendo respectively.

3. Verbs changing the stem vowel from o to ue in present tense change the vowel to u for the present particle (ue → u). Thus dormir (to sleep) and morir (to die) become durmiendo, and muriendo, respectively.

There are some irregular present participles for verbs such as caer (to fall), creer (to believe), leer (to read), proveer (to provide), and traer (to bring). The present participle ending for these verbs is -YENDO. Their present participles are cayendo, creyendo, leyendo, proveyendo, and trayendo, respectively.

If you are using the Verbarrator Spanish Verb conjugation software to learn this verb tense (and I do recommend that you use the Verbarrator for learning how to conjugate this and other Spanish verb tenses), instead of the “present progressive verb tense,” the Verbarator calls this tense is “estar PLUS gerund.”

Now you know how to conjugate Spanish verbs in the present progressive tense. Be sure to practice daily so that conjugating Spanish verbs becomes easier for you.

How many conferences and events have you been to where you have been preached at by someone in a pinstripe suit, drowning you with countless volumes of PowerPoint slides? Most people that stand up at a conference are brilliant at what they do – they are truly experts in their field and have more knowledge than they could be possibly share with you the audience in half a lifetime, let alone their current allocated time slot. Many (not all) of these speakers haven’t got a clue about engaging and connecting with you and as a result they are totally forgettable. When asked afterwards who you remember, the chances are the most you’ll remember will be the fact that they all wore pinstripes.

When I started speaking publicly I was what I call a competent corporate presenter – meaning I had a strong voice, spoke with authority and got my message across in an effective and professional’ manner. I use the word ‘professional’ here in an ironic way, as I believed that I was presenting professionally because I looked and sounded the part – I wore the corporate mask of professionalism. I had a serious tone to my voice, had plenty of facts to pass on and had a grown up expression on my face.

Therein lies the issue – the Corporate Mask – this is where professional people stand on stage and present as they have been conditioned to do so, having seen colleagues and peers get ‘through it’ by using “Pinstripes @ PowerPoint”.

By contrast the memorable presenters and speakers are having fun, they are enjoying themselves and are carrying the audience with them. Hiding behind vast reams of data, facts and statistics does not connect with the audience – however telling stories that relate to the important messages, reinforce the message and potentially inject some levity into the room will make most speeches and speakers memorable.

You can use Google to get some top tips for using PowerPoint – my strong advice is to avoid using PowerPoint at all. If there are any acts and figures then use a hand out afterwards to remind everyone of the key points mentioned. Nearly all presenters and speakers that use PowerPoint are guided by the slides, thereby making their speeches stilted and lacking in flow – without it they become more natural and expert in their delivery.

Also, why is it that when someone delivers wearing the “corporate mask” you rarely see them smile? Is it because smiling doesn’t look professional and serious? Yet without a smile on stage the presenters look grumpy and angry, as though they do not want to be there. Try using some simple anchoring techniques and positive associations in the mind to make you smile more. There are many tricks you can play on yourself whilst presenting that are not visible to the audience but will make you feel relaxed and smile – I’ll let your imagination go wild now as these triggers need to be personal and have a positive effect on you.

Pinstripes & PowerPoint with a grumpy looking face will turn off the audience before you have even opened your mouth. Start with a smile, warm up before you go out, have loads of energy and speak from the heart not from the head, this will make you truly memorable for all the right reasons.