Dean Lester | Professional Host and MC | Christchurch New Zealand

Conferences and Conventions

Turn your event into an occasion

Conferences, conventions, sales meetings and product launches require careful planning.

When you're planning, organising and managing an event you've got plenty to think about. When colleagues, delegates, venue and catering staff, audio/visual technicians and participants are all demanding your attention it can be easy to get distracted.

Experienced professional event host and MC Dean Lester will take care of presenting the show so that you can focus on ensuring everything's going according to plan, hosting and mingling with your clients, guests and other VIPs.

Setting the right tone

Dean's extensive experience allows him to really read a room. He'll set the desired tone and pace to ensure that participants are alert, engaged and enjoying themselves.

Dean will:

Formally open proceedings and set the desired atmosphere
Organise and facilitate 'Ice Breakers'
Explain the format to let people know what is happening and, if relevant, why
Introduce invited guests, key note and celebrity speakers and entertainers
Assist with presenting awards
Acknowledge sponsors and supporters
Bring your occasion to a memorable close

It costs nothing to find out how Dean can add real value to your event, so contact him now to find out more.

Keeping the spotlight in the right place

As a professional event host and MC, Dean understands that his role is to showcase the person in the spotlight. Whether they are being interviewed or honoured, he will keep the focus well and truly on them.

His expert live interview techniques will complement and contrast with guest speakers, celebrities or corporate entertainers to hold people's attention.

Help with event planning

As an events visionary, with over 15 years experience hosting live events, Dean can also help you with event concepts and planning. He will suggest themes for your function with threads that tie in seamlessly throughout the event.

An expert in continuity and keeping to time, he can also help by staying in touch with people behind the scenes (such as your caterers and audio-visual technicians) to ensure that everything at the 'front-end' of business is seen to be running smoothly.