Make sure your introduction answers the questions, “Why this speaker?”
Be upbeat!
Share something personal about the speaker.
Don’t steal the speaker’s thunder or material.
Don’t say, “Our speaker needs no introduction.”
If you are going to use humor, clear it with the speaker first.
“Thank you for helping make our 75th Annual Meeting . . . The Best Ever. Among the many thank-you's which I received afterwards were the very highest of compliments - 'I only wish my children had been here to hear him.' Thanks again.”
Executive Director New England Grain and Feed Assn.