Why use an MC for your conference

Every conference and seminar can benefit from the services of a professional MC. Leaving the job to members of your committee is a poor second option and can make the difference between the success and failure of your event.

A good professional MC is like another pair of arms and legs. He or she can be involved in the development of your program and from their experience will be able to help you shape your program for optimum effect.

Your MC is a lynchpin in the running of your conference or seminar. They provide a consistent standard in the introduction and presentation of speakers, ensure sponsors are adequately recognised and can infuse the event with some light humour.

But we don't have a budget.

A professional MC is not an expense; it's an investment in your conference. Once you begin using a professional conference MC, you'll ask yourself how you ever managed without one.

Your MC becomes the public face of your conference and elevates it from just a conference to a professionally run event.

Besides, most good corporate MCs are not as expensive as you might think!

Gerry Gannon, Professional Corporate & Conference MC

Gerry Gannon is a leading facilitator and corporate MC and is in constant demand for conferences, conventions, workshops and seminars.

Thorough research and preparation together with the ability to quickly grasp complex issues ensures your event will be handled with aplomb and professionalism.

Having worked with live audiences for over 25 years, Gerry Gannon has a terrific ability to involve an audience in conference proceedings.

A quick wit  - a legacy of his Irish background - ensures conferences are enjoyable as well as meaningful.

With a background as a radio current affairs broadcaster, Gerry Gannon is also a terrific panel session facilitator and can infuse panels with energy and dynamism.

Call Gannon Media Services to discuss your next conference and find out just how affordable it is to have one of the leading MCs add value to your event.

Some of Gerry Gannon's satisfied clients include:

• The WA Department of Agriculture
• The WA Tourism Commission
• The WA South East Asian Tourism Marketing Group
• Promaco Conventions Pty. Ltd
• Feature Tours
• Mary O'Shea Marketing
• Institute of Municipal Management
• Health Department of WA
• City of Gosnells
• The Town of Victoria Park
• CounciLink Pty. Ltd.
• The Office of Information and Communications
• The Mid West Development Commission
• Furnishing Industry Taskforce
• Office of Seniors Interests
• Progress Rural WA Conference 1999
• National Conference of the Alzheimer's Association 1999
• Seniors Recreation Council of WA 1999 Conference
• Australian Library and Information Association Annual Conference
• Oracle Users Group of WA Annual Conference(March 2000, Sept 2001)
• Creating and Sustaining Online Communities (CASOC2000 March 2000)
• The Association for the Blind of Western Australia (Hypothetical)
• The Fulbright Symposium, WA 2000 (Hypothetical)
• WA Network of Community Based Home Care Services Inc. Conference 2000
• National Respite Conference 2000
• Geriaction Conference 2000
• 2001 Working Visions - International Employment Futures Conference
• Safety and Quality in Action - National Australian Conference On Safety And Quality In Health Care - 2003
• Inaugural International Congress on Innovations in Nursing - Nov 2003

          2004

• Private Health Industry Group "Technology - Friend or Foe?" seminar - May 2004
• Inaugural WA RACGP and WA AAPM Conference  - July 2004
• 2nd Annual AAQHC Conference, Canberra - August 2004
• ARMS 2004 Conference, Fremantle - September 2004
• Fundraising Institute of Australia Conference, Subiaco - September 2004

• New Directions in Governance seminar, Curtin Business School - September 2004

• ISAS & FNA Annual Conference, Fremantle - October 2004
• Sunrise Exchange at NIBA 2004 Convention through James Halliday Events, October 2004

          2005

• WACRRM Annual Conference, April 2005
• AusAE WA State Conference, April 2005
• Australian Institute of Company Directors Conference, May 2005
• EnergySmart Expo and Conference for SEDO, May 2005
• The Southern Region Annual Community Leadership Forum, Bunbury, July 2005
• AAQHC 2005 Conference, Adelaide, July 2005
• Clinical Senate Seminar, WA Department of Health, Facilitator, August 2005
• ISAS/FNA Annual Conference 2005, Sydney, September 2005
• AICD WA Lunchtime forum, Perth, September 2005
• Technology Park 20th Anniversary Conference, Perth, September 2005
• ANZELA 2005 Conference, Fremantle, October 2005
• Health Workforce Conference 2005, Perth, October 2005
• CACS Conference 2005, Perth October 2005
• ACROD WA "Living in the West" - Keynote speaker, Perth Nov, 2005

          2006

• Biofuels and Bioenergy conference, WASEA - Perth, Feb 2006
• Health Professions Workforce Consultation Forum, - Perth March '06
• WACRRM Annual Conference,- Perth, April 2006
• WACOSS Conference 2006 - Perth, May 2006
• National Aged Care Industry Council Forum (ACAA & ACSA) - Canberra, May 2006
• "Should we give equal time to the Flat Earth Society?" WASEA, Perth May 2006
• Inaugural Crisis & Emergency Management Conference, IFAP, Perth, June 2006
• Inaugural International Marketing & Business Networking Congress, Perth, June 2006
• Essential Ingredients for a Healthy Community, WACF Summit, Perth, June 2006
• Allied Health & Health Science Professions Workforce Consultation Forum, Perth, June 2006
• RACGP(WA)AAPM Conference, Fremantle, June 2006
• City of Wanneroo Staff Conference, Wanneroo, June 2006
• Retirement Village Association Regional Conference, Fremantle, Aug 2006
• 4th Annual AAQHC Conference, Melbourne, Aug 2006
• WA State Schools Registrars Conference 2006, Burswood, Aug. 2006
• Australia Post LPO Conference, PCEC, August 2006
• Regional Terrorism & Security Conference, Novotel, Perth 8 Sept
• ISAS/FNA Scientific Meeting, Marcoola Beach, Qld Sept 2006
• Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) Conference, Gold Coast, Sept 2006
• 1st National Hydropolis Conference, Burswood Perth, Oct 2006
• MAN Conference "From Babies to Blokes", Fremantle, Oct 2006
• Achieving Excellence in WA Health Conference, Perth, Nov 2006
• IFAP Safety 2006, Sheraton Perth, Nov 2006
• Supply Chain 2006, Burswood, Perth, Nov 2006
• Aged Care Association of Australia Congress 2006, PCEC, Perth Nov 2006

          2007

• Critical Horizons - Regional Futures Conference, Bunbury, Feb 2007
• BankWest Retail conference, Perth, Feb 2007
• IPWEA WA State Conference, Perth March 2007
• CEC Blood Watch Workshops, Sydney, March 2007
• WAGON Conference, Perth, April 2007
• WACRRM Annual Conference, Perth, April 2007
• Western Power Extended Management Team workshop, Perth, April 2007
• South West Focus Conference, Busselton, May 2007
• AICD Conference 2007, Shanghai, May 2007
• Western Rescue Symposium, Perth, June 2007
• UDIA WA "Cost of Construction" Luncheon, Burswood, July 6, 2007
• Australian Uranium Conference, Fremantle, July 2007
• 2nd Annual WA Marketing Congress, PCEC, July 2007
• RVA WA Conference, Hyatt Perth, Aug 2007
• UDIA Housing Affordability Forum,  Duxton, Aug 2007
• IFAP Safety Conference 2007, Sheraton Perth, Sept 2007
• Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference, Broome, Oct 2007
• IT Vision User Group Conference, Perth, Oct 2007
• WA Health Department Conference, Perth, Oct 2007
• Marketing Exposed - SWACC, Busselton, Nov 2007
• ANZAM 2007 Conference, Sofitel Wentworth, Sydney, December 2007

          2008

• BankWest Retail Conference, Burswood, Jan 2008
• Dept. Health & Ageing, Regional Health Services, Tasmania, Feb 2008
• IPWEA (WA) Conference, Fremantle, March 2008
• The Network City Forum series, UDIA WA, Burswood, March 2008
• WALIS International Forum, PCEC, March 2008
• Australian Lymphology Association Conference, Esplanade, March 2008
• Indian Government Oil & Gas Roadshow, NELP VII, Hyatt, Perth, March 2008
• Regional Tourism Initiative Forum, Dunsborough, April 2008
• Rural Health West Annual Conference, Burswood, April 2008

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Gannon Media Services is proud to be a member of these organisations:

Meetings & Events Australia

The Perth Convention Bureau

Australian Institute of Company Directors

What they said about Gerry Gannon

A message of thanks for doing such a wonderful job as MC for our Technology Park 20th Anniversary Conference.  You helped generate the discussion and make it really interactive...plus you were very entertaining !

Carmel Lyttleton, DOIR, WA

Thanks for making a great conference even better. So many people had positive comments about your involvement. It was brilliant.

Phil Hogan, ISAS

Gerry Gannon is the best MC I have worked with.  He is funny, professional, vibrant, engaging, extremely accommodating, supportive and knows how to generate audience participation and is a fantastic interviewer.

Nikki Graski, EventEdge International

Thank you so much for your efforts at the Western Rescue Symposium.  Your professionalism, wit and great sense of timing was appreciated by us all.  Feedback from the symposium has been extremely positive and there have been many favourable comments on the role you played in making the tight program such a success.  Thank you!

Russell Stevens, Fire and Emergency Services Authority of WA (FESA)

There is no doubt your facilitation of the event was a major contributory factor to its overwhelming success and this was attested to through the evaluation survey forms.

Your presentation on "Making and Maintaining your Relationship with the Media" was entertaining and informative and the evaluation indicated it was beneficial to the audience.

Andrew Ross,

Program Manager, Rural Health, Dept. Health & Ageing, Tasmania

Thank you so much for being our MC at the WALIS International Forum 2008.

The feedback we have received so far indicates this was a highly successful conference and the delegates loved you!

You definitely added the extra "something" the Forum needed.

Tess Barkman, WALIS International Forum

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