Online event host for digital and hybrid events.

An online event host guides people through a digital or hybrid event: welcoming, framing, introducing speakers, running interviews, holding the schedule and giving orientation. Which event am I in, what happens next, when is the break – online nobody answers those questions in passing. And when the technology stalls, the host fills the gap without it sounding like filling.

Over 16 years of experience on the hosting side, German and English at native level, relief for your speakers and event managers, a sure touch when it comes to keeping to time, likeable interaction with the participants, and support in planning the programme. Plus long experience with the various presentation tools, real digital fluency, and a willingness to go the extra mile to make a project work.

Yes, which means you can save yourself the travel. The home studio has professional 4K camera equipment, professional lighting, professional microphones for high-quality sound, a stable fibre connection at 300 Mbit/s over LAN, and a real green screen – for your corporate colours or a company backdrop, for example. For podcasts there is also a RØDE Rodecaster Pro, two RØDE Procaster microphones, cables, headphones and stands.

Among others Slido, Mentimeter, AhaSlides, Kahoot, Keynote, PowerPoint, teleprompter, in-ear intercom, Numbers, Pages, Excel and Word. Which platform carries the stream itself depends on your setup – I get to grips with whatever you are running.

On stage the room carries you: applause, laughter, eye contact. Online nothing carries you. The energy has to be built out of nothing and held for hours, against an inbox open in the second window. Then there is the pace: after about 20 minutes the first people leave if nothing happens. Anyone who has done both knows when to change gear.

Yes, and it is the most demanding case of all. There are people in the room and people in front of screens, and both groups have to feel included. In practice that means: questions from the chat go into the room, reactions from the room get described for the stream, and nobody listens to a camera they cannot see for twenty minutes.

Yes, both at native level, including switching between them within the same event. At international online events the audience sits in several countries anyway – language is then the only border left.

A professional host in Germany usually costs a four-figure sum per event day. With online events the travel and the hotel fall away, while a tech check and a rehearsal may be added depending on the format. The price depends on length, preparation and languages. Just call: +49 40 1805 80 80.

From 50 to 5,000 – and technically the ceiling is open. For the hosting itself less changes than you might think: beyond a certain size the chat becomes an audience of its own that has to be hosted alongside, rather than simply answered.

For a straightforward talk, not necessarily. For anything with clips, handovers or several speakers, absolutely. Online nobody can improvise once the sound is gone or a video refuses to start. A run-through the day before costs an hour and takes the biggest risk out of the broadcast day.

Yes, any time. Whether I broadcast from my own studio or come to your set is a question of production scale and how the picture should look. For larger productions with a director, several cameras and an audience on site, I am there in person.

Three to six months is usual, though online events often work at shorter notice than in-person ones: there is no journey and no hotel night to get in the way. Once the date is set, a short email is worth it. Even if nothing else has been decided yet.