15 years + experience hosting events. This includes hosting conferences, staff away days, AGMs, corporate, charity fundraising and company events. I can work with you before and during your event to ensure it is amazing and achieves your desired objectives. I will manage the day, keep to time, support other speakers to deliver what you require. Most recently I have hosted :-
This can also include facilitation and delivery of workshops, speaker panels, team building, raffles, awards etc. I will make sure that preparation is complete so that your event runs smoothly and is memorable for all the right reasons.
If you need me to, you can hand over the planning of the venue, refreshments, AV hire, manage invites and seating and so on. I will organise, orchestrate and deliver everything to your specification.
Maura Jackson – A Host For All Seasons
"Whatever the event, the aim for the host is always the same – ensuring the audience goes away with a collective smile they can’t seem to shake. If they’re also energised to support and endorse the event’s aims, that illusive event circle has been closed. Pure magic.
Maura Jackson is one such host. And yes, something of a magician!
As well as being an award-winning CEO of some note, Maura has developed a great habit of holding together events for organisations other than her own. She’s funny, she’s motivating, and she’s relentless. When she asks for the audience’s attention, she gets it. Charm replaces barracking. Likeability squeezes out indifference. She’s a hostess that delivers exactly what the event organiser has requested.
Whatever time of year, whatever the event or the make-up of the audience, Maura adapts and delivers. Every time."
Gulnaz Brennan, Founder, She Inspires.
Stars for a Night October 2024
"That presenter was brilliant!"
TESTIMONIAL; November 2022
Maura, (Laura with a M) was invited to facilitate the ABL Health company away day. The brief we gave her was to make it fun, engaging, keep to time and make people smile. The smiles were endless, and the feedback was extremely positive, with one attendee writing…
“It was a pleasant surprise to have someone from outside of the organisation running the event, it added a fresh, fun and vibrant feel to the day”
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Maura as an event facilitator, she kept the day running with confidence, even when the quiz master was late, there was no hesitation in filling the gaps with relevant observations from the day that really resonated with the staff.
A Director fed back,
“Maura’s summing up of the day made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, I felt quite emotional hearing her thoughts. It was really refreshing to hear the impression we had made on her as we can sometimes take what we do for granted, it made me feel very proud of what we do, it was a great day with lots of laughs, a special thanks to Maura for playing her part in that”