Sample Welcome Statement

Welcome to (session title and number), sponsored by the ____________________ Project of the _______________ Program. My name is _____________________, of (installation name) ______________________.

Please welcome (speaker name) _____________________ of/from (organization name) ______________________, our speaker for this session. (If the speaker is willing to entertain short questions during this session, please inform the audience of this. Otherwise, ask them to hold their questions until you announce the starts of the question-and-answer period).

Please fill out a session evaluation form for this session (repeat session number) before you leave the room.

Just as a reminder, if there are any working members of the press in the audience, please be sure you have identified yourself to the speaker. (Speakers have been informed to notify SHARE Headquarters if they would like the sessions closed to the media.)

The speakers requests that no audio or videotaping be done at this session. (It is your responsibility to determine the speaker’s preference and to enforce it.) Also, just as a reminder, all cell phones and pagers should be turned off, or to vibrate mode, so as not to distract other attendees.

I'd like to remind you that this is an election meeting for SHARE. If you are your installation's representative for SHARE, please remember to vote on Wednesday.

If this is a vendor presentation, please state the following: This is a Vendor Product Presentation. SHARE Management has approved it based on the recommendation and review by program management. The SHARE Canons of Conduct and Policies will be followed in this session. Specifically, an attendee must not engage in sales activity, including direct or indirect solicitation, or conduct any activity contrary to the purpose of SHARE. Should there be any indication of potential violation, I will stop the session.

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