EMME Influence

Event MC · Keynote speaker · Panel host

One idea, carried out of the room.

Melanie Laas hosts events and gives talks built around a single, clear idea. The audience stays with the stage from the first line, and leaves repeating the idea to someone who was not there.

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Talks that travel beyond the room.

The approach

Observation

Most event programs fill the stage with information. The audience forgets the slides before reaching the car park.

Shift

The talks people remember carry one idea, told through a story the audience can see themselves inside.

Direction

Every talk and every MC script from EMME Influence is built the same way: one idea, one story, one line the room repeats on the drive home.

Four ways to put Melanie on your stage.

Formats

  1. 01

    Event MC and host

    Awards nights, launches, conferences, fundraisers and runway shows. Melanie holds the run sheet, the timing and the energy of the room, so the organiser watches the event instead of chasing the event.In person · Mackay, the Whitsundays and Queensland · Quoted per eventCheck a date →

  2. 02

    Keynote and guest speaker

    A talk built around one idea for your audience: an opening that earns attention, a story that carries the idea, and a close the room repeats afterwards. Written to your theme and rehearsed to the minute.In person or online · Keynote or breakout · Quoted per eventRequest a talk →

  3. 03

    Panel host and moderator

    Questions researched before the day, every panellist heard, and a conversation steered toward something the audience can use on Monday morning.In person or online · Quoted per eventEnquire →

  4. 04

    Workshop facilitator

    Hands-on sessions where the audience does the work in the room, drawn from the Create, Film & Edit content creation workshop and the AI automation workshops on the training page.In person · Half day or full day · Quoted per groupEnquire →

Every booking starts with a call about the audience, the run sheet and the one thing the room should leave with.

Three talks, each built on one idea.

Talks

  1. 01

    Not an Influencer

    Visibility for the people who run the business. Why founders and operators who stay behind the camera hold the voice an audience trusts most, and how to be seen without becoming a personality brand.

  2. 02

    The operator advantage

    Every business now owns the same apps, the same AI models and the same social media platforms. The difference is the operator. A talk on turning AI from a novelty into a system that carries the repeatable work.

  3. 03

    Data to direction

    Regional communities hold more data than they use. A talk on reading census, audience and platform numbers, then turning those numbers into who to reach and what to say.

Each talk is shaped to the audience in the room, from a regional business breakfast to a state conference.

Melanie Laas, event MC and speaker, in a white lace suit leaning on a white table

Who speaks

A voice shaped on stage, on camera and on the microphone.

Melanie Laas founded EMME Influence, hosts the Not an Influencer podcast, and delivers social media training and content creation workshops across Mackay and regional Queensland.

From the MC lectern at a runway show to a workshop floor where every attendee films, the discipline stays the same: know the one idea, read the room, and finish on time.

“She kept the audience entertained, involved and engaged.”

Leah Zador, runway event · Google review
Portrait of Melanie Laas in a charcoal blazer against a plaster wall

Enquire

Hold a date for your event.

Share a name, an email, the format and the event date. Melanie replies from hello@emmeinfluence.com with availability and a quote.

Prefer email? Write to hello@emmeinfluence.com.