Personalized 1-on-1 Training

LIVE from the Virtual Training Studio

Instructed 1-on-1 by Michael C. Williams, Personalized Training is conducted LIVE in the fully-immersive environment of the "Virtual Training Studio".

For all those currently working as an Announcer but trying to figure out how to make it a Full-Time career, to those who have a dream and would like to figure out how to just get started… you’ll find the training that will enable you to continually get yourself to that next level right here in the “Virtual Training Studio”.

Learn, practice, and rehearse with a true industry veteran!  Still traveling and working full-time, Michael brings over 30 years of experience as a professional live event announcer from stages all around the world.  Over the course of his diverse career with the craft, Michael has performed in nearly every environment from professional sports to corporate events.  

Michael's background makes him uniquely qualified whether you're looking to create or define a uniquely professional delivery of your own, or trying to figure out the intricacies of any particular announcing role or industry.  When you combine Michael's real-world experience with his 15+ years of training and coaching, it becomes clear that this is the (only) place to truly master your craft! 

Your LIVE online training sessions will utilize an all-encompassing learning experience that can only be found here at Live Event Announcing. This process allows you to learn, train, and rehearse in an environment that emulates the actual sound and feel of a real Live Event atmosphere.  

Your 1-on-1 Personalized Training sessions can be designed, by you, to cover any subject matter of your choosing. These “open” sessions are intended to be formatted so that the agenda is most beneficial to enhancing your professional skill set, and advancing your career.  

Sessions can be created by utilizing:     
     1) Announcer’s own content, questions, issues, challenges, etc.    
     2) Announcer’s own demo reel, video footage, or event performances    
     3) Content, modules, or curriculum available here at Live Event Announcing
                    *Coaching & Mentoring programs excluded

Here at Live Event Announcing, we’ve organized all the elements, skill-sets, instruction, curriculum, lesson plans, exercises, practice drills, and techniques that Michael C. Williams has been utilizing in training and coaching for nearly two decades.

In the Virtual Training Studio, every Announcer rehearses in a training environment that emulates a Live Event's sound and feel.

Your Face-to-Face sessions will always be in-depth, interactive, and highly personalized. Each training session will include commensurate time for practice, drills, and rehearsing. A mutually agreed upon agenda will be finalized prior to the start time for each training session. 

Minimum length for a session is 60 minutes, with a maximum time limit of 2 hours for any single session. The recommended agenda for each hour of training includes 45 minutes for a structured lesson with rehearsal, and 15 minutes for your current topics, challenges, and questions.

To maximize impact and facilitate immediate improvement, Announcers are encouraged to utilize their own event video footage during sessions. All Footage should be provided no less than 10 days prior to your session. Michael will review your footage, and assist in putting together an agenda for your training in advance of your session start time. 

Footage can consist of up to 10 individual clips. Clips should have a total combined maximum running time of no more than 15 minutes (per one hour of training) to allow for ample for discussion and rehearsal time during the session.

To provide your footage: 
     1) Provide links to your footage that you currently have posted on online
     2) Provide links to download your footage
     3) Email clips [<10mb].

Your Instructor

Michael Billions

Michael C. Williams is one of today's most notable Live Event Announcers. After 25+ years, you’ll hear Michael’s unmistakable voice nearly everywhere. Michael routinely announces everything from a packed stadium with 60,000 fans, to lavish formal gatherings with as few as a couple hundred guests. Boxing, MMA, Monster Trucks, Triathlons & Marathons, Corporate Productions, Business Meetings, Charity Events... "If it's live… this is the voice!"®

Click here if you would like to contact Michael directly 

Or, send Michael an email: Michael@ThisIsTheVoice.com

One of the world’s most notable and versatile Live Event Announcers.

For more than 25 years... nearly every type, discipline, and dimension of the profession.

A personal message from your instructor...  

I’ve been announcing professionally for well over 25 years now. When I was starting out, there was never anyone to turn to. No one to ask questions, no one for training or coaching, and certainly no one offering any mentoring. During my early years, it was clear to me that all of us (yes, myself included) who were calling ourselves ‘Professional Announcers’ were untrained, at times just yelling, and basically not even close to being a true professional in our craft. We simply didn't know what we didn't know. And again, there was no one, and no place, providing any guidance.   


Any time I'm working directly with an Announcer in our LIVE 1-on-1 Personalized Trainings, I am solely focused on accelerating the inevitable learning curve so that the Announcer can advance more rapidly in his/her career. I accomplish this by providing the necessary industry information, and the valuable insights into the announcing craft that I had to acquire and learn on my own over the course of nearly three decades.  

Whether you're a new Announcer trying to break into the profession, or an up-and-comer that is trying to get to the next level, this course is your starting point on the journey towards accomplishing your goals of becoming a Professional -- and doing so in a fraction of the time it took guys like me to do it solo.  

Michael

A look at Micheal's work as a Ring Announcer.

Ring Announcer / 25th Anniversary

Ring Announcer / Professional Boxing

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Personalized 1-on-1 Training: "Single Session"

$145 USD
  • 1 Hour (60-min) Session with Michael inside the Virtual Training Studio.

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Personalized 1-on-1 Training: "Package"

3 payments of

$199 USD

per month

  • Combine Six (6) Sessions and SAVE 31%! 6 / 1-Hour Sessions with Michael inside the Virtual Training Studio.

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Personalized 1-on-1 Training: "Bundle"

6 payments of

$166 USD

per month

  • Bundle BIG with Eleven (11) and SAVE even MORE! 11 / 1-Hour Sessions with Michael inside the Virtual Training Studio.

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Frequently asked questions

focused on your priorities

how will my session agenda be created?


Your 1-on-1 Personalized Training sessions can be designed by you to cover any subject matter that is most beneficial in enhancing your professional skill set, and advancing your career.  A mutually agreed upon agenda will be finalized prior to the start time for each training session

on your schedule

When do my Sessions start and finish?


You decide when you start your self paced sessions to best fit your personal or professional schedule. We recommend a timely sequence of sessions to maximize learning and retention, with minimal downtime between training. We ask that all "Single Sessions" be completed within 30 days, and all "Packages" / "Bundles" be completed within a 180 day time frame.

satisfaction guaranteed

What if I am unhappy with the Sessions?


I would never want you to be unsatisfied. At any point within the first 20 minutes of your first Session, should you feel unsatisfied with your training for any reason, simply notify us that you would like to conclude the session immediately and receive a full refund. Additionally, prior to starting your Session(s), you may contact us within the first 30 days to let us know that you would like a full refund.

maximizing the benefits to you!

how will my sessions be conducted?


All LIVE training is 1-on-1 with Michael, and conducted LIVE online from the fully-immersive environment of the “Virtual Training Studio”. This process allows you to learn, train, and rehearse in an environment that emulates the actual sound and feel of a real Live Event atmosphere.  Your face-to-face sessions will always be in-depth, interactive, and highly personalized. Each training session will include commensurate time for practice, drills, and rehearsing.

A look back at the first 15 years of Michael's announcing career.

Michael's "Quicktake" video demo from the year 2011, featuring footage with everything from Monster Trucks to Beach Volleyball.