About webinar presenter Jeff Winter
Jeff Winter is a veteran public address announcer of over 1,200 sporting events on the high school, college, and professional level within the state of Florida. During the last 15 years, he has announced most major sporting events including football, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, and soccer on the NCAA Division I level.
As the managing partner for DiCesare-Winter Productions, Jeff has announced hundreds of high school sports in addition to many district, regional, and state championship games.
Jeff has been the public address announcer at some of the finest venues in Florida, such as Sun Life Stadium, FAU Stadium, BB&T Center (formerly Bank Atlantic Center), The Bank United Center, The Orange Bowl, UCF Arena, and FIU Stadium. He was also the last public address announcer to announce a game in the historic Orange Bowl on January 26, 2008.
The quality of your public address announcers speaks volumes about your sport programs. Your voices behind the mic are expected to be knowledgeable and prepared and are responsible for setting a tone of positivity, professionalism, and safety for your sporting events.
The next installment in the ASEP Successful Coaching Webinar Series is “Mic Management: Maximizing the Effectiveness of Your PA Announcer.” Presented by Jeffrey Winter, managing partner of the Institute of Public Address Announcing, this hour-long webinar provides athletic directors and other sport administrators with expert advice, tips, and techniques for recruiting and training PA talent who will project well for your sport programs.
The webinar will speak to these topics:
- What is a “public address announcer”?; defining the scope and limitations of the position
- Where to find good announcers
- Top 12 guidelines PA announcers should adhere to
- Tips for staying organized at the mic
- How to sound like a professional
- Developing effective promotions and contests
- Ideas for boosting event attendance
- Maximizing the latest technologies to enhance the game experience
- The importance of sticking to the script
- Proper mic etiquette
- The PA announcer’s role in emergency situations
- Promoting sportsmanship in your announcing
- Take your announcing to the next level
- PA announcer code of ethics
There are no continuing education credits attached to this webinar. For questions, visit www.HumanKinetics.com/WebinarFAQs.
The Human Kinetics Coach Education webinar series is offered free of charge to coaches, athletic administrators, athletic trainers, instructors, students, professionals, and parents interested in learning about the hottest topics in the sports arena. Webinars to date have addressed concussion management, bullying and social media, sports nutrition, and college recruitment.
