Jasmin Wölke moderates gala evenings, award ceremonies and company anniversaries in Graz, in English and in German. The gala moderator is based in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart and is in town the day before.
A down-to-earth industry celebrates against a grand backdrop
Graz celebrates differently from the ballroom cities. The hosts here are companies that calculate, test and manufacture in their daily business, joined by universities and a creative scene that earned the city its title as UNESCO City of Design. The setting can keep up: the Congress Graz as a historic congress house in the centre, Schloss Eggenberg on the edge of the city, and hotels in an old town that is listed as a World Heritage Site, with the Schlossberg and its clock tower as the backdrop. An audience of engineers, researchers and entrepreneurs forgives many things, but never borrowed pathos. The evening needs a tone that is festive and still honest: warm, precise, with humour that never comes at the guests' expense.
Honours for people who rarely stand on stages
Those honoured in Graz often have decades in development, production or research behind them and are standing in the spotlight for the first time. That is exactly why Jasmin prepares every single honour individually. In the briefing she asks for the story behind each name, practises the pronunciation and plans the moment so that it belongs to the person, not to the choreography. How dense an award evening can become was shown by the Leadership Excellence Awards, a corporate reference with 250 guests and ten categories. When international partners sit at the tables, no rarity in the Graz technology scene, she leads the honours in a planned alternation with English.
Direction the guests never notice
A gala evening has two timekeepers, the kitchen and the programme, and they rarely follow the same clock. Jasmin walks through the schedule with venue, technology and agency before the evening and keeps room to manoeuvre on stage to absorb delays. The official part gets a clear ending, and after that the night belongs to the guests. How such an evening is structured is shown in the article running order and programme of a gala; for award nights, see the running order of an award ceremony. All local formats are collected on the Graz city page.
Enquire about your gala in Graz
Send the occasion, date, venue and languages through the contact form. You will receive a quick assessment and, after the briefing, a written offer with a fixed fee including travel costs.