Michael Gutenplan is the Emcee who keeps your event running smooth and the Auctioneer who excites!
A great emcee isn’t just someone who reads off a script, it’s an entertainer who can read a room, keep the energy up, and make every session and transition feel effortless. As a professional performer who’s spent years commanding rooms of every size, Michael Gutenplan brings that same stage presence and comedic timing to hosting your event or running your fundraiser’s live auction. From the planning stages to the standing ovations, michael is a professional emcee who turns your event into a production!
Corporate Emcee
& Event Host
Every great event needs someone steering the ship. Someone to introduce the speakers, keep the program on schedule, and fill the gaps between agenda items with energy and fun. Michael brings a performer’s instincts to the role: reading the room in real time, adjusting on the fly when a session runs long, and turning what could be an awkward transition into a moment guests actually enjoy.
Whether it’s a full-day conference with multiple speakers, an awards dinner with a packed run of show, or an interview that needs someone to keep the conversation moving, Michael makes your event tight, professional, and genuinely entertaining from welcome remarks to closing toast.
Fundraiser Auctioneer
A live auction lives or dies on energy. An auctioneer with no experience leaves real money on the table, while an established professional knows how to raise funds with smiles, laughter, and excitement.
Michael brings the same instincts and comedic timing that anchor his mentalism shows to the auction block, building momentum bid by bid, working the room to entice the next raised paddle, and keeping donors engaged instead of checking their phones between lots. For galas, benefit dinners, and nonprofit fundraisers, that difference shows up directly in the final number on the leaderboard.
Michael can run your live auction on its own or combine it with his mentalism performance earlier in the evening, giving your donors both a reason to stay in their seats and a reason to open their wallets when the paddles go up.
READY TO TAKE YOUR EVENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL?
Having Michael Gutenplan as your Emcee or Auctioneer will make your event unforgettable.