introducers
Those who present
Introducers are people or things that bring something new into a situation or bring people together for the first time.
A host serves as an introducer at a party, connecting guests who don't know each other.
In business and finance, introducers are intermediaries who refer clients to service providers: The firm pays a commission to introducers who bring in new accounts.
Those who aid progress
- intermediariesAgents linking separate parties
- brokersTransaction intermediaries
- liaisonsContacts bridging organizations
- connectorsDevices that join things
matchmakers · go-betweens · representatives · delegates · envoys · emissaries · scouts · recruiters
Event hosts, plural
- announcersThose who narrate events
- speakersAudio output devices
- moderatorsThose regulating discussions
- narratorsThose who relate tales
lectern · microphone · audience · keynote · seminar · conference · panel · preamble
Those who welcome arrivals
- hostsThose who entertain guests
- ushersSeat-guiding attendants
- receptionistsStaff who greet visitors
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
warmth · cordiality · friendliness · graciousness · amiability · approachability · openness · congeniality
Funders seeking promotion
- proposersThose who suggest formally
- moversRelocation workers
- framersThose who construct frames
- draftersThose who prepare documents
bill · motion · resolution · amendment · legislation · parliament · committee · proposal
facilitators
Those who aid progress
- intermediariesAgents linking separate parties
- brokersTransaction intermediaries
- liaisonsContacts bridging organizations
connectors · matchmakers · go-betweens · representatives · delegates · envoys · emissaries · scouts · recruiters · sponsors
emcees
Event hosts, plural
- announcersThose who narrate events
- speakersAudio output devices
- moderatorsThose regulating discussions
narrators · lectern · microphone · audience · keynote · seminar · conference · panel · preamble · preface
greeters
Those who welcome arrivals
- hostsThose who entertain guests
- ushersSeat-guiding attendants
- receptionistsStaff who greet visitors
hospitality · warmth · cordiality · friendliness · graciousness · amiability · approachability · openness · congeniality · inviting
sponsors
Funders seeking promotion
drafters · bill · motion · resolution · amendment · legislation · parliament · committee · proposal · initiative
protocol
Prescribed conduct rules
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- honorificsRespectful name additions
- salutationExpression of goodwill
address · titles · decorum · courtesy · deference · propriety · manners · diplomacy · tact · poise
- surgical suppliesscalpels, scalpel, forceps, clamps, retractors
introducersclosers
Those who complete transactions
finishers · enders · summarizers · epilogues · postscripts
- introduced speciesOrganism relocated by humans