Scary, funny, and professional. What a meeting!
Last Wednesday’s meeting was a treat – including ‘trick or treat’ Halloween themed table topics, thanks to Ursula as Table Topicsmaster. We had members and guests confessing their love of …
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Article: Repeat repeat repeat
Keen to learn how you can use purposeful repetition in speeches? Here’s an interesting article by Paula Fuchsberg (a corporate communications expert): What You Say May Bear Repeating How do you plan on …
Icebreakers, holidays and sci-fi. A mixed bag!
Lots to report from last night’s high energy meeting held in the ‘grand ballroom’! We were in good hands with our new Sargeant-At-Arms Steven, and Chairman Aaron doing a fabulous job. …
Exciting news, educationals & emotional speeches
Last Wednesday’s meeting was packed full of exciting news, educationals, and emotional speeches. We had an exciting club business session with Margrit, announcing the brilliant news that Club President David Fisher …
Two very high profile speakers. Two interesting evaluations.
US politics has long been considered the benchmark of oratory and body language. LA Times spoke to two famous Toastmasters – the 2015 World Champion of Public Speaking, and the current International President – for …
Meeting #89: Entertaining, informative and inspiring
Wednesday night’s meeting was entertaining, informative and inspiring. The three prepared speeches were “all of the above” thanks to Yosef, Michael and Peter. Special mention to Steven for the interesting reading on …
A vibrant start to 2016-2017
Wednesday night’s meeting was the first of the “new year”. The room was full of energy and packed to the brim as we had a great turnout of members, guests …
A new year, a new committee
The annual Changeover dinner was held on Wednesday 29 June and what a spectacular night it was! The unofficial theme of the evening was “change” – as we changed venue …
Article: 10 ways to improve your presentation skills
Speaking in front of people is a skill, not an innate ability. Ten Forbes Coaches Council members offer their professional advice on how to develop your speaking skills in this article. …
Article: How to be a ruthless editor
Looking to pack more punch into your speeches? This article will help you ‘prune your prose’: How to be a ruthless editor. As you get set to write your next speech, which …