By Elena Fanaberova Introduction The meeting was opened by Club President Glen Long who explained, for the benefit of guests, that Bloomsbury Speakers is part of a huge Toastmaster’s family which has 250,000 members across the world, emphasizing that it is a “learning by doing” environment because practice is absolutely the best way to get […]
Hello and welcome to the August Newsletter! This is the first in a regular monthly series highlighting news and events from Bloomsbury Speakers. If you have news or events or suggestions for future newsletters, please send them to newsletter@bloomsburyspeakers.org.uk. Hope to see you at a meeting soon! Best wishes, Glen Long President president@bloomsburyspeakers.org.uk Recent news July […]
By Elena Fanaberova Introduction Club President Glen Long opened the meeting by welcoming new guests and explaining what Toastmasters is all about and how it works. Inspired by a book he had recently read called “Poke The Box” by Seth Godin, he encouraged the audience to use Toastmasters meetings as their opportunity to try something […]
Introduction The meeting was opened by incoming president Glen Long who first thanked his predecessor and club founder Nazia Soon for her hard work in establishing Bloomsbury Speakers and then gave an overview of the club for new guests (of which there were quite a few!). He then told the story of his own first […]
Introduction In her very last meeting as Club President, Nazia Soon opened with the great news that Bloomsbury had recently achieved Select Distinguished Club status – a great accomplishment for a relatively young club. Describing Bloomsbury as small branch in the much larger Toastmasters family tree she she urged members to really push themselves to […]