In the first meeting of 2011 Bloomsbury Speakers returned to its regular venue at the Rugby Tavern with a very pleasing turnout of members and guests alike. It was great to see so many new faces – possibly inspired to attend by new year’s resolutions to improve their public speaking! Club President Nazia Soon welcomed […]
There was a change of venue for the last meeting of the year from Bloomsbury’s regular haunt – The Rugby Tavern – to Conway Hall, home of the Ethical Society. Club President Nazia Soon kicked the meeting off by welcoming the guests and giving a short history of the building, including its association with intellectual […]
Club President Nazia Soon welcomed everyone to the meeting in her familiar warm and friendly style and then handed over proceedings to the Toastmaster for the evening, seasoned speaker and Holborn regular Ratan Lele. Ratan introduced the evening’s theme of “the gift of the gab” and invited all of the prepared speakers to tell us […]
There were lots of new faces in the audience at this week’s regular meeting, always a welcome sight since any Toastmasters club – particularly a new one like ours – thrives on getting new people to participate. Club president Nazia Soon welcomed regular members and guests to the meeting and warmed everyone up with some […]
On 16th October 2010, Glen Long from Bloomsbury Speakers achieved an outstanding result in the London-wide 2010 Humorous Speech and Table Topics contest, coming second (out of seven) in both categories. Congratulations on coming second in the contest, Glen! Thanks Alex! Where did you get the inspiration for your ‘Three Little Pigs’ story? I can’t […]