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Meeting Report for 20 August 2012

Written by Elena (edited by Swarajit) Introduction With one new member giving his Ice Breaker speech, all participants receiving constructive feedback and a mixture of humour with a general theme of crime and punishment, it was another great meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, the club’s President Femi welcomed all members and guests and […]

Meeting Report for 13 August 2012

Written by Elena (edited by Swarajit) Introduction With a challenging word of the day “MANTLE” from a visiting Grammarian, guests taking part in the Table Topics section, a relatively new member taking Best Speaker award for her No. 2 Speech and one member preparing to give the Best Man speech at his brother’s wedding, it […]

August Newsletter – Hello from new president and club contests

Hello and welcome to the August newsletter It’s just one month since the start of the new Toastmasters year, when a new committee takes over the running of the club. (In case you are not aware who the new committee members are, details are provided below.) But you’d be forgiven to think that little or […]

Meeting Report for 23 July 2012

Written by Elena (edited by Swarajit) Introduction With one member taking the Best Speaker award for the third consecutive speech, two members jointly receiving the Best Evaluator award and a guest taking home the Table Topic award, it was another lively meeting in The Clerk & Well pub. The meeting was opened by Club President […]

Meeting Report for 16 July 2012

Introduction Club President Femi opened the meeting with lots of energy and explained how Toastmasters nurtures the natural speaking ability in everyone. He likened public speaking to ice skating – the only way to get better is to “get on the ice” and start practicing. The Toastmaster for the evening Jason introduced his theme for […]