Written by Svetlana Introduction Bloomsbury Speakers Club hosted its regular meeting on Monday 26th October 2015 with an enthusiastic opening from President Helen encouraging and advising the future and current speakers that each speech should contain a message, which should be delivered with clarity and athenticity. Prepared Speeches After the Introduction, Helen handed the meeting over to the […]
Written by Carrie Introduction The Perseverance pub kindly hosted us following a last minute venue switch for our regular meeting on Monday 12th October 2015. Since our President was held up en route to the meeting, our Toastmaster for the evening, Henry, stepped in to welcome us with a warm and witty overview […]
After a last-minute change of venue, Bloomsbury Speakers’ autumn contest night was opened by Helen in the dual role of club president and contest chair for the first of the night’s contests. Humorous Speech Contest With the order of speakers determined earlier by a random draw, the Humorous Speech contest was started by Samuel with his […]
Svetlana, our Toastmaster for the evening set the theme of Summer and August but as president Helen said, it looked like summer was over by the down pour outside as the Bloomsbury Toastmasters huddled in for this week’s speeches! Carlos did an excellent Icebreaker speech about being Columbian regaling us with tales of his grandfather’s […]
10th August Terrific speakers took to the stage yesterday, lead on by Rufina Daah, our Toastmistress for the evening. This was not Rufina’s first time in the role and her comfort was evident: she chaired the meeting with confidence and humor, and dealt admirably with the unexpected. Sean McKenna bluffed us all with a speech 2 that sounded much more […]