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Sat 6 April Division K Spring Conference including Contests Register here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/division-k-spring-conference-2019-tickets-52941334958 Sat 13 April 10am-3:45pm Division C Contests + Storytelling workshops. St Botolph's without Aldersgate , Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4EU Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sharing-your-stories-tickets-56994715729 3-5 May DISTRICT 91 CONFERENCE https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/d91-conference-2019-tickets-54447745673    Beckenham Communicators is now meeting 2nd and 4th Thursday 7.15pm  https://www.beckenhamspeakers.co.uk/ Barking Toastmasters is now meeting 1st and 3rd Saturday am. Find out more at https://barkingtoastmasters.wordpress.com/ Winchmore Hill Speakers is now meeting on Mondays find out more at https://winchmorehillspeakers.org.uk/  Manor House Speakers (N4) is now meeting 2nd/4th/5th Wednesdays More below

If you're a member of a Toastmasters International speaking club based in and around London or if you're interested in public speaking in the capital - you are in the right place.

Thinking of joining one of our clubs? Links to our clubs websites are listed in the side bar. You're very welcome to visit for free to see what we're all about. You'll find useful tips on public speaking and leadership here. And information on upcoming events we hope you'll want to attend.

If you are a member of a London club, this site will highlight ideas from neighbouring Toastmasters clubs that may be of benefit to you and your club. You will also learn about your fellow members, find useful resources, pick up tips and hear about upcoming events on the Toastmasters calendar.

If you are from a club outside London, Hullo! You'll find plenty here for you too. Please just join in and let us know the great events happening in your part of the world.

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Humorous Debate - 104 London Debateres - 25th June

From Paul Carroll, 104 London Debaters

Tuesday, 25 June 2019 is the TM-Year-End Balloon Debate at 104 London Debaters. Please come along for the evening and get involved!

In a balloon debate,  speakers are thrown out of a metaphorical sinking balloon as they try to persuade the audience to let them stay in.

Our theme this year is The "Worst Job" is in fact where you should make your career  and will  make the case for positions on the Worst Jobs List.  After all, recruiting on to the Best Jobs List reflects no glory on a speaker.

Balloon Debates are typically lighthearted/humorous/fun affairs and we look forward to closing the term of office of our extraordinary president Lo Luong Lo with a display of our arguing talents, our ability to read the mood of the audience and our good old witty banter.

Balloon Debates are interactive, with the audience posing questions and each speaker responding in defense of his or her position. The audience decides who leaves the balloon and who remains.

104 London Debaters in the UK's first Toastmasters club dedicated to debate. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at the Grange Rochester Hotel, 69 Vincent Square SW1P 2PA (close to Victoria, Pimlico and St James stations) 6.45pm for 7pm start

Follow us @104 Debaters

Like us at https://en-gb.facebook.com/104LondonDebaters/

Division K Spring Conference with Workshops and Contests 6 April

Division K Director, Barry O'Connell, is delighted to invite you to this exciting one-day educational conference in central London.

As the final division event of the Toastmasters year, the Division K team are determined to make this an event to remember. In addition to the Division Finals of both the International Speech and the Evaluation Contests, the day features four educational sessions, a moving keynote speech, a generous lunch and plenty of time to network with friends old and new.

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Book before the end of Monday, April 1st and enter the code EarlyBird to save 20% on full day tickets.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/division-k-spring-conference-2019-tickets-52941334958

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Keynote

In life we all face challenges; there are times when relationships end, we lose jobs or loved ones. In this remarkable and moving keynote, Brian Skelton, DTM, shares the inspiring tale of how he overcame his biggest challenge, his stammer.

 

Workshops

With a fantastic line-up of workshops from four experienced and authoritative presenters, the most difficult part will be choosing the two you will attend!

Embryo to Expert - James McGinty

In this workshop, James will describe the process of creating a speech from the kernel of an idea through to delivering it with expertise and confidence. It doesn’t matter if you are speaking in your Toastmaster’s club, entering a contest, giving a wedding speech, delivering a presentation at work or going out to give a professional keynote at a conference, there will be something for you in this workshop.

James McGinty is a multi-award-winning international speaker with over 25 years experience in Public Speaking and training. As well as being a renowned competitive speaker, with no fewer than 19 Toastmasters District final appearances, resulting in 4 wins and several podium finishes, James works as a professional speaker and coach to executives at some of the UK’s top companies and FTSE 100 enterprises.

Workshops include:

Leadership Lessons from the Dark Side - Stephanie Bosch

Stephanie Bosch is a multi-passionate Entrepreneur with a thing for the dark side. She has an M.Sc. in Global Leadership from Goldsmiths, University of London and more than ten years of international experience in banking, recruitment, consulting and luxury retail. She works with executives to increase their self-awareness and performance with her trademarked dark side personality coaching.

Leadership Workshop - Teresa Dukes

Teresa Dukes is a former member of the Toastmasters Board of Directors and is a Certified World Class Speaking Coach, trainer and speaker. She is the Co-Author of the #1 Amazon.com Bestselling book – World Class Speaking in Action and has spoken in the USA, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Switzerland, Abidjan Ivory Coast, Johannesburg South Africa, London United Kingdom, Dublin Ireland, Barcelona Spain, Bangkok Thailand.

Speech Workshop - Freddie Daniells

Freddie Daniells is a former District Governor of district 71. A celebrity among Toastmasters in London and beyond, he needs no introduction.

Division C Contests and Storytelling Workshops

On Saturday 13 April Division C, London Toastmasters is holding it's Division Finals for the International Speech Contest and the Evaluation Contest.

Join us and witness the best of the division sharing their speeches and evaluations as they vie for a place in the District finals.  Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sharing-your-stories-tickets-56994715729

Discover engaging ways to shape your stories!

We will have workshops from experienced story tellers who will be sharing their insights on :

• finding personal stories to share
• structuring stories for effective impact
• delivering stories in business presentations

 

Venue: St Botolph's without Aldersgate , Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4EU
Travel: St Paul's Underground Station, Central (Red) Line

Guests: 10am for a 10:30am start
Contestants and Functionaries: 9:45AM for briefings

Lunch and refreshments will be served!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sharing-your-stories-tickets-56994715729

Debate: Is Gene Editing a Step Too Far? Tues 12 March

From 20`104 London Debaters

Should human gene editing be banned? Debate it Tuesday 12 March 2019 at 104 London Debaters TM.

Writing in The Guardian, ethicist John Harris claimed that all of us need gene editing to be pursued, and if possible, made safe enough to use in humans. Not only to pave the way for procedures on adult tissues, but to keep open the possibility of using gene editing to protect embryos from susceptibility to major diseases and prevent other debilitating genetic conditions from being passed on through them to future generations.>/p>

In that same newspaper, Dr Marcy Darnovsky of the Center for Genetics and Society called it an unneeded and societally dangerous biotechnology, one that could be leveraged by privileged elites seeking purported genetic improvements to ensure that their children are treated as superior to the rest of us. "Haven’t we been down the path of biologically defined hierarchies before? In a world plagued with obscene inequalities, in a time of resurgent racism, is this the road we want to travel?"

What do you think? And can you say why you think that?

104 London Debaters is the UK's first and only Toastmasters club dedicated to debate.

Our debate is on Tuesday,12 March, 2019, 6:45 gathering for 7:00 gavel, The Grange Rochester Hotel, , 69 Vincent Square, SW1P-2PA (entrance on Vane Street). Near Victoria Station and Pimlico Station. Convenient to Vauxhall Station as well.

104 London Debaters meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at The Grange Rochester GUESTS ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK IN FLOOR CONTRIBUTIONS

T.M. In I.T.? Attending Cloud Expo? Come to the Debate

From 104 London Debaters

 

104 London Debaters Toastmaster club has been invited to Cloud Expo Europe, the UK's biggest and best attended technology event on 12 March 2019 at ExCeL London to debate the motion That Big Corporations Are Stifling Open-Source Innovation. 

 

The four debating Toastmasters will be joined by two industry experts to thrash out this idea.

 

Details on the debate available here

 

https://www.cloudexpoeurope.com/seminars-programme/debate-are-big-companies-slowing-down-open-source-innovation

Technology enabled change is on the boardroom agenda for businesses of all types and sizes. Cloud Expo Europe is the UK’s leading event for connecting technologists, business leaders and senior business managers with experts, solutions and services to help accelerate digital transformation plans.

If you're a TM , in the I.T. business, or interested in the debate,  see below for free tickets to register for this event

https://cloudexpo.circdata-solutions.co.uk/rfg/publish/CEEL19/

Toastmasters Leadership Institute - Saturday 23rd Feb - in Reading - register now!

If you still need to do your club officer training or if you're a club member wanting to learn more feel free to register and come along on Saturday 23 February

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toastmasters-leadership-institute-d91-divisions-a-j-tickets-54979725840

Workshops will run from 10am-4pm. Location: Wycliffe Baptist Church, King's Road, Reading,  RG1 4LS.  Fast trains go from Paddington and you can walk to the venue from the station.

The Toastmasters Leadership Institute is a great opportunity for you to ramp up your own Toastmasters experience, learn and refresh, network and make new acquaintances and friends. Trained club officers are the best predictor of club success and an opportunity for new club leaders to make their mark and to take responsiblity for their own leadership path.

The event is free of charge and tea/coffee/buffet lunch will be provided.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toastmasters-leadership-institute-d91-divisions-a-j-tickets-54979725840?aff=ebdssbdestsearch 

Area Director Andy Hessey says:

We have a wonderful array of speakers... the best that money can get... even if we’re not actually paying them.

Among our speakers is a fellow Area Director, Bret Freeman who is an expert on mentoring, Helena Brewer, Division Director is talking about life beyond the club, Seema Menon, D91 PR Manager is presenting a slot on PR and I am speaking about being a great Toastmaster of the Evening (TME).

We’re also feeding people so what better excuse to spend a Saturday with us? :-)

Club Officer Training Wed 13th Feb

From Ram Halai

I know what you’re thinking YAC … Yet Another Club officer training

Look, why would you ever say no to meeting nice people and learning something new, or rediscovering something that you have forgotten.

We are having a special COT with an hour long session on Pathways, with plenty of time for Q&A’s
Pathways is still something that a lot of us are struggling to get to grips with, so this will be worthwhile attending just for this session

Agenda:

19:15 – Arrivals / Registration

19:30 - Opening by Area Director

19:30 - Session 1: Pathways - 60 Mins - Adrian
             Interactive Pathways session, session broken with Q&A 

Break - 10 Mins

20:40 - Session 2: Reflections (aka MOT) – 30 Mins- Ramesh/Amparo/Nike
            Introduction to session - Ramesh
            Breakout into groups, by role
            Highlights of findings by Area

21:10 – Session 3: Mentoring - 15 Mins
21:25 – Wrap up

When: 13 Feb 2019 from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm

Where: HOD Toastmasters The Bridge, Christchurch Avenue, Harrow HA3 5DB

Please register using the Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/area-61-club-officer-training-tickets-55593027241

Please do make every effort to attend, COT sessions are not just for committee members it’s a chance for everyone to connect and learn from other toastmasters; so share this email to you members as well.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/area-61-club-officer-training-tickets-55593027241

Self-Leadership Workshop - Developing the Leader Within. Thurs 31 January. London Olympians

From Paola Podesta, club President

On Thursday 31st January 2019 at 7pm London Olympians is hosting a workshop on self-leadership with Glen Savage DTM.

You can register free here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/self-leadership-workshop-tickets-54752590472

Venue: Grange Strathmore Hotel,  41 Queen's Gate Gardens, London, SW7 5NB

Leadership starts from within. Self-leadership enables us to understand more about who we are, how we think and what drives us. It gives us the opportunity to further develop and enhance our personal leadership qualities and capabilities. It is self-leadership which, ultimately, allows us to achieve the outcomes that we desire.

In this fast-paced, interactive and entertaining workshop Glen Savage - multi-award winning public speaker, coach, NLP practitioner and leadership expert - will help you explore your purpose, your beliefs, your values and the qualities that you deem important to you as a leader.

Through a light-hearted look at a serious topic - using movie clips, cartoons and stories, you’ll discover essential qualities and behaviours for successful self-leadership. You’ll identify which traits you wish to develop in order to achieve more. You’ll be actively engaged in discussions and exploration, you’ll capture your insights in a bespoke handout and you’ll leave with a personal action plan.

As Glen says, “The leader inside determines the results outside.”

Attend this unique workshop to help you sculpt your future success.

If you use energy come to the debate - Tuesday 104 London Debaters

From 104 London Debaters

In order to deal with climate change, Bill Nordhaus, winner of the Economics Nobel Prize, has proposed imposing a tax to discourage the behavior of fossil-fuel users.

 

Others, such as John Standerfer in HuffPost, have argued that punitive taxes don't work and are tantamount to stealth social engineering by the state.

 

On Tuesday 22 January we will debate the motion: This House would impose punitive taxes on fossil fuels.

 

What do you think? Are punitive taxes worth their costs to the citizenry if they work? Or, c an you think of a reason to be against such a tax?

 

COME ON TUESDAY! Judge the arguments, and add your own reasons during Floor Contributions.

 

104 London Debaters is the UK's first and only Toastmasters club dedicated to debate.  

Our debate is on Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 6:45 gathering for 7:00 gavel, The Grange Rochester Hotel, 69 Vincent Square,  SW1P-2PA (entrance on Vane Street).  Near Victoria Station and Pimlico Station. Convenient to Vauxhall Station as well.

104 London Debaters meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at The Grange Rochester

 GUESTS ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK IN FLOOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/104LondonDebaters/ and on Twitter @104debaters 

Make 2019 Your Best Year Yet - Workshop 21 January - Harrovian Toastmasters

From Harrovian Toastmasters

On Monday 21 January 2019 at 7:30pm Harrovian Toastasters is holding a workshop: Make 2019 Your Best Year Yet.

As the New Year sets in join transformational coach, trainer and Toastmaster member Anita Gohil-Thorp at this FREE workshop, as she shares the barriers people face with accomplishing goals and addresses how you can design, and stick to, inspirational goals to make 2019 your best year yet.

The club meets at Harrow Baptist Church, College Road, HA1 1BA  (directions at http://www.harrovians.org.uk/ )