The London Speaker

Final call for our Judging Workshop Monday 30 January

Our FREE Judging Workshop led by Teresa Dukes, immediate past UK & Ireland District Governor takes place on Monday.  It takes place at:

The Spectator pub (home of St Paul's Speakers),

6 Little Britain,
London,
EC1A 7BX   on Monday 30th January, at 6.45pm for a prompt 7 pm start.

There are few placs left so for full details including booking see the post below CLICK HERE.  Remember that in addition to helping at our club contests this workshop will help hone your listening and evaluation skills.  There is always more to learn!

New Club for Russian Speakers

From David Marks

Monday 23^rd January 2012 saw the first meeting of people interested in starting a Toastmasters club in London for speakers of Russian.

The next meeting will be a Demonstration meeting, on Monday 13 February (contact David Marks if you would like to attend Click here to email or call 07768 720 417).

The club, with a working title “Russian English Speakers Toastmasters”, is the brain child of Anastasia Shcherbakova (ACCA Breakfast Club) and David Marks (Early Bird Speakers & Covent Garden Speakers).  Anastasia, from Moscow, is working for KPMG in Canary Wharf, where the club will meet every 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th Monday at 18:45.

All of the interested parties are keen that they can develop their skills in English as well as Russian, and that non Russian speaking visitors will be well integrated into the meetings.  So far the club idea has attracted a good mix of Russian expats and non-Russians, including an Englishman who started doing business with the USSR in 1975.

The club’s leadership team is headed by David Marks, a Russian Graduate who lived in Moscow for three years.  The Club Officer roles are under consideration, and a number of members will attend Club Officer Training.  Area 31 Governor Greg Ros is providing close support, and Sponsoring Clubs and Mentors are being sought.

The target date for Chartering is Q3 2012.

The the first regular meeting will  be on 27 February (after the demonstration meeting on 13 Feb).  The club intends to make full use of the District web site (D71.org), and visitors are welcome to book in to meetings there. 

Everyone, especially Russian speakers, is welcome to visit, to support and to join this new club.

 

London Toastmasters Events w/c 23 January

Tues 24 January 7.00pm Advance Speeches English Night at Polish Your Polish. See more below.

Tues 24 January 6.30pm Early Bird Speakers Workshop: Confidence Tricks of Presentation led by Richard Stacey, London EC4Y OBQ. Add yourself to the waiting list. Booking details below

Tues 24 January 6.45pm Speech Evaluation Workshop with Champion Evaluator Chris Boden, London EC1R 5BX. Guest places are all filled.  Three remaining tickets for Holborn Speakers members... Booking details below.

Or visit one of our neighbouring clubs:

Tues 24 January 7.30pm Guest evening at Brentwood Speakers. Full details below.

BOOK AHEAD...

Mon30 January For the London Division B Judging Workshop led by former UK & Ireland District Governor Teresa Dukes.  Learn the skills of being an excellent competition judge and at the same time improve your speech evaluation skills. Book below.

Introduce your friends to Toastmasters at Brentwood Speakers 24 January

From Constance Turner, Brentwood Speakers

Brentwood Speakers Club meets every second and fourth Tuesday of Each month - 7pm for a prompt 7.30pm start.

At - the Bowling Club, Hutton Poplars Lodge, Poplars Drive, Hutton, BRENTWOOD, Essex CM13 1BA

At our next meeting 24th of January we have party theme - free tea, coffee, biscuits, cake and anything else....

Please take the opportunity to encourage everyone you know who lives or works in the area and who needs Toastmasters to join us for the evening. Everybody and anybody will be welcome!

Come along to these meetings, network, listen to very varied, short speeches, learn to speak in public, and have fun at the same time!

There are so many opportunities and requirements for us speak in public whether at work, play or helping a party along! Conquer your fear of addressing audiences, whilst making new friends and benefiting from their expertise, as well. It won’t be long before they’ll be listening and learning from you …no matter how shy you are, or what your level of confidence is at present.

http://www.brentwoodspeakers.org.uk. Contact Constance Turner 01277 222595

Hone your Judging Skills at our workshop on 30 January

From Felix Kaufmann
 

On Monday 30th January please join us for what (I believe!) is the first London Division B Judging Workshop led by past UK & Ireland District Governor Teresa Dukes.

Our aim is to have at least 1-2 members from every club in London to attend so that we can achieve consistent and high-quality judging at all our contests, particularly our International Speech Contests and Evaluation Contests which we'll be holding in a few weeks time.

Our contests are a great opportunity for members to step out of their comfort zones and to practice their public speaking skills in a different and exciting context. To be fair to our contestants and to make sure the best performance wins it is therefore important that judges are unbiased and objective in their assessment. The interactive workshop will focus on explaining how to overcome unconscious biases and provide tips and tricks on how to go about observing the speakers, using the judging forms and assessing the participants against the judging criteria. Judging is a key part of making your upcoming contests a success so please make sure that your club sends at least 1 delegate.

We are fortunate that the workshop will be delivered by Teresa Dukes, and promises to be educational and entertaining, and held at :

The Spectator pub (home of St Paul's Speakers),

6 Little Britain,
London,
EC1A 7BX   on Monday 30th January, at 6.45pm for a prompt 7 pm start!

Entry to this event is FREE, but places are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.  We will endeavour to assign places on at least one attendee for each club in London, but will assign spare places to club’s second choices if not all places are allotted by one week before the event.

To sign up for the workshop please email Felix Kaufmann, click here to email, or Simon Cooper click here to email.

The Confidence Tricks of Presentation - 24 January Workshop

There are a few places left on this workshop being run by Richard Stacey so grab them while you can! Details are repeated below.

When: 24 January 6.30pm-8pm

Where: Northcliff House, 26-28 Tudor Street, London EC4Y 0BQ

Have you ever faltered during a presentation, meeting or interview?

Would you like to be able to control your anxiety and behave more confidently?

In this practical and interactive seminar, you'll learn how to:

o Cultivate body language that is both authoritative and approachable

o Cultivate increasing calmness through a relaxed and alert posture

o Apply these skills in presentations, meetings, interviews and other contexts

Using exercises based on the Japanese martial art of Aikido, you'll experiment with accessing embodied awareness. You'll come away able to use your learnings immediately.

Join us (Early Bird Speakers) onTuesday 24 January at 6.30pm, Central London. Start the New Year with confidence!
Toastmasters and friends are all welcome to attend.

Booking details at confidencetricks1.eventbrite.com. (There is a small contribution of £5 to cover administrative costs).

Advanced Speech English Night at Polish Your Polish

From Jakub Pawlowski, President of Polish Your Polish

On 24th of January we'll have another exciting English Night at Polish Your Polish. The meeting will be evaluated by our London Division B Governor, Paul Walsh, and we'll have some other equally notable guests on the programme. There will be 4 advanced speeches and, of course, the friendly, welcoming and ebullient atmosphere of our club.

When: The meetings starts promptly at 7pm on 24th of January.
Where: Ognisko Polskie [see map] on the second floor, 55 Prince’s Gate, Exhibition Road, SW7 2PN, near South Kensington tube station.  More information about our club can be found here:
http://polishyourpolish.org.uk/english

 We look forward to welcoming you on the 24th.

 

Build Your Thinking Power – Workshop at London Corinthians

From Peter Goodwin, VP PR, London Corinthians

George Jerjian, a long standing member of London Corinthians, Past President and winner of the Area 6 Humorous Speech contest last year, will deliver a workshop on 'Mental Flexibility', a skill that is essential for all of us at Toastmasters.

This workshop is part of the Toastmasters International programme and George delivers it as a project for his Advanced Communicator Gold award. As a writer and a speaker, George appreciates the power of mental flexibility and will guide us through the workshop agenda using his varied experience in this area.

Date:        Thursday 19 January 2012
Time:          7:00 to 10:00 PM – 3 hours with a 10 minute break
Venue:     The Thistle Westminster Hotel, 49 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0QT
Cost:        £5 (share of room hire)

What will you learn:

• thinking strategically
• using semantic flexibility and its impact on the thinking process
• exercising perceptual skills and mental flexibility
• determining what causes people to react negatively
• importance of suspending value judgements and waiting for more information
• listening and feedback skills
• awareness of varying points of view
• interpreting information in a open-minded way

Be sure to reserve your place promptly as we have limited number of places available. Go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/B6JVSJC

The most important workshop of the year!

From Felix Kaufmann

Fellow London Toastmasters

I hope you all had a great Christmas break and a Happy New Year! With the holidays over and routine settling in again it is time to plan for some exciting workshops and events which will happen in Division B over the next months.

I am very excited to announce that we will run a judging workshop on Monday 30th January to prepare for the upcoming contest season! This is the first time (I believe!) that we are offering such a workshop in Division B and our aim is to have at least 1-2 members from every club in London to attend so that we can achieve consistent and high-quality judging at all our contests.

Our contests are a great opportunity for members to step out of their comfort zones and to practice their public speaking skills in a different and exciting context. To be fair to our contestants and to make sure the best performance wins it is therefore important that judges are unbiased and objective in their assessment. The interactive workshop will focus on explaining how to overcome unconscious biases and provide tips and tricks on how to go about observing the speakers, using the judging forms and assessing the participants against the judging criteria. Judging is a key part of making your upcoming contests a success so please make sure that your club sends at least 1 delegate.

We are fortunate that the workshop will be delivered by the past District Governor for D71, Teresa Dukes, and promises to be educational and entertaining, and held at :

The Spectator pub (home of St Paul's Speakers),

6 Little Britain,
London,
EC1A 7BX   on Monday 30th January, at 6.45pm for a prompt 7 pm start!

Entry to this event is FREE, but places are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.  We will endeavour to assign places on at least one attendee for each club in London, but will assign spare places to club’s second choices if not all places are allotted by one week before the event.

To sign up for the workshop please email Felix Kaufmann, click here to email, or Simon Cooper click here to email.

Evaluation Workshop led by Chris Boden - Tues 24 January 2012

Have you ever sat in your seat and been inspired by watching your club's experienced members delivering fantastic evaluations? And wished that you could do the same?

Well Holborn Speakers is pleased to announce that we are holding an evaluation workshop at our club on the 4th Tuesday of this month, 24th January. The aim of this workshop is to equip you with proven tips and techniques for helping you to deliver helpful and inspiring evaluations.

And it gets better...

Running this workshop will be Chris Boden. For those that know him, he needs no introduction, but for those that don't: Chris has been a member of Toastmasters since 2007 and has very quickly developed into a highly effective speech evaluator. He is the current UK and Ireland Evaluation Contest Champion, having won the final in May of 2011.

So whether you’re chasing that best evaluator ribbon at your club or aiming for the District Championship, this seminar from Chris can help you get there. In a session packed with tips Chris will show you:

• How you can make your evaluation stand out;
• How to give the speaker the greatest benefit;
• And how your own evaluations can make you a better speaker

This workshop is open to both Holborn Members and guests from other clubs (£5 + booking fee to cover admin costs). Booking is essential and places are limited. To book your place, visit the following link: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/2730058679.

If all the places are taken, then please email the event organiser Alan Mountain (Click here to email) and we will see if we can squeeze you in. The locations and further details of Holborn Speakers can be found at the following link: http://www.holbornspeakers.org.uk/.

We look forward to seeing you all on the 24th for an evening full of practical advise on how to develop and refine your evaluation techniques.

Kind regards,
Holborn Speakers