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Book for Division L Contests Friday 26 April

From Greg Ros, Division L Governor

London Division Contest… 1 more to go!

Division contests in London have become a bit like our capital's buses... you wait for six months, and then three come along at once!

After the tasty starter that was Division K Contest just over a week ago, followed by the hearty main course of last weekend's Division B event (with a side order of workshops), we've now finally come to the delightful dessert!

This coming Friday, North & Central London will be showing off its finest speakers and evaluators, all vying for a place in the UK & Ireland semi-finals in Torquay.  And what's more, you will be spoiled for choice, with eight contestants in both contests.  Book here!

International Speech Contest

Loretta Addai	Jeremy Robinson
Ola Aralepo	Dorothea Stuart
Clive Broadbent	Rod Sugden
Andrew Gillian	Janet Tarasofsky

Evaluation Contest

Talia Ajibade	Sue Yen Leow
Femi Asaolu	Alex Masri
Sayara Beg	Jeremy Robinson
Helen Green	Dorothea Stuart

And there's more!  In addition, we will be announcing the winner of our divisional Toastmasters Online Presence (TOP) award, recognising the club which has demonstrated leading practice in this field.  And as you may have expected from a Friday night setting, we have secured an after party venue at the nearby Plum Tree for all to unwind at the end of a busy week.

Tickets for this event are available NOW!

Venue: City Temple Conference Centre, Holburn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2DE

Date: Friday 26th April

Time: 6.15pm arrival/briefings for 6.45pm start (finishing at 9.15pm)

Cost: £5 (incl. booking fee)

Ticket Booking: http://london-toastmasters.eventbrite.com

Division B Contest Winners

The winners of the London Divison B finals going through to the next round in Toquay are:

International Speech Contest Ian Hawkins, Evaluation Contest Andrew Bennett. Pictured here with Division B Governor Jakub Pawlowski.

More info to follow shortly.

Thank you to Julie Kertesz for the photo.

The gentle art of influence - learn about this at a Division B Workshop Saturday 20 April

In a last minute change to our line-up of workshop leaders tomorrow:  Richard Fallon has stepped in to give us one of his renowned workshops.  We're delighted that he will be teaching us key influencing skills in his workshop called: "It Is All About Them: The Gentle Art of Influence"  Read more about Richard's workshop below.  For full information on the whole day go to: http://2013-spring-divisionb.eventbrite.com/#

As busy professionals, we are all experts in our field. And it is often important for us to communicate our specialist information to non-specialists: clients, potential clients, colleagues, external stakeholders etc. When we do this, it is absolutely vital that we fully engage them with our message, both in our manner of delivery, and the language we use, making sure they are, at least, willing to consider what we have to say, and, at best, willing to act on it. Whether the stakes are high or low, if practised, the gentle art of influence boosts our communication skills, gains us credibility, and, of course, wins us greater influence in our professional roles.

Workshop Outline
In this 45-minute, fun-packed, hands-on workshop you will:

• learn how to utilise greater vocal variety to keep your audience pleasantly tuned in
• explore stripping back your message to make it more accessible
• understand how to maximise your influence through 5 key questions

Area 29 Contest results

From Chris Jolly, Area 29 Governor

The Function Room at The Hop Poles Hammersmith was full last Monday 15 April 2013. Both contests were keenly fought and the standards were extremely high. I am sure the judges would have had difficult deliberations!

The results are as follows:

International Speech Contest

• 1^st Harminder Dhillon (Trojan Speakers)
• 2^nd Errol Williamson (Riverside Communicators)
• 3^rd Heidi Ashley-Hacker (Riverside Communicators)

 

 

Picture L to R: Freddie Daniells (District 71 Governor), Harminder, Chris Jolly.

Evaluation Contest

• 1^st Harminder Dhillon (Trojan Speakers)
• 2^nd Peter van der Sloot (London Athenians)
• 3^rd Glen Savage (Riverside Communicators)

My thanks go to Dave Drew (Contest Chair), Chris Pennisi (Chief Judge), our mystery speaker, all our functionaries and our enthusiastic audience.

Come and watch our winners in the Division B contests tomorrow - Saturday 20 April

From Jakub Pawlowski, Division B Governor

***STOP PRESS 20 APRIL: Online booking is now closed but you can pay at the door!****

We have a line up of contestants for the International Speech Contest and Evaluation Contest that you'll want to come and see!  They are:

Speech Contest

• Shane Snow
• Harminder Dhillon
• Ian Hawkins
• Yi Liu
• Charlie Warshawski

Evaluation Contest

• Simon Bucknall
• Harminder Dhillon
• Tazud Miah
• Andrew Bennett
• Daniel Arthur

They're all ready to give you their wonderful speeches and insightful evaluations! Book your tickets for the contest and workshop and find out more CLICK HERE.  Bring your friends!  This is an excellent opportunity to show people what can be achieved by joining our clubs. http://2013-spring-divisionb.eventbrite.com/#

Division K Contest Results

From Peter Gerlach, Division K Governor

Division K was formed last year from clubs in the realigned Divisions B (Central London) and H (South East England).

Our first International Speech & Evaluation Contest was hosted by Speakers Corner at the McGraw Hill building in Canary Wharf.  It was great to see such a solid turnout, about 70 people attending.

The International Speech Contest Chair was Peter Gerlach, the contestants Dave Brooks, Peter Bull, Lori Goossen, Flavia Gordon, James Green, Sneha HS & Isaya Taingwa

For the Evaluation event, Iain Scott took over as Contest Chair and the contestants were Colm Doherty, Nicky Kruger, James Green, Ian Macfie, Neil Pettigrew, Lydia Song & David Wilson

Before Ronnie Gillanders, our District PR officer, presented the certificates, Julie Kertesz received an “Extra Mile” award from Peter Gerlach for her commitment and dedication to Toastmasters as well as for promoting Toastmasters outside of the organisation through story telling workshops.

The results were as follows:

International Speech Contest

1st James Green (Meridian Speakers)

2nd Flavia Gordon (Lewisham Speakers)

3rd Peter Bull (Bromley Speakers)

 

Evaluation Contest

1st James Green (Meridian Speakers)

2nd Colm Doherty (Russian English Speakers)

3rd Nicky Kruger (Canary Wharf Communicators)

James Green will represent the Division in both contests at the District 71 UK & Ireland Conference, 10-12 May 2013, in Torquay The Riviera Renaissance

I personally would like to thank the following for their support: 

Ronnie Gillanders, our District PR Officer, who came all the way from Ireland just to be with us, Matthew Lucas (President of Speakers Corner) for providing us with such an impressive venue and helping us with the organisation of the event, Dave Longley – my Division K assistant governor for supporting me, for his advice and patience (lots of it).

I'd also like to thank Amber Raney Kincade, Julie Kertesz, Dave Longley and Jeanne Kruger, our area governors for all their efforts and support over the last year, Jenny Taggart from Bromley for putting the agenda together, Patricia Caesar for marketing the event to more than 500 individual addresses, Iain Scott for chairing the evaluation contest, Greg Ros and Jakub Pawlowski, our Division B and L governors for attending the event and supporting me and the Division K with their knowledge and experience.

Thank you also to our functionaries - smooth running on the day was ensured by Chief Judge Ronnie Gillanders and his team of judges, ballot counters Jenny Taggart, Julie Kertesz & Melissa Gabrielian, time keepers Dave Longley & Sophie Xu, and usher Katy Woolcott.

Without you all, this event would not have been so successful. Thank you very much and I am very very proud to be involved with such a professional and supportive organisation.

Photos by Julie Kertesz.

Area 31 Contest results

Area 31 International speech contest
1. Dave Brooks (Speakeasy@Credit Suisse)
2. Lori Goossen (Russian English Speakers)

Area 31 Evaluation contest
1. Nicky Kruger (Canary Wharf Communicators)
2. Colm Doherty (Russian English Speakers)

 

Workshop by World Championship Semi-finalist Malachi Talabi - this Saturday at Division B

From Jakub Pawlowski, Division B Governor

On Saturday 20 April we are bringing you yet another excellent workshop leader!  Malachi Talabi.

In this dynamic workshop, Malachi will share his personal tips on how to create your very own 7 Minute Masterpiece - a speech that can win a contest and win over your audience any time. Book here: 2013-spring-divisionb.eventbrite.com/#

 

You will learn:

• How to find your story
• How to generate fresh ideas for speeches
• How to connect with your audience 
• How to become more memorable as a speaker
• …and much more!

Whether you're competing in a contest or simply want to learn how to write winning speeches, Creating a 7 Minute Masterpiece will help you do just that. Read more about Malachi and book here: http://2013-spring-divisionb.eventbrite.com/#  Enjoy all our workshops and our International Speech and Evaluation Contest finals.

 

Area 33 Contest Results!

From Donna Hicks, Area 33 Governor

On a night where 150 London Toastmasters attended past International Speech winner Darren LaCroix's presentation over 40 members and guests instead attended the Area 33 International Speech & Evaluation Contest to hear a possible future winner.

What an amazing turnout, outdone only by the awesome calibre of the contestants!

Representing the Area at the Division L contest on Friday 26 April 2013 will be:

International Speech

1. Andrew Gillian, St Pauls Speakers

2. Clive Broadbent, CASS Business School Toastmasters

Evaluation

1. Sue Yen Leow,St Pauls Speakers

2. Helen Green, ACCA Members Breakfast Club

Congratulations to our winners and all the contestants!

Please come and see them at Division L contest. You can book your seat here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6209726459/#

Be inspired at the workshops at London Division B on Saturday

From Jakub Pawlowski, Division B Governor

We are delighted to have Gayna Cooper, a many times winner of Toastmaster contests giving a workshop for us on Saturday 20 April.  To book and see the choice of workshops (held before the contests) go to: 2013-spring-divisionb.eventbrite.com

Gayna says:

We all join Toastmasters for different reasons yet have one thing in common: We all want to communicate better, increase our self confidence and grow in our uniqueness.

We dont want to be TM 'cloned' we want to move into our Destiny to be the best we can be at whatever we do, irrespective if this is for Professional or Personal reasons.

I have known for over 50 years that my destiny was to Entertain people with Inspiration and Laughter.

The skills and confidence I have gained from being a Toasmaster has resulted in me stepping out in 2013 to embark on 5 One Woman Shows in the UK. 

This Presentation will inspire you to reach for your dream, to aim high, and never give up.It's not over till the fat woman sings - and I am not about to burst into song!!

Book for the workshops and contests NOW!! 2013-spring-divisionb.eventbrite.com