From Jill Segal, Division B Governor
You know what they say? The best things come in threes. And that is what we have in Division B with 3 new corporate clubs chartered within weeks of the start of the Toastmaster year.
The first to charter was J. P. Morgan First Class Speakers, welcomed to Toastmasters in a ceremony attended by Jean Gamester, Lt. Governor Education &Training and several experienced members on 1 October.
Ofgem Speakers, the second corporate club to be set up, was initiated by Szilvia Doczi, VPM at Grosvenor Square Speakers. She recognised that the skills she was learning at the club would be really helpful for her work colleagues. She has attracted many enthusiastic club members and Julia Collings, Ofgem’s VP PR, is heading to Brighton to represent Division B at the District Table Topics contest having made impressive impromptu speeches at Area and Division contests.
The third new club is Toastmasters at Rackspace. An invitation to the President Els Vermeulen to speak at a 'Women in Leadership' conference came after a comment at an earlier session where the focus had been on 'confidence' and 'courage' She emphasised that if you master public speaking you'll gain enough confidence and courage to make it into leadership and she talked about how, within a year, Toastmasters (Trojans) ‘changed my life from being somebody who'd rather miss the bus than ask the driver a question, to somebody who can share her opinion in a confident manner in front of a group of people.‘ With another Toastmaster-aware work colleague they won the support of the Director of Talent and members are powering through their projects.
A warm welcome to our new corporate clubs and all their members.
Pictured L to R: Jill receives club committee pins for all three new clubs from our Regional Advisor Morag Mathieson (and immediate past District 59 Governor) who visited from Germany recently.