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From Peter Varholak, 1st London Toastmasters
1st London Toastmasters club is delighted to invite you to the club's "HUMOROUS SPEECH CONTEST and TABLE TOPICS CONTEST"
Place: The University of Law 2 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8HQ
Date and time: Monday, 3 October, 2016 18:00 PM to 20:30 PM
Registration:
http://1stlondonoctober2016contest.eventbrite.co.uk
We hope to see you on Monday!
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From Elaine McLoughlin, Area 2 Director
Our Area 2 Humorous Speech Contest and Table Topics Contest are being held on Tuesday 27 September 2016 near St Pauls.
You are very welcome to attend but you must register in advance at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/area-2-humorous-speech-table-topics-contest-tickets-27624643051
Time: 6pm for 6.30pm start
The contests will be chaired by Elaine McLouglin. Chief Judge will be Sean Glasgow, Area 45 Director
Area 2 clubs are:
Bloomsbury Speakers, Holborn Speakers, Connected Speakers London, ICF London Toastmasters
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From Indra Sikdar and Piotr Janik
You are warmly invited to:
Time: 13.00 – 17.00
Date: 1 October 2016
Venue: The Church Hall of the First Church of Christ Scientist, 53 Cassiobury Drive, Watford, Hertfordshire WD17 3AD
Event: Area 61 Humorous Speech Contest and Table Topics Contest
Please register for free at:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/area-l61-contest-tickets-27780327708
** Friends and Family Invited **
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From Gino Coquis, Area 8 Director
Our Area 8 Humorous Speech Contest and our Table Topics Contest will be held on Wednesday 27 September starting at 6.45pm. The evening is hosted by London Victorians. Please come and join us.
Venue: St James the Less, Moreton St, London SW1V 2PS, just off Vauxhall Bridge Road, (close to Victoria and Pimlico stations).
Area 8 comprises: London Cardinals, London VIctorians, Ofgem Speakers and Phoenix Speakers
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From Gagan Singh
London Athenians are hosting the Area 6 contests on Tuesday 20 September 2016.
Regardless of where you are on your Toastmaster journey, contest season is a time where most of the training and learning takes place. After the first preliminary round of club contests, come the Area contests.
The stage is set, judges briefed and food is included for the Area 6 Humorous speech and Table Topics contests. Five clubs will be sending their best to compete in this round and you are invited to see the contestants in action. Be there at 7pm for a 7:15 start.
The contests will take place upstairs at The Hop Poles, 17-19 King Street, Hammersmith, W6 9HR.
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From Florian Bay, Division B Director
Toastmasters from all over London and beyond are invited to attend Division B's Autumn Conference and Contests on 8 October! A jam-packed programme has been laid out with workshops, the Table Topics & Humorous Speech contests, a speakfest and a keynote speech by a past UK & Ireland Humorous Speech Champion!
Join us on Saturday 8 October in Hilton DoubleTree Victoria, early birds ticket are currently available for a contribution of £11.99!
Morning sessions from 9h30:
Afternoon sessions from 13h30:
Please join us for what is set to be an amazing day of learning, inspiration and laughter.
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From Grosvenor Square Speakers
Our contest night was a real success with Judges joining from other Clubs and new visitors saying what a great night they had had, not to mention the members! Contest Chairs, Brian Guo (Humorous Speech Contest) and Yvonne O'Garro (Table Topics Contest), both did a fabulous job. They kept the energy high at the contests which were held on Monday 12 September at The Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch.
Humorous Speech placed winners
1: Divina Tumlos
2: Michael Lake
3: Rizal Ang
(pictured Divina with Lyn)
Table Topics placed winners
1: Shola Kaye
2: Rizal Ang
3:Jill Segal
(Pictured Shola with Lyn)
Bravo to all of our Contestants on the night. We wish Divina and Shola the best of luck representing #GSS at the Area 52 Contests . These will be held on Monday 3 October 7pm at the Grange Strathmore Hotel (nr Gloucester Road).
Thanks to everyone involved in making the #GSS Speech Contests a success.
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From Northern Lights Speakers & Angel Speakers
Register now and come along on Monday!
Northern Lights Speakers, in collaboration with Angel Speakers is delighted to host an evening of Impromptu Speaking and evalution. An opportunity for guests and members to attend an evening event with the sole purpose of helping participants to hone and improve existing speakings skills.
Entry is guaranteed by registering (free of charge) through Eventbrite.
All speaking levels, member and non-members welcome to attend!
NB Members of Toastmasers are requested to bring 3 prepared table topic questions.
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From Dorothea Stuart DTM
Congratulations to everyone gaining educational awards this month. Particular congratulations go to Brian and Jay for achieving the accolade of Distinguished Toastmaster.
Distinguished Toastmaster
**Brian Skelton. King's Speakers. Area 52. Division B **
** Jay Surti. Holborn Speakers. Area 2. Division C **
Competent Communicator
Catherine Casale. London Olympians. Area 6. Division B
Prashant Chauhan. Colomes, Xavier
Alex Clark. Bromley Speakers. Area 35. Division H
Xavier Colomes. London Communicators. Area 47. Division L
Anja Eichen. Covent Garden Speakers. Area 5. Division C
Wendy Gibson. Purley Speakers. Area 35. Division H
Robert Knight. Covent Garden Speakers. Area 5. Division C
Cecily Liu. London Cardinals. Area 8. Division B
Ernesto Moreno. Early Bird Speakers. Area 45. Division C
Bianca Tait. Early Bird Speakers. Area 45. Division C
Advanced Communicator Bronze
Steve Brewer. Watford Speakers. Area 61. Division L
Sudeshna Choudhury. Early Bird Speakers. Area 45. Division C
Richard Murray. Bromley Speakers. Area 35. Division H
Melanie Richards. Holborn Speakers. Area 2. Division C
Advanced Communicator Silver
Steve Brewer. Watford Speakers. Area 61. Division L
Lynne Cantor. Excalibur Speakers. Area 9. Division L
Lyn Roseaman. Grosvenor Square Speakers. Area 52. Division B
Advanced Communicator Gold
Brian Skelton. King's Speakers. Area 52. Division B
Competent Leader
Alex Collins. Society Speakers. Area 45. Division C
Carlos Costa. Holborn Speakers. Area 2. Division C
Anja Eichen. Covent Garden Speakers. Area 5. Division C
Michael Majuru. Croydon Communicators. Area 35. Division H
Nuala McHugh. London Victorians. Area 8. Division B
Raquel Scrivens. Croydon Communicators. Area 35. Division H
Advanced Leader Bronze
Laurent Nicourt. Sytel Reply Toastmasters. Area 6. Division B
David Phelops. HOD Speakers. Area 61. Division L
Advanced Leader Silver
Jay Surti. Holborn Speakers. Area 2. Division C
| Educational Awards | Last Year 2015/16 | August 2016 |
Year to date |
| Competent Communicator | 171 |
10 |
25 |
| Adv Comm Bronze | 39 | 4 | 7 |
| Adv Comm Silver | 17 | 3 | 4 |
| Adv Comm Gold | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Competent Leader | 108 | 6 | 15 |
| Adv Leader Bronze | 34 | 2 | 8 |
| Adv Leader Silver | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| Leadership Excellence | 12 | 2 | |
| Distinguished Toastmaster(DTM) | 5 | 9 | |
| Total | 403 | 27 | 78 |
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From Majorie Perkins, Area 3 Director
Speakers of Croydon: special meeting this evening with keynote speaker Ken Olisa OBE.
Register here and join us this evening 6 September 2016: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/special-meeting-with-keynote-speech-by-ken-olisa-obe-tickets-26866282775
Ken is Founder and Chairman of Restoration Partners, the boutique technology merchant bank and architects of the Virtual Technology Cluster model. Ken’s technology career spans over 30 years commencing with IBM from whom he won a scholarship while at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. In 1992, after twelve years as a senior executive at Wang Labs in the US and Europe, Ken founded Interregnum, the technology merchant bank. He was elected as a Fellow of the British Computer Society in 2006. You can read more about Ken and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/special-meeting-with-keynote-speech-by-ken-olisa-obe-tickets-26866282775
Hope to see you this evening.
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