July Meetings

Tuesday 13th
Club Meeting

Tuesday 27th
Club Meeting

August Meetings

Tuesday 10th
Club Meeting

Tuesday 24th
Club Social

A Typical Club Evening – Improving Your Communication skills

Meetings give members the opportunity to practice chairing meetings, give impromptu speeches, present prepared speeches and give and receive constructive evaluations. The following provides an explanation of the key roles:

Chairing Meetings
The Toastmaster for the evening will explain the format and outline the programme of events and ensure that the evening runs smoothly. This is an excellent role for those who want to improve their skill at chairing meetings.

Educational
Most evenings we have an opportunity for one of the more experienced speakers to speak for 10 to 15 minutes on a subject of their choice on public speaking. These sessions are informative and entertaining and of value even to experienced speakers.

Table Topics Table topics develops impromptu speaking skills. The Table Topics Master will select a theme, and invite members of the club to speak on a topic for a maximum of two minutes. You have no preparation so this is a good exercise for thinking on your feet. Good impromptu speaking is particularly useful in meetings and we offer a safe environment in which to develop this important skill.

Prepared Speeches
These speeches may last from 5 to 15 minutes and focus on a particular aspect such as 'Body Language', ‘Structuring Your Speech’ or 'Using props'. Members are free to talk about any subject they wish. Your first speech will be the 'ice breaker', a four to six minute speech about yourself that will introduce you to the club.

Evaluation
This is where we provide advice on your development as a speaker. Every speech is evaluated by another member of the club whose purpose is to provide friendly and constructive feedback. At the same time it will give you more confidence as a public speaker by pointing out your strengths and areas to improve.

General Evaluation
This may be provided by a guest from another Toastmaster club or a club member, who will evaluate the whole evening. One role of the General Evaluator is to evaluate the evaluators by giving them positive and constructive feedback to enable them to grow in the Evaluator Roles.

Club News

The new commitee is elected for the 10/11 Toastmasters year.

Phil Gladwell is the new Area Governor for Area 46.

Derek Bingham achieves his Competent Communicator award. Ray Wilton and Phil Gladwell are Competent Leaders.

Alison Coles and Matt Simons achieve their Competent Communicator awards.

Jenny Mills achieves her Advanced Communicator Gold award.

Ray Wilton wins through in the Area 46 Evaluation Contest.

Afolabi Sekoni is a Competent Communicator.

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