March Meetings

Tuesday 9th
Club Meeting

Tuesday 16th
Club Speech Contest

Tuesday 23rd
Club Meeting

April Meetings

Tuesday 13th
Club Meeting

Tuesday 27th
Club Meeting

Speak Out!
Council Steps
Newbury Market Square
10:00am - 2:00pm
Saturday 27th March

Youth Leadership Program

Every young person has the potential to become a good communicator and leader, but this potential needs to be developed.

The Youth Leadership Program is a terrific way to help younger members of society build their communication and leadership skills so they may become tomorrow's leaders in business, industry and the community.

How does it work? The program is conducted by a coordinator for a group of young people under the age of eighteen, in four to eight sessions of one to two hours each. Ideally, there should be 15 to 20 participants; the minimum number is five. What do participants learn? Over the course of these sessions, participants learn about effective public speaking and have the opportunity to practice speaking themselves.

In addition they learn to:

• Overcome the nervousness everyone feels when asked to speak before an audience.
• Organise and present their ideas logically and convincingly.
• Listen carefully to others' ideas.
• Offer advice that will help others improve their speaking and leadership skills.
• Participate in - and even lead - group discussion or meetings.

This is a very effective way for a teenager to acquire the skills of speaking, listening, thinking, and evaluating -- all skills that are extremely important in today's world.

Participants increase their self-confidence as they learn.

The sessions of the Youth Leadership Program covers a variety of topics which play a part in good public speaking.

• Gestures
• Vocal Variety
• Using Visual Aids
• Speech Organisation
• Taking the Terror Out of a Talk
• Effective Speech Evaluation
• Constructing a Speech
• Relating to Your Audience

To find out more about the Youth Leadership Program please contact us using our on-line contact form.

Club News

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David Brinsdon and Tony Henderson-Newport win through in the club Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest.

Newbury Speakers elect the new committee for the next Toastmasters Year.

Newbury Speakers celebrate their 25th Anniversary with a black tie event at the Newbury Manor Hotel.

Newbury Speakers present at the D71 National Conference in the Cotswolds.

Tony Henderson-Newport and Philip Gladwell represent the club at the Division Contest in Leamington Spa

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