Bank Holiday Success

Determined not to miss a single speaking occasion, Croydon Speakers held their regular meeting this week, despite it being the Bank Holiday. We billed it as a slightly less formal, relaxed meeting where you could try out all sorts of speeches, timings, and roles. What we got was incredible. We had 20 members who between them gave 4 first time speeches, one early level and one humour speech. A total of six speeches of various lengths. Good evaluations and tight timekeeping allowed this to still happen within the first hour, and for someone to try their hand at chairing a meeting for the first time! Second half topics rounded the evening off nicely. We achieved all of this within time because the vibrant enthusiastic membership work together to enjoy speaking and to make the most of every opportunity. It was a fun evening that worked perfectly. If you are wanting to experience the club judged the best in district for the second year, come along. Finally, a special mention to our new member who demonstrated his abilities to overcome a stammer. The support in the club was apparent with the loud applause as he achieved his goal.
Croydon Speakers Club remains the place to be.

Art of Rhetoric - meeting 10th March

Sometimes a meeting stands out as one of the best of the season. Tonight was that meeting. Leon Labovitch, a highly respected and talented public speaker treated us to a workshop on the Art of Rhetoric. We learnt so much, we understood so much and then we were given the opportunity to practice that learning and understanding. It was a superb evening that speakers at all levels enjoyed and will be able to make use of in their own speech preparation and delivery. Leon allowed us to film it and the DVD will be available to Croydon members in due course. All the conversation after the meeting was full of praise and totally positive. Leon left us feeling inspired, motivated and encouraged. A terrific evening and thoroughly worthwhile

25th February Meeting

All of a sudden it is spring! There was a wonderful energy in this meeting. We had a new speaker, someone who in the middle levels, a top master speaker and an innovative PowerPoint speech. A full agenda of speeches at various levels. The PowerPoint speech was an excellent example of how it should be used to enhance the speech and not become the speech. Through the evaluations each speaker received feedback and everyone learnt something.
There was more! We had new guests for the evening who by the end felt they wanted to join our club and begin to enhance their speaking skills. Some new people and others from other places - this continues to strengthen our club and they are all welcome.
Next meeting is a special feature meeting - see the main page for details. If you are reading this, you are interesting in speaking - take the next step and come along to our meeting. You will enjoy it, learn from it, and realise what a great evening it is at Croydon Speakers.