January is an exciting time for Speakers of Croydon as it will be hosting it’s annual Speechcraft event! Speechcraft is a hugely popular accelerated training programme that comprises four weekly sessions, every Tuesday, starting from 7 January 2025 to 28 January 2025. This program comprises 4 weekly sessions starting from 7 January 2025 to 28 […]
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Last Tuesday we had the club competition! we had 7 members enter the Humorous competition and 8 entering the table topics. The results were: Humorous Contest1st place – Eamonn2nd place – Kondjo3rd place – Nicole Table Topics Contest1st place – Chris2nd place – Julian3rd place – Lee The 1st and 2nd place for both the
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Last Tuesday we had a great online meeting ably led by James as the Toastmaster for the first time! We had two prepared speeches by Chris on how AI will affect the way business is done in the coming years and how its something to be embraced, not feared, and by Nicole who shared with
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A great in- person meeting on Tuesday was led by our fantastic VPM Patricia setting the pace under the theme of “Going for Gold” with prepared speeches by: Special thanks to all those people who took up multiple roles through the night such as Adrian and Lydia and mega commendation for our returning member Kondjo
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We had a fantastic online meeting with three prepared speeches from Daniela who told us how she joined Toastmasters to develop “Ars Oratoria”, the art of public speaking , Adrian who told us about the difference between training, coaching and Mentoring, and Smita who skilfully improvised a speech based on 5 words chosen by the
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Last night was the first in-person meeting of the new term and it did not disappoint. @~Andrew made sure we all got in the groove as TM for the evening with energy and poise despite only taking on the role the day before! We were then treated to four fantastic prepared speeches delivered by: These
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Why did I join Toastmasters? I was asked to be Best Man at my friend’s wedding so I was keen to get practice public speaking beforehand as it was definitely not something I was confident in. I attended a Speakers of Croydon (SoC) meeting as a guest and as soon as it was over I
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A renewed desire to improve his communication skills saw him attend the Speechcraft course this year and then rejoin Speakers of Croydon after a gap of over 10 years! Since then he is has just making up for lost time and has gone on to complete level 1 of his first Educational Pathway . Ruban
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We had our first meeting of the new term on Tuesday with our hugely impressive Vice President of Membership @Patricia Goka Soc stepping in at the final hour to act as Toastmaster for the evening and guide us through a meeting on the theme of “Change”. It was a great first meeting of the new
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I am thrilled to announce that I, Christopher Bovell, have been appointed as the new Sergeant at Arms for The Speakers of Croydon. In this role, I will be responsible for club property management, meeting room preparation, and hospitality. Additionally, I will chair the social and reception committee, overseeing the day-to-day activities that ensure our
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