As a one-off appearance at Excalibur's lunchtime meeting, club president Cat opened the meeting with excitement on the agenda ahead: a special workshop meeting.
Monday, 27 April 2015
Monday, 20 April 2015
Book your place now: Spring Conference, 9-10 May 2015
Fellow Toastmasters,
If you weren't able to make it along to the Division B workshops and contests on Saturday, I'm afraid that you missed out!
Errol did Excalibur and Area 45 proud with his third place in the International Speech Contest. Sadly he won't now be moving on to the next round, but he was faced tough competition from Nkem Anagor, who will be representing Division B at the D91 Conference next month.
Our Area 45 representative in the Evaluation Contest, Mindy, also did us proud with her 2nd place in the contest. Simon Simpson goes on to represent Division B at the D91 Conference.
I have to say that the line-up for the Spring Conference feels somewhat like an Excalibur workshop...!
If you weren't able to make it along to the Division B workshops and contests on Saturday, I'm afraid that you missed out!
Errol did Excalibur and Area 45 proud with his third place in the International Speech Contest. Sadly he won't now be moving on to the next round, but he was faced tough competition from Nkem Anagor, who will be representing Division B at the D91 Conference next month.
Our Area 45 representative in the Evaluation Contest, Mindy, also did us proud with her 2nd place in the contest. Simon Simpson goes on to represent Division B at the D91 Conference.
I have to say that the line-up for the Spring Conference feels somewhat like an Excalibur workshop...!
Friday, 17 April 2015
Greetings from Andrew Bennett
Dear Excaliburgers,
We are now one day away from London Division B Contest and Comedy Workshops. I hope that you will be attending and cheering on Errol as he speaks. Unfortunately I have to tell you that a last minute change in the schedule for a recording project I am involved with means that I have to be in Marseille on Saturday and Sunday and so will not be able to compete in Evaluation Contest on behalf of Area 52. My place will be taken by Toastmaster Pedro Casillas who I am sure will excel.
We are now one day away from London Division B Contest and Comedy Workshops. I hope that you will be attending and cheering on Errol as he speaks. Unfortunately I have to tell you that a last minute change in the schedule for a recording project I am involved with means that I have to be in Marseille on Saturday and Sunday and so will not be able to compete in Evaluation Contest on behalf of Area 52. My place will be taken by Toastmaster Pedro Casillas who I am sure will excel.
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Business-skills workshop at Excalibur
Fellow Toastmasters,
I hope you are enjoying this wonderful weather! With all of this new life springing up around us, it makes me think of trying out new things.
You too?
If so, how about you come to Excalibur's Speak Out meeting next week?
We have a very special workshop meeting, focused on developing business skills.
I hope you are enjoying this wonderful weather! With all of this new life springing up around us, it makes me think of trying out new things.
You too?
If so, how about you come to Excalibur's Speak Out meeting next week?
We have a very special workshop meeting, focused on developing business skills.
Saturday, 11 April 2015
Regular Meeting report for 8 April 2015
Opening this month's regular meeting, club president Cat used a metaphor of glass balls to represent the most important parts of our lives, including our health, plus one rubber ball to represent our work and professional development. She explained that, while our commitment to Toastmasters may dip from time to time, like the rubber ball, it can always bounce back.
Thursday, 2 April 2015
President's Newsletter, April 2015 - Choose Life
Fellow Toastmasters,
It isn’t the most prosaic of monologues, but the recent tragic events of flight 4U 9525 crashing in the Alps reminded me of Ewan McGregor’s Choose Life speech from the 1990s film Trainspotting. He chose not to choose life. For me, the plane tragedy reminded me that I Choose Life.
How we choose to spend the limited life that we have is up to each one of us (may I remind you of Swarajit’s recent speech The Wager, with which he took 3rd place at the Area 45 contest!), but if my time in Toastmasters has taught me anything, it is that Toastmasters are a breed of human that thrive from living life to the max.
On that note, looking ahead to…
It isn’t the most prosaic of monologues, but the recent tragic events of flight 4U 9525 crashing in the Alps reminded me of Ewan McGregor’s Choose Life speech from the 1990s film Trainspotting. He chose not to choose life. For me, the plane tragedy reminded me that I Choose Life.
How we choose to spend the limited life that we have is up to each one of us (may I remind you of Swarajit’s recent speech The Wager, with which he took 3rd place at the Area 45 contest!), but if my time in Toastmasters has taught me anything, it is that Toastmasters are a breed of human that thrive from living life to the max.
On that note, looking ahead to…
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