Speak Out report for 25 June 2015

Our last Speak Out before the summer break started with visiting speaker Paul giving a speech based on Project 2 from The Entertaining Speaker entitled "A Big, Grey Lump". Opening with an anecdote of his first experience of feeding elephants at the circus, Paul went on to tell the story of a man known as Elephant Bill.
        Bill was an Englishman who went to Borneo in the 1920s to work with elephants. The mammals were used to pull felled trees to the river so they could be transported to the mill on other side. After a monsoon caused the logs to pile up, compromising the safety of a nearby bridge, two elephants were tasked with saving it from collapsing, which they managed due to their great perseverance.
        When war arrived in Borneo, Bill had to take the elephants to safety in India, facing many challenges along the way including climbing a sheer cliff, but was able to overcome them thanks in no small part to the fortitude of his animal companions.

Regular Meeting report for 10 June 2015

Cat opened her last regular meeting as club president by recounting the introduction from her first - in which she described herself as 'caretaker' for the club - before encouraging the guests in the room to introduce themselves.

Cat welcoming the evening's guests

President's Newsletter, June 2015 - The Final Countdown

Fellow Toastmasters,

What an exciting month we have ahead of us: summer is in the air (for one day at least), it's my birthday (shameless plug) and we are in the final countdown (cue the 1980s...) to the end of the Toastmasters year.

With three weeks to go, it isn't yet time to reflect on what we have achieved as a club during the 2014/15 Toastmasters year. However, it is a time to get excited about the opportunities ahead of us.

What do you want to achieve in 2015/16? Rather than waiting until July 1st to put your plan in place, I would suggest that now is the time to be lining up your thoughts, hopes and aspirations! Maybe you feel like it is time to be part of the Club Committee - either to give something back to the members or to address a particular area you want to develop - or perhaps 2015/16 is the year for you to complete that Leadership manual that has been lingering or to take your Communication track to the next level?

Let's take that next step together with our…