New member Marcin Tolysz, called our latest Excalibur meeting to order in our temporary venue of The Plough.
Our esteemed President, Lynne Cantor welcomed our 11 guests.
Cool, calm and collected under the presence of fear and determined to put on a good show, Errol Williamson was our Toastmaster of the evening.
Highly skilled actress and teacher of the arts, Irene Bradshaw gave us an interesting mini workshop on breathing techniques in preparation for speaking, and encouraged us to push the ceiling!
Sue Mannering hosted the Table Topics session with a day in the life of….. Simon Cooper was Bill Clinton, Anne Bingham was Marilyn Munroe, and guests Olga and Tomas were JK Rowling and Graham Norton respectively.
The Instant Evaluators were Marcin Tolysz, Suzi Fish, Tony Winyard and David Lennon.
Our first prepared speaker was Mustapha Hanafi, speaking from The Storytelling manual #5 Bringing History to Life with his engaging story of “Ange Catherine”. This was expertly evaluated by Janet Tarasofsky.
Our next speaker was Lynne Cantor, speaking from The Public Relations manual #4 Speaking Under Fire “Business Builders & Champions”. She coped well with the hostile audience firing questions at her! Katja van Koten was her evaluator.
Our third and final speaker was Tony Winyard, giving us his competition speech “Our boundaries can be found” about first impressions in preparation for the area contest – good luck Tony!. Monika Swiderska was his evaluator.
David Lennon competently facilitated the Speech Open Feedback session.
Simon Cooper efficiently kept us to time so we could head downstairs for our post-meeting drinks and follow up evaluations!
Congratulations to Anne Bingham, the winner of Best Table Topic, Mustapha Hanafi for winning the Best Prepared Speech, and Janet Tarasofsky, for Best Evaluator.
| Another great meeting |
Dates not to be missed!
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 12th April, 6:45 for 7pm prompt start at our usual venue of The Fitzrovia Community Centre, 2 Foley Street, W1W 6DL.
As space is limited kindly confirm your attendance on Easyspeak or via excaliburspeakers@gmail.com. Thank you.
Please support Freddie Daniells and Simon Cooper at the Area 9 Contest on Thursday 30th March, 6:45-7pm, venue at The Plough, 27 Museum Street, Fitzrovia. Did you know, seven of our members are entering the speech and evaluation contests in different areas!
The Division L Contest will be the afternoon of Saturday 8th April at the London Business School.
The District 91 2017 Spring Conference for the International Speech and Evaluation Finals will be at The Grand Harbour Hotel in Southampton on 5-7th May 2017. Put the date in your diaries and book your ticket now!
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Dues:
Don’t forget to pay your Excalibur dues to Chinkata Okpara, our Treasurer, by Sunday 26th March - there is no grace period any more so you will need to rejoin if fees are not paid and processed by the end of the month. Thank you.
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