Spring contest

photo by Julie70 on Flickr

Flavia, for the international speech contest
Richard, for the evaluation contest

They will represent us for the Area contest, the 10th of April

Manoj Sivaraman <msn.cps@gmail.com> 

Hello All

 

I’m sure many of us had a good time last Wednesday at Lewisham club. Sitting on the edge of the chair and watching a fun and power pack contest was a great experience for me. Yes the seven contestants have given their best shot and I’m sure it was a tough test for our judging panel to decide the best.

The session was chaired by our enthusiastic and energetic Vivienne who pixelated the meeting with excellence and brevity. Her calm demeanour and capability of organising and running the fantabulous show is getting better and better every time she take the challenge.

So let’s see how the contestants performed up.............

 

Zhanna – Beautifully dressed in traditional attire which swirled through the air complimented the story about her son. What I like more about her speech, she chosen to take three stands to deliver her three stories, which epitomize the art of public speaking and storytelling skills.

 

Jason – His poignant story was beautifully crafted which touched every one’s heart. The message delivered powerfully with his softening voice. His speech reminded us why we all should care of precious item even it is old. Superbly written and delivery with great stage presence

 

Manoj Manoj, told his first really personal and poignant story and yes, also told it so well. Greater presence and delivery to

 

Richard – Elegance, powerful and great story line. Richard with his boxy suits and droppy eyeglasses cranked out his brilliance with wealth of experiences and style. His confident and enthusiasm was written all over his face and given full justice to his personality.

 

Flavia – She brighten the whole room with her powerful punchy 5 liner message by dramatising like bird flapping the wings. She was busting with confidence and her stocky bundle of positive energy, plug her into the National Grid and she would solve England's energy deficit at a stroke.

 

Lucas – Single concept and a great theme – American Dream. He delivered a high impact speech with vigour and eloquence. I’ve seen Lucas grown so fast as a better speaker in such a short space of time. His smile and message for every one live the life in present, don’t chase for success.

 

Peter – Powerful message “90 % Success”, with his stroke of genius he has captured the audience attention right away. His speech has a powerful message, what struck me with special force not only his message is memorable but it is quite significant to everyone life and reminded us of an age old axiom “Give a Go”

 

The winners from the Lewisham International Speech contest, 2013 were :-  

 

1st Position – Flavia Gordon

2nd Position – Richard Green

3rd Position – Manoj Sivaraman

 

Our Second contest was Evaluation Contest and our mystery speaker was from Bromley Toastmaster club. TM Vinod Venkatanaryan spoke on Yoga. Very well said and encourage all of us to make yoga a part of life. The Evaluation contest session was equally good and I’m sure Vinod has benefited from the feedback. His speech was evaluated by our seven contestants with 360 degree feedback.

 

So let’s see how the contestants performed up.............

 

Peter – Don’t know how he performed. All the evaluators where cordoned off by the Sergeant at Arms in the sound proof room.

 

Manoj – Did very well as shows his third position.

 

Jason – Great evaluation, he touched every single points and appreciated Vinod on its positive and give a few tips to enhance his speech.

 

Richard –He grabbed the evaluation by the horns and superbly sliced it. His passion to become Yoga enthusiast and giving some breathing and de-breathing exercise on the podium was really transformed his evaluation.

 

Flavia – Brilliant evaluation, her sandwich approach on the evaluation was the true testaments of her delivery and personality.

 

Lucas – His energetic and enthusiastic presence radiated through the podium as he took the stand. He seems moved by the speech and I’m sure he might have joined Yoga classes from last Friday onwards.

 

Zhanna – Gave some very useful and practical tips to Vinod. She was very good in getting the nuts and bolts of the speech and outclassed everyone with some great feedback for improvement.

 

So the winner from the Lewisham International Evaluation contest, 2013 are:-  

 

1st Position – Richard Green

2nd Position – Jason Thompson

3rd Position – Manoj Sivaraman

 

Finally, thanks to everyone including Philip Landergan, Julie Kertesz, Steve Jarymn, Asiimwe Balinda, Barbara Thompson, John Casey, Lucinda Gray, Serene Nelson, Vivenne Osunde and Katy Woolcott to make the contest such a wonderful event.

 

See you all soon..............

 

ManojS 

Contestants Lewisham Speakers

photo by Julie70 on Flickr.

all contestants gave very strong interesting speeches and great evaluations too, here with Katy, our president in the background

and Vivienne was a great Chair, Philip a great chief judge, Steve counted the time and so many more contributed to help a smooth contest!

Didn't we have a great evening on Wednesday this week!  Another great turn out, and lots of guests that came to the evening too, all adding to the energy and excitement of the evening.

 

We were privaledged to be led by our highly competant Toastmaster, Vivienne, who had clearly well prepared for the evening, Which meant we had a throughly entertaining evening. By doing her homework well in advance by asking whether we liked our work or not, we all got to find out a little bit more about each other which contributed to the warmth of the evening.

 

I enjoyed all the speeches very much. It was clear that all speakers had put huge efforts into crafting their speeches, and this was evidenced in the pure quality of speeches we had from all our speakers.

 

Manoj had a real challenge, with the sheer volume and number of Table Topic contestants, but he handled it with cool calm and expert composure.

 

Serena has come a long way, and her evaluations were accurate, well structured, and useful, she had excellent composure, and stage presence.

 

Well done to Jason, our time keeper of the evening, who kept us from going too far astray on the time!

 

Thanks to Zhanna and who kept us up to speed on use of filler words.  Her usual diligence to her role, made sure that we all received quality feedback.

 

thanks to John whose sharp listening skills,  drew our attention to the artful use of words and expressions that we had listened to throughout the evening.

 

Well done to our remaining role holders who all contributed to the richness of the evening.

 

so whats been happening, and what going to happen next? Lets take a look at the agenda:

Spark Stories - 4th March 2013 at 7:30pm

I am reliably informed that this went down a storm. Well done to Richard, Flavia, Chris, and Julie who all attended and gave their stories. I'm told that they were all on cloud nine after the event!! The adrenaline rush was fantastic.

Monday 11th March 2012

If you are up for some inpromptu speaking in a relaxed environment well this is a must! The theme for your story is "Awkward" so if you fancy giving a 4 to 5 minute story in public, or simply want to watch. this if for you, the essentials are:-

1. The location.

Hackney Picturehouse
270 Mare Street
London
E8 1HE
Box Office Number: 0871 902 5734
email: hackney@picturehouses.co.uk
Facebook: facebook.com/HackneyPicturehouse
Twitter: @HackneyPH
General Manager: Darren Jones

Start time: 7.30 pm

We plan to meet inside the venue.

Drop Katy an email if you want to come.

Be there!!

2. More information: visit the link below.

 

http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Spark_London_Awkward/

7.30pm 13^th March Committee Meeting

Note to all serving Committee Members, this is an important note in the diary, where we will be succession planning for next year committee members.Usual Location.

20^th March 2013 the International Speech and Evaluation Contest Club Level

Yes, this will soon be upon us, so to all our Lewisham Members if you are interested in entering speak to Manoj. Club Level is always fun.T here are plenty of other roles to fill if you don’t want to compete. No excuses!!

10^th April 2013 the International Speech Evaluation Contest Area Level

This will be held on Wednesday 10^th April.Reception will be at 7.00 pm for a 7.30 pm start and will be on Lewisham Speakers home turf, Lewisham Methodist Church. There are plenty of roles, for those who are not competing in the competition so if you are not competing and would like to take part get in contact with Katy Woolcott. We need judges, counters, timers, contest chairs, so drop me line if you are interested in any of these roles.

Have a good weekend all!

Katy Woolcott

President of Lewisham Speakers