Welcome To Lewisham Speakers

Lewisham Speakers, is Multi -Cultural club, in the heart of South East London. With its friendly, supportive encouraging environment, it is perfect for nervous speakers to develop confidence and excellent speaking skills. Just 5 mins walk from Lewisham Train, DLR and Bus Stations.
Lewisham Speakers club is Affiliated to Toastmaster International - world Leaders in improving Communication and Leadership.Greenwich, Canada Water, Woolwich, Canary Wharf, Catford, Croydon, Penge, Locksbottom, Paddington, Sydenham, Bexleyheath, Dulwich, Forest Hill, Sidcup, Eltham, Plumstead, Bexley, New Cross and Central London.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Step in our club! Then the next, speak up,then join us and grow.

Michael Notaro  our new International President tells us through his first speech in the web about his beginnings and plans for the future. Mike finishes with a message to all of us,  Toastmasters and would be Toastmasters.  
Take the next step.
Give your next speech, take the next role, and stretch each time your potential. It will lead to get know new people,  bring yet unseen opportunities. (This is the essence, not a quote.)

October meetings at St Margaret's Lee

5 October


Vivienne was our very able Toastmaster and Ola our General Evaluator;


Sally, "Your body speaks" CC5 won the best speech with "Just do it!" a powerful true tale: we clung to every word of it and it left us with vivid images. Steve gave us an "Emotional tale" from Storytelling and Philip a magnificent "Farewell" from Special Occasions.
Dee, a guest, won the best Table Topic award!



19th October at St Margaret's (for the last time)

Click on a date to see the complete Agenda.

Speakers: Flavia giving her Icebreaker; Julie from CC n°4 "On personal Storytelling"; Richard 3er Persuasive Advanced Manual

Those are only the so called "Prepared Speeches". we will have so much more and many roles too! And Table Topics where all who did not speak yet will have the possibility to express themselves answering shortly to... an unexpected question.

November programmed speeches :
Marcella's & Lucas's Icebreaker & Michael's CC n°2

Monday, October 3, 2011

London Toastmasters Div B Mini-conference 15th October 2011

Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contests, Saturday 15th October 2011

at Imperial College London SW7 2AZ Exhibition Road, with 4 workshops in the morning starting at 10 am 
 attendees can participate in two of the following educational workshops:

Dealing With Tough Crowds
(Diana Del Toro)
Learn how to engage and manage tough audiences and how to deal with disruptive groups or individuals or people refusing to participate in activities
Confidence At Work
(R. S.)
Learn about the skills you can use to build your confidence at work for those challenging situations and on an ongoing basis
Body Language & Speaking
(Ken Asafo Adjei)
Improve your awareness and use of body language, so that you can communicate even more effectively, not just in delivering speeches but also in work and social situations
Modeling Success
(Ewan Wong)
What are some of the characteristics of success? This workshop will show how we can model success by identify the relevant qualities of successful people.  

At 1.00pm, the contestants representing each of the seven Areas within London compete in the Humorous Speech & Table Topics Contests.During the morning session, attendees can participate in two of the following workshops: To book, all you need do is to go to Eventbrite at http://divisionb.eventbrite.com  A full day ticket including a choice of 2 workshops and both contests, and morning and afternoon tea/coffee is only £15 (plus booking fee).
 The learning benefit of attending is enormous, so do book early!
Paul Walsh, Division  B Governor, District 71 Toastmasters International