Camulodunum Speakers Club

We have a fabulously friendly Toastmasters group, and each meeting provides a new learning experience. We meet every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month, and always welcome guests to come along and see this for themselves. You can even hide at the back, like some members are in this photo...

We would never stage a photo, honest! But this gives a glimpse of an evening at Toastmasters, and how we all develop our public speaking skills in a supportive environment. We always welcome guests to come along and experience this for themselves, with two free sessions before deciding if you wish to join the club.

Another great evening last night! In the first half we got the opportunity to audio describe a film as it was playing hidden to the audience who then had to guess what the film was from our commentary. Later we heard prepared speeches on 'The Cashless Society', 'Who is responsible for Climate Change' and the 'White House Farm Murders'. What varied subjects! Congratulations to Chris Roberts for best Table Topic, Chris Sexton for best Speech and David Baker for best Evaluation!

too much time on my hands..

well done everyone who took part last night

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A brilliant night at Toastmasters last night! 3 really great speeches from our toastmasters! Well done everyone 👏 A special mention to Chris who was awarded best presentation, Alex for best evaluator and Emmet for delivering the best table topics speech of the evening!

Gavin: If anybody is interested, here is a draft of the DJ magazine which I mentioned at the meeting last night.

Are any of our club members in the Saffron Waldren area, able to collect something for our club ?

Camulodunum Speakers Club's cover photo

What an inspiring evening! It was wonderful to see so many ambitious speakers working hard towards achiving superior skills in . Many interesting speeches and a lot of new faces! Thank you Cristina from Sydney's club for coming in tonight and sharing your thoughts with us and of course thank you to all our guests. We hope to see you again! Well done to Alex for delivering the best speech (icebreaker wow!), Tom for the best table topic and to Robert for the best evaluation. Great job! We have got more interesting speeches lined up for the next meeting so see you all on 9th of July and remember: 80% of success is showing up!

On Tuesday 20th February the monthly dining meeting of the club took place at The Shepherd at Langham where members heard two speeches, one related to gun control in the USA was delivered by Gabriele whilst David presented a speech concerned with homelessness and how quickly it can happen anybody. A set of topics, prepared by Chris, challenged members as they produced two minute speeches on the subjects offered.
Evaluations of the speeches by Robert and Joan were valued by the speakers and discussions held over the meal, which was served at ten past eight, completed the evening. Richard was the Toastmaster of the evening and time was kept by Bob. All present enjoyed the evening. The next ‘dining meeting’ will be held on Tuesday 20th March at the same venue. Join us!

Here are some notes from Chris on the new Pathways programme from Toastmasters. Really exciting! Thanks Chris.

Last Monday we had a great pleasure to host Natalie King, club mentor, who is a member of Brandon Toastmasters Club and Area Director in Norfolk, and on the right Fiona Kearns the Pathways Ambassador who is a member of Saffron Walden Toastmasters Club together with being the VPE of a club in Dublin, which she does attend frequently. Our guests spoke about new, exciting educational program called ! Thank you Natalie and Fiona and we hope to see you soon again :) https://www.toastmasters.org/pathways-overview

Vanessa

So happy to welcome Murray as a new member of Camulodunum Speakers Club! Can you think of better ways to make a good impression, than winning the Table Topics Contest? :) Great start. Well done Murray! (Pictured with the Club President Vanessa).

Great meeting last night ! Thanks for your support and lots of positive energy!

Join us in welcoming Jamie, Alex and Emmet to Camulodunum Speakers Club, proud member of International. Congratulations guys for taking the first step on your journey to personal and professional growth. We are very pleased that you have joined us. Welcome aboard!

well done to Paul for taking part in the speech competition and Robert for winning the best evaluation !

Pitch Cards

Awesome idea for table topics and development of public speaking skills in general. Is the idea worth backing it up? What are your thoughts? Do you like it?

kickstarter.com Public Speaking is a skill that needs creativity, repetition and questioning. Pitch Cards provides all that with fun on top!

Well done to Dan Firth for winning both contests tonight! Dan will represent our club in the international speech contest so keep fingers crossed for him.

We have a special event tonight. International Speech and Evaluation Contests! Good luck to everybody. Guests are welcome. See you all tonight :)

Camulodunum Speakers Club

Happy to remind everyone about our first club meeting this year! All guests are welcome. If one of your New Year's resolutions is to become a better speaker, then join us tonight :-) http://www.camulodunumspeakers.org.uk/

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Thank you to all members, guests and friends. Have a wonderful Christmas time and Happy New Year. Merry Christmas!

Christmas Dinner. Thank you everyone for coming. Special thanks to Bob for arranging the dinner, David for running table topics and Paul for his Christmas Story. It was a lovely evening! See you all next Monday!

Meeting Information / Directions - Camulodunum Speakers Club

Camulodunum Speakers Club meeting tonight at 7:30PM. All members and guests welcome!

Meeting Information / Directions http://www.camulodunumspeakers.org.uk/directions.html

camulodunumspeakers.org.uk A Colchester based speakers club, created as a member of Toastmasters international in 1984 for the purpose of developing the skills of people who want to improve their communication and leadership qualities in a relaxed, enjoyable atmosphere.

Another great night last night with the Colchester Camulodunum Speakers Club! Thank you to all who came along. We enjoyed a fun "News headline" Table Topics" session organised by Mike!
Well done to Paul who was voted best table topic speaker of the evening!
Thank you also and well done to Bob, Amin & Vanessa for providing us with the 3 presentations of the evening - a busy and productive evening! Great to see a new guest participating too!

Bob

A really dood start tonight at the Students Union Public Speaking Society, breaking into two groups each led by an experienced student member and each group supported by a member of the Camulodunum Speakers Club.
Ice breakers were delivered and evaluated, table topics the same. Arrangements were made for next weeks meetings and Speechcrafters handbooks given out to those members of the SU who have paid their society membership fee.
This is the third year of the society, after two previous years in a different format an d we look forward to hearing a wide range of speeched from students attending Essex from all over the world.

Paul

Great evening yesterday at the University of Essex Public Speaking Society, coached by members of Camulodunum. First session of the new university year and over 50 students in attendance!

Update from the Club President:
Here is information about the contest at Wyboston Lakes on 22nd October.

As you can see, there is a lot to do and enjoy at the event.

But, most importantly, please come and support Robbie, who won the Humorous Speech contest at Manningtree on 1st October.
A few friendly faces in the audience makes all the differences to the contestant!

Joan

Dining meeting at the Shepherd Langham in September

Congrats to Robbie who won 1st place in Area 1 Humorous Speech and to Paul who won 3rd place in Table Topics Contests. Well done guys!