SpeakFest: Have your say at London Toastmasters Div B

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From the Division B Team

SpeakFestThe only place to be on Saturday 3 October 2015 is the Freemasons’ Hall, Covent Garden! REGISTER NOW!

You’ll be able to enjoy the morning SpeakFest…as an audience member or as a speaker.

How does a SpeakFest work? Well…There’re no pre-booked speakers. No set speech or workshop format. Just four empty stages ready to be filled. Got something to say? From your favourite colour, to that workshop on bookwriting you wished you’d given

  • Saturday is your chance!

The running order on Saturday is:

9:30 Doors Open

10:00 SpeakFest

13:30 Table Topics and Humorous Speech Contests

16:00 Close

Please register now for our SpeakFest and Contests

Enjoy and participate in our innovative SpeakFest, have fun and learn from our speakers in the two very different contests, support our contestants, network with other Toastmasters… https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toastmasters-division-b-humorous-speech-and-table-topics-contests-tickets-18593485616

Who will take home the coveted Division B trophies being handed back by last year’s champions Julia and Taz?

SpeakFest - Toastmasters London Division B

September Educational Awards – Congratulations!

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awardThe following members have achieved communication and leadership awards in the month of September. Congratulations to all of you! What will your next step in your Toastmasters journey be?

Blackwood, Angus, CL, Berkhamsted Speakers Club
Bornstein, Justine, ACS, Excalibur Speakers
Brown, Les, CL, Wessex Speakers Club
Cooper, Philip, CC, Aylesbury Speakers
Daniell, Emma, CL, Canterbury Communicators Club
Delicata, Claire, CC, Thamesdown Speakers Club
Doza, Guy, CC, Woking Speakers Toastmasters Club
Dyer, Nadine, CL, The Speakers of Croydon Club
Ewa, Czapnik, CC, Speakers Corner
Ezera, Inga, CC, MLP London Bridge Speakers
Gonzalez, Alina, CL, Berkeley Square Speakers Toastmasters Club
Herjean, Josselin, CC, 1st London Toastmasters
Houghton, Jane, CL, City Limits Speakers
Hummel, Anna, CC, Guildford Speaker’s Club
Kaye, Shola, CL, City Limits Speakers
Kaye, Shola, CC, Grosvenor Square Club
Lottig, Marc, ACB, Berkeley Square Speakers Toastmasters Club
Lottig, Marc, CL, Berkeley Square Speakers Toastmasters Club
Marlor, Mike, CL, Farnham Speakers Club
Martin, Paul, CL, Farnham Speakers Club
McCann, Susan, ACB, Canterbury Communicators Club
McLoughlin, Elaine, ALB, Connected Speakers London
Millin, Alison, CC, Thamesdown Speakers Club
Murray, Richard, CL, Kent Speakers Club
Newton, Karen, CC, Voice of Wales
O’Leary, John, CC, City of London Toastmasters Club
O’Leary, Marge, CL, The Speakers of Croydon Club
Perraud, Jean-Philippe, CC, Phoenix Speakers
Rawlings-Smith, Hannah, ACB, County Communicators
Reid, Jasmine, CC, London Victorians
Segal, Jill, ALS, Grosvenor Square Club
Sharieff, Taha, CL, Connected Speakers London
Sharieff, Taha, CC, Connected Speakers London
Stewart, Robert, CC, Guildford Speaker’s Club
Vasaturo, Giovanna, CC, Experience French
Vo, Hien, CC, MLP London Bridge Speakers

Please join us for the Area 31 Contests – 1 Oct Canary Wharf

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From Fahad Alturkait, Area 31 Director

Area 31 contestsDate: Thursday 1 October 2015

Time: 6:00PM for judges and contestants briefing and a prompt 6:30PM start

Venue: Barclays Bank, 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5RB

Some of the best speakers in Area 31 will be competing for the honour to represent the area at the next level (Division K contests on Friday 16 October).

Do please join us in supporting the contestants and to enjoy an evening of entertaining speeches and quick-thinking table topics.

Advance registration for the Area 31 contests

As Area 31 Contests will be held in a corporate venue, kindly register your attendance by emailing me click here to email before Wednesday the 30 September 12PM GMT.

A photo ID may be required to gain access to the building.

Looking forward to seeing you!

District Council Notice

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First Notice of District Council Meeting 7 November 2015


Dear District Council Member,

The next District Council Meeting will be held on Saturday 7 November at 11.30am at the Marriott Hotel Swindon, Pipers Way, Swindon, SN3 1SH.

Members of the District 91 District Council are Club Presidents, Club Vice Presidents Education, Area Directors, Division Directors and District Leadership Team members.

Motions: Any motions should be sent by Monday 5 October to me at helena@redberrymedialtd.com or 4 Windsor House, Chairmakers Close, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, HP27 9BY.

Proxy voting: In order for our District Council to conduct business, there needs to be a quorum of a third of all Club Presidents and Vice Presidents Education (VPEs). Therefore it is really important that each President or VPE either attends or looks for a member in good standing from their club to carry their vote (a proxy). If you are sending a proxy, please fill in the form attached to this message and give it to the person you want to carry your vote. Note that other District Council members cannot send a proxy, just club Presidents and VPEs.

Please note that you need to be logged onto the District 91 website in order to access this form.

Proxy Form November 2015

As a District Executive Committee member you are invited to attend DEC meeting and dinner being held at 7:45pm on Friday 6 November at the Marriot Hotel Swindon.

Registration: All voters for the District Council Meeting must register with the Parliamentarian at the Conference in advance of the Council Meeting in order to get credit for their vote. Registration will close at 11am on Saturday 7 November.

The Conference: This meeting is one of the key items on the programme for the District’s Great Western Conference in Swindon. To find out more about the conference, including how to register, please click here.

See you in Swindon!
Helena Brewer
District 91 Administration Manager