New City Limits morning club central London

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From Marium Sherwani, VP PR City Limits

City Limits club logoIt’s time to review the first month of City Limits, the new Toastmasters Club on the scene, Chancery Lane. The October meetings have had a regular attendance of 25 members and guests who jump out of bed early to be invigorated and inspired on a Thursday morning.

Thank you to all guest functionaries and guest speakers – you know who you are and we are proud that you have made time to participate in our first meetings!

And the momentum continues. November will see a handful of Icebreakers and the first special meeting focusing on boardroom presentations.

We also expect that the first “Red Talking Sticks” will be used in November. Are you intrigued as to what a Red Talking Stick is? To find out, join us at 07:15 AM, every Thursday at Brasserie Blanc, 119 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PP.

City limits venue

D91 UK South Toastmasters Table Topics Contest Final – Results

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Our Table Topics final took place on Sunday 2 November and was expertly chaired by Giles Robinson (Battle Speakers, Eastbourne Speakers)

Our contestants taking up the quick-thinking impromptu challenge were: Julia Collings (Division B), David Jones (Division L), Samir Malak (Division K), Elizabeth Toohig (Division J), David Wise (Division H). The topic? “You have just won a starring role in a TV commercial. Tell us about it.” Every commerical was different, as you would expect!

The results:

First Place: Elizabth Toohig (Thame Speakers, Area 4, Division J)

Second Place: David Jones (Holborn Speakers, Area 34, Division L)

Third Place: Julia Collings (Ofgem Speaker, Area 52, Division B)

Pictured: David Jones, Hilary Briggs, Elizabeth Tooghig, Julia Collings

D91 Brighton Table Topics winners with Hilary

D91 UK South Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest Finals – Results

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What a contest! Our five Division Humorous Speech Champions: Sanjay Gupta (Div L), Tazud Miah (Div B), Chris Rose (Division H), Eric Skates (Div J) Malachi Talabi (Div K), gave outstanding performances. They kept us laughing while delivering very varied and beautifully crafted speeches. The contest was chaired by Chris Boden (Maidenhead Speakers) who warmed up the audience with great skill.

The results were:

First Place: Tazud Miah (Early Bird Speakers, Area 45, Division B)

Second Place: Malachi Tababi (The Speakers of Croydon, Area 35, Division K)

Third Place: Eric Skates (Wessex Speakers, Area 46, Division J)

Pictured Chris Boden, Hilary Briggs and Tazud Miah

D91 Brighton Tazud Miah with Chris Boden and Hilary Briggs

I declare this website formally launched!

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From Hilary Briggs, District Governor D91 UK South

I’m delighted to formally launch the new website we have developed for all Toastmasters within District 91 – UK South: http://d91toastmasters.org.uk/.

The purpose of the site is to:

  • Highlight news items and external media coverage across the District
  • Enable members to share knowledge and best practice – for instance briefings for contests, key dates for the District, where to find key information
  • Publicise events such as workshops, contests and socials

It is designed to complement the other three websites that are fundamental to our success:

  • The easy-Speak Club Management system (www.toastmasterclub.org) which is the District’s preferred tool for members to book their meeting roles and keep track of their progress
  • Our public-facing website (www.toastmasters.org.uk/), covering Britain and Ireland, which is focused on providing information and raising awareness about Toastmasters to non-members
  • The Toastmasters International website (www.toastmasters.org) which is used for updating your member profiles, to order supplies, to track performance across the District, to act as a font of knowledge and for Club Treasurers to pay dues

The site is the start of something new which we hope will improve communications between our members.

I’m most grateful to all the hard work behind the scenes by Tazud Miah, Dorothea Stuart and Jean Gamester in particular for enabling us to launch this site.

Please give us your feedback on the site and ideas for how you’d like to see it progress.

D91 Member Website