Recent DOT (District Officer Training) saw 87% of Division and Area Directors attending an excellent day of Toastmasters education. A fantastic turnout!
We are very fortunate to have secured TWO exceptional keynote speakers for the Londinium Spring 2016 Conference.
Our speaker on Saturday will be David Taylor of The Naked Leader. As well as being the author of several best-selling leadership development books, David has worked with companies as varied as Tesco, the University of Southampton, Aramco, BP, Network Rail and the NHS. David will be joining us for the gala dinner on Saturday night, so you’ll have plenty of opportunity to learn from him.
Our Sunday speaker is the 2015 World Champion of Public Speaking, Mohammed Qahtani. He held an audience of over 2,000 Toastmasters utterly entranced from his first words, you won’t want to miss the chance to see him speak live! Mohammed will also be delivering a workshop on Saturday.
The rest of the program is shaping up rapidly and we have an incredible program under development. The 2016 Londinium Spring Conference is shaping up to be the biggest and best ever!
To secure your tickets, book now! The Early Bird rates close 29th February 2016.
From the Spring 2015 Tower Conference Team
In our last blog post we introduced you to our keynote speakers. Today we’d like to introduce you to the leaders of our Spring 2015 Tower Conference workshops.
The great thing about a Toastmasters district conference is that it’s packed to the brim with useful workshops. Pick and choose which ones you’d like to attend, depending on your personal needs.
Every workshop is either on the Leadership or Communication track.
There will be two workshops running alongside each other, both starting at 09:55.
09:55 ‘Centred, calm, connected – vital communication when the heat is on’ by Richard Fallon, City Limits Speakers and voice and communication skills trainer.
09:55 ‘Could you be a leader?’ will be run by Bob Nisbet DTM, current Division H Governor.
12 noon ‘Understand your audience. Understand your content.’ Julie Gould, Early Bird Speakers, and editor at Nature Publishing Group, will show us how to communicate our topic to our audience, however complicated or technical it is.
After lunch two workshops will again run side by side at 14:00
14:00 ‘Handle Q&As with confidence’ by Paul Carroll, expert debater and impromptu speaker, founding President of 104 London Debaters.
14:00 ‘Leadership in the workplace’ by Liz Hobbs DTM, charter member of Tube Talk Toastmasters, currently spearheading the design and implementation of a project knowledge management system across Transport for London.
Two workshops will start at 10:20 – giving you time to recover from Saturday night’s gala dinner!
10:30 ‘Speaking without words – the power of silent communication’ by Lynne Cantor, Excalibur Speakers, District Evaluation Champion 2012
10:30 ‘Create dialogue in difficult situations’ run by Khaled Matlagaitu, International Director to the Board of Toastmasters International (2013-2015, Europe, Africa and West, Central & North Asia).
11:30 a further two workshops take place simultaneously:
11.30 ‘Improv for Toastmasters’ by Ian Hawkins Early Bird Speakers and speaking coach and Al Cowie Early Bird Speakers and expert on performance skills.
11:30 ‘Creating future performance through coaching’ will be run by Charlotte Hitchings, Cardiff Toastmasters and Voice of Wales, immediate past Division J Governor, Accredited coach with extensive business experience.
Followed by a final choice…
12.15 Trainers bureau showcase with Andy O’Sullivan, London Public Speakers
12:15 Chris Boden, Maidenhead and Reading Speakers, District International Speech Champion (2014) and District Evaluation Champion (2011) will be running a workshop ‘From Inspiration to Celebration’ to help us turn our Toastmasters speeches into masterpieces.
With ELEVEN workshops to choose from over the weekend, you’re guaranteed to leave the conference with masses of ideas to implement.
Detailed information about the Spring 2015 Tower Conference workshops and speakers can be found at http://www.spring-conference.org/2015Tower/ along with the full agenda for the weekend.
From Rona Harding, President Northern Lights Speakers
Public speaking Northern Lights, our public speaking club is moving!
Where: The Star Pub, 47 Chester Road, London N19 5DF. Meeting room on 1st floor.
When: We will have our first meeting on Monday 5 January 2015 and our second meeting on Monday 19 January. However, from February we will be meeting on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month ie, 9 and 23 February and so on. Meetings will begin 7.15 pm as usual.
By Car: If you drive, you can park anytime after 12 noon on the street and surrounding streets. Please note that Chester Road is one-way.
Buses: The C11 and No.4 Bus leave Archway station and stop outside the pub (3rd stop).
Walking: It is approximately 10 minutes walk between Archway Station and the Star Pub. You can also walk from Tufnell Park Station which is via a hill.
Why don’t you make a date to visit us next Monday or very soon. Our meeting dates are on our website. Click here to view. We’d love to have you join our club and build your confidence and public speaking skills.
Have you listened to the Podcast interview with the 2014 World Champion of Public Speaking Dananjaya Hettiarachchi? If not you can do so here: http://toastmasterspodcast.com/index.php/rss-feed/110-toastmasters-podcast-084-interview-with-dananjaya-hettiarachchi-2014-world-champion-of-public-speaking
You can now subscribe to the podcast on i-Tunes.