It was a great pleasure to welcome Freddie Daniells to ESC to deliver his “Exceptional Evaluations” workshop on Monday 10th April. This was the 139th time he’s given this workshop. His aim is to help us become more effective and exceptional evaluators, because, as he says: “When you give feedback, you have the chance to… Continue reading Exceptional Evaluations Workshop – April 10th
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The F Word – April 3rd
What four letter word, beginning with F, comes to your mind when you think about speaking in public? Yes, FEAR. Yet everyone managed to talk about “What fear have you faced and learnt from?”, for no more than the allocated 20 seconds as part of the Warm Up session, led by Phoebus – quite possibly… Continue reading The F Word – April 3rd
Area 53 International Speech & Evaluation Contests – March 27th
Congratulations to Ian Uption and Stephen Taylor, respective winners of the Area 53 International Speech and Evaluation contests, held last night at Bourne Hall. They go on to represent Area 53 at the Division H contest to be held on Saturday 22 April, 12.45 to 15.30 at Oxsted Community Hall, 53 Church Street, Oxsted, RH8… Continue reading Area 53 International Speech & Evaluation Contests – March 27th
Laughing out Loud – March 20th
There’s nothing better than a good laugh out loud and Monday’s club night was packed with comic relief. All four speakers managed to weave light touches, and heavy doses, of humour in their stories. In his C1, Paul van der Hagen demonstrated not only his existing wide range of speaking skills but also his theatrical… Continue reading Laughing out Loud – March 20th
International Speech & Evaluation Contests – March 6th
Our annual International Speech contest attracted six contestants, delivering inspirational, motivational and highly entertaining speeches and demonstrating a wealth of speaking talent: Ian Upton, Peter Parker, Costa Nicolaou, and our three Dave’s – Villa Clarke, Goodman and Lane. Many thanks to Jean-Marc Pierson from Holborn Speakers, who travelled to the depths of Surrey to be… Continue reading International Speech & Evaluation Contests – March 6th
Energetic, electric and educational Speaking & Evaluating – February 20th
What a packed and exciting meeting we had on Monday. Not only did we have to get more chairs, we had a full agenda with an Educational slot and three speeches, including an Advanced Speech with a Q&A session. Amanda Zwartz, Toastmaster for the evening, expertly and efficiently manoeuvred the proceedings, keeping us all to… Continue reading Energetic, electric and educational Speaking & Evaluating – February 20th
A Virtuous Fun-Filled Cycle – February 6th
It’s February already, and less than five months remaining in this Toastmaster’s year. How are you getting on with your goals? Like all Toastmaster clubs around the world, our meetings are designed to get you speaking, learning and developing communication and leadership skills by “doing it”, getting and giving feedback – a virtuous cycle, with… Continue reading A Virtuous Fun-Filled Cycle – February 6th
Everyone is a winner – January 23rd
Membership at ESC has steadily grown throughout this Toastmaster’s year, with a total of 9 new members joining since July last year. At Monday night’s meeting, we welcomed our latest recruit, Paul van der Hagan, bringing our current membership to 35. It was good to welcome back Stephen Taylor who’s been on “parental leave” since… Continue reading Everyone is a winner – January 23rd
An impassioned, entertaining and motivating meeting – January 9th
Kia Ora (Maori for hello) fellow Toastmasters, and a belated Happy New Year! What a wonderful way to start 2017 – a truly inspirational meeting last night led by TM for the evening, Patrick Ebbs. Despite the 24 hour tube strike, the Rose Room was filled to capacity with 30 attending, including many guests and… Continue reading An impassioned, entertaining and motivating meeting – January 9th
Story Telling & Christmas Cards – December 19th
It was good to see so many turn up for the Christmas meeting. Lloyd and Elizabeth win the best dressed with their Santa hats, and really did gave us a good injection of the Christmas spirit. The evening was launched by Lloyd as the S@A and he started the meeting with a lively Christmas based… Continue reading Story Telling & Christmas Cards – December 19th