Improve your speaking skills? - whether for organising meetings, teaching, presenting the results of your project to a group, for a wedding speech, or just to become more confident? Open to all of 16 and over.
Join a club with sympathetic encouraging people, and have some fun nights out?
Gain confidence. Easy exercises. Share encouragement and fun. Free training manual for new members.
Communications skills for all ...Come and Try us out - first two sessions free!!! ...
Last updated 26 Jan 2012
Here on November 15th 2010 one member (the web editor) has brought some Cool Earth Coffee for the Group to try - buying one jar of CoolEarth Coffee will save one tree in the Amazon. Read more..
A member at the back is holding the Speakers Club Guide
Top tips for giving impromptu short speeches:
Think of you final end "punchline" first. Then your talk can work towards that. (Chris Birch's Tip)
Tell people "What's in it for them"
If you want people to do something, give them a "because" before you give the request
e.g. "Because what I'm going to say is very important for your exams, I want you to listen carefully".
Look at people/the audience in the eye. Look at someone near the back (because then more people will think you are looking at them - it is to do with angles). Find someone who is looking at you with interest and sympathy - because that will give you more confidence.
Smile
Don't "Errr" and Don't rush things - better to shut your mouth and give a pause.
Finish your talk with a "punch" (- A strong comment - And stand there, wait for the applause. Don't tail off and sidle away from the table in the middle of your last sentence.)
It really does get easier each time - so come and practise.
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Because it will improve your ability at giving talks, go and plan a two minute talk on a subject of your choice- e.g. "Trees" .. RIGHT NOW!
Have fun! ... and perhaps we'll see you at Skipton.
Speakers clubs are for ordinary people - like you.
Wedding Speeches
Reading the Psalms at church
Chairing a committee meeting
Raising a point at a meeting
Becoming less shy in ordinary conversations
Patter for introducing a song that you are going to sing/play.
Explaining to people why climate change or species extinctions are important.
Gain confidence generally
You may be shy and think "I am too shy to speak so I don't need to go to a speaker's club" - WRONG - Speakers Club is for you - the other people there are very encouraging
You may think "I have done lots of public speaking, I am already very good" - WRONG - other members will be able to point out (politely) quirks that you had not noticed, as well as highlighting the good points.
If you are a young person -JOIN now - the skills you learn will last a lifetime
If you are older - you can still improve your skills to help other people - and you'll have lots of fun at the meetings
You might consider coming in from: Skipton, Gargrave, Settle, Cononly, Keighley, Addingham, Hellifield, Barnoldswick, Harrogate, Denholme, Silsden, Malham, Embsay, Steeton, Kildwick, Bradley, Bradford, North and West Yorkshire,
The Assciation of Speakers Clubs is similar to the Toastmasters International organisation. Toastmasters formed in America in 1904. In 1972 Most of the British Toastmasters Clubs left Toastmasters and formed the Association of Speakers Clubs.
Here on November 15th 2010 one member (the web editor) has brought some Cool Earth Coffee for the Group to try - buying one jar of CoolEarth Coffee will save one tree in the Amazon.