CRAVEN SPEAKERS CLUB - Skipton

 
Note we now have a new website at:

craven-speakers.org.uk

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Join supportive friends,
Gain confidence,

and help others by achieving the ability to speak more clearly and effectively.

.. You can do it! You can speak to an audience. Come and have fun with us. EVERYONE IMPROVES !!!!

 

You too can speak with confidence!

7.30pm for 7.45pm email  Soroptimists, 28 Otley St, Skipton, BD23 1EW

We meet Alternate Monday Evenings, Skipton (programme): Come and visit our fun, supportive group. Make new friends. It's a bit like an evening class, but much, much, much more fun.   It can be like the "Just a minute" programme on the radio.       

Our website . . . ASC website   - 01535 665278/652915,  07941 785340

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Skipton's Best kept Secret - Read letter to the Craven Herald
7 Sept 2016

What happens at a typical meeting?

2019 Poster
to publicise Craven Speakers Club

2016: Prescription Speaking - The Timely Relaunch

History / Pictures

History

Pictures of 40th Anniversary Dinner 17 June 2006

 

Past programmes
2018-2019
2017-2018
2016-2017
2015-2016
2005-2006


Other nearby clubs:

Wetherby

Fun BBC Recording:- Even leaders of our political parties have training and guidance in giving speeches.. See the leaked memo (Oct 2010) advising Ed Miliband how to ask questions in Prime Minister's Question Time.

Craven Speakers Club September 2011

You'll still recognise some of these faces in 2020

7 Sept

 

Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
21 Sept Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
5 Oct Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
19 Oct Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
1 Nov Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
16 Nov Speeches and Topics-  
30 Nov Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
14 Dec Christmas Event Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
2021    
4 Jan Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
18 Jan Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
1 Feb Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
15 Feb Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
1 Mar Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
5 Mar Speeches and Topics-  
29 Mar Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
19 Apr Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
3 May (BH) Speeches and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
17 May AGM and Topics- Soroptimists, 28 Otley St Skipton, BD23 1EW
 

This will be our 55th anniversary year

New members welcome - especially older teenagers and twenty year olds
Download a poster to display near you -

Contact us on: 01535 662441 or 07941 785340
info@craven-speakers.org.uk

 

When giving a speech do you

Stumble,
mumble
and grumble?

After attending Speakers Club you'll be:

Shoulders back,
Smile,
Look them in the eye
and then,
and then
........
............. suspense!

You'll have them eating out of your hand!

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You just need practise and encouragement..

and that is what Speakers Club will give you.

(Courses costing £800 and reading the best of books
cannot give you the practice, advice, support, friendship and a good evening
out that you can receive at Speakers Club.)

 

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In front of an audience, do you

Bumble,
stumble
and tumble?


Get organised!
With the help of Speakers Club,
and the supportive practise there, you'll:-

Tell the audience three ways they will benefit from hearing your speech

Tell them the three things that will benefit them

Recap, and give them a definite call to action:
e.g. "Come to Speakers Club next Monday!"

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So... See you there!

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Top tips for giving impromptu short speeches:

  1. Think of you final end "punchline" first. Then your talk can work towards that. (Chris Birch's Tip)
  2. Tell people "What's in it for them"
  3. If you want people to do something, give them a "because" before you give the request
  4. e.g. "Because what I'm going to say is very important for your exams, I want you to listen carefully".

  5. 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 to look towards who is looking at you with interest and sympathy - because that will give you more confidence.
  6. Smile
  7. Don't "Errr" and Don't rush things - better to shut your mouth and give a pause.
  8. 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. That's a great value of speakers clubs - chance to 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 we hope we'll see you at Skipton.

Useful Links: LJL Seminars- Impromptu Speaking

No matter how large your audience may be, each listener wants to feel that you are talking to him or her.-body language -

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P.S.

Does an audience make

Your words jumble
Your stomach rumble
Your world crumble?

You know what to do.........

.See you there

 

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, Baildon

The Association 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.

Other clubs include: Wetherby Speakers Club ,
Bradford Speakers Club (and their other website)
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