Author Archives: Steve Cann

Maidenhead Speakers Club – Monday 9th September 2013 With Guest Blogger, JULie FarrELL The ingredients to a successful club meeting: Take one energetic and well-organised TME, Chris Boden. Add one fun and inspiring Table Topics Master, Paul Aherne, and mix with eight Topics takers in the form of Yohan McDonald, Beshlie Donaldson, Vinay Neogi, Nick Bailey, DoreenContinueContinue reading “All the Ingredients for a Successful Club Meeting”

Maidenhead Speakers Club 19th August 2013 With Guest Blogger, Yohan McDonald The evening began with a sound of an almighty crack as Ben De Candole slammed it hard on the lectern calling everyone to attention.  He stood in for Doreen as Sergeant at Arms and opened the evening with some fine humour, setting the sceneContinueContinue reading “Stars in Their Eyes”

Maidenhead Speakers Club  – Monday 12 August 2013 With Guest Blogger, Fatiha Lafkar The astronomers predicted a spectacular meteor shower on Monday night – the skies were expected to shimmer with a natural firework display. Well, I’m happy to report that the skies at Maidenhead Speakers Club were indeed scintillating with another spectacular speakers’ evening! The meeting openedContinueContinue reading “A Meteor Shower of Scintillating Speakers Hits MSC”

Maidenhead Speakers Club  – Monday 29 July 2013 With Guest Blogger, Mary Fraser Despite the clock on the wall operating in ‘quick-quick time’, a well organised Sgt at Arms, Doreen Gowing, called the meeting to order, welcomed us warmly and shared wise words about managing the choices we make. Former Club President Nick Bailey droveContinueContinue reading “When Time is on Our Side”

With Guest Blogger, Steve Catchick It was a very hot evening and stuffy room this late-July evening at Maidenhead Speakers’ Club, but that did not deter our members from attending. At the start there were 20 people, although 4 more turned up just a few minutes late. The meeting was called to order by SergeantContinueContinue reading “Some Like it Hot”

With Guest Blogger, Ben de Candole This was the first meeting of the new Toastmasters’ year, so we had an all-new committee including President (Jacqui Hogan), Sergeant at Arms (Paul Aherne standing-in for Doreen Gowing) and Membership Secretary Lorraine Hamilton. When I arrived at the meeting at 7:15, it was a full of efficient busy peopleContinueContinue reading “New Year in July”