At a recent Lutterworth hosted joint meeting with Leicester SC and Barwell SC, we heard speeches from two members who prove public speaking is for everyone – Edward 87 and Martin 21.

Recent weeks have seen Lutterworth SC host the Southeast Midlands Speech and Topics competitions, and Barwell SC host the Evaluation competition.

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to everyone who took part in the club competitions.

Allan (Lutterworth SC) receives the Topics trophy from Sarah (Regional Co-ordinator).

Kate (Barwell SC) winner of the Speech competition receiving the trophy from Sarah.

Kevin (President Lutterworth SC) congratulating Mervyn (Barwell SC) on winning the evaluation competition.

The Regional Finals will be held on Sunday 17^th March (10:15 to 14:50) at the Wycliffe Rooms in Lutterworth.

Well I never …

We have had a busy time with preparations for the competition period of the year, congratulations to Thomas for winning the Evaluation Competition.

One of the things I love about going to the speaker’s meetings is that you always go home having learned something new, as well as having laughs and smiles along the way.  Kevin won the Speech Competition talking about the inventions that we take for granted and the developments made by the actress Hedy Lamarr that enabled the technology to progress to create the world we know today.  She was also the face of the Snow White cartoon character.

Steve has achieved his foundation level of speeches and has chosen some interesting and inspiring topics to share with us along the way.

We also welcomed new member John to the Speakers family.

Please contact Allan Rimmer 01455 324495 to enquire about coming to find out for yourself or look on our Lutterworth Speakers website.

Once Again!

Congratulations to Allan R., Eileen and Kevin on another win at the Chatterbox, a team speaking competition. This year’s topic being Saints and Sinners, the team spoke of Simon Templar, ‘The Saint’ and James Bond, ‘The Sinner’.  This brought out some interesting information, for example, did you know that in all the films, up to Quantum of Solace, James Bond himself is responsible for 352 deaths?  Simon Templer is not such a good guy either. The link between was a discussion about film and tv heroes.

This season has seen a joint meeting with the local groups in Leicestershire.  We had an educational talk about how to approach a topic session or ‘learning to give a speech with little or no notice’, then had the chance to put the ideas presented into practice.

If you are interested in gaining skills in speaking in public in a fun, structured and safe environment please telephone Allan Rimmer on 01455 324495.

New Season

The new season has begun and we are looking forward to a time of fun, laughter and challenges.  We are working towards the Chatterbox competition with the theme of ‘Saints and Sinners’.  Chatterbox is a team competition with a team comprising of three members. Two members will discuss the theme and the third will ‘anchor’ the ideas together.  The team event is about encouraging new speakers to make the first steps into public speaking with the support from more experienced members of the group

We will also be working to increasing our skills and improving our links with other groups in the area by combining some meetings, themed evenings and working through the structured teaching programme in the Speaker’s guide.

If you are interested in gaining skills in speaking in public or just to gain confidence in a fun, structured and safe environment please telephone Allan Rimmer on 01455 324495 to enquire about visiting as our guest one evening or look on our Lutterworth Speakers website.

The New Season

At Lutterworth Speakers Club we are currently enjoying our summer recess with social gatherings and activities, whilst preparing the timetable and events for next season.  This year we welcome Kevin as our new President and look forward to the challenge of Chatterbox, a group speaking competition.

We start our meetings on Monday 11^th September at 7.30 at the Wycliffe Rooms.  Lutterworth Speakers Club is part of a national organisation with a programme of assignments designed to improve our speaking skills in a constructive manner and a safe environment.  We welcome speakers of all levels of experience whatever your age, to come and join us for evenings spent in fun, laughter, learning and friendship.

If you are interested in gaining skills in speaking in public or just to gain confidence in a fun, safe environment please telephone Allan Rimmer on 01455 324495 to enquire about visiting as our guest one evening or look on our Lutterworth Speakers Club website.

At Lutterworth Speakers Club we are really proud that Allan H. has made National Finals for the evaluation discipline and wish him luck as he represents our region in Cardiff next month.

Evaluation is an important discipline of the speaker’s club where we all learn from speeches that have been given.  The evaluator has the responsibility of critiquing a speech, highlighting and emphasising what has been delivered well and advising on an area that may need development in a positive and constructive manner.  Examples of good practice are drawn from the speech to demonstrate why that part was so good as well as ways to improve areas for development. We believe that by accentuating the positive we encourage each member to build their speaking skills and confidence.

If you are interested in gaining skills in speaking in public or just to gain confidence in a fun, safe environment please telephone Allan Rimmer on 01455 324495 to enquire about visiting as our guest one evening or look on our Lutterworth Speakers website.

‘Match’

What could you find to talk about the word ‘match’?

One of the disciplines of speaking is to produce a short three minute speech on a given subject with no preparation time.  A word is presented as you enter the room and you have from the door to the lectern to create a speech to deliver. The given word was ‘match’;  Eileen chose to speak about local events, Allan H about camping, Sue about the importance of matching skills in reading, Dave about life before central heating and Allan R about the match between Liverpool and Everton.  What would you choose to speak about?

Congratulations to Allan H who has won the area competitions in all three disciplines in competitive speaking.  He will now go forward to regional finals in a few weeks’ time.  We wish him continued success.

Margaret, one of our long standing and valuable members, is leaving for new adventures in Scotland.  Whilst wishing her all happiness for her future we will miss her enthusiasm and wise counsel.

If you would like to improve your speaking skills for any reason or just to have a fun night out, please contact Allan Rimmer 01455 324495 to enquire about coming to find out for yourself or look on our Lutterworth Speakers website.

Happy New Year.

A brilliant Christmas social was held which involved a secret Santa style session when everyone was given a gift and had then had to speak about why they thought the gift had been chosen.  The gifts were thoughtful with plenty of opportunities for humour and fun, totally appropriate to the receiver.

The new year started with visitors from other clubs and we welcomed four guests who had come to find out about what we have to offer.  We have also held our annual Speech Competition where we speak on a subject for six to eight minutes trying to implement all the skills we have gained during the past year.  Congratulations to Kevin who won with a brilliant speech finding out about genetic history entitled ‘Sweet genes are made of these’.

If you would like to improve your speaking skills for any reason or just to have a fun night out, please contact Allan Rimmer 01455 324495 to enquire about coming to find out for yourself or look on our Lutterworth Speakers website.