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Camulodunum Speakers Club, based in Colchester, is a member of Toastmasters International. The club has been helping the people improve their public speaking and leadership skills since 1984. As a voluntary group, the committee are able to keep membership fees at a level which is below that normally paid by most people who attend an evening classes. Full details can be found amongst the FAQ's
The club meets in the meeting room of
Oaks Hospital
Oaks Place, off Mile End Road
Colchester
CO4 5XR
Meetings start at 7.40 pm on the second and fourth Monday of each Month. Please see the Meeting Dates page for fuller details. Members and guests tend to arrive by 7.30 pm in order to ensure that they are ready for the meeting which will start promptly. Members also meet in a private dining room at a local public house, once a Month. This allows a totally different type of club meeting which is held accompanied a meal. This gives a totally different perspective to speaking.
A key element of this club, as with any Toastmasters club, is that all speaking is evaluated. Evaluation is a review of the way the speech was presented (not normally its content) and consists of finding those areas which came over well, alongside those areas which demonstrated a need for development. All evaluations are supportive and are intended to help speakers improve their speaking technique. It is not the role of club members to 'criticise' each other, the objective is to create an atmosphere where learning can be fully supported.
We are an enthusiastic and friendly club of diverse individuals with a simple aim: to learn, and to share with others, the skills of public speaking and leadership. We always welcome guests and new members. If you would like to learn public speaking from scratch or need to polish your existing skills this is the right place for you. Please come along and give it a try.
We invite you to have a look around our web site to find out more about our club. If you have any questions, or would like to speak with a club representative, please contact us and we will get back to you soon.
The mission of a Toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to grow personally and increase their self-confidence by developing effective communication and leadership skills.
Other Clubs, meet at Chelmsford, Ipswich and Martlesham. Generally these clubs meet on different nights and at different times so that if you cannot get to one, you should be able to get to another.
Details of those club's meetings, and other information about them can be found at Chelmsford Speakers Club,
Ipswich Electrifiers Speakers Club and
Speak Easy @ Martlesham.
These clubs are all members of an area, 'Area One' of Division 'G' of 'District 71'. District 71 consists of about 160 clubs in the United Kingdom and Ireland, details of which can be found at the
District 71 web site.
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