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Club Meeting 25th June 2018

“Welcome to CASS Toastmaster, the home of public speaking in London”

With these words, Leslie, our President, kicked off the meeting. In his introductory speech, Leslie brought our attention to two things that make Toastmasters different than other public speaking clubs – clapping and handshakes. He then handled the stage to Hadrian, our Toastmaster for the evening. His task was to make sure everything went smoothly and announce speakers and role transitions. It is a quite demanding task, so every Toastmaster has two helpers – Timekeeper and Grammarian.

Timekeeper’s…

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Club Meeting 11th June 2018

This meeting was a bit different than our regular meetings. Usually, we start the meeting with introductions followed by Table Topics and then proceed to speeches. But today, we have had Annual General Meeting and voting for new members of CASS Toastmasters committee. Leslie, our current club president, lead the voting. The voting went smooth and we have found our new President, Vice President of Public Relations, Vice President of Membership and Sergeant-at-Arms.

After the voting was done and after a short break, it was time to hear prepared speeches. We had four speakers tonight.

First was…

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CASS Toastmasters Speech Night – 21st May 2018

This meeting was different. Instead of a normal meeting, we’ve prepared something special – our first Speech Night.

Speech Night was all about celebrating the art of public speaking. We have invited some of the best speakers in London to inspire us with their best speeches. And they did deliver some of the best speeches we’ve ever heard.

The meeting began with our President, Leslie, welcoming everyone and giving an introductory speech. He explained what Speech Night is all about and then proceed to a short Table Topics session to warm up the audience. And then we were…

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Club Meeting 14th May 2018

Alice kicked off the meeting with high energy. She welcomed everyone and explained the importance of clapping at Toastmaster followed by a quick “clapping training”. She later gave the stage to Paul who in his introductory speech told us what is Toastmasters and it helps people grow.

The stage was then claimed by Conrad, the Toastmaster of the evening. Toastmaster’s role is to introduce speakers and make sure everything goes smoothly. Every Toastmaster has helpers – Timekeeper and Grammarian. Matthieu, who was the Timekeeper, was responsible for keeping an …

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    We'd love to see you at our next regular meeting, it's on the 23 July 2018 so please feel free to pop along.

    We meet every 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at 6.15pm for a prompt 6.30pm start.

    The address is Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TZ, United Kingdom.

    Ask at Reception for the room number as it varies from week to week.

  • Important Dates

    23 July 2018 - Regular Meeting
    6 August 2018 - Regular Meeting
    Register via Meetup

  • Getting here

    By underground or train, the nearest stations are Moorgate, Old Street, Barbican and Liverpool Street.

    Give yourself 10 minutes to walk from these stations.

    By bus, you can catch numbers 4, 8, 21, 25, 43, 55, 56, 76, 100, 133, 141, 153, 172, 214, 243, 271, 501 and 521

    By car, park in the Barbican Centre, the National Car Parks in Aldersgate Street, London Wall or Finsbury Square.

    By foot, Cass Business School is on Bunhill Row, off Chiswell Street. Chiswell Street runs off Finsbury Pavement in the Moorgate area.