Chris Wood

Chris Wood

The competitive nature of public speaking

Toastmasters isn’t necessarily about competition, but for those who enjoy the challenge there are plenty of opportunities available. At the beginning of March we hosted our annual speech and evaluation contest, with many of our members pitching their wits against…

Did we say something funny?!

Speech competitions always bring an added frisson of excitement to a toastmasters meeting, and our humorous speech competition held on September 21st proved to be no different. Seven prepared speeches and four table topics were all performed to an exquisitely…

Church meetings are back!

After a long hiatus from face to face meetings, we finally made a glorious return to St Botolph’s Church on Tuesday 3rd of August, and glorious it was. Hosting 25 members and guests, the evening was introduced and the tone…

The changing of the guard

A huge thank you and congratulations to everyone who participated at Tuesday night’s meeting (29th June). Another classic, but aren’t they always at City of London Toastmasters? Hosted by Toastmaster Jonty Rooke, we had a fun set of table topics…