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- About UsEarly Bird Speakers is one of only four pre-breakfast Toastmasters clubs in London. By meeting early we avoid disrupting your working day or intruding on your evening. Our Club Mission To provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment to foster self-confidence and personal growth where every member can develop communication and leadership skills. Our Club Values Quality – Reflected in Tightly Scheduled Meetings; Professionalism in Preparation and Delivery of Speeches; Members’ Learning Experience. Support – Evaluations of Members’ Speeches and Roles – Providing Encouragement in a Favourable Atmosphere. Personal Growth – Members Participate; Take Risks; Experiment in Speaking and Leadership. Passion – Infectious Enthusiasm to Learn; Self-Development while Having…
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Toastmasters International is the leading movement devoted to making effective oral communication a worldwide reality. Through its member clubs, Toastmasters International helps men and women learn the arts of speaking, listening, and thinking – vital skills that promote self-actualization, enhance leadership potential, foster human understanding, and contribute to the betterment of mankind. It is basic to this mission that Toastmasters International continually expand its worldwide network of member clubs, thereby offering ever-greater numbers of people the opportunity to benefit from its programs. - Contact Us & LocationConsidering a visit to Early Bird Speakers? Please tell us when you’re coming because we have to notify the venue with your name – otherwise you may be refused admission (and we wouldn’t want that to happen).Email to Club President, Taz Miah: tazud.miah@achievealpha.com or Vice-President (Membership): Roger@RogerHarding.org.
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- Testimonials
I thouroughly enjoyed it, i learnt alot and was impressed by the warmth and the speeches. – "NJ"
Great venue, great people, great meeting! EBS never disappoints! – "MS"
I am pleased to have found aforum where people are so interested in pushing their comfort zone. – "G"
Inspiring, slick timing, great! – "FGS"
To think on the spot is difficult, but strangely exhilerating! – "WK"
Once again some useful learning points and interesting speeches! – "KD"
A wonderfully emotional and scary meeting with many a lingusitical fantasitical delight. Thank you very much! – "DS"
Really enjoyed myself, a diverse range of topics, discussed and people from different backgrounds present. – "MK"
Great!, Great!, Great!! You Guys Rock! – "JA"
This group is super friendly and welcoming, love having breakfast afterwards, it makes a huge difference. A developing experience to be around so many inspiring speakers! – "SH"
Really fun way to start the day whislt learning and meeting really welcoming people – "JS"
Toastmasters is fantastic, I would love to come back and see if I can present as all the others. It would be a fab challenge. – "EL"
– "SB"
Very inspiring success, prosperity and happiness. Look… - What We Do
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The Competent Leader Award
To accomplish the competent leader award, you have to complete a total of 23 assignments – the requirements for each project are outlined as follows. Our VPE provides an overview of the manual. 1: Listening and Leadership Complete 3 out of: Speech Evaluator Grammarian / …
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The Grey Lady
An original ice breaker, a reading of some wonderful poetry and a recollection of an encounter with The Grey Lady…
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The Curious Case Of The Homeless Artist
Where did the phrase “A Leopard never changes its spots” come from? Voted Best Table Topic Confessions Of A Fragrance Lover Competent Communication Manual #4 – How to Say It (5:00-7:00 min) Words and sentence structure communicates the ideas clearly, accurately and vividly; Rhetorical …
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Earlybird’s Most Eligible Bachelor
Just who is the most eligible bachelor at Early Bird Speakers? Find out as two of our speakers present their case…
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Wine
Monkey Mind Competent Communication Manual #3 – Get to the Point (5:00-7:00 min) Organize speech to achieve general and specific purpose; Reinforce purpose with beginning, body, and conclusion; Project sincerity and conviction; Control nervousness; Strive to not use notes Speech Evaluation Wine Competent …
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Nants Ingonyama Bagithi Baba
How would a pet Owl change your life? What were the first impressions of South Africa for our second speaker? What does our President have planned?!
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When You Are The Linguist
The Linguist Or The Grammarian? The modern term Linguist is preferred (over grammarian) because it refers to someone who studies and understands how language works as system from a scientific point of view (linguistics). The Linguist is therefore not concerned with notions of “correctness” as …
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When You Are The Sergeant at Arms
Overview The Sergeant-At-Arms is responsible for setting up the speaking platform and all the equipment associated with and required by the speakers. They also have the honour of introducing the guests and collecting the votes for the awards. Before Thursday Speaker Requirements Ask the VPE …
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The Interviewer
Overview The interviewer role is designed to give each of the speakers the valuable experience of being questioned on their speech as if they were doing a radio interview, panel discussion or job interview. It could be considered to be an advanced table topic. For …
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Out Of The Mouths Of Babes
How did a young genius flummox our first speaker? Do you want to earn millions via twitter – find out more from our second speaker! and finally what happened when our third speaker found himself on a sand dune with a friend named Big Al?
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