• About Wimbledon Speakers Club


    Formed in 1998 Wimbledon has established itself as a leading force both locally and nationally amongst Speakers Clubs.

    Our aim is to help members develop both confidence and skills in a variety of forms of verbal communication and public speaking.

    A typical Programme covers; Improvised Speaking; Prepared Speeches & Evaluation of Speeches. Occasionally there may be other word games, debates or lighter-hearted entertainment included.

    Our meetings are held on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month at the William Morris Rooms (see venue) - 7.30pm start.

    We welcome visitors who just want to drop in and see how they can best benefit.

    Wimbledon Speakers is not affiliated with any political or religious organisation. Our membership reflects a complete range of age gender and ability. To get in contact with us, click on Contact page above...

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    • Archive for May, 2005

    Wednesday 25 May - AGM and Speakers night

    Saturday, May 28th, 2005

    Wow, what a lot we packed in to our latest meeting - the usual topics, speeches AND our AGM!!!
    Kicking off with the AGM, the outgoing officers reports were approved and the new committee were elected. Our new committee are as follows:

    Suzanne - President
    Katherine - Vice President
    Richard - Treasurer
    Tim - Publicity Officer
    Sally - […]

    11 May Meeting - Chairman's Notes

    Thursday, May 12th, 2005

    Click the title to see meeting notes - Play with those wedges for a complete listing of Danny Baker's favourite advertising slogans, notes on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the probablilty of a game of scrabble for answering the question to the meaning of Life, Universe and Everything….

    Last night's WSC Meeting - 11 May, Sharon Ward's write-up

    Thursday, May 12th, 2005

    A great time was had by all at our last speakers meeting (11th May), Tim was an excellent chair - although the presence of the laptop made us all wonder what kind of weird and wonderful topics we might be in for. In fact, nobody could have guessed - Tim chose for the topics section […]

    How to Chair a Wimbledon Speaker's Club Meeting

    Thursday, May 12th, 2005

    Recommendations for how to Chair a WSC meeting, by Sally.
    pdf format (for print), HTML version (for screen viewing), OPML (for compiling your own agenda). OPML is a standard format used by Outliner programs.
    Outliners are useful for planning agenda, speeches, articles etc. - WP programs such as MS Word and Appleworks have some limited oulining […]

    End of Year Dinner, and AGM scheduled

    Monday, May 2nd, 2005

    The WSC End of Year Dinner is to be held on Friday 1 July, and AGM is set for Wednesday 25 May - see the diary page.

    Surrey Shield hosted at Wimbledon

    Monday, May 2nd, 2005

    Wimbledon Speakers once again played host to the annual Surrey Shield competition last Wednesday.
    Three teams from the London area competed for the prize, having prepared specially linked presentations on the topic 'Over the Hill'.
    It was a hugely enyertaining evening, with teams taking a light-hearted and amusing view on the emotive subject.
    City of London SC (above) […]