• 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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    When speaking in public, it's all in the eyes

    Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

    Carmine Gallo: ‘If you truly want to capture the hearts and minds of your listeners, then maintain eye contact during your presentation, talk, or speech.’

    How to Structure a Speech

    Thursday, September 29th, 2005

    By Michael.
    Michael talked for 15 minutes on how to structure a speech.
    He suggested two angles for devising a speech (using Sally’s scissors technique) for structuring a speech; either the Big Picture - where you pick a subject and build in the detail) - or the Little Picture where you choose a detail and build around […]

    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 […]