Smedley Award – 01 August to 30 September
Smedley Award – 01 August to 30 September We simply need to gain 5 new members between 01 August and 30 September to receive a club ribbon and a 10% discount codeRead More…
Smedley Award – 01 August to 30 September We simply need to gain 5 new members between 01 August and 30 September to receive a club ribbon and a 10% discount codeRead More…
A key part of any Toastmaster meeting is the opportunity to evaluate speeches and roles. Evaluations allow you to give people constructive feedback. Frequent, quality feedback ensures improvement, which is what manyRead More…
As General Evaluator, my role is to give feedback on the meeting as a whole, and to evaluate anything that would not otherwise be evaluated. As the written evaluation doesn't have theRead More…
Room set-up: The venue was well set up with sufficient chairs and with tables set to each side. (Comment: This is useful for those doing evaluations, etc. as they then have aRead More…
If you know anything about our meetings at Casterbridge Speakers, the Dorchester based Toastmasters International Club, it will be that everything in the meeting is evaluated, but you may not know thatRead More…
The meeting began with the very sad announcement by President Bev Hepting that Dryden Pennington passed away on Tuesday 17th Jan. We all agreed with her proposal that we made the meetingRead More…
Giving feedback is a critical skill for all Toastmasters. Leaders and managers in the workplace can use it to develop and motivate their people. It is key to improving performance. The latestRead More…
Another productive Committee Meeting was held last night with Colin Beveridge, Douglas Pigg, Luke McLachlan, Beverley Hepting and Christine Wallach in attendance. Douglas kicked things off, as Treasurer, with an update regardingRead More…
Casterbridge Speakers had its final meeting for 2016 when we met on Wednesday the 21st December, and what a Merry meeting it was! We were joined by three guests; Paul, Ali andRead More…
Word of the day – ADVENT We had a lively evening at Casterbridge Toastmasters on 7th December, with two guests who were made very welcome. It was my first opportunity to serveRead More…