Which ever way you look at it!
Dorchester based speaker, Laura McHarrie, took advantage of a three week vacation in Oz to visit one of the myriad Toastmasters International speaker clubs in Australia. Having been a member of CasterbridgeRead More…
Competent Speaker and now a Blogger
This is my first blog but hopefully not the last. Who knows I might even become computer literate in the near future. So what can be said about the meeting of 15/2/12?Read More…
Die Hard, Professional Amateur and Giving your All
Our second meeting of 2012 started with a trickle of members arriving from 7pm onwards.We were joined by two prospective new members, Sue Adams and Ben Placidi. At 7-30 18 of usRead More…
Mesmerized
We were mesmerized this week by how many times a word could be woven into everyone’s speeches and just how much fun the ‘word of the meeting’ could be – well doneRead More…
After Charter Speakers Club
It was a proud evening for the membership of Casterbridge Speakers Club, as they recently celebrated becoming affiliated with Toastmasters International. The Club has joined 25 established clubs in the South WestRead More…
An evening of firsts
Last night’s meeting was another excellent one filled with the usual heady mix of humour, banter, encouragement and comeraderie we’ve all come to know and love about Casterbridge Speakers. Tweet
Table Topics – the controversial subject of weddings indeed!
After table topics a fortnight ago I have taken on board some feedback that my topics were a bit too much like a speech in their own right and that isn’t theRead More…
What a great evening at Toastmasters
Just dropping a quick line to remind you what a fabulous evening we had last night. Our sincere thanks to Gavin Miekle, Maureen Scott and Michael John Smithson, who travelled all theRead More…
An Evening of Firsts
This was an evening of firsts! The first time we welcomed three new members at one meeting. All three taking roles for the first time: Anne Orchard as timekeeper, David Drysdale asRead More…