Alternate Monday Evenings, Skipton (programme)We are a fun, supportive group. It's a bit like an evening class www.craven-speakers.org.uk
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Fun BBC Recording:- Even leaders of our political parties have training and guidance in giving speeches.. See the leaked memo (Oct 2010) advising Ed Miliband how to ask questions in Prime Minister's Question Time.
Letter to the Craven Herald, 8 September 2016
Dear Editor
May I through your letters page welcome people to Craven Speakers Club -- Skipton’s best kept secret. It restarts on Monday 12 September at 7.45pm at 28 Otley Street, Skipton. We meet fortnightly and we especially welcome new members at this time of year.
It is a brilliant, fun, stimulating club where people come to learn about improving their speaking skills. People don’t have to talk at all - but for those who do, the practice is invaluable.
One activity at a typical meeting is: two people give short talks (7min) on subjects they have chosen. Two more experienced members then evaluate these speeches, showing the audience good features of the speech and then recommending a couple points to lead to improvement. Other activities are light hearted and can engender much laughter.
Whether you are a young manager who has to hold meetings for your staff, or a student needing to give a talk at school or college, we can help you. Maybe you need to give a wedding speech - or maybe you just fancy an interesting evening out.
One member said “I used to be terrified about speaking. Once in the question time after a talk at a large work conference, I wanted to ask a question - but I was too frightened to ask it. I knew I had to do something about this. I was delighted to see an advert about a Speakers Club, and joined, and I have never looked back. It has given me so much confidence at work and in life in general.”
Members Judith Allinson, Eileen Ward and Chris Birch are so enthusiastic to tell people in Skipton about the Club that they made a sandwich board and banner and walked round Skipton on Wed 17th August.
If you are interested, or can recommend it to someone else, visit www.craven-speakers.org.uk or phone 01535 652915 - or just turn up as a visitor on 12th September.