Welcome to Bedford Speakers and Leaders

Are you scared of speaking in public? Nervous about that Best Man speech? Worried about making presentations at work? Then you've come to the right place!

Since 2006, Bedford Speakers and Leaders has been helping people in the Bedford area to improve their public speaking and leadership skills. We aim to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.

Want to know more about us?

You are welcome to come along to any of our club meetings (click here for dates and times), where you'll get the chance to meet our members and see what happens at a typical meeting. Directions on how to find us can be found here.

Latest News

28/09/2008
The first Area 41 Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest was a great success, with strong competitors from all five clubs.  Congratulations to Janet Graham for achieving third place in the table topics contest.  Our area winners will now go on to compete in the Division G contest on the 18th of October.

11/09/2008
Our humorous speech and table topics contest saw an evening of good food and good speaking.

Humorous speech contest winners:
1st place - Paul Hayward
2nd place - Janet Graham

Table topics winners:
1st place - Janet Graham
2nd place - Inga Wells

Our first place winners received a trophy each, and will now go on to compete in the Area 41 contest.

30/06/2008
The end of the Toastmasters year. Thanks to Paul Hayward achieving his Competant Communicator award and Sue McKever achieving her Competant Leader award, the club has achieved enough goals to be a Select Distinguished Club.

20/04/2008
Congratulations to Paul Hayward, who delivered an excellent speech in the Division G contest, winning second place.

06/04/2008
Success for BSL in the Area 4 Contest! Congratulations to Paul Hayward who came first in the speech contest, and to Dave Minzey who came third in the evaluation contest. Paul will now go on to take part in the Division G contest in Milton Keynes on April 20th.

Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities through local club meetings, training seminars and speech contests. Toastmasters International includes more than 199,000 men and women in more than 9,300 clubs in more than 70 countries.

Experienced professionals and beginning speakers alike can benefit from our practical, face-to-face learning program. Whether you're speaking to the board of directors, your customers, your co-workers or your kids, Toastmasters can help you do it better. You'll learn and practice in a friendly, comfortable environment with people who are there for the same reason you are—to become better communicators.

At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. A typical Toastmasters club is made up of 20 to 30 people who fortnightly meet for a couple of hours. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice conducting meetings, giving impromptu speeches, presenting prepared speeches, offering constructive evaluation and developing leadership skills.

Kempston Town Council (Chambers)
104 Bedford Road
Kempston
Bedford,
MK42 8BG

Every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the Month from 19:15 to 21:45
We hope to see you there. All guests welcome.