Bedford Speakers and Leaders - improve your public speaking skills
Communicate With Confidence! "For me the Toastmaster experience is invaluable. Firstly, it gives me the opportunity to practise speaking and experiment with new ideas in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Secondly, it gives me the chance to learn so much from others, whatever their level of expertise. And thirdly, it means I spend time with real people who enjoy life. What better way to share this journey?"
Paul, Bedford
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 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 at no charge, 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. Click here for details of our next meeting Latest News18/05/2010
Gayna takes second place in Sligo! Gayna wowed the judges yet again in a contest against some amazing speakers, an incredible achievement for a relative newcomer to Toastmasters. 17/04/2010
Gayna does it again! She took first place in the Division G contest, and will be competing at the District 71 conference in Sligo, against speakers from across the UK and Ireland. 19/03/2010
Another victory for Gayna! She took first place in the Area 44 speech contest, and will go on to represent us at the Division G contest on Saturday April 17th. Congratulations also to Paul Hayward who took third place in the speech contest, and Dave Minzey who took third place in the evaluation contest. 25/02/2010
The Bedford Speakers international speech and evaluation contest was expertly chaired by Val Swanborough and judged by Toastmasters from throughout Area 44 and beyond. Our winners were as follows: Speech
1st - Paul Hayward
2nd - Gayna Cooper Evaluation
1st - Dave Minzey
2nd - Janet Graham They will now go on to take part in the Area 44 contest on 18th March. What is Toastmasters International?
 Bedford Speakers and Leaders is part of Toastmasters International - 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 has nearly 250,000 members in more than 12,500 clubs in 106 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 areto 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.
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