Caitlin Johnstone with Bromley Festival adjudicator Mike Stone
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Caitlin Johnstone's run of excellence continues by winning the Speakers of Bromley Trophy at the Bromley Festival on Saturday 28th March 2009.
Challenged by a number of older and more experienced speakers, Caitlin's engaging presentation on the theme of 'If at first you don't succeed...' caught favour with adjudicator, Mike Stone who described her presentation as an excellent performance of technical and artistic quality.
Caitlin was recently runner up in the South-East District's Topics final. She missed out on a place in the National finals in an extremely tight decision. |
What our members are saying...
Beckenham Speakers Club is small but emerging club and its happy membership are only too happy to discuss their experiences of club life. Beckenham Speakers Club is small but emerging club and its happy membership are only too happy to discuss their experiences of club life.
 | Paul Goodliffe has become one of the District's most consistent speakers and last year was crowned the South Area Speech Champion, the most prestigious award in the Area. Paul has been a member for almost three years and tells us what it's like to be a member at Beckenham. mp3 file - 47 seconds interview. |  | Frank Thatcher is one of the best travelled of ASC members. Frank is currently a member of 8 clubs and he tells us why for the last 14 years he has felt compelled to be a member of the Association of Speakers Clubs mp3 file - 27 seconds interview. |
Beckenham Speakers Club in its short history has delivered demonstrable benefits to the residents of Beckenham, with some of the club's members already having spoken at the House of Commons, represented the club at Area and District Team speaking events, as well as having been guest speaker at the National Conference in Hammersmith, London in April 2007.
The benefits of speaking well in public are increased self-confidence in social
situations, interviews and greater promotional prospects at work.
Have fun and learn a skill that will last a life time. A speakers club provides a supportive environment for the novice speaker to develop in time, having delivered several speeches and having received instructive feedback on how to improve.
Our membership mostly consists of students, trainers, accountants, IT analysts, an economist, a few senior executives, and a few people who have recently retired. We also have a wide age range in the membership and therefore many diverse viewpoints. It doesn't matter what walk of life you are in, you are very welcome at Beckenham Speakers Club. If you live or work in or near Beckenham and you're looking to build your confidence in front of an audience or kick-start your career, click on the Contact page and come along and experience one of the most progressive speakers clubs in the country.