Help us (re)launch – join our online workshop on 24th April 2023

Hi everyone,

Hope you’re keeping well. Apologies for the radio silence of late. It’s been quiet on the Wimbledon front. With not many people attending recent sessions, I’ve used the Easter period to think about the next steps and hadn’t held any sessions. 

The good, encouraging and important news is that there’s still enthusiasm from our current membership to keep the Club alive. How we do it, we’ve agreed to explore this via an online ‘workshop’, which I’ll be hosting.

This workshop will take place on Monday 24th April, 6.30pm start on MS Teams. Here:

  • I’ll deliver a presentation on Wimbledon’s past and present, giving you a clear(er) view of how we do public speaking and how we’ve done things more generally.
  • I’ll also explain who the Association of Speakers Club (ASC) is, so you’ve an idea of how speakers clubs operate and how Wimbledon fits in.
  • We’ll brainstorm ideas to (re)launch Wimbledon Speakers Clubs. I’ll start by presenting a couple of ideas that would help steer the conversation.

The workshop won’t take any more than an hour and feel free to invite others. Please email ascwimbledon@gmail.com if you’re available and I’ll send you the MS Teams link. 

Best regards,

John

John Price
President
Wimbledon Speakers Club

**WE NOW MEET AT A NEW TIME**

January 2023 is soon to be history and as a new month dawns, we return for another evening of good public speaking fun – Wednesday 1st February.

We come with change – we now start at 6.45pm, so 30 minutes earlier than usual. We felt that the key way of boosting membership numbers, is to kick off the evening while the Library’s front doors are open. The original start didn’t make it obvious that we were open for business. It’s just a trial to see if this tactic works!

Just enter via the front of the Library and head to Room 2, where we’ll reside for the foreseeable (the room near the loos!).

A reminder that it’s £6 cash entry for non-members. If you wish to be a member (valid: February to June 2023), please let us know.

Update – 7th December meeting

We’ve just one more meet-up to go until we break up for Christmas and New Year. We’re doing things a little differently with this meeting – the first half, we’ll do the usual ice-breakers, topics and topic evaluation (perhaps with a festive twist). In the second half, we’ll do a little brainstorming – how 2023 will best serve you, as loyal members of Wimbledon Speakers Club. 

The past couple of years in particular have been challenging for us, yet, as Covid-19 restrictions are seemingly, firmly behind us, we want to make sure that how the Club is run is fit for the new environment we find ourselves in. It’d be great to have as many views as possible – from those who have been with us a long time, to those who have only just joined, to those who haven’t visited us in ages. 

As President, I’ll make a video appearance as I realise that Wimbledon should be run better. I’m sure we’ll have time to do pre-planned speeches, please contact me if you wish to do so.

So, please join us – Wednesday 7th December, 7.15pm, Merton Arts Space entrance (Compton Road)

Please aim to come before 7pm, before the Library is shut, so you can help set up.

After this, the next meetup is on Wednesday 18th January 2023. If we don’t hear from you before, all the best for the festive season.

Non-members = £6 cash entry

Members = £75 (pays for between now and June)

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