As part of the club’s tenth birthday celebrations a group of members took part in a specially staged Murder Mystery evening in the atmospheric setting of the Ferry Restaurant at Bursledon, a former chain ferry boat now re-used as as a quirky dining venue. As you can see from the photo, members stepped outside their […]
Today we bid a fond farewell to our member from China who has been with us for the past year. Qiwei ‘Eagle’ Li had previously belonged to a club in his university town in southwest China. He joined Hamwic Speakers shortly after arriving in Southampton for a one year postgraduate course and quickly became a […]
Several members of Hamwic Speakers are enthusiastic supporters of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, so when the locally based charity approached us to help develop the skills of their volunteer presenters, we jumped at the chance. It’s an interesting assignment which lends itself well to applying Toastmasters evaluation techniques. The Air Ambulance […]
Every year for the past 5 years Hamwic Speakers has held an outdoor meeting around Southampton. With our normal venue Taunton’s College being closed for the school summer holiday, it’s an ideal excuse to get out of our comfort zone and take to the streets – literally. The City of Southampton is not short of […]
The 2017 Toastmasters UK South ‘District 91’ Conference was held in Southampton on 5-7 May, a once in a decade opportunity for the Southampton club to be right at the heart of national Toastmasters activity. The two day conference was opened by the Mayor of Southampton Cathy Mcewing and Toastmasters International Global President Mike Storkey […]
We’ve got a new meeting room! After months of negotiation we’re pleased to announce that Hamwic Speakers will be permanently relocating to the Performance Studio at Tauntons College. This larger space will offer better accommodation for our fast growing club. Members who attended our fifth birthday party had a preview of the room which offers […]
Run by a committee of volunteers, Hamwic Speakers Toastmasters club provides a supportive learning atmosphere to empower members with personal development of leadership and communication skills. The Toastmasters’s committee year runs from 1 July – 30 June, and with less than two months remaining in the current year, elections for our club’s 2014-15 committe will be happening […]
The following article was written by Robin Chawner, DTM, and was published in Issue 81 of the Hampshire Independent on 14 March 2014. Robin is an active Toastmaster in multiple clubs across Hampshire, including Hamwic Speakers. His article is published here with his permission. Public speaking scaring you to death? Try R.I.P! In a top ten list […]
Over the past 5 years, Hamwic Speakers, Southampton’s Toastmasters International Club, has helped members of all backgrounds from across the city improve their public speaking and leadership skills. To celebrate the achievements of our members, we hosted a 5th birthday party on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 at Richard Taunton Sixth Form College. The meeting was attended […]
The plot of the next teen thiller? No, just the speeches from another enjoyable Speech Contest evening at Hamwic Speakers! On Tuesday, 25 February, our club held our 2014 Toastmasters International Speech and Evaluation contests. The night was full of wit, wisdom, and winners – every single one of our contestants was brave enough to […]