If you are sporty you can enjoy running through the jungle on a paper chase with the Hash house harriers, if you are intellectual you can sit and listen to speeches at the dozens of branches of Toastmasters International, and if, like my friend Andrew, you are a good all-rounder, you can do both. The Hashers (a worldwide organisation) meet in Singapore every night of the week, different groups, men only, women only, families, people running with their dogs!
Most of them make a very reasonable charge for the buffet meal which ends the evening. they were started by the army so expect the evening to end with beer drinking, rowdy songs and insulting nicknames - like 'Dirty D.... or Dim D.... . If you prefer polite and censored speeches with formal address, 'Mr President and honoured guests', go to Toastmasters.
(Or you can hire a cycle and ride along the beachside on the East Coast. If you can't arrive on time and miss a meeting, your alternative is to go solo along the beachside jogging trails.)
The current drought (March 2014) is good for some clubs and tourists. It's good weather for the runners or joggers on the hash because rain does not ruin their outing.
But when you feel it's too hot to go out, it's good to sit indoors listening to speeches in an air conditioned building. Those Toastmasters groups which meet in the public Community Centres in every government -run housing complex will have either water fountains or crates of bottled iced water, or both.
Some clubs offer local food made by members' families or brought in from a nearby take away. Sometimes food is free, sometimes there is a small charge (ask if price is important to you). The big meetings in hotels may make a charge for a buffet dinner which is before the meeting plus more snacks in the interval. Arrive early to get your share of food you've paid for and have time to network and make friends with the committee.
Many of the meetings of the Toastmasters International (as the name suggests, most countries of the world) are free for at least one meeting to guests (VIP speakers, tourists and visitors from overseas), and supporters (family, friends and work colleagues of speakers and members).
For more information on toastmasters groups worldwide google toastmasters international find a club.
If you are going to a Toastmasters meeting, or if you are not but just want to sit at home and armchair enjoy, look at my blogs on speeches, my videos on YouTube, or the Facebook pages of my London clubs Harrovians and HOD, or the Facebook and LinkedIn pages of clubs showing speeches which have won competitions. If you are competing in the twice yearly autumn and spring competitions held worldwide, you will find workshops and competitions in larger venues, usually with a price for the audience which covers entry to the venue and any food included in the morning, afternoon, evening or whole day or weekend event.
If you are looking for a quotation for a speech, get QUICK QUOTATIONS For Authors and Speakers by Angela Lansbury, which I published on lulu.com Or ask me to bring it to a Toastmasters Meeting. I have two editions, the latest at £10 (o.n.o. if you are out of work, have done me lots of favours, or I am carrying an older edition or a dog-eared edition). If you are going to a meeting and went to see or buy a copy, remind me to take one or two or three or more - I went to a Toastmasters meeting yesterday and the demand for copies outstripped my supply.
Quick Quotations For Successful Speeches Angela Lansbury (first edition 80 pages)
QUICK QUOTATIONS for authors and speakers Angela Lansbury (second edition 105 pages).
Most of them make a very reasonable charge for the buffet meal which ends the evening. they were started by the army so expect the evening to end with beer drinking, rowdy songs and insulting nicknames - like 'Dirty D.... or Dim D.... . If you prefer polite and censored speeches with formal address, 'Mr President and honoured guests', go to Toastmasters.
(Or you can hire a cycle and ride along the beachside on the East Coast. If you can't arrive on time and miss a meeting, your alternative is to go solo along the beachside jogging trails.)
The current drought (March 2014) is good for some clubs and tourists. It's good weather for the runners or joggers on the hash because rain does not ruin their outing.
But when you feel it's too hot to go out, it's good to sit indoors listening to speeches in an air conditioned building. Those Toastmasters groups which meet in the public Community Centres in every government -run housing complex will have either water fountains or crates of bottled iced water, or both.
Some clubs offer local food made by members' families or brought in from a nearby take away. Sometimes food is free, sometimes there is a small charge (ask if price is important to you). The big meetings in hotels may make a charge for a buffet dinner which is before the meeting plus more snacks in the interval. Arrive early to get your share of food you've paid for and have time to network and make friends with the committee.
Many of the meetings of the Toastmasters International (as the name suggests, most countries of the world) are free for at least one meeting to guests (VIP speakers, tourists and visitors from overseas), and supporters (family, friends and work colleagues of speakers and members).
For more information on toastmasters groups worldwide google toastmasters international find a club.
If you are going to a Toastmasters meeting, or if you are not but just want to sit at home and armchair enjoy, look at my blogs on speeches, my videos on YouTube, or the Facebook pages of my London clubs Harrovians and HOD, or the Facebook and LinkedIn pages of clubs showing speeches which have won competitions. If you are competing in the twice yearly autumn and spring competitions held worldwide, you will find workshops and competitions in larger venues, usually with a price for the audience which covers entry to the venue and any food included in the morning, afternoon, evening or whole day or weekend event.
If you are looking for a quotation for a speech, get QUICK QUOTATIONS For Authors and Speakers by Angela Lansbury, which I published on lulu.com Or ask me to bring it to a Toastmasters Meeting. I have two editions, the latest at £10 (o.n.o. if you are out of work, have done me lots of favours, or I am carrying an older edition or a dog-eared edition). If you are going to a meeting and went to see or buy a copy, remind me to take one or two or three or more - I went to a Toastmasters meeting yesterday and the demand for copies outstripped my supply.
Quick Quotations For Successful Speeches Angela Lansbury (first edition 80 pages)
QUICK QUOTATIONS for authors and speakers Angela Lansbury (second edition 105 pages).
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