Who are we?
Southside Speakers is a public speaking club located on the south side of Glasgow. The club is part of Toastmasters International, a not for profit worldwide organisation to help people develop their communication and leadership skills.
Read more about us and what we offer by exploring our website and read about how Southside Speakers can help you. Whether to develop your public speaking skills, socialise, or just experience the funny side- we are known to be the funniest club in Scotland- come to a meeting to find out why!
Why do people come to Southside Speakers?
Some of the ways we can help you
Find your Voice
Develop Confidence
Can’t speak up in meetings? Worried about that Presentation? Our club can help you to become a more confident speaker.
Get your message across
Make it interesting
We help you to get your message across whether it is a TED talk, internal presenataion or just speaking to colleagues. Learn the techniques.
Learn Leadership skills
Become a Leader
Great leaders have great communication skills, which is central to our club. We also provide training and opportunity in Leadership.
How do we do it?
A Typical Meeting
Prepared Speeches
Learn how to put a speech together with our online training called Pathways. Get your message across and develop confidence by just doing it.
Table Topics
Think on your feet with our impromptu speaking sessions. There is no obligation for newcomers to speak, so don't worry! These help you to cope with interviews, networking and general conversations.
Evaluation
We learn by doing but we also learn from each other. Everything you do will receive feeback so you can learn and improve. This is always done in a positive way so you can see what you did well and get some tips for making it better.
Meeting Helpers
Another impportant part of the learning experience is to take on a meeting role to help the meeting run smoothly. You can be Evaluator, Grammarian or that funny thing called the "ah" counter!
The Toastmasters learning experience is about going at your own pace. When you visit us, you do not have to speak but we do encourage you to do so. If asked to say something and you don’t feel comfortable, just say “pass”. All our members were once
first-timers and we understand. Don’t let worrying about speaking put you off visiting. You might surprise yourself!
Visit us with no obligation to speak!
Our Next Meeting is on:
- 14th November 2024
Who are we?
Meet our Committee
Division director
Will Feek
Although not on the committee Will oversees the direction of toastmasters in Scotland .
V.P.E
Paul Whitehead
Paul helps run the clubs education program called pathways which helps members develop and grow there speaking and presentation skills .
Membership
Victor Timmers
Victor helps and guides new members thru the membership process and also helps promote the benefits of being a toastmaster.
President
Ian.Thomson
Ian is this years president and with the committee works together to keep the club running and also to bring in new members to help the club grow and flourish.
We are part of Toastmasters International
Worldwide Network of Clubs
Countries
Clubs Worldwide
Global Members
Testimonials
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