Author Archives: Andrew

Phoenix Speakers: A new club is born

By Andrew | Published: February 17, 2011
Last week the newest club in London held its first meeting. Phoenix speakers is a brand new club that has spun out of London Cardinals, a very successful Toastmasters club that is bursting with members. I am on the committee of Phoenix Speakers as VP Membership and Mentoring. If you live in London, you should [...]
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Table topics about Christmas Music

By Andrew | Published: December 24, 2010
I was table topics master for the last meeting before Christmas. Here are my topics based on the theme of Christmas Music. In 1975 Greg Lake released the song “I believe in Father Christmas”. Despite all the evidence, why do you still believe in Father Christmas? Between 1647 and 1660 Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas including [...]
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Link Roundup: September

By Andrew | Published: October 1, 2010
Activity on the naked speaker has been minimal over the last few months. But I have been busy. I have completed two speeches including a humorous contest winner and my tenth speech at toastmasters. I finished my series about how to write jokes. I’ve also been keeping reports of any stand up comedy gigs I [...]
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