What does it take to master the moment when the spotlight is on? In our May edition of Toastmasters Unplugged: Mastering the Moment, we caught up with our newly crowned District 71 champions to hear about their experiences, their approach to competition, and what speaking means to them. Among the champions was Aaron Day, winner … Read more
Are you loving your time at your local club and keen to introduce it to your colleagues at work? The Corporate Club Growth Team are keen to hear from you. We’ll make it as easy as possible, all you need to do is send an email to your HR manager and we’ll take it from … Read more
In 2024, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development published research showing that communication skills topped the list of leadership competencies most cited as lacking across UK organisations. Not technical expertise. Not strategic thinking. Not financial acumen. Communication. This was not a surprise to those of us who spend time inside boardrooms, training rooms, and … Read more
Five simple tips from our Program Quality Director on how to create a growth club
Highlights from the in-person club officer training hosted by Division H
Read about some of the highlights from The Rose Conference
Valencia filled the river bed And planted trees, with cycle paths And grassy banks and purple flowers Between the bridges that still spanned The wide expanse where once had flowed The brown and brackish Turia. Beneath their arches homeless men Placed mattresses to claim their space, A dormitory when darkness falls, But in the brightness of the day They silently slip down and stroll To where they … Read more
I buy a box of four in nudeTo add to my ever increasingforlorn collection of footwear Last year’s pop socks have mingled, matedand mutated, into a mass of mousy brown hosierynone quite the same shade Twenty five in total, a partner lost somewhere.Called passion killers by a former lover.No one notices them now. Doreen O’Keeffe
I prefer small moments.They don’t insist.They don’t apply for memory. A kettle considers boiling—not yet a decision,just a tremor. Light enters the kitchenas if it had forgottento knock yesterday. Coffee arrives first,announcing nothing,only being itself. No one would nominate thesefor importance.They lack witnesses, applause, a date. I used to trust larger things—milestones with proper names,occasions … Read more
Have you ever had a moment where everything changed? A moment you didn’t choose, didn’t expect, and couldn’t control. It might be your health. It might be redundancy. Or it might be the weight of everything that’s happening in the world right now. Whatever it is, those moments can leave us questioning whether we’re strong … Read more