Colchester has a particularly good record of helping people to achieve in this way. All speeches at the club receive helpful evaluation and advice. This enables members to continually improve their performance. Members also have the opportunity to evaluate other members speeches, developing critical listening skills and gaining a further insight into communication. Members are invited to chair some or all of an evening's programme, allowing them to develop valuable skills in chairmanship.
Visitors are also welcome along to our club nights to sample the programme of events.
The programme includes visits to other local speakers clubs, and a number of social events, the more formal of which give members a chance to polish their after-dinner speaking skills. Competitions, for both speakers and evaluators, are run at local, district and national levels. I originally joined the club in order to improve the presentations I gave at work. At first I was highly nervous, but found that the feedback and suggestions from other members quickly helped me to improve. As my knowledge and skills increased, the nervousness lessened.