Early Bird Speakers History – Appendices

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By Neil Coleman

Appendices

 

YEAR 2007-2008

Leadership Team

President – Hilary Briggs

Vice President Education – Shaun Curry

Treasurer – Mark Fritz

Sergeant at Arms – (Rotating)

 

Charter Members

Mark Fritz

Michael Arnold

Liam Wall

Hilary Briggs   

Francesco Dalessandro   

Wayde Duncan-Smith  

Shaun Curry    

Udo Peterges  

Mark Jolley

James Joyce    

Tony Duff         

Ramon Ramirez

Eliska Sapera  

Yara Gremoli  

Robert Griffiths

Roger Harding

Beate Rissbacher             

Jenny Tolmie

George Metcalfe             

Olga Smith      

Edward Tremayne

Ramsey Khoury             

Bud Smith

 

Rick Lowe        

Simon Rudge

 

 

Contests

 

Table Topics

Humorous Speech

Evaluation

International Speech

1st

 

 

 

 

2nd

 

 

 

 

3rd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR 2008-2009

Leadership Team

President – Roger Harding

Vice President Education – Richard Stacey

Vice President Membership – Bob Griffiths

Vice President Public Relations – Dermot O’Connor

Treasurer – Liam Wall

Secretary – Ed Tremayne

Sergeant at Arms – Jay Dignan

Immediate Past President – Hilary Briggs

 

Contests

 

Table Topics

Humorous Speech

Evaluation

International Speech

1st

 

 

 

 

2nd

 

 

 

 

3rd

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting Roles

Linguist replaces Grammarian

 

Equipment

First generation of Timer Lights

 

Infrastructure

Introduction of D71

 

Other

Club starts meeting weekly

Membership climbs to 50 and a waiting list is started

Move to Brown’s Brasserie

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR 2009-2010

Leadership Team

President – (Tony Duff) Roger Harding

Vice President Education – Jonathan Mueller

Vice President Membership – Roger Harding

Vice President Public Relations – Fran Gordon Smith

Treasurer – Ed Tremayne

Secretary – Ewan Dauncey

Sergeant at Arms – Ben Taylor and Beader Blunn

Vice President Mentoring – George Metcalfe

Immediate Past President – Roger Harding

 

Contests

 

Table Topics

Humorous Speech

Evaluation

International Speech

1st

 

 

Tony Duff

George Metcalfe

2nd

 

 

Richard Stacey

Dele Ogun

3rd

 

 

Tazud Miah

 

 

Special Events

 

Meeting Roles

 

Equipment

First camera purchased

PA system

 

Infrastructure

Move to Freemason’s Hall

 

 

 

YEAR 2010-2011

Leadership Team

President – Tom Weller

Vice President Education – Tazud Miah

Vice President Membership – Lesley Lear

Vice President Public Relations – Bianca Tait

Treasurer – Reece Howe

Secretary – Ildiko Cseh

Sergeant at Arms – Catherine Cassolani and Steve Sheasby

Immediate Past President – Roger Harding

 

Contests

 

Table Topics

Humorous Speech

Evaluation

International Speech

1st

George Metcalfe*

Bob Griffiths*

Tazud Miah

David Marks*

2nd

Hilary Briggs

 

Aaron Wood

Iain Scott

3rd

 

 

Lesley Lear

Tazud Miah

 

* Went to Division level

 

Special Events

First President’s Breakfast (Nina Glass and Bianca Tait)

100 attendee demo meeting

 

Meeting Roles

Extended Table Topics alternating with workshops

 

Equipment

Purchase of “Gertrude” the first EBS printer and 100 gsm paper (Tazud Miah)

Guest book (Tazud Miah)

 

Other

Founding of CGS

 

 

YEAR 2011-2012

Leadership Team

President – Tazud Miah

Vice President Education – Loreen McKellar (July – March), Neil Coleman (March – June)

Vice President Membership – Roger Harding

Vice President Public Relations – David Marks

Treasurer – Mark Pratt

Secretary – Ben Taylor

Sergeant at Arms – Michelle Cheung

Vice President Mentoring – Richard Stacey

 

Contests

 

Table Topics

Humorous Speech

Evaluation

International Speech

1st

Sepi Roshan

Mutsuyuki Tokeshi

Tazud Miah

Mutsuyuki Tokeshi

2nd

Loreen McKellar*

David Marks

Aaron Wood

Michelle Cheung

3rd

 

Aaron Wood

Richard Stacey

Richard Stacey

 

* Would win Area and go on to 2nd Place at Division

 

Special Events

Icebreaker PR Event

EBS on the radio (via Ian Hawkins)

Freshfields Workshop (Loreen McKellar and Richard Stacey)

Effective Evaluations Workshop (Richard Stacey)

 

Meeting Roles and Formats

The Interviewer Role (Suggested by Tony Duff, designed and briefed by Taz Miah and Neil Coleman. Nina Glass was the first Interviewer)

Extended Introduction Role (suggested Sudeshna Choudhury for those who couldn’t make it to breakfast, but extended to engage with Aspiring Members)

Meeting Room layout changed to use full room

10 minute mentoring (Richard Stacey)

Guest Host role devised (Michelle Cheung and Taz Miah, branding by Iain Scott)

 

Equipment

Projector and screen

Flipchart

New camera with microphone

CC1 and CC10 ribbons and certificates (Michelle Cheung)

Education Banner (Iain Scott)

 

Infrastructure

Rebrand of Early Bird Website (Tazud Miah, Panoramic picture by Reece Howe, Ben Nevis video invite by David Marks)

Early Bird TV launched (Tazud Miah)

Role guide webpages (Tazud Miah and Neil Coleman, based on text from Roger Harding)

Dropbox introduced to centralise all filing

Electoral process refined with roles overview workshop

Restructure of the treasury records (Mark Pratt)

 

Other

10/10 Presidents Distinguished Club (DCP)

Imperial College Speakers Sponsorship

Hilary Briggs made an Honorary Member

 

YEAR 2012-2013

Leadership Team

President – Ben Taylor

Vice President Education – Neil Coleman

Vice President Membership – Prahlad Joshi (July – September), Vicky Robb (September – July)

Vice President Public Relations – Mutsuyuki Tokeshi

Treasurer – Sudeshna Choudhury

Secretary – Bianca Tait

Sergeant at Arms – Iain Scott

Vice President Mentoring – Patrick Baron

Immediate Past President – Tazud Miah

 

Contests

 

Table Topics

Humorous Speech

Evaluation

International Speech

1st

Iain Hawkins

Mutsuyuki Tokeshi

Taz Miah*

Ian Hawkins**

2nd

Prahlad Joshi

Paul Thomas*

Al Cowie

Mutsuyuki Tokeshi

3rd

Dele Ogun

 

Dele Ogun

Al Cowie

 

* Went to Division Level

** Went to District Level – 3rd place

 

Special Events

Spring Comedy Festival (Lesley Lear, Stuart Clark organising, Ian Hawkins and Al Cowie presenting)

Hosted Div B. Contest (Michelle Cheung, Neil Coleman, Clodagh Phelan, Bianca Tait, Susan Shyllon, Aaron Wood, Sarah Caldow)

Effective evaluations Workshop (Aaron Wood)

Christmas Table Topics Special (Mark Pratt organised)

 

Meeting Roles and Formats

The Brains Trust 1 & 2 (suggested by Tony Duff and George Metcalfe)

The Early Bird Challenge (Neil Coleman)

Excalibur Style Topics and Evaluation (Erica Crump and Neil Coleman)

 

Equipment

Table Topics Record book

EBS Hard Drives

 

Infrastructure

Sergeant at Army (Iain Scott)

Survey Monkey for club votes (Tazud Miah)

Agenda and roles e-mail upgrade (Neil Coleman)

Introduction of CL evaluation slips and pairings (Neil Coleman)

 

Other

10/10 Presidents Distinguished Club (DCP)

Largest number of education awards filed in D71
YEAR 2013-2014

Leadership Team

President – Neil Coleman

Vice President Education – Rafael Henderson (July – December), Sabrina Rahman (January – July)

Vice President Membership – Mark Pratt

Vice President Public Relations – Deena Blacking (July – September), Katherine Eyres (September – June)

Treasurer – Laitan Eyiowuawi

Secretary – Jennifer Hirsch

Sergeant at Arms – Mutsuyuki Tokeshi (July – March), Robert Taylor (March – June)

Vice President Mentoring – Mario Ufertinger

Vice President Events* – Iain Scott

Immediate Past President – Ben Taylor

 

*New role for this year. Technology Officer was created in this year too.

 

Contests

 

Table Topics

Humorous Speech

Evaluation

International Speech

1st

George Metcalfe

Sudeshna Choudhury

Nina Glass

Tazud Miah

2nd

Ian Hawkins

Lissi Corfield

Neil Coleman

Ian Hawkins

3rd

Al Cowie

Ian Hawkins

Tazud Miah

Ben Taylor

 

Special Events

Toastmasters Got Talent Christmas Party (Idea from Sudeshna Choudhury, implemented by Iain Scott and Mario Ufertinger, Clodagh Phelan and Julia Palade)

Area 45 Impromptu Speech Contest (format by Michelle Cheung and Neil Coleman)

LSE/UCL Interview Chairing workshop (Neil Coleman, Nina Glass, Tazud Miah, Richard Stacey, Katherine Eyres)

LSE EISEC Speaking Skills workshop (Neil Coleman, Dele Ogun, Michelle Cheung, Jennifer Hirsch)

Communication in the Workspace Workshop (Nina Glass)

 

Meeting Roles and Formats

Evaluation Panel – Advanced Evaluation format where all three evaluators evaluate all three speeches and then come together on stage to be questioned by the Toastmaster/Chairman. (Neil Coleman concept, Mindy Jhittay first Chairman. First panel: Tazud Miah, Iain Scott, Deena Blacking)

Toastmaster Plus – Advanced Toastmaster role where the Toastmaster of the Day got to design the whole agenda, create custom roles, assign roles with the aide of the VPE. This created a stronger emphasis on leadership development. (Neil Coleman and Sabrina Rahman. Initial role Iain Scott)

Mimicry meeting – Meeting where all participants were asked to embody the characteristics of another speaker. (Michelle Cheung)

Table Topics Special – Final meeting of the year was entirely Table topics (Mark Pratt)

Pre-recorded speech – Studio style shoot of a piece to camera for transmission during the meeting (Michelle Cheung – speech, and Robert Taylor – shoot)

Crowd Sourced GE – GE facilitates a discussion of the meeting with the audience

Impromptu Speech – Speaker asks audience for three speech topics at the start of the meeting and then creates a speech from them during the course of the meeting

Linguist redefined as an Evaluator role

Guest Host refined to emphasise the pre-meeting hospitality aspect

Table Topics – VPM created a “priority list” for those who have not had a Topic in a while based off of attendance data. (Mark Pratt)

Landscape meeting where speakers use a wider stage

Usher and Camera Operator – Two roles assigned on the morning by the Receptionist

 

Equipment

Twin LED RF Timing Lights

Bluetooth Slide Advancer

Secondary Meeting Camera

Main Banner replacement

Contest Feedback forms

Guillotine

 

Infrastructure

EBS Guidelines document

EBS TV Playlists for all members and speech projects

Mentoring webpages and brochure

EBS Technology profile sent to District ICT team

Rebrand of agenda

Presidents weekly e-mails go HTML via MailChimp

 

Other

Evaluation Contest – 12 Contestants

Table Topics Contest – 18 Contestants

10/10 Presidents Distinguished Club (DCP)

 

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