It’s always a great honour to receive the nominations for Club of the Month. So many of our clubs have done and achieved such amazing things, despite the pandemic, adapting to life online, acquiring new skills and delivering educational but fun sessions. And never has this been more so than with this month’s winner. July’s […]
Introducing Conference 2021
What’s all the excitement about? Every year at the ASC, members from our clubs, which are spread all over the UK, come together for our National Conference. It is usually a three-day event (Friday to Sunday) and held at a different prestigious venue each year. Of course, Covid 19 put paid to our 2020 conference […]
News of ASC growth and development
My voyage of discovery this year is my love of my allotment. A recent discovery I have to say and one that dovetails in beautifully with my love of cookery. To nurture a plant from to seed to bountiful productivity is very rewarding indeed. A nice segue to that which has also pleasurably occupied me […]
Success in the South East
On Sunday the 1st August, South East Region finally held their annual competition, originally postponed just before the first lockdown in March 2020 and became the last Region to select their National Finalists ready for next month’s conference! It was a fantastic day, in a lovely new venue in central London. A slightly smaller crowd […]
The ASC partner with Fujitsu
To help support their graduates and apprentices Earlier this year, the ASC and Fujitsu successfully launched the first Fujitsu Speakers Club, aimed at supporting their graduates and apprentices both in the UK and further afield with their public speaking skills. The club launched online and is the first of a number of ASC corporate clubs […]
What’s your biggest fear? And how to overcome it!
Spiders? Heights? Public Speaking? Public speaking consistently ranks as one of the top three things that people fear the most you. If that includes you, then you’re probably familiar with feelings of dread, shaking hands, nausea, stuttering, sleepless nights and more! If you are afraid of public speaking, it’s no laughing matter. Public speaking and […]
Well this is awkward
Whilst schools might be breaking up this week, many of us are getting ready to head back to the office after months of working from home, furloughs, and redundancies. I don’t know about you, but it all feels a little daunting to me. I think I may have lost some of my social skills over […]
What Shall I Talk About?
At the ASC, your speeches can be about anything you want (provided it’s not offensive) and one of the questions we often get asked is “How do you come up with speech ideas”. As many of our clubs take a well-earned break for the summer, for our speakers and members of the ASC, it’s a […]
Club of the Month
It’s drum roll time!! Because yes, it is time to announce this month’s Club of the Month. This club got so many nominations from both within the club and from members of other clubs so they must be doing something right! All of which means, it’s an absolute pleasure to announce that May’s Club of […]
The Speaker – Spring 2021
