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 […]
Become a Better Leader. Our Development Pathway
If you’ve been following our posts, you’ll know we have been writing about our straightforward approach when it comes to development. We have a three limbed Development Pathway, and in this post, we take a quick look at the third limb, namely: Become A Better Leader. A Quick Recap We designed our Development Pathway so […]
Sans Souci Speakers Club – our club of the month
Drum roll please for this month’s Club of the Month which goes to Sans Souci Speakers Club! Founded and developed in Solihull over 30 years ago, Sans Souci SC covers the Solihull, Coventry, Birmingham, Redditch and the West Midlands areas. Their President is Hilary Davis who is a long-standing and highly respected member of the […]
Become a Better Presenter. Our Development Pathway
In our last couple of posts, we’ve been talking about our Development Pathway and so today, we’re going to look at the second limb of that Pathway: Become a Better Presenter. A quick recap We designed our Development Pathway so that you are at the centre. That means you can pick and choose how to […]
Become a Better Speaker. Our Development Pathway
In our last post, we talked about the three arms of our Development Pathway and the principles that underpin all three. In this post, we’re going to take a closer look at the first part of our Development Pathway, namely, Become a Better Speaker. The core public speaking skills It goes without saying that […]
You are at the centre of our Development Pathway
There are many routes for personal development and growth at the ASC with our Development Pathway. And in the next few posts, we’ll be explaining a bit more about the opportunities we offer, the skills we can help with, and the fundamental principles that underpin what we do. So what do we mean when we […]
