Archive for April, 2009

Virtual Speech Contest 2009 – Pilot

April 28, 2009

Results of the 2009 Pilot Virtual Speech Contest were announced at national conference.

  • 1st Place John Evans – Cardiff Mixed Speakers Club
  • 2nd Place Dawn Parry – Cardiff Mixed Speakers Club
  • 3rd Place Thomas Scott – Edinburgh Speakers Club
  • 4th Place Myra McGregor – Denny Speakers Club

Videos of the finalists can be viewed on the ASC website virtual speech contest 2009 page.

The Speaker

April 24, 2009

Mike Douse, ASC Development Officer has written an article for the BBC Website about the discipline of public speaking, to coincide with the broadcast of ‘The Speaker’, BBC2’s reality show, aimed at finding Britain’s best school student speaker. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/brecon_life/pages/mikedouse.shtml