A Relevant Speech

 In February 2026 I belong to these clubs

My home clubs - 

Harrovians  

HOD - for which I am PR.

Singapore - TIC (Toastmasters In Christ, which is online and has two members who are longstanding friends of mine, Carolyn and Norman)

SALT online - an advanced club which aims to help speakers to create professional workshops for which businesses and professionals will pay. 

Beginners need encouragement. Often the best feedback at the advanced level is not polite words, but pointing out what's wrong with the speech so you can change it.

My advice to many would be:

1 Eliminate filler words.

Not only the traditional, 'um, er, but modern slang filler words, 'you know,' 'and' 'like'.

2  Improve your pronunciation. 

If you mean sing, say you like to sing and not like to sin. Send thanks and not tanks.

I gave a speech on landlords and tenants. The feedback was that not everybody is a landlord or a tenant.

 The audience included Singaporeans, many of whom live at their parent's home. So my revision will be, whether you are a child or an adult, the parent or grandparent acts like a landlord or a managing agent.  My first example would be a child writing on a wall. |My second would be a child, throwing something which breaks a TV screen (which happened to tenants in London).