WELCOME TO CLEVELAND FORUM

Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month, from 12.30pm – 2pm.

Meeting location is the Cleveland Library Meeting Room, cnr Bloomfield Street and Middle Street Cleveland.

We work on a varied agenda so our members gain experience in many aspects of speaking.

Visitors are  most welcome to come as our guest.

Email: forum@beconfident.org.au

What others are saying …

I first joined Forum to gain some confidence to do best man speech at my friend’s wedding, the thought of getting up at such a big event in front of 120 people terrified me. The skills I learnt and opportunities available to put knowledge into practice was invaluable and I feel much more comfortable getting up in front of an audience in all situations than I did previously.  – Richard, Bayside Forum

Forum helped me in my career with speaking to clients and knowing how to highlight the main points of each project for their benefit and understanding. In my community I’ve been able to participate in meetings effectively and pass these skills to others. The people I’ve met in Forum have given me a greater knowledge of my community and how it works. – Pam, Cleveland Forum 

I was introduced to Forum by an amazingly helpful member whose guidance and mentoring helped me quickly see the importance of both speaking with confidence and being able to run an effective meeting in my role then as Retirement Living Officer.  Attaining and practising those skills meant that all avenues of my life changed and so many opportunities opened up.   I am forever grateful to Forum for its inspirational leaders and members.   – Elaine, Bayside Forum

Health and Safety

Please do not attend if you are experiencing any cold and flu symptoms.

Calendar of this session’s meetings – please note that many of our meetings include speeches AND learning segments to assist you to become a confident presenter

Every meeting is different. We have a main speaker to a set title with other members speaking to the same title. Some meetings we have 2 titles for members to stretch their ideas. Some speeches are serious, some investigative and some are a lot of fun. Be ready for plenty of intellectual rigour.

Every meeting includes small tutorials in speaking and meeting procedure with members taking turns to experience Chairing the meeting under instruction from an experienced member as required.

6th February 2025
A New Beginning is the title for today’s speeches.  We also have a Learning Segment on how to correctly introduce a speaker.

20th February 2025 
Today’s speeches are to the  title Expand Your Taste Buds. Manon is our main speaker and all members are invited to speak to the same title.

27th February 2025 
We are having a social outing today to celebrate the 5th Thursday of the month – destination to be advised!

6th March 2025
The theme for today’s meeting is Expand Your Knowledge of Eggs. Barbara will be our main speaker and all members are invited to speak to the same title.

20th March 2025
Today’s speech title is Expand Your Creativity.  Jan is our main speaker and all members are invited to participate with speeches up to 5 minutes.

3rd April 2025
Marjorie is our main speaker today, speaking to the title Expanding Your Wardrobe.

17th April 2025
The title for speeches at this meeting is Expanding Your Horizon.  Pam is our main speaker and all members are invited to speak to the same title for up to 5 minutes.

1st May 2025
Today Adelia will be our main speaker, with the title being Expanding on Catastrophies.  All members are invited to participate in the speaking program.

15th May 2025
Expanding Medical Advances is the theme for today’s meeting. Myrna will be our main speaker and others are invited to speak to the same title for up to 5 minutes.

29th May 2025
We are having a social outing today to celebrate the 5th Thursday of the month – destination to be advised.

5th June 2025
Everyone’s favourite!  Today is our AGM.  If you want to know how to run an effective meeting – come along and see how it’s done.

19th June 2025
Today’s speeches will be to the title Expand Your Impact.  Cathie is our main speaker and all members are invited to speak to the same title.

3rdJuly 2025
Great Expectations is the title for today’s speeches – we look forward to seeing you all there!