Irish Talkers

Jia Jiang was the recipient of the 2019 Golden Gavel given by Toastmasters International to a speaker of outstanding merit. This is his TED talk and this is what is said on the TED website: Jia Jiang is the owner of  Rejection Therapy , a website that provides inspiration, knowledge and products for people to overcome their fear of rejection. He is also the CEO of  Wuju Learning , a comp...

The introduction to this week's show including: Word of the Week: PRESCIENCE and Thought for the week: Robert Louis Stevenson - "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant" ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 1 of 2019/20 season - first broadcast on September 6th, presented by Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony....

This article by Chris Brady appeared in The Public Speaking Weekly (see link at the foot of this page) recently. Moira introduces a discussion around the topic: S ay something that matters. P repare the speaker, not just the speech. L eave it all backstage. A udience is everything. S implicity is power. H appen! ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 37 of 2018/...

Prompted by an article in the August edition of Toastmasters magazine, Paul talks about Pathways 101. ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 37 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on September 1st, presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Wee...

 At the memorial service for Monty Python's Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin and Eric Idle contributed to this hilarious video, followed by a not so hilarious discussion by Paul and Moira! YouTube link ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 38 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 31st, presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The s...

The introduction to this week's show including: Word of the week: IRASCIBLE Quote of the week: Stephen Fry: "It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then, like most cliches, that cliche is untrue". ____________________________________________ This is part x from Programme 37 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 23rd, presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in fo...

Prompted by two articles in the July edition of Toastmaster magazine, Moira discusses how to grab attention at the beginning of a speech and the uses of silence in a speech. ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 37 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 26th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this f...

Paul discusses the changes to the International Convention, currently being held in Denver, Colorado - and the changes made to the International Speech Contest the finals of which were held yesterday, August 24th.  ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 37 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 25th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. Th...

From the Charisma on Comman YouTube channel, here is Kevin Hart's 3 Secrets to Hilarious Storytelling - YouTube link . Kevin Hart is one of the funniest men alive.  Whether in interviews with Ellen Degeneres or George Lopez, or his standup specials, he tells absolutely hilarious stories.  In fact, most of his standup routine consists of him telling stories.  But he does it in such a...

The introduction to this week's show including: Work of the week: COPIOUS Thought for the week: Arthur Schlesinger - Science and technology revolutionise our lives but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. followed by the usual chat. __________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 37 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 23rd, presented by Moira O'Brien &a...

Prompted by this article by Armani Chowdhury , gleaned from the newspaper in www.irishtalkers.com , Moira tackles the subject of improving your storytelling techniques.  ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 36 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 12th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this...

 Paul talks about the benefits to the member of being a global organisation. ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 36 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 11th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” together with gener...

 YouTube link to the video. ____________________________________________ This is part x from Programme 36 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 9th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” together with general conversation arising out of these two topics. P...

The introduction to this week's show including: Quote of the Week: Nelson Mandela - "It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea."  and Word of the Week: EGREGIOUS  ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 36 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 9th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O'Mahony. The sho...

 At the District 71 conference in Cork in 2018 "Safe Haven", past international president Ted Corcoran gave a workshop entitled "How to Write a Speech in 10 Minutes Workshop" and an integral part of this was his chart "The 9 Points of every Speech (The Aural Signposts)" ____________________________________________ This is part x from Programme 35 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 26...

Prompted by this article in the June 2019 issue of the Toastmaster Magazine, Ted and Moira discuss the how's and why's  and do's of producing short videos for social media.  ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 35 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 28th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually ha...

Dr Rick Rigsby, a minister, motivational speaker, author, and former college professor,  gave the commencement speech at the California State University Maritime Academy in 2017 - "Lessons from a Third Grade Dropout". ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 35 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 27th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. T...

Intoduction to this week's show including: Work of the week: SALUBRIOUS and Thought for the week:  Oprah Winfrey: "Be thankful for what you have, you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough". ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 35 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 26th, presented by Moi...

TED is ALL about Public Speaking - well, their content is not, but the delivery most certainly IS. TED has given us some advice for potential TEDx or even TED speakers.  ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 34 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 22nd, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usua...

As it is now the season for Club Officer Training, which comes around twice a year from June - August, and December - February. Moira goes through some of the resources that are available on Toastmasters.org to support club officer training.  ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 34 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 21st, presented by Moira O'Bri...

This week's interviewee is Łukasz Madrzak who started out in Toastmasters with Bishopstown TM (who meet on a Saturday morning in the Bishopstown Library, Cork) but is now a very active member of Blarney Toastmasters, the club where our three presenters are all members.  ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 34 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 20...

 The introduction segment to this week's show including: Thought for the week from Mahatma Ghandi - "It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books" and Work of the week: EXTRAPOLATE. ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 34 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 19th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four...

Prompted by an email from Craig Valentine, Moira talks about some "phrases to guide you to greatness in speaking".   The full list has 35 phrases but we only managed to cover 7 or 8. ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 33 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 15th, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four p...

Paul introduces the subject of a Prescription for Productive Meetings prompted by this article in the July edition of the Toastmaster Magazine. ____________________________________________ This is part 3from Programme 33 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 14th, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introdu...

Actor Jim Carrey provided the inspiring, funny, and enlightening commencement speech for the Maharishi University of Management’s class of 2014. He encouraged the students to think big and to choose love rather than give into fear. Many said it was the best commencement address they’d seen. Here is a link to the full speech of which this is an extract. ____________________________________________...