Irish Talkers

Moira introduces details of various Pathways resources prompted by Coach Carole's Blog post " What's New in Pathways Resources ".  ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 27 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on May 20th, presented by Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the...

Paul discusses how Toastmasters can help everyone in business both as an employee and a manager.  ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 27 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on May 19th, presented by Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” t...

The Seven Keys to Good Storytelling - a speech by Josh Campbell given at TEDxMemphis .  ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 27 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on May 18th, presented by Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. 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 wi...

The introduction to this week's show featuring: Word of the Week: Curt Thought for the week: Hannah Arendt: "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it".  Hannah is a German historian and can be found on Amazon here . ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 27 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on May 17th, presented by Paul O’...

Pathways is not standing still. There is a new path published recently and another in development. Here are details of the first new path, Engaging Humour.  ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 26 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on May 13th, presented by Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Intr...

Following on from an article in the Toastmasters magazine in January, Paul discusses how clubs can self assess their effectiveness using the Club Quality Checklist.  ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 26 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on May 12th, presented by Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this format:...

Finding humour: Sareen Akarjalian at TEDxBeirut, followed by a discussion.  ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 26 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on May 11th, presented by Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. 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 c...

The introduction to this week's show featuring: Word of the Week: TERSE Thought for the week: "Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across.  If you get too serious, you could die of starch."  ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 26 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on May 10th, presented by Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. The show is...

Prompted by this article in the April issue of Toastmaster, Paul and Ted discuss the 5 Easy Tips for Crafting a Speech.  ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 25 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on May 6th presented by Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony . The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and...

Paul and Ted discuss the elections for club offices, and Area, Division & District directors.  ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 25 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on May 5th presented by Ted Mellamphy & 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” to...

Daniel Kilov is a Memory Athlete. He is capable of memorising a shuffled deck of cards in less than two minutes, and over 100 random digits in five minutes.  He is the #2 memory athlete in Australia; second only to his coach and mentor Tansel Ali.  In this, the opening talk from TEDxCanberra 2012, Daniel explains why and how he became a memory athlete, and how being present to informatio...

The introduction to this week's show featuring: Word of the Week: Shtum Thought for the week: Mark Twain - "Humour is mankind's greatest blessing". ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 25 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on May 3rd presented by Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thoug...

Moira introduces discussion prompted by an Instagram Post by Florian Mueck about what we can gain personally from Public Speaking.  ___________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 24 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on April 23rd presented by Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for th...

Paul talks about the role of the club president and how many presidents are unaware of the importance of their role .  ___________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 24 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on April 21st presented by Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a...

Keynote Speaker (District 71 Conference, Sheffield, November 2017), coach and trainer, Florian Mueck is an enthusiastic and charismatic speaker. Here are five snippets from his YouTube channel covering: The Power of Smile Rhetorical Devices 3 Ways to Engage your Audience How to Pull Laughs Intellect and Credibility  ___________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 24...

Introduction: Thought for the Week: Mahatma Ghandi - "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win."  Word of the Week:  Conflate  ___________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 24 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on April 19th presented by Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. The show is in four parts and usually h...

Moira talks about how a speech can develop over time with repetition and listener feedback - with examples from a current contest speech. ____________________________________________ This is part x from Programme 23 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on April 12th presented by Ted Mellamphy, Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing...

 Paul takes on the task of persuading you to learn how to persuade others! ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 23 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on April 14th presented by Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. 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 c...

Craig Valentine is the 1999 World Champion of Public Speaking and has since carved a successful career as a public speaker, keynote speaker and speech coach. Listen to him talking about presentation skills, covering the Foundational Phrase with a discussion after.  ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 23 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on April 13th p...

Introduction to Episode 23: Thought for the week: John D Rockefeller - "Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people". Word of the Week: Finesse The final date for the early bird booking for the International Convention in Denver, CO, is fast approaching.  ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 232 of 2018/19 seas...

Moira introduces the subject of how to find topics for your Toastmaster speeches.  ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 22 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on April 8th presented by Ted Mellamphy, Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. 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 w...

As we are in Contest season, and in particular the Evaluation Contest, Paul talks about his experience in giving a Test speech for a contest.  ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 22 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on April 7th presented by Ted Mellamphy, Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Int...

Ontario born Bob Proctor is a motivational speaker and author of a 1985 book "You were born rich". He is the recipient of the 1988 Toastmasters– Communication and Leadership Award . This is a YouTube presentation from Bob titled  - "A habit you simply must develop".  ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 22 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on April...

Introduction: Thought for the week from Cicero - "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others". Word of the Week: MORASS  ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 22 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on April 5th presented by Ted Mellamphy, Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this forma...

Moira goes through some of the steps that you can use to prepare for giving your International Speech Contest speech.  ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 21 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on April 1st presented by Paul O’Mahony & Moira O'Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a...