Irish Talkers

From this month's magazine, Ted introduces the article by International President Margaret Page entitled "Cycling through the stages of Leadership" for discussion between Ted and Paul. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 38 of the 2021/22 season - published on May 13th with ed Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by...

This week Paul turns his attention to the rules that Toastmasters International has adopted for all business meetings throughout the organisation - Robert's Rules. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 3 from Programme 38 of the 2021/22 season - published on May 15th with ed Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. Th...

This week we are delighted to bring you the second-place winner from the International Speech contest from 2018 - (a unique year as the first three positions were won by women). Sherrie Su gives us her speech "Turn Around". ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 2 from Programme 38 of the 2021/22 season - published on May 14th with Ted Mellamphy &amp...

Intro text: The introductory episode of this week’s four shows, including: Thought for the week: PERFUNCTORY And Word of the week: "War is not about who is right but who is left " - Bertrand Russell ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 38 of the 2021/22 season - published on May 13th with ed Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced...

Craig Valentine gives out freely a weekly series of 52 speaking tips - when you sign up you will receive one email each week with a new tip. Moira dips into one or two of the 52 tips as examples. Here is the link to the number picker wheel that Moira recommended. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 37 of the 2021/22 season - publi...

Paul talks this week about how we elect Area Directors for the forthcoming year. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 37 of the 2021/22 season - published on May 6th with Moira O’Brien & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for...

Taken from a presentation by Isaac Serwanga, here are three tips on how to captivate an audience. Isaac is a best-selling author, educational consultant, TEDx-featured motivational speaker and self-proclaimed “World’s Greatest Uncle”. He graduated from Princeton University in 2013 as a 3-sport, D-1 varsity athlete and is the founder of Inform & Inspire. ________________________________________...

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows including: Thought for the week: "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can" - Arthur Ashe And Word of the week: SUAVE ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 37 of the 2021/22 season - published on May 6th with Moira O’Brien & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by M...

Our guest Savita Dulai returns to chat with Paul on aspects of her life covering the Earth Day event that she organised and her experience of organising events. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 36 of the 2021/22 season - published on May 2nd with Moira O’Brien & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The s...

This week Paul turns his attention to evaluation and specifically receiving feedback. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 36 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 29th with Moira O’Brien & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Tho...

This week's interview guest is Kavita Dulai who is a member of Digital Comuncators.   ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 2 from Programme 36 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 30th with Moira O’Brien & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introduc...

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows, including: Thought for the week: DEFICIENCY Thought for the week:  "It does not matter how slow you go as long as you do not stop" - Confucius ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 36 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 29th with Moira O’Brien & Paul O’Mahony, produ...

Moira found this article in the Toastmaster Magazine about David JP Phillips' "110 steps of communication" and discusses some of the points covered. Listen to the interview on the Toastmasters Podcast. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 35 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 25th with Moira O’Brien & Paul O’Mahony, pro...

This week Paul turns his attention to the issues of judging in the International Speech Contest as he takes you through 4 reasons why excellent judging matters. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 3 from Programme 35 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 24th with Moira O’Brien & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. Th...

From his TED Talk , John Doerr shows us how we can get back on track with "Objectives and key results" or OKRs. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 f2om Programme 35 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 23rd with Moira O’Brien & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has this form...

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows including: Thought for the week: EXTEMPORISE And Word of the week: "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure." - Mark Twain ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 35 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 22nd with Moira O’Brien & Paul O...

Our guest this week, Jillian Geraghty, is conference director for the online conference of District 71. Paul talks to Jillian about what is involved in being conference director. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 34 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 18th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moi...

Getting new members started on Pathways is an issue that every VP Education faces with new members. Paul looks at these issues and how to overcome them. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 3 from Programme 34 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 17th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show i...

This week's interview is with Jillian Geraghty who is the District 71 conference director. Jillian is a member of Lucan Toastmasters where she was president in 2020. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 2 from Programme 34 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 16th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DT...

Intro text: The introductory episode of this week’s four shows including: Thought for the week: A plan relieves you of the torment of choice." - Saul Bellow And Word of the week: THWART ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 34 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 15th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and e...

Continuing on from the conversation with Ernold on Saturday, Ernold talks about Pathways. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 33 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 11th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a...

This week Paul talks more about the District 71 conference and the app that is going to be used to hold the conference online which is called WHOVA. You can read more about the app here . Download the mobile app from your your usual app store. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 3 from Programme 33 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 1...

Our guest this week is Ernold Van Bueren , the current Public Relations Manager for District 71 and president of Advanced Orators. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 2 from Programme 33 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 9th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usu...

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows including: Thought for the week: "Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart" - Roy T Bennett. And Word of the week: QUALM ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 33 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 8th with Ted Mellamphy &...

Do you read the Toastmaster magazine? Do you read the International President's viewpoint article? Ted and Paul discuss the March 2022 article entitled "Finding Diamonds in the Rough" by Margaret Page DTM, this year's International President. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 32 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 4th wit...