Irish Talkers

Continuing the exerpt from a conversation between Mark Brown (195 WCPS) and Verity Price (2021 WCPS). ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 2 from Programme 42 of the 2021/22 season - published on June 18th 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) Int...

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows, including: Thought for the week: "Don't wait for things to get better, life will always be complicated. Learn to be happy right now, otherwise you'll run out of time" - Anon. And Word of the week: RESUSCITATE ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 42 of the 2021/22 season - publishe...

Following on from a workshop given by Marv Serhan DTM at Shilling Speakers, Moira takes the elements that Marv lists as the main elements of a speech, both writing and delivering and gives her take on them. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 41 of the 2021/22 season - published on June 13th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien &...

What are communication styles? Moira takes a look at what "Direct, Initiating, Supportive and Analytical" mean. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 41 of the 2021/22 season - published on Jun 10th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony., produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually...

An excerpt from a conversation between Mark Brown (195 WCPS) and Verity Price (2021 WCPS). ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 41 of the 2021/22 season - published on Jun 10th with Ted Mellamphy, 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)...

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows including: Thought for the week: VOCIFEROUS And Word of the week: "A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body" - Benjamin Franklin. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 41 of the 2021/22 season - published on Jun 10th with Ted Mellamphy,...

Moira talks about ways to get your club meetings to run smoothly. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 40 of the 2021/22 season - published on Jun 3rd with Paul O'Mahony & Moira O'Brien, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and...

Paul from 2018 turns his attention to the question of how much fun is your club? ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 40 of the 2021/22 season - published on Jun 3rd with Ted Mellamphy, Paul O'Mahoney, Tom Hebel & Moira O'Brien, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1)...

This is interviews we conducted in 2017 with the 2022 District 71 International Speech Contest winner James McGinty. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 2 from Programme 40 of the 2021/22 season - published on Jun 4th with Tom Hebel & Moira O'Brien, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has this format...

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows, including: Thought for the week: "Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people" - John D Rockefeller. And Word of the week: FINESSE ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 40 of the 2021/22 season - published on Jun 3rd with Paul O'Mahony &...

We bring the conversation with our interview guest Dec Cluskey to a conclusion. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 39 of the 2021/22 season - published on May 30th with Ted Mellamphy & Moira O'Brien, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for...

We continue the conversation with our interview guest Dec Cluskey. Part 4 follows tomorrow. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 3 from Programme 39 of the 2021/22 season - published on May 29th with Ted Mellamphy & Moira O'Brien, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a...

We continue the conversation with our interview guest Dec Cluskey. Part 3 follows tomorrow. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 2 from Programme 39 of the 2021/22 season - published on May 28th with Ted Mellamphy & Moira O'Brien, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a...

This week our show is taking a different course. Instead of the usual format, we are devoting all four episodes to one conversation with our interview guest this week, Dec Cluskey, who gained fame as one of the two Cluskey brothers forming The Bachelors singing group in the 60s and he has been active in Toastmasters for many years. He is currently president of Battle Speakers which he joined in 20...

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...