Irish Talkers

This week Paul turns his attention (pardon the pun) to attention-grabbing - how to keep the audience listening to you. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 3 from Programme 32 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 3rd with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has thi...

An excerpt from the Toastmasters Podcast featured in this article from the Toastmaster magazine, in which Kristen Hambling PhD is interviewed by Greg Gazin and Ryan Levesque and talks about how you can tame the fear of speaking in public ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 2 from Programme 32 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 2nd with Ted...

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows including: Thought for the week: "Failure is not final. Failure is feedback" - Anon. And Word of the week: RECUSE ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 32 of the 2021/22 season - published on April 1st with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM....

In this episode, Paul talks about creating a promo video for your club, inspired by the incentive from District 71 for their conference, and Moira talks about a District 71 incentive for producing a promo video for both your club and for Toastmasters. Both involve a similar operational challenges. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Program...

This week Paul talks about  ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 3 from Programme 3 of the 2021/22 season - published on March 27th 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 the Week” and a “Word of the Week” together w...

Another excerpt from the Toastmasters International webinar "Speak for Yourself" with Darren Lacroix (2001 World Champion), Simon Bucknall from D91, 2nd place in 2017 WCPS, and Ramona Smith, 2018 World Champion, talking this time about how introverts can become better speakers and how Toastmasters helps improve confidence. ______________________________________________________________________ This...

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows including: Thought for the week: "Rough seas make great sailors & challenging time breed true heroes" - Robin Sharma.  And Word of the week: MINUTIA ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 31 of the 2021/22 season - published on March 25th with Moira O’Brien & Paul O’Maho...

Moira and Paul discuss the opportunities and responsibilities of mentoring a newly formed club. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 30 of the 2021/22 season - published on March 14th 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...

______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 3 from Programme 30 of the 2021/22 season - published on March 13th 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 the Week” and a “Word of the Week” together with general conversation arising...

Cognisant of what is happening in Ukraine at the moment and prompted by President Zelensky's speech to the UK parliament this week, here is nearly the full speech of Winston Churchill to the House of Commons given on 4th June 1940 - only the first four paragraphs explaining what lead up to Dunkirk are missing.

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows including: Thought for the week: "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life" - Winston Churchill. And Word of the week: UMPTEEN ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 30 of the 2021/22 season - published on March 11th with Moira O’Brien &...

Ted and Paul continue the conversation about our friends in Ukraine and Paul brings up the possibility of the Smedley fund helping out the clubs in the area. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 29 of the 2021/22 season - published on March 7th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The sh...

This week Paul turns his attention to Toastmaster in Ukraine where there are 10 clubs including one club in formation in Kyiv. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 3 from Programme 29 of the 2021/22 season - published on March 6th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and us...

An extract from a webinar from Toastmasters International from 2020 featuring Simon Bucknall from D91, 2nd place in 2017 WCPS, Darren LaCroix, 2001 World Champion and Ramona Smith, 2018 World Champion, talking about "recognising all the ways public speaking applies their your daily life". Moderated by Accredited Speaker Tammy Miller. ________________________________________________________________...

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows including: Thought for the week:  "War itself is, of course, a form of madness. Its hardly a civilised pursuit. It's amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace" - Walter Cronkite. And Word of the week: ENVISAGE ______________________________________________________...

Ted and Paul discuss the thorny topic of having video cameras on or off during speech contests, and an explanation of what A.P.E. stands for! ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 28 of the 2021/22 season - published on February 28th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in fou...

This week Paul turns his attention to the subject of Contests. Do members actually enjoy contributing or attending contests? ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 28 of the 2021/22 season - published on February 25th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usual...

Today we are bringing you another motivational speech, this time by Oprah Winfrey - 10 Minutes to Start Your Day Right . ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 28 of the 2021/22 season - published on February 25th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually h...

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows including: Thought for the week: And Word of the week: PETULANT ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 28 of the 2021/22 season - published on February 25th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually has thi...

Ted and Moira muse on the difficult decisions that clubs may have to make in the coming months as restrictions on meeting in person are eased. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 27 of the 2021/22 season - published on February 21st with Ted Mellamphy & Moira O’Brien, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in fo...

This week Paul looks at some of the interesting proposals to be put to the vote at this year’s International Convention. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 27 of the 2021/22 season - published on February 18th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moira O’Brien DTM. The show is in four parts and usually h...

With something completely different, today Ted introduces one of his heroes, Robin Williams, with a recording of one of the first interviews that he ever gave, on his first visit to Australia. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 2 from Programme 27 of the 2021/22 season - published on February 19th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced...

The introductory episode of this week’s four shows including: Thought for the week: "In time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - attributed to George Orwell. And Word of the week: SCANT ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 1 from Programme 27 of the 2021/22 season - published on February 18th with Ted Mellamphy & P...

We continue our conversation with our guest Howard Balkind, talking about Salford Speakers club, Online vs Hybrid vs Onsite and the other kind of Toastmaster - the Red Coats. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 4 from Programme 26 of the 2021/22 season - published on February 14th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced and edited by Moir...

In these days of Zoom meetings certain new clubs have been burgeoning - and these are speciality clubs where the members all subscribe to an are of interest - example, Paul's Toastmasters for Golf club. ______________________________________________________________________ This is episode 3 from Programme 26 of the 2021/22 season - published on February 13th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony,...