Irish Talkers

The introductory episode to this week's series of The Talk Show for Talkers including: Thought for the week: "What is important, is seldom urgent & what is urgent is seldom important" - Dwight D Eisenhower Word of the week: IMPUDENT ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 43 of 2020/21 season - published on May 21st with Ted Mellamph...

Have you heard of VTMCon? No? Well listen in and you will find out all about this amazing innovative conference, independently organised by a number of international Toastmasters clubs around the world. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 42 of 2020/21 season - published on May 17th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by...

This week Paul turns his attention to how Toastmasters International incentives clubs with financial and other incentives to meet certain targets etc during important times of the year. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 42 of 2020/21 season - published on May 16th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien. T...

Luvvie Ajayi Jones isn't afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. "Your silence serves no one," says the writer, activist and self-proclaimed professional troublemaker. In this bright, uplifting talk, Ajayi Jones shares three questions to ask yourself if you're teetering on the edge of speaking up or quieting down -- and encourages all of us to...

The introductory segment to this week's series of podcasts in which Ted and Paul discuss a thought for the week and a word of the week: Thought for the week: "Between stimulus & response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth & our freedom" - Viktor Frankl.  Word of the week: ACCLAIM ________________________________________...

Our guest Diane Richardson was recently elected as the incoming Club Growth Director for District 91 in the southern UK. She talks with Ted and Paul about her experience as a designer and her plans for club growth in the district. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 41 of 2020/21 season - published on May 10th with Ted Mellamphy &amp...

Toastmasters District 71 is going to use the Whova conferencing app to deliver the District Conference and the is already a huge amount of information up on the app. Paul takes a look at what it contains. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 41 of 2020/21 season - published on May 9th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced b...

Diane Richardson, Director of Area 34 in District 91, is our interview guest this week Diane is a member of Chiltern Speakers where she is Immediate Past President. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 41 of 2020/21 season - published on May 8th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien. The show is in four par...

The introductory segment to this week's series of podcasts in which Ted and Paul discuss a thought for the week and a word of the week: Thought for the week: "Success is a few simple disciplines practised daily" - Jim Rohn. Word of the week: CRASS  ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 41 of 2020/21 season - published on May 17th...

Inspired by this article in the Toastmasters Magazine, we talk about how to convert the guests who come to our meetings to willing members. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 40 of 2020/21 season - published on May 3rd with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this f...

Our District conference here in District 71 is approaching rapidly. Paul takes a look at the agenda and Moira looks what is happening behind the scenes. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 40 of 2020/21 season - published on May 2nd with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien. The show is in four parts and usual...

Simon Sinek is no stranger to this podcast, we have featured many of his audio pieces before but this is one of the most interesting (in the view of the writer). Here he is talking about empathy in leadership. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 40 of 2020/21 season - published on May 1st with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produ...

The introductory segment to this week's series of podcasts in which Ted and Paul discuss a thought for the week and a word of the week: Thought for the week: SEMINAL Word of the week: “Life is better when you stop criticizing the faults, instead, look for the beauty in the flaws” - Anon. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 39 of 2020...

The introductory segment to this week's series of podcasts in which Ted and Paul discuss a thought for the week and a word of the week: Thought for the week: AMICABLE Word of the week: Simon Sinek - "It's been said that laughter is the shortest distance between human hearts" ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 40 of 2020/21 season -...

Our interview guest this week, Kelly Swanson, talks about storytelling. Not to be missed! Kelly can be seen again at the District 71 conference in May where she is a Keynote speaker. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 39 of 2020/21 season - published on April 19th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien. Th...

Paul, as a Divisional Director (Division A in District 71) has much experience in holding speech contests. How can we make them more appealing to a wider audience? ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 39 of 2020/21 season - published on April 18th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien. The show is in four p...

Our interview guest this week is Kelly Swanson, an award-winning storyteller, comedian, motivational speaker, Huffington Post Contributor, and cast member of The Fashion Hero television show airing on Amazon Prime. She is also the author of Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale, The Land of If Only, The Story Formula, and The Gutsy Girls Pocket Guide to Publi...

Our interview guest this week, Gavin Meikle, expands on his view of communication and especially effective communication. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 38 of 2020/21 season - published on April 12th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Intr...

Paul continues with discussion around the contest season, this week concentrating on leadership in the area of judging - notably the Chief Judge. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 38 of 2020/21 season - published on April 11th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien. The show is in four parts and usually h...

Our interview this week is with Gavin Meikle from Solent Speakers and Spinnaker Speakers in District 91 where he is Vice President Education in both clubs. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 38 of 2020/21 season - published on April 10th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien. The show is in four parts and...

The introductory segment to this week's series of podcasts in which Ted and Paul discuss a thought for the week and a word of the week: Thought for the week:  Word of the week:  ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 38 of 2020/21 season - published on April 9th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien...

Our guests Cathy Shelbourne talks about how Toastmasters was instrumental in her second career, as well as talking about other promotional ideas for your club. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 37 of 2020/21 season - published on April 5th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien. The show is in four parts...

As we are coming up to the season of Area, Division and District elections, Paul takes a look at how the voting systems work. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 37 of 2020/21 season - published on April 4th with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) I...

This month's winner of the VPPR of the month is our Interviewee today: Cathy Shelbourne, from Ipswitch Electrifiers ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 37 of 2020/21 season - published on April 3rd with Ted Mellamphy & Paul O’Mahony, produced by Moira O’Brien. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing...

The introductory segment to this week's series of podcasts in which Ted and Paul discuss a thought for the week and a word of the week: Thought for the week: "Success is a few simple disciplines practiced daily" - Jim Rohn Word of the week: SUPERCILIOUS ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 37 of 2020/21 season - published on April 2nd...