Irish Talkers

The introductory segment to this week's series of four podcasts including: Word of the Week: PAROXYSM and Thought for the Week:  ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 12 of 2020/21 season - published on October 9th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Int...

With the Humourous Speech contest season well underway, Moira discusses tips for getting your speech firmly embedded in your consciousness. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4from Programme 11 of 2020/21 season - published on October 5th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1...

Paul talks about leadership in the time of Toastmasters' contests as we are thick in the contest season. He gives us three great tips. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3from Programme 11 of 2020/21 season - published on October 4th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Int...

Simon Sinek is one of the leading inspirational speakers of today. Here he talks about leadership. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 10 of 2020/21 season - published on October 3rd with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” a...

The introductory segment to this week's series of four podcasts including: Word of the Week: INTRANSIGENT and Thought for the Week: Robin Williams - " There is still a lot to learn and there is always great stuff out there. Even mistakes can be wonderful" ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 11 of 2020/21 season - published on October...

With the contest season well upon us already, Moira talks about the challenges and solutions from the Zoom point of view for holding a successful contest online. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 10 of 2020/21 season - published on September 28th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and u...

Paul talks about some of the published authors in our district and abroad, and especially one who is just published. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 10 of 2020/21 season - published on September 27th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Th...

Our guest interviewee this week is Antonia Harrison, Division Director for Division DivA in District 91 (UK). ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 10 of 2020/21 season - published on September 26th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought f...

The introductory segment to this week's series of four podcasts, including: Word of the Week: SALIENT and Thought for the Week: Bill Gates - "It's fine to celebrate success, but more important to heed the lessons of failure." ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 10 of 2020/21 season - published on September 25th with Ted Mellamph...

Prompted by this article by Dr. Susan Biali Haas in psychologytoday.com, Moira discusses her take on the psychological aspects of confidence. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 9 of 2020/21 season - published on September 21st with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this forma...

In this time of renewing your membership of Toastmasters, Paul O'Mahony takes a sideways view of what it means to Renew your Membership. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 9 of 2020/21 season - published on September 20th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1...

We are delighted to bring you the audio from the second placed winner in this year's World Championship of Public Speaking, Lindy-Marie Miller with her speech “Pretending Not to Know". ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 9 of 2020/21 season - published on September 198th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show...

The introductory segment to this week's series of podcasts including: Word of the Week: BENIGN and Thought for the Week: Benjamin Franklin - "Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing" ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 9 of 2020/21 season - published on September 18th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien &...

Moira takes apart Mike Carr's body language and movement on screen to illustrate how he used these for maximum effect in his screen presence. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 8 of 2020/21 season - published on September 14th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this forma...

Paul talks about what happens when, as a new member of a Toastmaster club you discover that it is not just about public speaking. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 8 of 2020/21 season - published on September 13th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Intro...

The winner of the World Championship of Public Speaking, Mike Carr, with his speech "The Librarian & Mrs Montgomery". ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 8 of 2020/21 season - published on September 12th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a...

The introductory segment to this week's show includes: Word of the week: ABJECT and Thought for the week:  "Martin Seligman, the Happiness Professor, has revealed that optimism is the most important quality you can develop for personal and professional success and happiness. It transpires that optimists have four characteristics, all learned through repetition and practice. Firstly, they see...

In part 2 of our series on rhetorical devices, Moira covers:  epistrophe, epizeuxis, exemplum, hypallage, hyperbaton, hyperbole, hypophora, litotes, and metabasis ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 7 of 2020/21 season - published on August 14th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and...

Paul dips into the Toastmasters magazine for August and discusses a statement by Deepak Menon, outgoing International President, that "today we are strong". ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 7 of 2020/21 season - published on August 16th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually ha...

We listen here to a collage of speeches by Jeff Bezos, boss of Amazon and the world's richest man, talking about passion and business success, following which we analyse the speech and we Ah Count it. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 7 of 2020/21 season - published on August 15th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Maho...

The introductory segment to this week's series of four podcasts including: Word of the Week: STUPENDOUS and Thought for the Week:  Stiofáin Ó Máille - "Morning is the rudder of your day". ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 7 of 2020/21 season - published on August 14th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The...

Moira introduces rhetorical devices and goes through a list of some her favourite ones. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 6 of 2020/21 season - published on August 10th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word o...

Paul introduces the subject of how much power does the individual Toastmaster Club have and how much power do the Area, Division etc.... up to Toastmasters International have. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 6 of 2020/21 season - published on August 9th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four pa...

Our interviewee this week is Eugenio Jaramillo, author of "The Purple Squirrel Speaks", born in Columbia,  now resident in Florida and a member of South Dade Toastmasters. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 6 of 2020/21 season - published on August 8th with Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four p...

The introductory segment to this week's series of podcasts including the word of the week "INCIPIENT" and a thought for the week from Maya Angelou - "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel". We are joined for this segment by Eugenio Jaramillo, author of "The Purple Squirrel Speaks". __________________...