Irish Talkers

The introduction to this week's show including: Word of the Week: ALLEGORY Thought for the Week: Winston Churchill - "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity: an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty" ___________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 21 of 2019/20 season - published on January 24th presented by Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Pau...

Moira talks about the importance of taking every opportunity to stand up and speak in public in order to become a better speaker. ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 20 of 2019/20 season - published on January 20th presented by Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought f...

Paul discusses issues around the Toastmaster brand and why it matters. ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 20 of 2019/20 season - published on January 19th presented by 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 of the Week” together with general...

Arnold Schwarzenegger is a very well know figure and has many motivational speeches. Here is his Gym motivation speech which has meaning in many aspects of life today. ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 20 of 2019/20 season - published on January 18th presented by Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has thi...

The introduction segment to this week's shows including: Word of the Week:  NONCHALANCE Thought for the Week: Gerald Good: "If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life." ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 20 of 2019/20 season - published on January 17th presented by Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. T...

From an episode first published in December 2018 Moira introduces the subject of how to hook your audience in 60 seconds. ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 19 of 2019/20 season - published on January 13th presented by Moira O'Brien with Ted Mellamphy and Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the...

From an episode first broadcast in January 2019 Paul introduces the subject of how to focus on your audience. ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 19 of 2019/20 season - published on January 12th presented by Moira O'Brien with Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week...

From the episode first broadcast in December 2016 here is the Interview the Tom Hebel conducted duroing the District 71 Conference in Dublin with the only Irish past International President of Toastmasters, Ted Corcoran.  ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 19 of 2019/20 season - published on January 11th presented by Moira O'Brien with Paul O’Mahony. Th...

In a second week of looking back at past episodes, we are bringing you today the introduction from the show first broadcast in April 2018 with: Word of the Week: PEURILE and Thought for the Week: George Bernard Shaw: "The biggest single problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place". This is part 1 from Programme 19 of 2019/20 season - published on January 10th presented by Moir...

From a show first broadcast in February 2018 Moira talks about body language and it's importance, with assistance from Ted and Paul. ___________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 18 of 2019/20 season - published on January 3rd presented by Moira O'Brien, with Ted Mellamphy and Paul O'Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thoug...

Continuing our look back at some of our archives, from June 2018 Paul talks about reigniting your passion after past International President Balraj Arunsalam's editorial in the May 18 edition of Toastmaster Magazine . ___________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 18 of 2019/20 season - published on January 5th presented by Moira O'Brien with Paul O'Mahony. The show is i...

One of the show's favourites among the world champions of public speaking is Craig Valentine who had a large repertoire of free training materials on YouTube and on his website . Here Moira presents two of his sessions "The Secrets to Telling Great Stories" & "The Callback". ___________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 17 of 2019/20 season - published on January 4t...

As this is the holiday period, and we are on a bit of a break, we are looking back at some of our archive.  This is the introduction to the show we put out in May 2015 with Ted Mellamphy and Sharon O'Neill with: Word of the Week: MELLOW and Thought for the Week: Napoleon Bonaparte - "A leader is a dealer in hope". ___________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 18 of...

With video production now being available to everyone, Moira discusses a few tips to be able to make better videos. Check out the Toastmasters International video here . ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 17 of 2019/20 season - published on December 23rd presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1...

 With the diversity of ethnicities and religions within the Toastmasters family, Paul delves into the subject of celebrating religious festivals within Toastmaster clubs. ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 17 of 2019/20 season - published on December 22nd presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this form...

Mark Hunter was the 2009 World Champion of Public Speaking.  Here is his winning speech "A Sink Full of Green Tomatoes". Paul and Moira discuss this wonderful speech afterwards. ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 17 of 2019/20 season - published on December 21st presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has th...

The introduction to this week's shows including as usual: The  word of the week - BENIGN and Thought for the week from Maya Angelou - "Try to be a rainbow in someone's life" ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 17 of 2019/20 season - published on December 20th presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this f...

Inspired by this article by Steve Keating, Moira discusses his challenges and gives her perspective on them. ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 16 of 2019/20 season - published on December 16th presented by 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 of the Wee...

Paul takes a look at the Toastmasters website following his small survey of local Toastmasters to find out how much use they make of it. ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 16 of 2019/20 season - published on December 15th presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the...

The winning 2019 Humourous Speech in District 114 (E Africa) - Matthew George: "Mistakes Make the Man".  ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 16 of 2019/20 season - published on December 14th presented by 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 of the We...

The introduction to this weeks show including: Word of the Week: COROLLARY Thought for the Week: John Ruskin - "Give a little love to a child and you get a great deal back", which Moira rewrote to say "Give a little love to a Toastmaster and you get a great deal back". ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 16 of 2019/20 season - published on December 13th prese...

Following on from comments made off-air during our interview with District 71 Director John Cox, Paul discusses the training, or lack of it, of District Officers from Area Director upwards. ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 15 of 2019/20 season - published on December 9th presented by Ted Mellamphy, Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four par...

Bryan Stevenson is a public-interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned. He is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, fighting poverty and challenging racial discrimination in the criminal justice system. His inspirational TED talk from 2012 is our offering for you this week in two parts, the second part tomorrow...

Bryan Stevenson is a public-interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned. He is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, fighting poverty and challenging racial discrimination in the criminal justice system. His inspirational TED talk from 2012 is our offering for you this week in two parts, the second part tomorrow...

This is the introductory segment of this weeks shows and includes: The Word of the Week: MAUNDER and The Thought for the Week: Nelson Mandela - "There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living". followed by conversation, ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 15 of 2019/20 season - publis...