Irish Talkers

 At the District 71 conference in Cork in 2018 "Safe Haven", past international president Ted Corcoran gave a workshop entitled "How to Write a Speech in 10 Minutes Workshop" and an integral part of this was his chart "The 9 Points of every Speech (The Aural Signposts)" ____________________________________________ This is part x from Programme 35 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 26...

Prompted by this article in the June 2019 issue of the Toastmaster Magazine, Ted and Moira discuss the how's and why's  and do's of producing short videos for social media.  ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 35 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 28th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually ha...

Dr Rick Rigsby, a minister, motivational speaker, author, and former college professor,  gave the commencement speech at the California State University Maritime Academy in 2017 - "Lessons from a Third Grade Dropout". ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 35 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 27th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. T...

Intoduction to this week's show including: Work of the week: SALUBRIOUS and Thought for the week:  Oprah Winfrey: "Be thankful for what you have, you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough". ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 35 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 26th, presented by Moi...

TED is ALL about Public Speaking - well, their content is not, but the delivery most certainly IS. TED has given us some advice for potential TEDx or even TED speakers.  ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 34 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 22nd, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usua...

As it is now the season for Club Officer Training, which comes around twice a year from June - August, and December - February. Moira goes through some of the resources that are available on Toastmasters.org to support club officer training.  ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 34 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 21st, presented by Moira O'Bri...

This week's interviewee is Łukasz Madrzak who started out in Toastmasters with Bishopstown TM (who meet on a Saturday morning in the Bishopstown Library, Cork) but is now a very active member of Blarney Toastmasters, the club where our three presenters are all members.  ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 34 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 20...

 The introduction segment to this week's show including: Thought for the week from Mahatma Ghandi - "It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books" and Work of the week: EXTRAPOLATE. ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 34 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 19th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four...

Prompted by an email from Craig Valentine, Moira talks about some "phrases to guide you to greatness in speaking".   The full list has 35 phrases but we only managed to cover 7 or 8. ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 33 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 15th, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four p...

Paul introduces the subject of a Prescription for Productive Meetings prompted by this article in the July edition of the Toastmaster Magazine. ____________________________________________ This is part 3from Programme 33 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 14th, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introdu...

Actor Jim Carrey provided the inspiring, funny, and enlightening commencement speech for the Maharishi University of Management’s class of 2014. He encouraged the students to think big and to choose love rather than give into fear. Many said it was the best commencement address they’d seen. Here is a link to the full speech of which this is an extract. ____________________________________________...

 The introduction to this week's show including: Thought for the week: Epictetus - "He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has." Work of the week: VIRULENT ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 33 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 12th, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony &...

Prompted by this article Moira leads discussion on various methods of hooking your audience in a very short number of seconds.  ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 32 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 8th, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Tho...

For the past four years The Talk Show for Talkers has been recognised by Toastmasters District 71 for it's contribution to the organisation. Special thanks are therefore in order to the past district directors: Luanne Kent Michael Collins Red Skelton Patricia O'Reilly ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 32 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 7th, pres...

From YouTube this is a speech by actor Wentworth Miller which is entitled "The Speech that will make you Cry". Don't let the title put you off - this is a really good speech with some very good techniques. We recommend not to watch the YouTube version as the music and visuals are very distracting - concentrate on the message and the rhetorical devices used.  __________________________________...

The introduction to this week\'s show including: Thought for the week: John Wooden - “Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.” Work of the week: Velocity ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 32 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 5th, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four...

Prompted by an article in a recent edition of The Public Speaking Weekly , Moira talks about the advice given to public speakers by some of the best public speakers in the world today. ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 31 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 1st, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts...

Hot from his trip to Italy for his son's wedding, Paul talks about his experience of Toastmasters abroad.  ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 31 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on June 30th, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” a...

 Our interviewee this week is Toastmasters Ingeborg Aune from McAfee Toastmasters in Cork and the incoming VPE of Blarney Toastmaster. ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 31 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on June 29th, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducin...

The introduction to this weeks show including: Thought for the week: Alice Morse Earle - "Every day may not be good but there is good in every day". ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 31 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on June 28th, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) I...

Moira delves into Irish Talkers' Newspaper to find an article with the wisdom on public speaking by Sir Winston Churchill, arguably one of the great orators of our time if not of all time. ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 30 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on June 24th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usual...

Ted and Moira discuss the various articles that catch their eyes in the June edition of Toastmaster magazine. ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 30 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on June 23rd, presented by Moira O'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the...

This week we bring you an motivational offering taken from the film  " On Any given Sunday " starring Al Pacino, followed by a discussion. ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 30 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on June 22nd, presented by Moira O'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Though...

The Introduction to this week's show with: Thought for the Week:  Fred De Witt Van Amburgh - "Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourself and spend without fear of bankruptcy". Word of the Week: JOCKEY With the usual banter and discussion between Ted and Moira, while Paul is off in Italy seeing his son wed.  ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Progra...

Craig Valentine, World Champion of Public Speaking for 1999, has a large amount of free material on his website. Inspired by this article Moira introduces discussion on Craig's list :).  ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 29 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on June 10th, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in fo...