The introduction to this week's show including: Word of the week: IRASCIBLE Quote of the week: Stephen Fry: "It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then, like most cliches, that cliche is untrue". ____________________________________________ This is part x from Programme 37 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 23rd, 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...
Aug 30, 2019•13 min
Prompted by two articles in the July edition of Toastmaster magazine, Moira discusses how to grab attention at the beginning of a speech and the uses of silence in a speech. ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 37 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 26th, 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 Week” together with general conve...
Aug 26, 2019•14 min
Paul discusses the changes to the International Convention, currently being held in Denver, Colorado - and the changes made to the International Speech Contest the finals of which were held yesterday, August 24th. ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 37 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 25th, 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 ...
Aug 25, 2019•12 min
From the Charisma on Comman YouTube channel, here is Kevin Hart's 3 Secrets to Hilarious Storytelling - YouTube link . Kevin Hart is one of the funniest men alive. Whether in interviews with Ellen Degeneres or George Lopez, or his standup specials, he tells absolutely hilarious stories. In fact, most of his standup routine consists of him telling stories. But he does it in such a way that hooks an audience and never lets go, partially because he is able to include so many jokes. It's not that Ke...
Aug 24, 2019•15 min•Season 5Ep. 37
The introduction to this week's show including: Work of the week: COPIOUS Thought for the week: Arthur Schlesinger - Science and technology revolutionise our lives but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. followed by the usual chat. __________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 37 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 23rd, presented by Moira O'Brien & Paul O’Mahony. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought...
Aug 23, 2019•13 min
Prompted by this article by Armani Chowdhury , gleaned from the newspaper in www.irishtalkers.com , Moira tackles the subject of improving your storytelling techniques. ____________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 36 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 12th, 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 Week” together with general conversati...
Aug 12, 2019•12 min
Paul talks about the benefits to the member of being a global organisation. ____________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 36 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 11th, 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 Week” together with general conversation arising out of these two topics. Published at 4pm on Fridays. (2) Either an Interview, the...
Aug 11, 2019•11 min
YouTube link to the video. ____________________________________________ This is part x from Programme 36 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 9th, 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 Week” together with general conversation arising out of these two topics. Published at 4pm on Fridays. (2) Either an Interview, the recording of a speech or external media. Publishe...
Aug 10, 2019•14 min
The introduction to this week's show including: Quote of the Week: Nelson Mandela - "It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea." and Word of the Week: EGREGIOUS ____________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 36 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on August 9th, 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 Week...
Aug 09, 2019•12 min
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 26th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format:...
Jul 29, 2019•14 min
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 has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” together with general conversat...
Jul 28, 2019•14 min
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. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word...
Jul 27, 2019•13 min•Season 5Ep. 35
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 Moira O'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “...
Jul 26, 2019•12 min•Season 5Ep. 35
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 usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” together with gener...
Jul 22, 2019•14 min
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'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought ...
Jul 21, 2019•13 min
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 20th, presented by Moira O'Brien & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format:...
Jul 20, 2019•17 min
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 parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” toget...
Jul 19, 2019•13 min
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 parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” togethe...
Jul 15, 2019•13 min
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) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” together with general conversation arising ou...
Jul 14, 2019•13 min
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. ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 33 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 13th, presented by Moir...
Jul 13, 2019•12 min
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 & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the W...
Jul 12, 2019•16 min
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 “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” together with general conversation arising out of these two to...
Jul 08, 2019•15 min•Season 5Ep. 32
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, presented by Moira O'Brien, Paul O’Mahony & Ted Mellamphy. The show is in four parts and usually has...
Jul 07, 2019•14 min•Season 5Ep. 32
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. ____________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 32 of 2018/19 season - first broadcast on July 6th, presented by ...
Jul 06, 2019•16 min•Season 5Ep. 32
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 parts and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week...
Jul 05, 2019•13 min
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 and usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” toge...
Jul 01, 2019•13 min
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” and a “Word of the Week” together with general conversation arising out of these two topics. Published at 4...
Jul 01, 2019•13 min
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) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” together with general conversation arising out of thes...
Jun 29, 2019•13 min
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) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” together with general conversation aris...
Jun 28, 2019•12 min
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 usually has this format: (1) Introducing a “Thought for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” together with ...
Jun 24, 2019•14 min
