Irish Talkers

Sound, in speechmaking, both online and onsite, is of great importance. Moira discusses ways in which we can avoid falling into sound pitfalls. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 4of 2020/21 season - published on July 27th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers Magazine: "Public Speaking Weekly" on www.irishtalkers.com --- Send in a voice

In the past few months, here in districts 71 and 91 we have been introduced to a new term - TLI. Paul goes into detail as to what exactly is it and how is it different to Club Officer Training. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 4of 2020/21 season - published on July 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers Magazine: "Public Speaking Weekly" o

Simon Sinek is a philosopher, a thought leader, an author of five books and a great motivational speaker.  In this short talk, he talks about being players in multiple infinite games every day of our lives - The Most Honest 10 Minute Speech". ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 4of 2020/21 season - published on July 25th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk

The introductory segment to this week's series of podcasts including: Word of the Week: GREGARIOUS and Thought for the Week: Jim Rohn - "Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high." ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 4of 2020/21 season - published on July 24th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show

Moira talks about identifying and then overcoming your weaknesses. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 3 of 2020/21 season - published on July 20th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers Magazine: "Public Speaking Weekly" on www.irishtalkers.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/irish-talkers/message

Paul talks about the current situation in the world where adversity has given rise to a large amount of collaboration. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 3 of 2020/21 season - published on July 19th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers Magazine: "Public Speaking Weekly" on www.irishtalkers.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor

In her New Orleans neighbourhood, artist and TED Fellow Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard asking a fill-in-the-blank question: "Before I die I want to ___." Her neighbours' answers -- surprising, poignant, funny -- became an unexpected mirror for the community. (What's your answer?) ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 3 of 2020/21 season - published on July 18th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalke

The introductory segment to this week's podcasts including: Word of the Week: INTEGRITY and Thought for the Week: Jim Rohn - "Happiness is not something you postpone for the future, it's something you develop for the present" ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 3 of 2020/21 season - published on July 17th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers Mag

Moira continues the series of ways that you can improve your speeches by looking at 5 more ways you can enhance your speech. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 1 of 2020/21 season - published on July 13th with 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers Magazine: "Public Speaking Weekly" on www.irishtalkers.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/irish

Paul poses the question - or rather a series of questions - which may help you to be able to take pride in your club. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 1 of 2020/21 season - published on July 12th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers Magazine: "Public Speaking Weekly" on www.irishtalkers.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.

Justin Barriso presents this TED talk from Bill Gates as a good example of a well presented speech. In his website he describes the various techniques used with explanations. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 1 of 2020/21 season - published on July 11th with 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers Magazine: "Public Speaking Weekly" on www.irishtalkers.com ---

The introductory segment to this week's series of podcasts including: Word of the week: PROTEAN and Thought for the week: Nelson Mandela - "A winner is a dreamer who never gives up." ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 2 of 2020/21 season - published on July 10th with 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers Magazine: "Public Speaking Weekly" on www.irishtalkers.c

Continuing from last week's final segment, Moira delves further into Craig Valentine's list of things that can ruin your speech. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 4 from Programme 1 of 2020/21 season - published on July 6th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers Magazine: "Public Speaking Weekly" on www.irishtalkers.com --- Send in a voice message: https

Following  an innovation from the incoming District 71 Director, Paul turns his attention to what is in fact high performance leadership, ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 1 of 2020/21 season - published on July 5th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers Magazine: "Public Speaking Weekly" on www.irishtalkers.com --- Send in a voice

Our interviewee this week is a toastmaster who has become well known in Districts 71 & 91 as well as a number of overseas districts due to his ability to organise the digital logistics of Zoom contests and District events. Nick Lakhani is a member of Chester Speaking Club and Warrington Toastmasters as well as being the lead member of the newly formed District 71 Tech Team and outgoing Area Director for Area 31. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 2 from Programme 1 of 2020/21 season - published on July 4th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discu

The introduction to this week's series of Podcasts including: Word of the Week: SANCTION and Thought for the Week: Pierre de Coubertin - "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well." ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 1 of 2020/21 season - published on July 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” 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm

Following one of Craig Valentine's posts this week entitled "20 Ways to Ruin a Speech" Moira takes some of the headlines and puts her own view on them.  Craig Valentine publishes a huge amount of free material both through his websites craigvalentine.com and 52speakingtips.com, the latter giving 52 weeks of great tips for a whole year - well worth signing up for free.  In addition, Craig delivers some top-class courses, including the latest "Legendary Storytelling" course which finished last week and is now being made available for purchase of the recordings of the whole six-week course for $297. If this interests you, please use this link to purchase which will benefit the show. This is only available until Tuesday 6am Dublin time. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/irish-talkers/message

Paul, as incoming director for Division A in District 71, discusses the role of the Division Director. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 3 from Programme 43 of 2019/20 season - published on June 28th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/irish-talkers/message

Our interview guest this week is Toastmaster and incoming Area Director Gaia Cilento who made a big impression for her performance as host at the District 71 Contest finals recently, Gaia is a member of TI Toastmaters in Dublin, ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 43 of 2019/20 season - published on June 27th 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 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. Published at 4pm on Saturdays. (3) Discussion on a topic usually led by Paul. Published at 4pm on Sundays. (4) Discussion on a topic usually led by Moira. Published at 4pm on Mondays Contact us : email: info@irishtalkers.com Website: www.irishtalkers.com Facebook: The Talk Show for Talkers

This is the introductory segment to this week's series of Podcasts including: The Word of the Week: DISTINGUISH and Thought for the Week:  Jack Welch - "Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others."  We have a special offer for our listeners from Craig Valentine to sign up for the recording of his latest online course "Legendary Storytelling" - a very worthwhile course - for $297.  If this interests you, please use this link to purchase which will benefit the show. This is only available until Tuesday 6am Dublin time after which you will have to wait until the course is offered again next year. ______________________________________________________________________ This is part 1 from Programme 43 of 2019/20 season - published on June 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 for the Week” and a “Word of the Week” to