Another great evening at ~Speak Easy Toastmasters

Last Thursday night, Nov 29^th saw another fantastic meeting of the Speak Easy Toastmasters Club in the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow. Another night of fun, entertainment and education where members and guests saw and heard 4 great speeches by Speak Easy Members.

Our President, Anne Buckley, opened the meeting by welcoming members and guests and assured us of a great meeting to come. How right she was.

Toastmaster for the night was Gerry Kelleher and took us through the meeting with his efficient and individual style.

First to be introduced to the lectern was Dennis Taylor with a well rehearsed and delivered speech on the GAA and its role in irish rural life. A very appropriate speech that we could all identify with.

Next to the lectern was John Dillon with an Interpretive reading project. John choose a poem by Patrick Galvin; called “The White Monument”.

Following John was , Anne Buckley who delivered a speech on the health benefits of owning a pet, and finally it was the turn of Mary Buckley whose presentation was an educational session on speech preparation

Noel O'Connor was Topicsmaster for the night and kept members on their toes with a well researched bagful of topics which fulfilled the aims of any topics session which is to hone the skills of speaking unprepared or “off the cuff” while at the same time making sure that both members and guests enjoyed themselves.

General Evaluator for the evening was Gerry Mulcahy who conducted the evaluation session. This is the part of the meeting where members who have been nominated to evaluate the speakers, deliver their opinions with the object of helping fellow member become better speakers.

The next meeting of Speak Easy Toastmasters will be on the 12^th of December and it is our Christmas meeting. Members will be getting into the swing of the festive season and will be dressing up in their Christmas “gear”. Santa hats and outfits, rudolph noses (flashing of course) and whatever else comes to hand to make a Christmas atmosphere.

What an opportunity it will be for you to come along as our guest and meet the members of Speak Easy Toastmasters. See how we enjoy ourselves not only at this, our Christmas meeting but at every meeting.

Speak Easy Toastmaster meeting last for 2 hours on alternate Thursdays in The Hibernian Hotel, Mallow. Meetings start at 8pm sharp and finish at 10pm.

Guests are always very welcome at our meetings and will never be asked to speak.

Further information on Speak Easy Toastmasters can be had on our website www.speakeasytoastmasters.com or contact our PRO, Sean on 086 6054784