Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Back to Front Meeting

A very unusual meeting of speakeasy toastmasters was held on 23rd February this was a theme night where every thing was done in reverse. The answer to topics were given and the topics master had to pick the name of the topic.

An evaluation of a speech was given and the speakers had to give their speeches to suit these evaluations. This proved very humours and showed the skill of the speakers. The first speaker was Pat Sexton in which he gave an icebreaker speech and with great imagination fulfilled all the criteria that he was to fill with great humour.

The second speaker was Michael Cronin in which he told us all the aims that he has fulfil when he is picking night classes to attend and it was very entertaining.

The third speech was from Ray Ryan this was a humours speech in which he outline alternative enterprises that could be used in the future and also brought out his acting skills.

Tony O Regan gave the final speech this was on modern technology and how it could be used in agriculture in the future it stretched the imagination but it might just happen. Next meeting is on 8th March and the international speech contest is on 22nd March. Every one is welcome to attend. Meetings at 8pm in Hi Bi.
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Back to Front Meeting

A very unusual meeting of speakeasy toastmasters was held on 23rd February this was a theme night where every thing was done in reverse. The answer to topics were given and the topics master had to pick the name of the topic.

An evaluation of a speech was given and the speakers had to give their speeches to suit these evaluations. This proved very humours and showed the skill of the speakers. The first speaker was Pat Sexton in which he gave an icebreaker speech and with great imagination fulfilled all the criteria that he was to fill with great humour.

The second speaker was Michael Cronin in which he told us all the aims that he has fulfil when he is picking night classes to attend and it was very entertaining.

The third speech was from Ray Ryan this was a humours speech in which he outline alternative enterprises that could be used in the future and also brought out his acting skills.

Tony O Regan gave the final speech this was on modern technology and how it could be used in agriculture in the future it stretched the imagination but it might just happen. Next meeting is on 8th March and the international speech contest is on 22nd March. Every one is welcome to attend. Meetings at 8pm in Hi Bi.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Stories from Dublin

A very enjoyable meeting of speakeasy toastmasters held on 9th February. There were four speakers on the night.

The first was Marie Lynes with a speech called a place to visit. This was about a visit to Glasnevin cemetery and how fascinating it was. Marie outlined the history of the cemetery and that it was for all religions and none. Going through the head stones it was really a history of Irish society from Parnell to Michael Collins. After hearing this talk you would be encouraged to visit Glasnevin cemetery if you got the opportunity.

The second talk was by Bridget Breen this was about communication. In this speech Bridget told us that body language and jesters make up to 70% of our communications and words less than 30%. She outlined a few examples to prove this.

The third speech was a story from Jerry Mulcahy. This was about a twenty one year old from Kerry going to Dublin for his birthday and all the adventures that he got up to. This was a very humorours speech.

The final story was from Mary Moynihan this was about her brother and sister starting school this was very enjoyable and well put together .There was a very lively topics session from Claire O Connell.

The next meeting is on February 23rd in the Hi Bi at 8 pm.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

A Line in the Pavement

A meeting of speakeasy toastmasters was held on Thursday 26th January it was very enjoyable with a large crowd attending.

The first speaker on the night was David Clarke with a very thought provoking and informative speech called Is this heaven. The theme was to be positive, know yourself, find love, work hard and make it happen.

The second speaker was Ronan Condon with a speech called A line in the pavement .In this talk he told us all about the Mallow rebel trail .It was very interesting because we learned a lot about local history.

The third speaker was Michael Cronin called The birds and the bees and how to fall in love. In this he was doing an interpretive reading from Joseph O Connor. This was very humours and you could imagine Michael being there.

The fourth talk was given by Pat Sexton called The other titanic .This was the story of Titanic Johnson of his gambling and gaming life this was very detailed and well timed.

The final speech was by Ray Ryan called The atomic theory this was an interpretive reading of Flan O Brien’s book The Third Policeman.
After the coffee break we had a large selection of topics from Mary Moynihan.

The next meeting is on Thursday9th February in the Hi Bi at 8pm.
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