Open Invitation to Speakeasy Toastmasters 20th Anniversary
Celebration on Saturday 23rdMarch
In the Hibernian Hotel at 8pm Saturday 23rd March, Speakeasy Toastmasters will host a celebration, with a full meal, music, speeches and a topic session thrown in to mark the 20th year of this great club. The club as usual welcome non members who might be interested in having a look at a Toastmaster Club and non members are never asked to speak. Tickets are being subsidized by the club and are 30euro per person and tickets can be booked through Ronan at 0862758501 or contact the email- toastmasters mallow@gmail.com. There is a great buzz in the air with regard to this night and all are guaranteed to have a relaxed and entertaining evening so book early and avoid disappointment!
Meanwhile this week’s meeting provided the audience with four absorbing speeches, interspersed with a wide range of topics. The able MC or Toastmaster of the night was Tom O’Connor who introduced the speakers and the officers of the night. He joined President Jerry Mulcahy and Topicsmaster Ronan Condon at the top table. Ronan kicked off the evening with some topics that drew very amusing responses, whether they were intended to or not. What have you learned from Life’s University for example.? Well,its all to do with trousers apparently, the length can unexpectedly shorten leading to unforeseen embarrassment. Was it to do with the washing machine?, a sudden growth spurt.? A different take on Life’s University indeed..
Anne O’ Donovan ’s speech gave a fascinating insight into the history and indeed the science behind shopping. The guru of Mall design Victor Grune back in the 1960’s came up with some interesting ploys to engage the shopper such as not having clocks so we can forget the time and the effective use of music. These still pertain today and Dundrum Shopping Centre had 19.7 million visitors in 2012. As Anne pointed out, shopping can be leisure or therapy or even replace religious observance for some,
depending on your outlook. Mary Buckley evaluated Anne’s speech.
Pat Duggan gave a very instructive demonstration speech on how to use old containers to create the perfect floral gift that would work as his speech title suggested from Mothers Day to Christmas. Angela Sheehan evaluated Pat’s speech.
Rona Coghlan gave a very enlightening speech on Dyslexia in 3 to 5 year olds, describing the indicators, some helpful tips that would help a child with this difficulty and directing people to the website www.dyslexia.ie. It was a speech that conveyed well researched information in a clear and compassionate manner, and certainly sparked the interest of the audience.
Finally and rather inspiringly if such a word exists, Bill Martin, sought to persuade us to take action.! We were all very cheered by this speech as Bill decided to give us the Mindset of Champions. To realise your potential, the main work has to be done on your daily rituals. There was some delightful advice.
Avoid News! Do not engage in the recession!. Make a Stop Doing it list instead of a To-Do list..
One’s peak energy is between 5 and 9am! That was the only tough message in an altogether uplifting speech evaluated by Marie Lynes.
Grammarian of the night Celine Cremin suggested the role be looked at with a view to having a regular reading instead which many felt would be a positive improvement and no doubt will be further discussed. Kieran Butler was as usual very effective in his role as General Evaluator of the meeting as a whole. The timekeeping duties were taken up by Pat Connolly.
All were warmly welcomed to the meeting by Guest Greeters, Marie Lynes, Mary Moynihan and Ronan Condon.
Next Thursday Night -21st March, the club will hold its Speech And Evaluation Contest.
Speakeasy Toastmasters meets every 2nd Thursday in the Hi-B. next meeting at 8pm Hibernian Mallow, Thursday 14th March. Non members are most welcome and are never asked to speak. Contact Jerry 0863752895,or Noel 0872427485.
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