Tuesday, May 20, 2014

New Team

The Clubs AGM was held in the second part of the clubs most recent meeting. The outgoing secretary Ray Ryan read out the minutes of the previous AGM and this was followed by the different club officers giving reports regarding their roles during the year. The President Noel O’Connor then addressed the meeting and thanked all those involved in the club during the year.

Tony O’Regan as chairperson of the nominating committee then chaired the election of club officers for the coming year. Liam Flynn was elected president while Marie Lynes is to be the clubs educational vice president. Rona Couglan was elected the new club PRO while David Roche is the new treasurer. Anne O’Donovan is to take on the role of membership and the new Sergeant at Arms are Helsa Giles, Margaret O’Regan and Brendan Foley. Michael Cronin is the club secretary. The officers take up their new positions on the 1st July.

During the meeting special thanks was given to Mary Buckley regarding her work with the schools contest and also to Jerry Mulcahy for his work with the Nice and Easy Club at the Cope Foundation. Sean Corcorcan was also thanked for his great work regarding the clubs website and online presence.

The clubs next meeting will take place on Thursday May 29th. The meeting will commence at 8pm in the Hibernian Hotel Mallow. Guests are always most welcome and will not be asked to speak. For more information on toastmasters check us out on our website www.speakeasytoastmasters .com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Monday, May 12, 2014

Nothing but the Truth!

At the clubs last meeting Sean Corcoran as topics master insisted that in answering his topics members had to by all means avoid telling the truth. It turned to be a great topics session with extreme untruths being banded about the room for about twenty five minutes. By the end of the session everybody was taken aback by the fact that members found it easier to answer topics once we could avoid the truth. Marie Lyons as General Evaluator complemented Sean on trying something different for a topics session.

Philip O’Byrne a guest speaker from the Glanmire Club delivered a fine speech which was very entertaining. By the end of his speech he had the audience in fits of laughter with his use of deadpan humour. Tony O’Regan as the speakers evaluator thanked the speaker for visiting the club and also gave him some helpful tips on how to improve his delivery in future speeches. Michael Cronin also delivered an entertaining speech and his evaluator Brendan Foley was deemed best evaluator of the night.

The clubs next meeting will take place on Thursday May 15th. The meeting will commence at 8pm in the Hibernian Hotel Mallow. Guests are always most welcome and will not be asked to speak. For more information on toastmasters check us out on our website www.speakeasytoastmasters .com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

What Happens In Vegas

At the clubs most recent meeting David Frawley delivered a very entertaining and informative speech about a recent trip he had in Las Vegas. He described the place in great detail and gave helpful hints on what time of the year to travel there, where to stay and how to minimise the amount of money you are going to lose gambling. Margaret O’Regan gave David a very helpful evaluation of his speech.

Throughout the meeting Helsa Giles as toastmaster for the evening ensured the meeting ran smoothly. It was her first time doing the role and her jovial warm character ensured everybody had an enjoyable meeting. Rona Coughlin was the second speaker of the evening and she delivered a very inspirational speech with the title ‘Just Do It’. She encouraged us all to take up a challenge to try something new or also it could also be saying no to something which we no longer want to be involved with. Pat Sexton evaluated Rona’s speech.

The clubs next meeting will take place on Thursday May 15th. The meeting will commence at 8pm in the Hibernian Hotel Mallow. Guests are always most welcome and will not be asked to speak. For more information on toastmasters check us out on our website www.speakeasytoastmasters .com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter