We at Toastmasters in Macroom know all about the Fear. The Fear of Public Speaking that is. It takes a lot to confront the Fear.
Attending a Toastmaster’s meeting is doing just that. We know ourselves how daunting it can be to turn up for your first meeting. All we can say is- Its worth it.
if you are serious about getting over your Fear of public speaking, our next meeting is 8pm, Thursday 13th January at the Castle Hotel, Macroom.
Mark Loughrey combined the role of Toastmaster for the evening with an excellent general evaluation of the meeting. He introduced Anthony Galvin as Topics Master who really is becoming a master of this role. His innovative session involved suggesting uses for a number of unusual work related tools. Some of the hilarious responses varied from hidden flick knives (A silversmith’s ring clamp) to leprechaun microphones (A silversmith’s grinding tool). We had two prepared speeches on the night. The first was a stage 3 speech by Celsus O’Leary titled ‘Scientific Stagnation’ favourably evaluated by Peter Neville. Kris Muelemans presented his stage 4 speech ‘Crashing in Cashel’ which received a meritorious review from Mike Lynch. Our next meeting will be held on December 2nd at the Castle Hotel at 7.50 pm. A warm welcome awaits all. New members and guests are most welcome and you won’t have to speak unless you wish to. (Thanks to Celsus O’Leary for the review of the meeting).
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Our next meeting is Thursday December 2nd at 8. Hope to see you there.
Hello Blog Readers – We have had to change the dates of some upcoming meetings in order to accommodate some members.
The next three meetings in the run up to Christmas will be at 8PM on the following dates:
All meetings will be in the Bealick room at the Castle Hotel, Macroom.
We hope this isn’t an inconvenience for any potential guests, who are always welcome.
A message from the in-coming President: Kieran Coffey
Hello everybody and welcome to the new season of toastmasters. I hope you all had a great summer and you have loads of new material for speeches!
The first news for the new season is that we have a new venue confirmed. We will be meeting in the Bealick Room in the Castle Hotel in Macroom. Take a look at the “When we Meet” page for the full years schedule. I would like to congratulate Anthony and all the members of the outgoing committee for the excellent job they did last year. This year’s committee members have big boots to fill.
In order to emulate last year’s high standards we have set ourselves a number of goals. The main goal for this season is to boost the membership numbers. So if you are a current member and you have any friends or family that might be interested in joining please encourage them to come along. If you are just visiting our website for the first time we would welcome you to come and join us any night we are having a meeting.
There is no charge for guests so you can see if you enjoy the meetings before joining. Most importantly for any guest is that you will always be made to feel welcome, you won’t be asked to speak if you don’t feel comfortable doing so and all meetings are fun and in an easygoing style.
I look forward to seeing you all at the first meeting on the 23rd September!
What a great night we had last night, May 27th at our final meeting of the season. Topicsmaster for the evening, Trevor Mulcahy, introduced an innovative session which included going on holidays with various celebrities using diverse transportation means such as camels and children’s tricycles.
We had three prepared speeches for the evening. Kris Meulemans presented a masterful stage 2 speech entitled “When life hands you lemons…, which was a huge endorsement for a positive approach to life and making margaritas. Fiona Cotter completed her sixth competent communicator level with a thought provoking speech regarding the state of the nation. She intelligently echoed Kris’s idea’s in advocating a more positive approach to life in these recessionary times with a speech entitled “Taking Action”. Our third speech for the evening was given by Peter Neville, which was the anniversary of his last presentation. His speech Planes, trains and automobiles was an excellent travel diary of his recent trip to Austria. We hope we won’t have to wait such a long time for his next presentation.
The evaluation of the meeting was admirably accomplished by Michael Murphy who has taken to the roles at Toastmasters like a duck to water.
At the conclusion of a very successful season we wish to thank all our patrons, members and guests for their contributions and help throughout the season.
We would especially like to thank John Skeates who is stepping down after three years of doing Trojan work as treasurer.
Our next meeting will be on September 23rd. New members and guests are most welcome to come along and remember you need not speak unless you wish to.
