If I could pick a theme for last Wednesday night’s club meeting, it would be inspiration. From the topics to the speeches, to the energetic and enthusiastic manner in which everyone who had a role in the meeting on the

You’re the Topics master for the next club meeting and you’re really up for the challenge. You have visions of yourself marching to the top of the meeting room in McGrattans, taking your place authoritatively at the top table and

What has been your worst experience as a Toastmaster?  Below are a few examples of times you may have experienced at a Toastmasters Meeting, when you wished the ground would swallow you up…but it didn’t!  Worst experience scenario # 1

Silent. Sombre. Serious. Where on earth am I? Is it really… …Vox? Yes! But it’s CONTEST NIGHT and oooh the vibe is different. No teasing at topics, no jolly jokes, no “all for one and one for all”. People are

The following advert was spotted on a billboard at a busy Dublin Intersection.   WANTED One Toastmaster: Must be willing to put in long hours learning the craft of public speaking. Must be prepared to overcome all fear in the

Enchantment and entrapment. Funny how one sometimes leads to the other. Especially in ballrooms and outer space. As a child, Patrick Hughes was “enchanted” by the idea of being an astronaut. (Jacinta Curley’s word of the day was used a

Somethings in life are incredibly moreish. Like muffins. And topics. In Harbour Place last Saturday afternoon we had buckets of both. No speeches, no evaluations, no evaluations of evaluations, just pure topic indulgence for a two hour blitz . Two

Last Wednesday night’s meeting saw us being challenged to ‘try out the things that terrify us’, consider the beauty of farming as a profession as well as reflect upon the joys of parenthood. There was only one problem with the

Are you looking for a new job? Or maybe a promotion with your current employer?  Do you want to get ahead but can’t quite find the right way to accelerate the process? If your answer to these questions is ‘yes’

What does it take to awaken your senses? And what exactly is your favourite smell? Good question and one which the Vox members tried valiantly to answer during the course of Wednesday night’s meeting! Jeremy, our impressive Toastmaster for the