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‘Summer time and the living is easy, Fish are jumping And the cotton is high’ Gershwin and DuBose Heyward had the right idea when they composed the music and above lyrics to the well-loved aria from ‘Porgy and Bess’.  The

What would you do if there was a mystery guest at Toastmasters? And you didn’t know that he/she was in the audience until you were in the middle of your Stage 6? Even worse, what if you hadn’t had enough

“I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning And throw thunder in jail.”   Them is fighting words. The kind we’ve come to expect from spirited Rosie Cleary. Especially when giving her CC10, the primary

So you’ve done the donkey work, you’ve laughed, cried and sweated your way through 9 speeches in the Competent Communicator manual and now the Holy Grail awaits you – CC10 and the Award of Certified Competent Communicator. Are you going

From dark, green frogs, to Italia 90, to vegetarianism, the topics session on Wednesday night revealed all kinds of fascinating things about Vox members, thanks to the engaging topics from our lovely Topics master for the night, Muireann. She opened

Sometimes you come across something that is just too good to keep it to yourself and you just have to share it with those around you! I was lucky enough to get the chance to do some training in image

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