Our interview guest this week is Distinguished Toastmaster Kavita Dulai, a member of Cornerstone Communicators and VPPR for Watford Speakers, as well as being the leader of the Speechcraft programme in District 71.

This episode is published on April 15th with Paul O’Mahony, James Finnegan & Moira O'Brien, edited & produced by Moira O’Brien DTM.

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In this week’s episode Paul talks about the recent District 71 Executive Committee meeting with the Word of the Week being ELOQUENT, and James discusses what can turn a good speech into a great speech.

This episode is published on March 8th with Paul O’Mahony, James Finnegan & Moira O'Brien, edited & produced by Moira O’Brien DTM.

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Our interview guest this week is Dr Shirley Gallagher, currently secretary of Guardian Toastmasters in Cork.

Here is Shirley's bio:

Dr Shirley Gallagher is a big picture sustainability thinker. She is known for helping companies and government agencies to decarbonise their systems. Dr Gallagher is a Researcher with IMR, Chairperson of the Cork based Environmental Charity, CEF, an EU Climate Ambassador,  a Climate Reality Leader and a sustainability consultant. Shirley initially became interested in environmental issues after the disastrous Chernobyl explosion (1986). This interest led her to gaining a PhD (Ulster University 1995) in the management and measurement of contaminants in a brown field site ‘An Investigation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Belfast Gasworks Site’. Shirley is an ISO auditor, specialising in testing, calibration, quality, Health & Safety, energy  and environmental standards for private and government agencies.

Shirley remains passionate about science in every sense of the word. One of the reasons she joined Toastmasters (2012) was to engage, enthuse and educate people in climate change. She has coordinated and led numerous projects within Toastmasters including an 8-week Speechcraft (Public Speaking Course). Developing a methodology to upskill environmental professionals in the green economy began in 2005, when she began organising conferences on behalf of the Environmental Sciences of Ireland (ESAI). Co-founding Enviroskillnet in 2007 and after the recession, pivoting to Greenworks Ireland as a consortium in green skills development, along with facilitation for Cork Environmental Forum (CEF) in Global Action Plan, and greener living programmes.

Her interest in HVAC and building performances is as a result of climate awareness and the need for energy efficiency in buildings. She has worked as part of the business development teams in insulation firms Grainger Energy Solutions and Ecocel and with the HVAC company, Sirus, Dr Gallagher worked on the Horizon Europe R&D project, IMPRESS as lead, developing business models, software development, measuring building performance before, during and after deep retrofits. As well as developing a software system for managing F-Gas recovery as part of the maintenance and end of life procedures.

In this week’s episode Paul talks about renewals with the Word of the week being (of course) RENEW, and James discusses Oscar acceptance speeches and relates them to the Pathways project.

This episode is published on March xxth with Paul O’Mahony, James Finnegan & Moira O'Brien, edited & produced by Moira O’Brien DTM.

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In this week’s episode, James Finnegan discusses some of the advantages of face to face conferences and the challenges of a hybrid conference.

This episode is published on March xxth with Paul O’Mahony, James Finnegan & Moira O'Brien, edited & produced by Moira O’Brien DTM.

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In this week’s more general episode, we talk about where we get the topics for speeches and table topics, Samuel Pepys, the word of the day - CONFER - and balance in life.

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This episode is published on March 11th with Paul O’Mahony, James Finnegan & Moira O'Brien, edited & produced by Moira O’Brien DTM.

In this week’s episode, we talk with the President of  Kildare Toastmasters, Angela Afieghe.

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This episode is published on March 4th with Paul O’Mahony, James Finnegan & Moira O'Brien, edited & produced by Moira O’Brien DTM.

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In this week’s episode, we talk about the role of the president in a club, and the word of the week (no coincidence here) is PRESIDENTIAL.

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This episode is published on February 25th with Paul O’Mahony, James Finnegan & Moira O'Brien, edited & produced by Moira O’Brien DTM.

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In this week’s episode, we talk with Toastmaster Moira O'Brien DTM, the producer and editor of this show and a toastmaster for 8 years.

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This episode is published on February 18th with Paul O’Mahony, James Finnegan & Moira O'Brien, edited & produced by Moira O’Brien DTM.

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In this week's episode we talk about the District 71 Conference, the word of the week CATHARTIC and how to find content for your speech.

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This episode is published on February 11th with Paul O’Mahony, James Finnegan & Moira O'Brien, edited & produced by Moira O’Brien DTM.

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