15th April

The third online meeting for Toastmasters was opened by our president Declan and lead for the evening by Frances. There was a great turnout for the meeting, which was good, considering it was such a lovely evening.

Martin lead our topics session where Pat Cr let us know his stressful days are behind him and if he were to end up in hell at least he’d meet some old friends 😊.

Cormac has gotten into the stock market and to combat that, meditation.

We had four speakers and Margaret H started with a speech on the importance of education of well-being in school. She took us through the structures her school has in place and the importance of the Erasmus program for the teachers and students.

Eugene used the Platypus as a metaphor for his PR strategy for his new company ED sell. Why the Platypus? Because they are unique, memorable and defend their territory, like any good business strategy.

Sebastian had his ice breaker speech where he took us through his philosophy of feed your mind, fuel the body and free your soul.

Tara took us through her habit in sixth class with the box of cigarettes behind the shed. She’s got big into the fitness since then by doing triathlons and now teaches and inspires her nieces.

For creative corner Aisling N took us through a poem she found inspiring whilst on a mindfulness course a few years back.

Looking forward to the next meeting!