Toastmasters World Tour
Welcome to my Toastmasters World Tour Podcast. I’m your host, Brendan O’Sullivan. Come with me as I embark on a virtual tour of the world chatting to Toastmasters. My tour starts at home chatting to potential Toastmasters at the very start of their journey, contemplating their first Toastmasters club visit. It then takes off to explore the globe on a quest to seek out Toastmasters from all walks of life, from every continent, and from all levels of experience, from novices to the best in the world. Let’s learn from and be inspired by their journeys!
Episodes
Do you realise that learning the skill of giving a good evaluation doesn’t just make you a great Toastmaster, but can make such a difference in our interpersonal relationships both at work [in turn helping advance our careers] and in our personal lives? Who better to learn from than a current reigning Toastmasters District Evaluation Contest Champion. Listen in to the concluding half of the same chat started in the ...
Young and want to turbo charge your career? I’ve met so many Toastmasters who say they wished they’d discovered Toastmasters decades earlier. Today’s guest, Nethmie Galla did join while young, joining while at University, and now at age 30 reflects on her career trajectory, attributing Toastmasters to expediting her career and landing her the job she loves. She was also the recent winner of the District 112 Evaluati...
Ever wondered what Toastmasters is all about and what it could do for you? As today's guest Urmi Hossain reveals, Toastmasters is about so much more than just public speaking. She has leveraged what she got from Toastmasters, and this has led to a lot of opportunities she didn’t expect. Growing up in Italy with Bengali Parents, Urmi overcame identity and interracial struggles to go on to succeed working in Mont...
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a public speaking guide book that was user friendly, can be read either cover to cover or in short spurts, with the ability to dive in at any point, and can be used as a reference? Now there is!! “Public Speaking from A-Z: The Speaker's Handbook for Powerful Presentations” written by Fursey Gotuaco. Fursey has spent most of his career as a teacher, teaching theatre arts and was...
Gifts! Who doesn’t love gifts? Aka points for improvement, these recommendations are gifts to the public speaker that the evaluator gives to help him/her improve. Listen in to today's episode for gifts Harriet Tinka [ 3 time District Evaluation Champion] also gives all prospective evaluators in the audience as she reflects on Episode 18’s Global Online Evaluation Contest.
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Ever wondered how a Toastmaster feels about the evaluation of their Speech? How it is received? Listen in to todays podcast to hear Anthony’s reflections on both the evaluations and judging of his test speech in episode 18, as well as the feedback on the first paragraph of his new speech
I hope you have enjoyed this Podcast episode. I'd love to hear your feedback, and any ideas or suggestions for improvement. Yo...
Ever found the Judging of Toastmasters contests somewhat mysterious? Ok, well if you've ever judged there's no mystery, but if you've been a contestant you can be left wondering about how you were scored, where you did well and where you could have scored better. Official Toastmasters contests only give placings to the first 3. There's no feedback or points for improvement. Thus, I have organised...
Sex, religion, and politics, sometimes erroneously believed to be taboo subjects at Toastmasters, can be discussed as long as it’s done tastefully. Thus, an upcoming meeting at Shilling Speakers online Toastmasters club will be purely dedicated to this theme of sex, religion and politics. Anthony extends an invitation to all the Toastmasters listeners of this podcast to visit his online club for this and other innov...
Anthony has great tips on “How to Present Naked”, from his TEDx talk. Listen in to find out what he means by that and how it can help you in your presentations. He also makes a well founded case for a return of hybrid [combined in person face to face and online] World Championship of Public Speaking, to give better access to competitors that can’t make it there in person. What do you think? Share your thoughts in th...
In this concluding half of the same chat with Paul O’Mahony started in the last episode, Paul gives insights into:
Live and impromptu opportunistic Podcasting;
Networking;
And Story telling as a vehicle to deliver a powerful message
He also shares honest and open self reflections on connecting better with the audience thus gaining rapport, and on the dilemma of being in a Toastmasters leadership role in the difficult po...
Ever wanted to hear an example of a Toastmasters Table Topic [impromtpu question and response]? Table topics, requiring a 1-2 minute response to a question the respondent has no prior knowledge of, is one of the 4 types of competitions at Toastmasters conferences and improves our impromptu speaking skills. In today's episode, I chat to an experienced Irish Toastmaster, Paul O'Mahony, shortly after St Patri...
Have you ever dreamed of becoming a Tedx Speaker? Today's guest, C.J. MARKS, dreamt of becoming a Tedx speaker and started his journey to achieve that goal by joining Toastmasters after moving to Japan, ironically from the place of origin of Toastmasters, California. Listen in to today's podcast to learn how he not only achieved that goal in a remarkably short space of time, but also went on to become a co...
恭喜发财 [gōngxǐ fācái ; wishing everyone prosperity in this new year]. Shortly after Chinese New Year, the year of the horse, I chatted to Lele KE, a 3 time Olympic volunteer and English Major who is a Project Manager working on International Programs between China and the United Nations. Toastmasters International members and Toastmasters curious, listen in to todays podcast to get some insights into the Chinese Toast...
Ever dreamt of winning the Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking? On the long road home after completing yet another dog rescue mission, Luisa Montalvo was involved in a horrific motor vehicle accident, requiring rescue herself by “37 Strangers”. No heart beat for 6 minutes and left unable to walk, 2 years later she was on the World stage competing for the Toastmasters International World ...
Curious on what it takes to make it to the world stage and compete in the World Championships of Public Speaking? Join me on this episode of Toastmasters World Tour Podcast as I chat to Harriet Tinka, a Certified Practicing Accountant who came back from adversity and went on to share her story to help others. Listen in to her remarkable story and find out how sharing her story led her to eventually find herself on t...
Can you imagine being a part of a record public speaking marathon? Today's guest helped power an event titled “Speaking Into History: 102 Hours, 1 Record, and Endless Coffee” 102 hours of non-stop virtual training, recognized by the Malaysia Book of Records to celebrate Toastmasters International 100 years anniversary in June 2024. Join me on this episode of Toastmasters World Tour Podcast as I chat to Eleos (E...
Ever wondered what it takes to be a pioneer in your country and rise to the rank of a Toastmasters Regional Advisor? Join me on this episode of Toastmasters World Tour Podcast as I chat to Dunstanette Macauley, Economist, Diplomat, former International Director of Zonta International, Affiliate President of BPW International [Business and Professional Women], and Toastmaster extraordinaire. Listen in to follow her ...
Interested in a novel way of improving your Spanish or English while improving your Public Speaking at the same time? Join me on this episode of Toastmasters World Tour Podcast as I chat to Bernado Cordero, President of Toastmasters Ecuador. Listen in to follow his journey and find out what opportunities are brewing for Spanish and English language learners…
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Ever wondered about Toastmasters differences in different countries? Join me on this episode of Toastmasters World Tour Podcast as I chat to my first active Toastmasters member, Veniece Tse. Having joined Toastmasters in Australia, she's been living in Germany for the last 3 years and rose to Division Director. Listen in to find out what differences she's noticed between the 2 countries Toastmasters wise.....
Join me on this episode of Toastmasters World Tour Podcast as I chat to Herman Kizota KAJIRU, an aspiring Politician and one of the pioneers of introducing Toastmasters to Tanzania. Listen in to follow his journey and find out why he left Toastmasters and whether he'd consider re-joining
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