Kimberly Hoa Thai (Area 24 Director, 26/27 year) and Maire O’Sullivan (President, Nenagh Toastmasters, 25/26 year). Kimberly made a presentation to Maire – A Certificate of Appreciation for the 25/26 year.

Many interesting anecdotes for Nenagh Toastmasters

Wide range of topics at Nenagh meeting

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Nenagh Toastmasters held its fourth meeting of the season on Tuesday, October 20, at 8pm in the Abbey Court Hotel.

It was an informative evening with three prepared speeches and an interactive table topics session. There was an extra special guest present, Kimberly our Area Director.

Our Club President Margaret Cullinan opened the meeting with a simple question. What is your favourite hobby? There was a wide variety of answers to this question, which included ballroom dancing, cooking, scrabble and physical exercise.

The Toastmaster for the evening was Tom McAuliffe. Tom chaired the meeting in an effective manner. The timer for the evening was David Healy. David timed the speeches and table topics.

The Grammarian for the evening was Tony Spain. Tony ensured that our usage of crutch words such as ‘so’ and ‘you know’ was kept to a minimum.

There were three prepared speeches during the first half of the meeting. The first speech was delivered by Donnchadh Shanahan, which was titled ‘Getting my driving licence’ and was evaluated by Danny Doyle. The second speech was delivered by Conor Boland which was titled ‘Anecdotes from my life Part Three’ and was evaluated by Triona Breen. The third speech was delivered by Joanne Callanan, which was titled ‘India’ and was evaluated by Rose Walsh.

The Topics Master for the evening was John Leinster. John led an interesting table topics session. Topics that featured during the session included – What is your favourite Halloween costume? Have you seen a ghost? What is your opinion of Nenagh’s new road layout?

The General Evaluator was Maire O’Sullivan. Maire delivered her report on how the meeting was run and offered suggestions on how it might run better next time.

Kimberly, our Area Director presented a certificate of Appreciation to Maire O’Sullivan. The next meeting of Nenagh Toastmasters will be held on Tuesday, November 3, at 8pm in the Abbey Court Hotel. Guests are more than welcome to attend.

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