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We had our first meeting of 2016 on the 14th of Jan & what a night. Our current President Alan Murphy & past President & Toastmaster for the evening Paddy Lavelle were at the helm for what was a night of brilliant speeches, fun table topics & great evaluations. It was great to see so many of our regular members plus many new ones. Our next meeting is on the 28th of Jan so we hope to have another great turn out. If you’re wishing to improve your speaking skills whilst having fun in a motivating, encouraging & relaxed environment then look no further than Greystones Toastmasters. See you at our next meeting & don’t forget to “Bring a Friend” Kevin Doyle...

We have our first meeting of 2016 tomorrow evening and it would be great to see as many Toastmasters as possible attend on the night. Bigger numbers always make for better meetings. This is a great time for new members to join so do encourage friends and family to come along to a meeting. Also consider sharing our FB and Blog posts on your social networks. Your committee have already met and are putting in place plans that will make Greystones an even better club for you. To assist us we want to have a members “Open Forum” on the 25th of Feb. The Club Tall Tales is on the 11th of Feb – with the Area Final on the 15th hosted by Bray Toastmasters. Thomas, our VPE, will be looking for entries to the Tall Tales and also judges for other clubs. Already Bray and Dublin 18 have been on and we will be looking for them to help us out to. Please be ready to enter and help out when requested on Thursday. Spring Spectacular – Jan 18th at 7:30pm This is the third in the series of “Spectaculars” organised by Powertalk in association with Division M, Tara Toastmasters, Dublin 18 and Dublin South and supported by the District 71 DLT. The objective is to help Toastmasters enhance the Toastmaster Experience for themselves and others. The Riverside...

When you complete your Competent Communicator Manual you can choose to go onto other more specialised manuals each consisting of five speech projects. The 15 manuals are: The Entertaining Speaker (Item 226A) Speaking to Inform (Item 226B) Public Relations (Item 226C) Facilitating Discussion (Item 226D) Specialty Speeches (Item 226E) Speeches by Management (Item 226F) The Professional Speaker (Item 226G) Technical Presentations (Item 226H) Persuasive Speaking (Item 226I) Communicating on Video (Item 226J) Storytelling (Item 226K) Interpretive Reading (Item 226L) Interpersonal Communication (Item 226M) Special Occasion Speeches (Item 226N) Humorously Speaking (Item 226O) In Greystones Toastmasters the Manuals are supplied as part of your membership fee. More on Advanced...

Greystones Toastmasters would like to wish all our fellow clubs the very best of luck in achieving their goals for 2016 & particularly to Karen O’Donnell & her new club in Baltinglass…Please feel free to drop into any of our meetings in 2016 & say hello… We’re also looking forward to welcoming back all our own members on the 14th of January in the Glenview Hotel at 8:00pm for what we anticipate will be a fantastic year for our club & then the 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month. So see you all there & don’t forget to “Bring a Friend” Kevin Doyle...