Viking Voices Toastmasters

21/08/2022

Massive congratulations to Cyril Junior Dim who is the 2022 Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking. It is something all of us here Viking Voices Toastmasters aspire to.

Congratulations to the New World Champion!

Cyril Junior Dim is the 2022 World Champion of Public Speaking!

Cyril, from District 108 won with a speech titled, “Ndini.”

15/08/2022

Back to where it all began.... a fantastic summers afternoon spent in The Yacht Clontarf where the club originated some 20+ years ago. Great chats, debates about poetry and enjoying the (rare) Irish sunshine! Our next meeting will be on Zoom on 24th August and we're back in person from September onward, the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month.

18/03/2022

This Wednesday, we're getting together for a night of fun and great speeches.

We'll be having Evaluation and International Speech contests, so come ready to listen to the best of the best.

18/02/2022

Looking for a friendly and supportive environment to develop your confidence, leadership and public speaking skills? Then come give us a try. The Viking Voices Toastmasters Club are hosting our next meeting on the 9th of February. Everyone is welcome!

Wed, Feb 23, 7:30 PM GMT: How would you like to improve your grammar while laughing and enjoying the experience? Vincent, one of our seasoned members, who prides himself on being a grammar fuddy-du

08/02/2022

How would you like to improve your grammar while laughing and enjoying the experience?

Vincent, one of our seasoned members, who prides himself on being a grammar fuddy-duddy, will be at his most meticulous.

During our next meeting, he will be listening for those big blunders and for the tiniest faux pas that will inevitably happen in our speeches and during our impromptu responses to topics. Even misplaced commas and semicolons on a slide will not escape his vigilance!

Towards the end of the meeting, he will report on all his findings, in the most light-hearted fashion, yet imparting those learnings that make us better speakers.

Whether english is your first language or you are just learning it, join us on Zoom tomorrow at 7:30 pm and laugh while you learn.

28/01/2022

We had a great meeting last Wednesday!

Our President Claire welcomed members and guests to another great meeting with a full agenda as usual — combining education and fun. We had a bit of ‘malarkey’ (our word of the day) while working on improving our speaking and listening skills.

One of our members, Ellen, took on the role of Toastmaster for the first time and did a great job presiding over a smoothly run meeting. We started off with a wonderful poem from Noel - “Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney, a very personal and moving account of loss and grief.

This was followed by Patricia’s lively Table Topics session which gave us lots of food for thought.

Our speeches section got off to great start with another entertaining speech from Aoife as she reflected on her cultural experiences living in South Korea. This was followed by a more serious discussion on leadership styles from João as we learned about the lasting impact that a great leader can have on a young company manager.

Our President treated us to a speech on successful event management and we all gained a few tips on how to plan meetings and encourage participation.

Towards the end of the meeting our three speech evaluators delivered constructive feedback to help our speakers and audience to further improve their skills and also benefited themselves from the very constructive evaluator feedback from our esteemed longest-serving member Peter.

Judging by the quick responses to our Listening Post questions posed by Eileen before the meeting wrapped up everyone had been listening attentively over the two hours.

Looking forward to our next meeting already!

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12/01/2022

Today we have our first meeting of the year! We are looking forward to our members to join us but also anyone else who is thinking of improving their public speaking and leadership skills in 2022.
Now it's an ideal opportunity to do it in a warm and friendly environment.

Wed, Jan 12, 7:00 PM GMT: Our next meeting takes place tonight Wednesday 12th January, starting at 7.30pm. Feel free to join 15 mins before when we should be online, just to familiarise yourself wit

22/11/2021

Last Wednesday we had the Humorous Speech and Table Topics contest in Area 22. Aoife Mc Mahon and May Wong had great success, Aoife winning first place in both contests and May getting second place in Table Topics. We are very proud in Viking Voices to have them as members of our club and we wish them the best in at the Division C Contest!

21/11/2021

We are having our club meeting next Wednesday evening. Come and join us! we are always delighted to have guests.

Wed, Nov 24, 2021, 7:30 PM: Our next meeting takes place next Wednesday 24th November, starting at 7.30pm. Feel free to join 15 mins before when we should be online, just to familiarise yourself with