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Some photographs from our 2nd Summer Meeting last night.

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We had a very productive meeting last night with Presidents and VPE's of area 28 clubs chaired by our new area director Maureen McCowen. Of course there was an after party!!! Clane Toastmasters Kildare Toastmasters Naas Toastmasters Maynooth Toastmasters Club Johann Callaghan

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Find your voice! Say it better with Athy Toastmasters. Share your interests and goals in a positive, supportive environment. Let us help you expand your knowledge and horizons. Athy Toastmasters has achieved President's Distinguished Club 2019 – this is the highest level of recognition available for a club. This is a top award from Toastmasters International which shows we have continued high standards and that we are a very successful club. Toastmasters is a fun and enjoyable way to improve your communication and leadership skills in a positive, supportive environment A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Why not come along and see how Athy Toastmasters might help you? Whether it is to be able to make that father of the bride speech or speak up at a board meeting in work or simply to find your voice in everyday life. Communication is key to relationships, finding your purpose and happiness and you can find all that at Athy Toastmasters. We meet 1st and 3rd Tuesday every month at 7:45pm in Athy Community & Family Resource Centre, Woodstock Street. https://goo.gl/maps/ujBmUnyb5ps It's free to come as a guest and see what it's all about! Looking forward to seeing you!

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Fantastic Coverage in the Kildare Nationalists today. Thank you to Conor Forrest and also to Luke Wynne for the photos. #AthyToastmasters #Proud 💙

Athy Toastmasters Receives Top Award - President's Distinguished Club!

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Athy Toastmasters celebrated their end of year success by receiving one of the highest awards a club can get. Athy Toastmasters has achieved President's Distinguished Club – this is the highest level of recognition available for a club. We met the prerequisites required and achieved at least nine of the 10 goals. This is a top award from Toastmasters International which shows we have continued high standards and that we are a very successful club. We also celebrated all the achievements of it's members. 4 members started the new Pathways educational program this year and have already completed Level 1- Johann Callaghan, Pascal Byrne, John Cagney and Karen Davis. Other achievements this year are Sean P O Mathuna and Marie Conlon who both inspired us by achieving their Competent Communicator Award and David Newmark in true leadership style completed his Advanced Leadership Bronze Award. Maggie Owens, Past President, also completed her Advanced Communicator Bronze Award just recently. Deirdre Walsh and David Clinton both successfully completed 3 awards within the last year and received a Triple Crown Award. David Clinton also successfully made it through to the District finals speech competition representing our club. This year we decided to have a new award 'Toastmaster of the year'. Loretto Kenny, our area director, received this first memorial award on behalf and in remembrance of our dear friend Adrian Melia, fellow Toastmaster, who has a very strong connection to many members in our Toastmasters club in Athy and left us with a great legacy to enjoy life. Deirdre Walsh, as President of Athy Toastmasters says “I'm delighted and proud of our Club. It continues to go from strength to strength. I watched each member grow and gain the confidence and belief to entertain, inspire and develop the essential speaking skills that can help them in front of any audience.” Deirdre Walsh has achieved many awards in Athy Toastmasters Club including Competent Communicator, Competent Leadership, Bronze, Silver and Gold Advanced Communicator Awards, A Triple Crown Award, and the ultimate cherry on top, the Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) Award. This recognition is the highest achievement you can get in Toastmasters and Deirdre is the first Athy person to achieve this highest honour! Among those who celebrated with us where Cllrs Aoife Breslin, Brian Dooley and Veralouise Behan. We had our own mock ‘Made of Athy’ plaque made for Deirdre Walsh which was unveiled by Colm Walsh and her dad, Nick Walsh. Deirdre was presented with a ‘book of your life’ beautifully made by Maggie Owens and Bridie Corrigan. It contained memorable wishes from all the Athy Toastmasters members with photographs and beautiful inspirational quotes. Brendan O'Rourke presented Deirdre with an incredible caricature drawing and to top the evening off, Maggie Owens arranged a surprise video from Deirdre Walsh’s top idol, Katie Taylor who congratulated her on her major achievements and who wished her the best of luck with Ironman in Cork this June 23rd. Our new incoming President is an amazing and inspirational leader, David Newmark and we all at Athy Toastmasters wish him a great year ahead! Why not come along and see how Athy Toastmasters might help you? Whether it is to be able to make that father of the bride speech or speak up at a board meeting in work or simply to find your voice in everyday life. Communication is key to relationships, finding your purpose and happiness and you can find all that at Athy Toastmasters. We meet 1st and 3rd Tuesday every month at 7:45pm in Athy Community & Family Resource Centre, Woodstock Street. We normally take a break during the summer but due to demand we have put on two extra dates, 16th July and 13th August. Venue TBC. Check out our Athy Toastmasters facebook page for upcoming events and dates or our website https://athytoastmasters.com

The 110 Techniques of Communication & Public Speaking: David JP Phillips (Transcript) – The Singju Post

A must read on 110 communication techniques by David JP Phillips. Check out his TEDx talk here too.

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The 7 secrets of the greatest speakers in history | Richard Greene | TEDxOrangeCoast

Everyone can be a great speaker. Check out this video for more... If you're interested in becoming a great speaker, come to Athy Toastmasters next meeting 4th June at Athy Community & Family Resource Centre, Woodstock Street 7:45pm-10pm. Guests free and always welcome!

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Another great meeting at Athy Toastmasters. We had 3 great speeches by Johann Callaghan, Karen Davis and Deirdre Walsh. Deirdre has done so much work in our club and tonight she has completed her speeches for DTM award. What an amazing achievement!!! Well done Deirdre! There will be massive celebrations when you get it officially! Great table topics by David Newmark. Well done to Deirdre again for winning the Lucia Hughes award presented by Pascal Byrne. Thank you to our fab Toastmaster of the evening, David Clinton. Next meeting is 4th June. We will be voting in our new team for next year in the second half of the meeting so no table topics.

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So proud of David Clinton who got to the national Finals in the International Speech Contest in Norwich. His speech was titled “On Your Own Terms”. Unfortunately he didn’t win but he did us all proud 🤩. Well done David we are very proud of you. 💙💙💙💙💙