You have taken the first step to tackle your fear of public speaking. Now the next small step is to visit our club as a guest to see how we do this. We meet both in person and online.
Who are we?
We are a public speaking group based in North Dublin and our aim is to help each other improve our confidence when speaking. By participating in the meeting, we all practise and learn the basic skills of both impromtu (off the cuff) speaking and prepared speaking. This helps us with everything from giving presentations, to interview skills all the way down to general small talk. There is no substitute for regular practice of any skill, and public speaking is just another skill, that will improve each time you practice it.
Dates for 2023/2024
- September 12th (Hotel), 26th (On-Line)
- October 10th (Hotel), 24th (On-Line)
- November 7th (Mick’s Place), 21st(On-Line)
- December 5th (Hotel), 19th (On-Line)
- January 2nd (On-Line), 16th (OPEN NIGHT – TBC), 30th (On-Line)
- February 13th (Hotel), 27th (On-Line)
- March 12th (Hotel), 26th (On-Line)
- April 9th (Hotel), 23rd (On-Line)
- May 7th (Hotel), 21st (On-Line)
- June 4th (Online), 18th (Hotel)
*On-line meeting links can be sent to your email address. Simply send an email to eastcoasttms@gmail.com and we will send it on. They will also be posted in advance to our Meetup page (Public Speaking, North Dublin) and our facebook page (@EastCoastToastmasters).
*The hotel we use is the Carlton Airport Hotel, Old airport road, Cloughran, Santry/Swords. Guests are always welcome, and there is plenty of FREE parking at the hotel. “Mick’s place” address will be sent to you when you email us at eastcoasttms@gmail.com
What do we do?
At East Coast we are dedicated to helping our members become comfortable in front of an audience. The Club meetings have the usual format of prepared Speeches and Evaluations followed by a topics session. We welcome you to come along and see how the Toastmaster programme can assist you. Becoming a member can improve your communication skills to allow you to be comfortable in almost any social situation.
The meetings are friendly, fun and supportive and we usually have between 10 and 20 people in the room. It’s always a great night of entertainment. As one member often says, “You never leave without learning something”. Why not just show up for a meeting? You will be very welcome!
This is a poem (click on link) written by one of our members about their experience when they first started for you to enjoy.