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TALKMAGIC TOASTMASTERS CLUB-MEETING #457

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THEME – Self learning is the best learning

WORD OF THE DAY (WOD):

Meticulous– (adjective) meaning showing great attention to details.

The Meeting started at 3.00 PM and ended at 5:00 PM.
Total Attendees – 24, 19 members and 5 guest

Sergeant at Arms- TM Boniface started the meeting with a fun ice breaker activity and explained ground rules.
President Harry addressed everyone, welcomed guests. He introduced the new excom team.
Followed by this president Harry narrated a story with the moral to find the value in self.

TMOD of the day was TM Anand Raman. He introduced the theme of the day and narrated a story in line with the theme and explained the meeting structure.

The General Evaluator of the meeting was TM Saleem. He explained the role of GE. His TAGL team consisted of

TM Malavika as Timer
TM Sudha as Ah counter
TM Boniface as Grammarian
TM Babula as Listener

The first speech was by (L1P2) TM Amritha Sinha and the topic was “The disruptive power of exercise” . This speech was evaluated by TM Varsha. The second speech was by (L1P2) DTM Prakash Francis and the topic was “Gabbar Kaun”. This speech was evaluated by TM Ranajay

After that we had table topic session which was hosted by TM Vidya and it involved the following toastmasters.
TM Sajan
TM Navjot
TM Harmeet Singh
TM Babula
TM Vadivel
TM Chetna
TM Gary
TM Amritha
TM Harry
TM Boniface

Later we had detailed evaluation session by GE Sunil Raghavan and his team.
The Winners of meeting 457 were:
Best Speaker – TM Prakash & Guest Speaker Amritha
Best TAGL taker – TM Boniface
Best role taker – TM Anand Raman
Best TT speaker – TM Gary
Best Evaluator – TM Ranajay

TALKMAGIC TOASTMASTERS CLUB-MEETING #435

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THEME: Celebration of Equality, Fairness & Prosperity.

WORD OF THE DAY (WOD):

Embodiment-a (meaning) tangible form of an idea.

SAA address : TM Boniface

  • Started the meeting and conducted ice breaker activity.
  • Explained the ground rules and reinforced club mission.

President’s address: TM Harry

  • Welcomed guests and introduced the theme of the day.
  • Iterated the significance ofcelebrating festivals.

Toast Master’s Of the Day: TM Annie

  • Introduced meeting’s theme and explained meeting structure.
  • Special Onam Performance: by Gavelier Priyanka.

General Evaluator: TM shashidhar

  • Reiterated value of feedback in meeting.
  • Introduced his TAGL team and gave appropriate feedback.

Timer: TM Asha

Ah-counter: TM Vadivel

Grammarian: TM Zahar

Listener: TM Vidya

SPEAKER 1: TM Srinath L3 Elective; EVALUATOR DTM Geetha

– The transition from being an electrical engineer to a software engineer.
– Differences of culture between India and the US always follow your heart.

  • Contrast used well.
  • Good Gestures and body language.
  • Spoke with great passion and conviction.
  • Add emotions into stories.
  • use more repeatable statements.

SPEAKER 2: TM Hitendra- L3 Elective; EVALUATOR TM Pruthvi

– Raised a toast to his son-Rohit.
– How Rohit worked hard to become successful.
– How Rohit has been very supportive.

  • Wonderfully crafted toast.
  • Good usage of words
  • Excellent expressions
  • Focus on eye contact.
  • Work on phase, power and pause.

SPEAKER 3: TM Theerdha- L4P1; EVALUATOR TM Thejovathi

– Handled 4 types of interrupters by addressing their questions/statements.
– Talked about the ‘Road Safety Club’ that she started.
– Presentation at the District Collector’s Office.
– How failures are blessings in disguise.

  • Calm and composed.
  • Focused on emphasizing points.
  • Professionalism is well embedded.
  • Engage the audience in the middle of the speech as well.
  • Proactively request members.

Table Topics: TM Ramesh

Rules:

TTM shared few topics and members were asked to talk for or against the topic within 1-2 minutes

Speakers:

  • Guest Theerdha
  • Guest Pushpa
  • TM Balakrishnan
  • TM Jagadeep
  • TM Amlan
  • TM Harry
  • Guest Hitendra
  • TM Boniface

SPECIAL MENTION

  1. Fabulous dance performed by Gavelier Priyanka as part of Onam celebration.
  2. Area contest has been finalized for 24 October 2021.
  3. Club contest will include Evaluation and Table Topic categories.
  4. Moments of Truth on 28 August 2021.
  5. Meeting Rating: Good – 11% ,Very Good – 58% ,Excellent – 26%

WINNERS

BEST SPEAKER: Guest Theerdha

BEST EVALUATOR: DTM Geetha

BEST ROLE TAKER: TM Annie

BEST TT SPEAKER: DTM Geetha

BEST TAGL ROLE: TM Zahar, TM Zahar

TALKMAGIC TOASTMASTERS CLUB-MEETING #434

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SAA address : TM Boniface

  • Started the meeting and conducted ice breaker activity.
  • Explained the ground rules and reinforced club mission.

President’s address: TM Harry

  • Welcomed guests and introduced the theme of the day.
  • Iterated the significance of independence in our lives.

TMoD: TM Chetna

  • Introduced meeting’s theme and explained meeting structure.
  • Special Independence Day video :
    National Anthem with club members.

GE: TM Parthiban

  • Reiterated value of feedback in meeting.
  • Introduced his TAGL team and gave appropriate feedback.

Timer: TM Varsha

Ah-counter: TM Vadivel

Grammarian: TM Babula

Listener: TM Agney

SPEAKER 1: TM Bharath- L1P2; EVALUATOR TM Ramesh

– How important it is to make life worth living.
– Life is full of mysteries, time is short.
– Activities and experiences that have made him happy.

  • Great flow
  • Well organized speech
  • Gestures can be improved.
  • Use pause in right proportion

SPEAKER 2: TM Mohan- L1P3; EVALUATOR TM Suresh

– Requested members to read the book “Make time”.
– Gave pointers on how to focus on what matters every day.

  • The quality of research is extensive
  • Excellent vocabulary
  • Calm and composed, well-executed speech
  • Deliver speech within the allotted time frame

SPEAKER 3: TM Jagdeep- L2P3; EVALUATOR TM Annie

– How mentors play a key role for every successful person.
– Shared personal stories where his mentors played a very crucial role.

  • Followed objectives and good preparation.
  • Very well structured and organized speech.
  • Smooth transition
  • Elaborate with examples.

Table Topics: TM Zahar

Rules:

TTM shared few topics and members were asked to talk for or against the topic within 1-2 minutes

Speakers:

  • TM Nixon
  • TM Amalan
  • TM Vidya
  • TM Lakshmi
  • TM Asha
  • Guest Srinivasan
  • Guest Jolly Jose
  • TM Balakrishnan
  • TM Boniface
  • TM Ramesh

SPECIAL MENTION

  1. TM Mohan completed Level 1 of Motivational Strategies Pathway
  2. TM Jagdeep completed Level 2 of Effective Coaching Pathway.
  3. Special Meeting on Onam on 21st August 2021.
  4. Club moments of truth on 28th August 2021.
  5. Best Dressed Awards(Independence Day themed) :
    • 1st Place – TM Zahar
    • 2nd Place- TM Chetna
    • 3rd Place- TM Nixon
  6. Meeting Rating Extremely Good – 29%, Very Good- 53%, Good- 18%

WINNERS

BEST SPEAKER: TM Mohan, TM Jagdeep

BEST EVALUATOR: TM Suresh

BEST ROLE TAKER: TM Chetna

BEST TT SPEAKER: TM Nixon. TM Asha, TM Balakrishnan

BEST TAGL ROLE: TM Varsha

TALKMAGIC TOASTMASTERS CLUB-MEETING #433

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SAA’s address : TM Boniface

-Started the meeting and conducted ice breaker activity.
-explained the ground rules and reinforced the club mission.

President’s address: TM Harry

– Welcomed guests and introduced the theme of the day by connecting with the fall and rise of online food delivery company Swiggy.

TMoD: TM Ramesh

– Introduced the meeting’s theme and explained the meeting structure.

– Explained the importance of Atomic habits

GE: TM Thangamma

– Reiterated value of feedback in the meeting.
-Introduced her TAGL team and gave appropriate feedback.

Timer: TM Lakshmi

Ah-counter: TM Asha

Grammarian : TM Pramila

Listener: TM Bharath

SPEAKER 1: TM Gary- L2P2; EVALUATOR: TM Amlan

– Shared his personal experience in his family function.
– The first impression is not the last impression.

  • Shared his personal experience in his
  • family function
  • first impression is not the last impression
  • Need to improve vocal variety in gestures.
  • Focus on body movement.
  • Add more points in conclusion, utilize full allotted time

SPEAKER 2: TM Thejovathy- L2P 3; EVALUATOR: TM Shuvendu

-Explained the difference between Coach and mentor
-Mentoring is all about personal experience.
-She talked about her mentors

  • Wonderfully structured speech
  • Great Gestures
  • Good usage of quotes.
  • Great Enthusiasm
  • Build story with reasons
  • Relate the story in the middle of the story as well

Table Topics: TM Vidhya

Rules:

TTM asked few questions related to the theme.

TT Speakers:

  • TM Suresh
  • TM Srinath
  • Guest Sowmya
  • TM Jagadeep
  • Guest Pratheek
  • TM Chetna

Educational session: DTM Mathew

  • Modify the speech to magnify the message.
  • Explained ground rules of Evaluation.
  • How to do effective Evaluation?
  • How to show up?
  • shared a few Don’ts while evaluating.

SPECIAL MENTION

  1. Fancy dress competition on Independence day.
  2. TM Thejovathy completed Level 2 in Leadership Development Pathways

WINNERS

BEST SPEAKER: TM Thejovathy

BEST EVALUATOR: TM Shuvendu

BEST ROLE TAKER: TM Thangamma

BEST TT SPEAKER: TM Suresh

BEST TAGL ROLE: TM Pramila

TALKMAGIC TOASTMASTERS CLUB-MEETING #432

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ICE BREAKER MARATHON

SAA’s address: TM Varsha

– Started the meeting and conducted ice breaker activity.

– Explained the ground rules and reinforced the club mission.

President’s address: TM Harry

– Welcomed guests

– Introduced theme of the day by connecting with the story of Boxing champion Mohammed Ali.

TMoD: TM Mohan

– Introduced meeting’s theme and explained meeting structure.

– Explained the importance of taking the first step.

GE: TM Jane

– Reiterated value of feedback in the meeting.

– Introduced her TAGL team and gave appropriate feedback.

TAGL:

  • Timer: TM Bharath
  • Ah-counter: TM Prakash
  • Grammarian: TM Srinath
  • Listener: TM Jagadeep

SPEAKER 1: TM Ramesh Gupta- Ice breaker; EVALUATOR TM Nixon

– Shared his educational background and his experience in the banking and IT industry.
– Currently working as program director of Oracle development

  • Confident and authentic
  • Very well explained about dreams, social service activities, family members.

SPEAKER 2: TM Lakshmi- Ice breaker; EVALUATOR TM Pruthvi

– Shared childhood experiences and education background
– Shared her different adventures.

  • Great introduction, great usage of words and anecdotes.
  • The flow of speech is good.

SPEAKER 3: TM Boniface- Ice breaker; EVALUATOR TM Anjali

– Talked about his family members and shared his work experience and education.
– Reasons for joining Toastmasters

  • Smiling, good eye contact, comfortable in delivering speech.
  • Great clarity of speech

SPEAKER 4: TM Zahar- Ice breaker; EVALUATOR TM Gary

– Shared her education, hobbies, native place introduced her family members
– Listed her journey to become a doctor.

  • Started well with a quote, excellent clarity, hand gestures and voice modulation

SPEAKER 5: TM Nilofer- Ice breaker; EVALUATOR TM Suresh

– Introduced her family members
– Shared her education details

  • Self assured with great confidence
  • Transition is smooth and seemless
  • Good story telling technique.

Table Topics : TM Amlan

Rules:

TTM shared few pics and he asked members to talk about the
pictures for 2 minutes

TT Speakers:

  • TM Ramesh
  • TM Balakrishnan
  • TM chetna
  • Guest Aishwarya
  • TM Nixon

SPECIAL MENTION:

  1. Excom team finalized some Awards to issue like Kingmaker award, Fast and Furious Award, Rapid Fire Award, World Champion award.
  2. TM Srinath took up Joke Master Role to lighten up our moods
  3. Special meeting with Quiz on 14-Aug
  4. Special meeting wit Onam on 21-Aug
  5. Moments of Truth – 28 -Augt
  6. Meeting Rating Extremely Good – 57%, Very Good- 33%, Good- 10%

WINNERS:

BEST SPEAKER: TM Zahar, TM Nilofer

BEST EVALUATOR: TM Suresh

BEST ROLE TAKER: TM Jane

BEST TT SPEAKER: TM Balakrishnan

BEST TAGL ROLE: TM Prakash