The theme was ‘Be Ourselves ‘

WOD ‘Unique ‘

The meeting started nearly on time with the exuberant opening address by SAA TM Annie.

This was followed by the President ‘s address by TM Shashidhar.
The stage was then set on fire by the vivacious TMOD TM Feba.

The GE TM Harry explained the evaluation process aided by the TAG Team.
Timer :TM Raghuram
Ah counter: TM Parthiban
Grammarian: TM Ramesh.

The prepared speeches section saw 2 brilliant speeches from 2 ends of the difficulty levels.
The first speech CC1 Icebreaker speech by TM Veera evaluated by TM Neelesh.
The second speech ACBC from the advanced projects showcased by TM Sunil , evaluated by TM Prakash.
Then came the best part of the meeting where TM T.K Ramesh
conducted his educational session; ‘ Being Best At Improptu
Speaking’
It was superbly presented without a moment of dullness. The audience were enthralled .
So much so that everyone forgot about the Table Topic Master and The Listener.
The GE then presented the evaluation of the meeting.
The meeting concluded with the President’s closing remarks after prize distribution.
The impromptu sessions continued with snacks and tea under the bodhi tree.

Theme: ‘What’s your excuse for today?
WOD :’Rise’

The meeting was started at3:10pm by SAA TM Annie.With her opening address she made all forget their excuses and rise to the occasion.

President Shashidhar then took the stage. His inspiring story about Adnan Sami moved all present.

He moved everyone to pledge from not now to……. NOW

The stage was then set on fire by TMOD Sunil. He explained the acronym :
R-respect
I -integrity
S-service
E-excellence
=RISE.

The GE TM George was called upon the stage to explain the evaluation process.

The TAG team included:
Timer – TM Shruti
Ah counter –TM Parthiban
Grammarian –TM Jane
Listener –TM Dr.Chaya

The prepared speech section had 2 speeches:
1. CC4 by TM Ramesh evaluated by TM Anindita.
2. CC8 by TM Kaif ur Rehman evaluated by TM Baburaj.

T M Ramesh took us on a romantic journey in keeping with the season of love.

T M Kaif showed us the different colours of his
life.

Next came the dynamic TTM TM Shriniwas with his visuals for impromptu table topics session.

The evaluation session followed conducted by GE TM George, whereby the individual evaluators and the TAG team gave their reports.

Listener Dr Chaya’s session ensured that the audience were on their toes.

TMOD Sunil wrapped up in his usual spirit of warm enthusiasm.

Finally the meeting was concluded by President Shashidhar in his characteristic witty observations and distribution of prizes .

P.S.- It was a wonderful meeting and the members forgot all their excuses to rise to the occasion.

Although there was an area level meeting happening at the same time, most of the members couldn’t participate in person.

But in spirit they were with those who represented Talkmagicians at the area level joint meeting.

Specially TM Harry and TM Srivatsan. Thanks.