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TALKMAGIC TOASTMASTERS CLUB-MEETING #430

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SAA’s address : TM Boniface

– Started the meeting -explained the ground rules and reinforced club mission

President’s address : TM Harry

– Welcomed guests and made some announcements.

– introduced theme of the day by connected with story of Nokia company

GE : TM Pruthvi

– Explained all 4 levels of Conscious competence Learning model of TMs.
– Introduced TAGL team and gave important feedback to further improve the quality of meeting

TAGL :

  • Timer : TM Gary
  • Ah-counter : TM Jagdeep
    Grammarian : TM Amlan
  • Listener : TM Zahar

TMoD: TM Shashidhar

Shared more info about theme of the day : Don’t Sweat the small stuff -Explained meeting structure
-Explained the importance of positive thinking. Make peace with imperfections and Learn to live in present moment.

SPEAKER 1 : TM Bharath- L1P2; EVALUATOR : TM Saleem

Spoke about the topic ‘What makes your life worth living?’
Example of story from Amish Tripathi’s book

Good speech structure

Work on speech delivery
Completed speech much before time. Give time for pauses, reduce speech pace.

SPEAKER 2 : Guest Hitendra- L2P1 ; EVALUATOR : TM Pramila

Spoke about importance of having faith and living in the moment
Narrated own story in line with the theme

Abundant Energy and enthusiasm. Presentation is commendable.
Narrated very well with great expression. Emotion is missing

Exceeded 30 seconds of allotted time.

SPEAKER 3: Guest Amit- L3P3 ; EVALUATOR : TM Jane

Urged to leave false ego, false pride..

Life teaches us lession in harsh manners.

Built good rapport with audience.
Grabbed audience with question.
Delivered story with energy , language used very well, great expressions and gestures
Well Organized speech
Find ways to motivate the audience

Conclusion is bit abrupt

Table Topics : TM Balakrishnan

  • Choose to be kind and you’ll be right all the time.
    As long as you think more is better, you’ll never be satisfied.
    You prepare for a presentation for a week, but during presenting you blank out.
  • You low mood is not to analyze life.
  • Perceptive changes perceptions.
    It is impossible to feel better in the expense of somebody else.
  • What is the insignificant thing you are worried about ?

SPECIAL MENTION

  1. Education session on Mentoring by TK Ramesh on 24th July
  2. Ice Breaker Marathon on 31st July
  3. Club Officers training conducted on 17th July
  4. Budget for club has been finalized
  5. Meeting Rating Extremely Good – 40%, Very Good- 45%, Good- 15%

WINNERS

BEST SPEAKER : Guest Hitendra

BEST EVALUATOR: TM Jane

BEST ROLE TAKER: TM Shashidhar

BEST TT SPEAKER: DTM Mathew

BEST TAGL ROLE : TM Amlan

TALKMAGIC TOASTMASTERS CLUB-MEETING #429

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THEME : INTERMISSION
WoD : Hiatus- (meaning) a pause

SAA’s address : TM Boniface

– Started the meeting and introduced theme of the day

-explained the ground rules and reinforced club mission

TMoD: TM Amlan

– Introduced the theme of the day : Intermission

– Explained meeting structure
– Requested TM Vidya to perform induction ceremony for new members – TM Nilofer and TM Ramesh

President’s address : TM Harry

– Welcomed guests
– Made important announcements for new term

GE : TM Shuvendu

– Reiterated value of feedback in meeting

– Introduced TAGL team and gave important feedback to further improve the quality of meeting

Timer : TM Prashant

Ah-counter : TM Bharath
Grammarian : TM Jagdeep

Listener : TM Varsha

Prepared Speeches

SPEAKER 1 : TM Thejovathy- L2P2; EVALUATOR : TM Pruthvi

Spoke about Gardner vs Carpenter styles of leadership Explained with examples her styles of leadership – Authoritative , Democratic and Affiliative

Transformed complexity to simplicity Innovative presentation style
Very warm delivery-with a smile confusion about body language volatile pace

SPEAKER 2 : TM Theerdha – L2P1 ; EVALUATOR : TM Suresh

Spoke abut how to take care of our body and the recipe for long and youthful life

DNA Methylation and Histone protein modifications

Excellent quality of research
Confident – ticked off 2 major aspects of a persuasive speech – Ethics and Logic
Could have divided speech into 3 : problem, solution and benefits
Bring some more emotion – 3rd aspect of persuasive speech

SPEAKER 3: TM Balakrishnan- L3P3 ; EVALUATOR : TM Pramila

Importance of raising voice against injustice
Story of Indian swimmer Likith
Urged audience to not be bystanders – cited personal experience

Well structured and expressed genuine concern over the topic
Clarity of message – with personal story
Could have provided a concrete solution to the problem

Table Topics : TM Vidya

What’s your favorite pass time?
Would you rather work over time with added incentives or 9-5 without any incentives?
Have you taken any break from your career?
How do you spend your me- time?

Do you prefer Work From Home or Work From Office?
Given a choice between travel by air and road- which one would you prefer? What did you do during summer days in school?

SPECIAL MENTION

  1. Important announcements made by President TM Harry : Thanked DTM Mathew for auditing club financials
    Starting from Aug 1, mentors’ names have to be mentioned in the beginning of speech
    July 21: Special Education session, Ice breaker marathon and Mentoring session
  2. Induction ceremony conducted for TM Nilofer and TM Ramesh by VPE TM Vidya
  3. TM Balakrishnan completed Level 3 in Dynamic Leadership Pathway

WINNERS

BEST SPEAKERS :
TM Thejovathy and Guest Theerdha

BEST EVALUATOR: BEST ROLE TAKER: TM Suresh TM Shuvendu

BEST TT SPEAKERS: Guest Asha and DTM Sunil

BEST TAGL ROLE : TM Bharath

Talkmagic Toastmasters – Club Meeting No. 197 (07/01/2017)

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First meeting of the year 2017 began with a bang.

The theme for the meeting was Explorations and the word of the day Neurogenesis.

Harry Ramsay drove home the message that we needed to explore and explore new places often… So we can be fresh, lively and young always.

A CC2 speech from our member Feba Peter drove home the fact that we needed to respect and appreciate a third gender amongst us – the transgenders.

… Which was followed by an entertaining Table Topics Session from Srivatsanathan Swaminathan who took us from “Poor Health Is In The Mind” to Nicknames featuring “Boo Boo” and finally “Plans for the future of our world”.

As usual, Toastmaster Saleem as the general evaluator owned the stage with his calm, confident poise and drove home the points that we needed to improve on with help from Speech Evaluator Theju, Grammarian Ramesh Anand, Ah Counter Anindita & Timer Veera.

We also had the induction with a new executive committee being formed under the presence of area director Thangamma Kalappa Karthamada.

Immediate Past President George Johnson passed on his leadership role to his successor Shashidhar Hegde who took centre stage and inspired us with his tale of how Toastmasters has helped him outgrow from a shy chartered accountant who avoided promotions so he didn’t have to socialize to someone who leads from the front and runs teams all over the world.

Kudos to Toastmasters, District 92 and Talkmagic Toastmasters!

Keep going!

Sincerely,

Talkmagic Toastmasters PR Team

PS: Click here to see pictures from the meeting.