10.11.2020 Meeting # 474- Happy Deepavali

Word of the day: “JOY”

It was another session of Zoom meeting due to further extension of CMCO from 9^th November 2020 till 6^th December 2020 in line with the SOP imposed by MKN. Despite all the challenges, we still continue our club meeting via ZOOM without fail.

@7:19pm ASAA Abdulrahman, PM2 called the meeting to order. The meeting begun with “A Toastmaster’s Promise” recited by the Toastmasters’ members for their commitment in the Toastmasters Educational Program.

@7:22pm: Our Club Mdm. President, Julia Leong, DTM took over the control of the meeting. In her welcome address, she greeted our distinguished club member – Datuk Dr. John Lau, DTM, PIP from Kuching, General Evaluator (GE), Samuel Selvaraju, DTM and also guest Oliver Ng, IP3. Then, she invited the Grammarian, Ron Yeap, ACG, ACB to introduce the word of the day “Joy”. She invited members and guests to do a self- introduction and encouraged them to use word of the day “Joy” and theme of the day “Happy Deepavali”. All the members and guests did well during the self- introduction session.

@7:41pm: The Toastmaster of The Evening (TME), KL Loh, ATMG briefed us on the history of Toastmasters International and our club. He mentioned how TI (Toastmasters International) was founded and inspired millions of people across the world to extend this Toastmasters family.  He also explained the benefits of the Toastmaster Educational Program to our professional career and personal life. He also shared with us the background of Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club, the legacy of late exemplary leaders Hj. Naburi and Francis Ng, DTM. Later he introduced the role players for this meeting in the sequence below.

 "Ah" Counter – Oliver Ng, IP3

Grammarian – Ron Yeap, ACG, ACB

Timer – EK Yeo  CC, CL

General Evaluator (GE)– Samuel Selvaraju, DTM

All the role players introduced their roles and objectives for the evening.

@7:58pm:  Table Topics® Master, Rey Thean, PM2 was invited and took over the control from the TME. She had prepared 9 topics related to theme of the day. Members and guests were encouraged to participate. She explained the objective of Table Topics® , the time limitation for each speaker and the rules before all the Table Topics® speeches. The purpose of the Table Topics® session is to develop the impromptu speaking skills which includes an opening, body and conclusion during the speech delivery.

The order of Table Topics® speakers were as below: -

1. Hj. Hashim, DTM - The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams

2. Wan Mohd (Guest)- Share with us a most memorable holiday experience

3. Chloe Lau - The darkness of the whole world cannot swallow the glowing of candle

4. Mathew Phillipose, EC4 -There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind

 A big applause to all the 4 speakers and votes were casted for the best Table Topics® speaker.

@8:13pm: The TME took over the session from the Table Topics® Master and proceeded with the assigned speeches from Pathways.

 

1^st Speaker – JS Won

Speech Title – “English in my life”

Speech Evaluator – Chloe

This was his 1^st project speech from Pathway: Leadership Development Level 1, Project 1: Ice breaker

He shared with us his journey in learning English and also the skill in select the best durian.      

2^nd speaker – Julia Leong, DTM

Speech Title – “Effective communication is the key to success”.

Speech Evaluator – Manish Jha, IP1

She was doing her speech from Pathways: Presentation Mastery Level 2: Project 1 – Understand your communication style.

She had demonstrated her confrontation how to resolve issue between management and staff with persuasive and effective communication.

3rd speaker – Mathew Philippose, EC4

Speech Title – “Leaders of tomorrow”.

Speech Evaluator – Datuk Dr. John Lau, DTM

He was doing his speech from Pathways: Effective Coaching Level 5: Project 3 – Prepare to speak professionally.

He shared with us his inspired, motivation speech regarding the challenges in pharmaceutical industry. He also highlighted the leader should demonstrated his leadership, have a vision and respect of each other.

 @9:03pm: Break for refreshments for 5 minutes.

 @9:08pm: Induction of new member JS Won by VPPR Ron Yeap, ACG, ACB

 @9:14pm: TME, KL Loh, ATMG invited the General Evaluator (GE), Samuel Selvaraju, DTM to chair the meeting. He led the session with his panel of evaluators. He begun by explaining the purpose of the evaluation followed by:-

 

Evaluation from the four evaluators

Table Topics Evaluator –Vijay Kumar, CC

Speech Evaluators – Chloe Lau, Manish Jha,IP1 and Datuk Dr. John Lau, DTM

Role players’ reports

      "Ah" Counter – Oliver Ng, IP3

-         Grammarian – Ron Yeap, ACG, ACB

-         Timer – EK Yeo, CC, CL

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@9:56pm: Club President Julia Leong, DTM was invited by the Toastmasters of The Evening to give her presidential closing address. She first thanked the TME who handled the meeting diligently. Then she presented the award for the best speakers for the evening.

Best Table Topics™ Speaker – Hj. Hashim, DTM

Best Project Speech – Mathew Philippose, EC4

Token of appreciation to the GE – Samuel Selvaraju, DTM

 

Finally, Mdm. President, Julia Leong, DTM summarized the entire meeting. Guests shared their thoughts about our meeting for the night. The meeting was adjourned at 10:01pm

Blog Writer: EK Yeo, CC, CL

Regards,

MM-KL EXCO

2020/2021

27.10.2020 Meeting # 473- Stay Healthy, Stay Happy

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oastmasters has been around for 96 years or so. This non-profit organisation has helped millions of people to discover their confidence as competent public speaker, communicator, and as a leader. The network of Toastmasters clubs worldwide is found in each country which facilitates the personal and professional development of people. It is a cost-effective way to enhance one’s talents that is latent or already manifested. It could be worthwhile to develop the skills in toastmasters, rather than pay thousands of dollars on costly training programs which may often run for a few days.  So being a member one can have the fun of learning and boot their talent at the same time.

The meeting was heralded by the Toastmaster of the Evening, KL Loh, ATMG, who showed slides which described the history of Toastmasters and about our club. The highlight of the meeting for me was that it was my first time to see photographs of the Founder President, the late Hj. Naburi Idin, ACB, CL, and the son of the club, late Francis Ng, DTM. KL Loh, ATMG, paid a moving tribute to these two persevering and capable gentlemen who made Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters club a strong club.

The Table Topics® session was called and four speakers gave their timed speeches. Table Topics are impromptu speeches and they were Harpeet Kaur, Elysia Teh, Guest Bharat and myself. The purpose of the Table Topics® section is to help members think on their feet and speak on a given subject for between one and two minutes. It also allows speaking opportunities for those who are not programmed for other roles on the agenda.

            The project speakers featured three zealous and eloquent speakers and there was much to be learnt from their presentation style and content. Pathways has several paths that are useful for the working world. We should bear in mind that while presentation is what Toastmasters was there for originally but with the introduction of Pathways, we can see the directions given on a platter of choices that one can use in the world of work. They require a speaker to present well in speaking but also to present proper appropriate and correct content which educates. A speaker can be eloquent and expressive as an orator, but the content is what people are going to hear. Presentation is the wrapper and content is the confection. It is the confection that people want.

            The first speaker was Mathew Philippose. EC4. He gave a speech which had an interesting title. It pricked the ears. But the message or content which he conveyed was the importance on must show in customer service and salesmanship. Without smiling, being enthusiastic and excited about your clients, it is difficult to sell your products to them. Excellent work, Mathew!

The second speaker was Abdulrahman, PM2 who spoke using visual aids to describe the message of his speech. Acting out your speech is important in delivering your message and he demonstrated a way to it as appropriate to the nature of his speech. Abdulrahman, PM2 used a lot of vocal variety and body movement to illustrate the message. Well done Abdulrahman!

The third speaker was Elysia Teh, DTM, a certified professional coach. She gave her speech about her expertise about interviews. The presentation was a marvel and she demonstrated her professionalism as a coach through her speech. The speech was done with participation by Ron Yeap, ACG, ALB. It was done in the style of an interview. Now this is new to me. I do not think that many of us have seen this style of speech. Splendid work, Elysia Teh!

            The meeting rounded off with evaluation of the Table Topics® session and prepared speeches. In every meeting, we appreciate the best performers:

i)      Best Table Topics Speech: Elysia Teh, DTM

ii)     Best Project Speech: Mathew Philippose, EC4

iii)    Best Assigned Speech Evaluation: Hj Hashim Adnan, DTM

            Overall, it was an educational experience and informative. I am very glad to have seen the presentation styles of the prepared speeches.

           

Blog Writer: Vijaykumar, CC

Regards,

MM-KL EXCO

2020/2021