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08.12.2020 Meeting # 476- The Magic of Believing

Word of the day: Achieve

The power of the mind is amazing. We may not know it, but the energy released from the mind affects your life. It is as if the universe responds to your thoughts and gives you what you want. When we are assertive and determined to do something or achieve something our positivity ad affirmations will lead us to succeed in our quest. This is in quintessence what our dear President, Julia Leong, DTM expressed. The meeting began with a surprise for many of us in attendance when our President told us that earlier in the year she was diagnosed with a cancer. This was shocking! But through the positive mindset she created the faith that she will recover and obtain her DTM. Indeed, that is what she achieved. What she said can be used as material for an inspirational speech. We sometimes come across such challenges in life and at times of the magnitude that Julia went through. Well done, Julia! I will tell your story to my fellow Toastmasters in Mauritius next month.

The Toastmaster of the Evening (TME), Manish Jha, IP1, lead us through the meeting. One of the guests was from India and this was wonderful because it is interesting to have a foreign Toastmaster in attendance at a meeting. It goes to show that the internet connects us all.  I too attended an online meeting with Toastmasters from Mauritius, but there were Toastmasters from Indonesia, including an American who is resident there, Singapore and Malaysia. What I learnt from the Mauritian club was that they have fabulous newsletter with a lot of content.

Manish Jha, IP1, described the developments in Toastmasters International and its growth in membership.  Manish Jha, IP1, went on to describe what leadership is by relating it to two founding members of the club. Although this is often repeated, it is useful. It brings to the listener the opportunities that Toastmasters membership can bring to a member. A point to note is how Manish Jha was leading the meeting. His enthusiasm and energy were high and this is a sign of someone who is well into his activity.

The Table Topics® session was conducted and apart from a technical issue experienced by one member the session went well. The TME always speaks about the benefit membership of Toastmasters can bring. This always alerts a potential member as to the storehouse of benefits that await in partaking of Pathways which is the innovative way in which members can choose to journey in their membership.  Haji Hashim’s table topics speech illuminated a fantastic point that we can follow. He said that he challenges himself during golf in order to find his errors and them correct them. This is a superb way to improve oneself. That you, Sir, for giving us this point.  Why not challenge yourself rather than challenge others?

The prepared speech saw four successful and accomplished speakers; Mathew Philippose, EC4, CP Lau, DTM, and Abdulrahman, PM2.

Mathew Philippose, EC4, gave a speech that demonstrated how to do an ice breaker speech.  The speech was an illustration of how ice-breakers are to be given. The ice-breaker is what introduces a new member to a club. I think that such speech should be recorded as part of training in giving speeches.

The next speaker was CP. Lau, DTM, which was speech based on apiece research has done. His speech could not have come at a better time. It was about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on personal savings. The impact of the pandemic is having a disastrous impact on income, expenditure and savings.  CP. Lau, DTM, you have demonstrated how to give a research-based speech. He also took a phrase from William Shakespeare- to be or not to be. How so very appropriate. Thank you, my friend.

The last speaker was AbduRahman, PM2. He gave a speech on the use of presentation apps for speeches. It dealt with how app developers can best deliver products. It was very informative and educational.

The GE later gave his views and it was followed by the other speech evaluators and award presentation. Indeed, we had a great night!

 





 Blog Writer: Vijaykumar, CC


Regards,
MM-KL EXCO
2020/2021