Our club meeting #338 recently was quite extraordinary as we had a
guest who has shown her intention on becoming a member, I should say this is
very good news indeed. The highlights of the meeting also saw Kevin Khoo
evaluating Ken Chan’s speech. This is an awesome task for a competent
communicator evaluating a Distinguished Toastmaster. Kevin
Khoo gave an excellent evaluation of Ken Chan’s speech.
Manish Kumar a budding speaker giving his second speech from the Competent Communication manual. He gave a stellar performance. Tracy Lim another young speaker gave a very good speech about stem cell research. She and Manish are going places in the speaking arena.
Manish Kumar a budding speaker giving his second speech from the Competent Communication manual. He gave a stellar performance. Tracy Lim another young speaker gave a very good speech about stem cell research. She and Manish are going places in the speaking arena.
Our General Evaluator, Jeannie Chow, is a remarkable lady who I have
the pleasure to know. She gave a motiving evaluation and she added areas of
improvement we can benefit from.
We were also inspired by the presence of our Area Director Srinivas who also present at meeting.
We were also inspired by the presence of our Area Director Srinivas who also present at meeting.
I must tell you about challenging task of finding ideas and researching
your topic when you are a new Toastmaster. In choosing speech title, I think
you can use the meeting agenda to look for ideas. You do not have to copy them
but just see if you can develop a speech idea from it. You might want to search in the You Tube for
ideas, however most of the speeches there are mainly from the Competent
Communication Manual and nothing more. Not everyone is a gifted speaker born
with a silvery tongue. You have to
crawl, stumble and fall in order to become an excellent speaker. If you do not try
you will never know capability.
When you are a toastmaster you must make yourself willing to engage in role plays in toastmasters meetings and not be daunted by them nor are afraid of making mistakes. Surely you will try to avoid making the same mistakes too many times. One should be excited to take up leadership roles. You can ask the Vice-President of Education (VPE) in the club to play a role. It best to volunteer than be asked to perform one. The VPE is usually the key person in toastmasters meeting who assign various leadership roles. The person who has the attitude of doing something without being asked to do them is going to be respected. Your fellow club members will notice your spirit and this is a fine example of leadership. The best way to it is be fully engaged in the role you are playing, and you will see a leader in you.
1 comment:
I like the write-up, I must say Vijaykumar, has created such excitement and attraction what toastmasters can do to an individual. He not only shares about you can get from each meeting, he also shares how it can transform a person.
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