Health is Wealth

Relentless rain greeted the 377th meeting of Money Mastery Toastmasters club but this did not deter our fellow Toastmasters from attending the fortnightly meeting on 28th March 2017. The theme of the meeting was “Health is wealth”. “Operose” was the word of the day as it coincided with two aspects of the meeting. First, the theme of the meeting. Making wealth may be an operose task, but maintaining health is a relatively easy task. Second, our members were handed an operose task to reach the meeting venue in the heavy rain. Even though we started 5 minutes late, we had an entertaining meeting.

The registrations began at 18:45 P.M. and there were refreshments arranged for everyone. The General Evaluator for the meeting was Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB), Competent Leader (CL) Wong Mae Foon who graced the occasion with her presence. As the club President Ron Yeap (CC), could not reach on time due to the rain, Mathew Philippose (CC, ALB) who was also the Toastmaster of the Evening (TME), took over the role of Acting President.

@19:20 p.m. : Assistant Sergeant At Arms E.K.Yeo (CC, CL) called the meeting to order. He started with introducing our House rules and ended by reciting “A Toastmaster’s Promise”.

@19:23 p.m. : Mathew Philippose started the meeting, welcoming the members and the guests. He then invited the Grammarian, Foo Fung Jiun to introduce the Word of the Day. Then it was the turn of the members and the guests to introduce themselves. Everybody spoke about the theme of the day “Health is Wealth” and used the word of the day “Operose” in their self-introduction.

@19:43 p.m. :  Toastmaster of the day Mathew Philippose gave a brief introduction on history of the Toastmasters International in which he explained how Ralph C. Smedley gave birth to a simple speech training program which eventually transformed into a non-profit educational organization inspiring millions across the world. Then, he introduced the role players for the evening     Grammarian: Foo Fung Jium, “Ah” Counter: Carim,     Timer: C.S.Quah,    General Evaluator: Wong Mae Foon (ACB, CL).

They all introduced their roles along with the objectives.

@19:55 p.m. : Time for the exciting segment of a Toastmaster meeting - Table Topics Session. The Table Topics Master for the evening was Manish Jha (CC) who took over the stage along with his list of table topics which complemented with the Theme of the Day. He explained the rules, objectives and the benefits of the Table Topics session.

The participants were: 1.      Mathew Philippose, 2.      Dr. Thila, 3.      Wong Mae Foon

4.      Ken Chan, 5.      Ben Lim(Guest) *Not sure about the name

They all did well and a vote was casted to find out the best speaker.

@20:07 p.m. : Time for the assigned speeches:

Shain Anand delivered “The Ice Breaker” speech with the title “I Have A Dream”.  This was speech #1 from the Competent Communication (CC) Manual. He spoke about his dreams, his hobbies and how he landed up in Malaysia.

Kevin Khoo (CC) delivered “Get To The Point” speech  with the title “How Do You See Malaysia In Year 2050?”. This was speech #3 from the CC Manual. In this speech, Kevin conveyed his vision of a Malaysia where people will not be judged based on their ethnic race.

Ken Chan (DTM) delivered “Research Your Topic” speech with the title “Negotiate To Win”. This was the speech #7 from CC Manual in which he shared the tips and tricks for an effective and successful negotiation.

C.P. Lau (ACB, ALB)  delivered “The Speech To Inform” with the title “Mother. Nature’s Elixir”. This was the speech #1 from the Advanced Communication Manual. In this speech, he shared about the significance of nature’s elixir Water and how important it is for our human body. He also shared some tips on proper utilization of water for human body.

Finally, timer gave his report and a vote was casted for the best speaker.

@20:42 p.m.: Time for a short break.

@20:55 p.m.: General Evaluator Wong Mae Foon was invited to chair the third session of the meeting. She invited all the speech evaluators to present their report on the Table Topic and Assigned speeches. Each evaluator presented their report for all the speakers. They praised the good things about the speeches and gave some priceless suggestions and tips which were welcomed by the speakers with both hands.

There was a small session for open evaluation on for project speeches, after that role players presented their report on the day’s meeting. General Evaluator Wong mae Foon shared her feedback about the session and the club.

@21.25 p.m.: Time to announce the results. Shain Anand received the award for Best Assigned Speech and Ken Chan (DTM) received the award for Best Table Topics Speaker. Hj. Hashim Adnan (DTM) was awarded with the best evaluation of the day. The club expressed gratitude to the GE by giving her a token of appreciation for presiding over the meeting.

By this time, our club President Ron Yeap CC,  who had reached the meeting by the interval, took over the stage  and summarized the meeting, encouraged guests to share their opinions about the day’s meeting. And with that, he finished the meeting.

Sincerely, 

Thanks to the Team,

Manish Jha, CC

Money Mastery –KL Toastmasters Club

Vice President Public Relations 2016/2017

P/S: 

Thank you so much to the whole team including writer -Shain Anand, editor, reviewer- CP Lau,  and critics to provide your timely sincere support and feedback to keep up the good work.