The theme of day for the
meeting this evening coincides with Father's Day celebration on 3rd
Sunday 18th June 2017. Remember those old days, father was the sole
bread winner of the family. He seldom expresses his bounteous love to
the family. Deep in his heart, he will do the best for his loved ones. In
our heart he is and he will always be a hero who shed no tears.
The venue of the meeting
was set up with group of members lead by Mathew Philippose, CC, ALB and Serena
Kong, ACB. The refreshment was served at 6:50 pm.
Traffic was usually heavy during Muslim fasting month, most of our club members
including distinguished guest General Evaluator Jerrie Yeap, CC, CL arrived
to the venue on time. ASAA Kelvin Chong, ACB called the meeting to order at 7:15 pm. The meeting begun with “A Toastmaster’s promise”
recited by Toastmasters member for their commitment in the Toastmasters
education program.
@7:18pm: Our Club
President Ron Yeap, CC took over the control of the meeting with his welcome
address. He greeted the distinguished guest Jerrie Yeap, CC, CL who came
from Subang Toastmasters Club and the other guests. Then he invited
the Grammarian Chitirra to introduce the word of the day “Bounteous”. He invited members and guests to introduce themselves
and encouraged to use word of the day and theme of the day “Father’s Heart”. All the members and
guests did well during self- introduction.
@7:38 pm: The Toastmaster of The
Evening EK Yeo CC, CL briefed 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 in our professional career and personal life. He introduced the role
players for this meeting in the sequence- Grammarian-Chitirra, “Ah”
Counter-Sivadas, CC. Timer- Serena Kong, ACB and our General
Evaluator Jerrie Yeap CC, CL. All the role players introduced their roles and objectives for
this evening.
@7:49 pm: Our sweet and charming Table Topics™ Master Mandy Chan was invited to the stage. She prepared the topics related to theme of the day. Members and guests were encouraged to participate. She explained the objective of Table Topics™ and time limitation for each speaker. The purpose of Table Topics ™ session is to develop the impromptu speaking skills which includes opening, body and conclusion in their speech.
The order of Table Topics™ speakers were as follows:
1) Mathew Phillippose, CC, CL–“The one thing you can give to your father”
2) Manish Jha, CC – “Like father, like son”
3) Kelvin Chong, ACB – “3 words to describe your father”
4) Julia Leong, ACB, ALB – “The most important lesson your father ever taught you”
Lets give a big applause to all the four speakers. Here, we were asked to cast a vote for the best Table Topics speaker.
@8:00 pm: TME took over and proceeded with the assigned speeches from Competent Communication Manual and
Advanced Communication Manual.
1st Speaker- Shain Anand
Speech Title- “Yes, it is
real”
Speech evaluator- Manish Jha, CC
This is his project speech no.2 “Organise Your Speech”
from Competent Communication Manual.
He
shared with us the impact of climate change followed by the solutions to control before it destroys us.
2nd speaker- Mathew Philippose CC, ALB,
Speech
Title- “From cocoon to butterfly”
Speech evaluator- Julia Leong, ACB,
ALB
Mathew was attempting speech no. 10 from Competent
Communication Manual “Inspire Your Audience” for the third time. His speech was related to
his Toastmaster Journey which started 6 years ago. It was recommended by CP Lau, ACB, ALB with the
support of his mentor Ken Chan, DTM and Late Club Advisor Francis Ng, DTM. A very touching and
encouraging story of his personal experience.
3rd Speaker- Ron Yeap, CC
Speech Title- “Will She Say, Yes?”
Speech evaluator- Ken Chan, DTM
Ron did well in dramatizing the speech on his plan to propose his wife Serena at Garden Restaurant. On that romantic night, the atmosphere
was so intense and his heart beat was traveling like a roller coaster. It was a beautiful experience for him which he shared with us.
No vote was casted for the best speaker because two speakers have exceeded
the allocated time limit.
@8:35 pm: 10 minutes break for refreshment.
@8:45 pm: ASAA Kelvin Chong called meeting to order after the break. Then he
passed the control of the meeting to TME EK Yeo, CC, CL
@8:48 pm: General Evaluator Jerrie Yeap CC, CL was
invited to chair the evaluation session. He led the session with his panel of
evaluators and role players. He began by explaining the purpose of the evaluation followed by
evaluation from Table Topics™ evaluator, three speech evaluators, role players’ reports and his general personal evaluation. Evaluation is the breakfast for the champions because a
constructive and specific evaluation helps to improve speakers and make them
better. Finally, we were asked to cast a vote for the best speech
evaluator.
Finally,
he summarized the entire meeting and asked the guests
to share their thoughts about our today’s meeting. Members and guests were reminded:-
- The next club meeting will be on 29th June 2017 (Thursday) instead of 27th June 2017 (Tuesday) due to Public Holiday Hari Raya Aidilfitri
- New Club Officer installation along with our club's 15th anniversary will be held on 22nd July 2017 (Saturday).
- Club Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest will be held on 25th July 2017 (Tuesday)
The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 pm followed by group photo and cake cutting ceremony for Father Day's/ Happy Birthday .
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 -EK Yeo CC CL, editor, reviewer (Mathew P. CC ALB, Shain Anand) and critics to provide your timely sincere support and feedback to keep up the good work.
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