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11.02.2020 Meeting #455- Great Minds Have Purpose, Others Have Wishes.



At #455 meeting an apt 'theme of the day' coined for toastmasters and guest of Money Mastery-KL Toastmaster Club (MMKL), a President's Distinguished Club since 2003. A visionary theme to  instill a sense of purpose in  MMKL toastmasters mind for their designated roles. Toastmasters started to arrive with full of enthusiasm and desiderate for a purposeful meeting echoing the theme. What a night it would be, with good and positive vibes seen in every toastmaster’s expressions. 

Meeting officially started with a banging of gavel by ASAA Nanthakumar. Every member followed him in reciting club's pledges. Who is better to take the lead if not the President KL Loh, ATMG himself. He led by example with his motivational speech. By reminding everyone the reason they joined toastmaster, he set the tone and purpose for toastmasters to follow. He encouraged toastmasters to continue practice to be a good speaker and to overcome fear. His speech followed with thunderous applause by toastmasters as a sign of agreement. Toastmasters seemed to be in full of energy to perform their task confidently after president's speech.

Then, everyone stood up one by one and introduce themselves with their own distinct speaking style which would be the beginning of something spectacular later on during the meeting.

After completion of introduction session, Abdulrahman PM2 introduced as a Toastmaster of the Day (TME). He started off with a brief on history of Toastmaster International and heritage of MMKL. His cheerful & fun filled yet professional conduct calms the nerves of speakers and role players. Then, technical role players introduced their roles. Wendy Sim, CC as a Ah-Counter, Rey Thean, PM1 as grammarian, Timer EK Yeo,CC,CL and Eng Ze Ru,CC, CL as a General Evaluator.




Ron Yeap, ACS, ALB handled the Table Topics® session with ease speaks volume of his ability as a speaker. His prepared topics were about life and related to the theme of the day. Very interesting topics indeed. All impromptu speakers spoke confidently without showing any sign of fear. Special mention to our only guest Hosna who spoke confidently with a smile in front of unknown audiences.


Next, the most anticipated session the assigned speaker session started by our youngest speaker, Preston Ong with the title 'Overcoming the Parkinson's Law'. He presented a very informative speech in a confident and composed manner that belies his age. A definite star speaker for the future. The second speaker Victor Ong, DTM spoke about a folk tale with title 'The Tortoise and the Hare'. He masterfully expressed common folk tale with mixtures of humour, well chosen words and cute expressions which kept other toastmasters glued to his speech. Finally the third speaker Ron Yeap, ACS, ALB closed the session with his speech titled 'The Toastmaster in You'. Continuously engaging with audiences while giving speech are tough task to perform but pulled off with ease and skilfully by him. He had just uplifted the mood of toastmasters with his speech. Well Done!


All were really exhausted at the end of a productive session so we all went for a deserved break to rejuvenate with nasi lemak and drinks.

Meeting started again. Eng Ze Ru, CC, CL (General Evaluator) took over the charge of the meeting from Abdulrahman, PM2. GE started his speech by praising the MMKL club and its toastmasters. Next, KL Loh, ATMG as a Table Topic Evaluator gave an honest and constructive feedbacks to each Table Topics® participant. After that, assigned speech evaluators Hj. Hashim, DTM, CP Lau, DTM and Julia Leong, ACG, ALB gave their valued evaluations to their respective speakers. Everyone nodded their head in agreement with the evaluations. It's a privilege to be evaluated by such a experienced and seasoned speakers. In open evaluation session a few other toastmasters stood up and gave their honest opinions and suggestions in the spirit of friends helps friends to succeed.

 Next, the GE asked the roles players to announce their reports and took extra time and effort to provide feedbacks to the speakers, evaluators and role players. His opinions and recommendations were well received by all toastmasters and desiderate to meet him again as a GE in near future. Winners award presented to Rey Thean, PM1 as a Best Table Topics® speaker, Ron Yeap, ACS, ALB as Best Project Speaker and Hj. Hashim, DTM as a Best Evaluator. Congratulations to all of them for their impeccable speech; definitely a benchmark for everyone to follow.


Finally, KL Loh, ATMG, the President of MMKL thanked toastmasters for their effort in making the meeting a successful one . He praised General Evaluator Eng Ze RU, CC, CL's effort in acknowledging all role players importance in making a successful meeting. The meeting ended with souvenir giving ceremony to GE, group photo session and cake cutting session for CP Lau, DTM and Wendy Sim, CC.




Blog Writer: Nanthakumar


Regards,
MM-KL EXCO
2019/2020



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