6th floor. Suasana Sentral Condominium,
Sentral Station, Jalan Tun Sambanthan,
Kuala Lumpur, 50150, Malaysia.
click image to see bigger
Saturday, December 26, 2009
5th Tuesday - 29th Dec 2009
Venue:
6th floor. Suasana Sentral Condominium,
Sentral Station, Jalan Tun Sambanthan,
Kuala Lumpur, 50150, Malaysia.
click image to see bigger
6th floor. Suasana Sentral Condominium,
Sentral Station, Jalan Tun Sambanthan,
Kuala Lumpur, 50150, Malaysia.
click image to see bigger
Sunday, December 6, 2009
New Venue for Meeting on 15th Dec, 2009
double-click on image to see BIGGER view
Directions to the Meeting Room:
6th floor. Suasana Sentral Condo.
Sentral Station. Brickfields.
Parking on Ground Level.
Visitors car park.
Take Lift to 6th Floor.
& go to Meeting Room.
Tell Reception that you are going for Toastmasters.
Directions to the Meeting Room:
6th floor. Suasana Sentral Condo.
Sentral Station. Brickfields.
Parking on Ground Level.
Visitors car park.
Take Lift to 6th Floor.
& go to Meeting Room.
Tell Reception that you are going for Toastmasters.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Toastmasters Meeting Review Tuesday 1 December 2009
Meeting date Tuesday 1 December 2009
In Bangsar Toastmasters tradition this was a quality meeting. While attendance was a little lower than usual, possibly due to the heavy rain, the meeting had all the components of a good meeting with interesting table topics, three prepared speeches and excellent detailed evaluations which had lessons for all.
President Lourdes opened the meeting and introduced the theme “self-sacrifice” . He invited everyone to say something about the theme, enabling members to provide their own, personal interpretations of the concept, while at the same time helping us all to get to know each other better as the short introductions were interspersed with personal anecdotes. The word of the day “altruistic” was introduced by Grammarian, Aisha, nicely complementing the theme.
The Table Topics session was challenging, to say the least. It developed the theme of self-sacrifice allowing speakers to talk about the value of sacrifice and the various ways the sacrifice of others touched their lives, as well as the importance of giving, and controversially why sometimes self-sacrifice might not always be the best answer – you have to have enough yourself, in order to be able to give.
The three assignment speeches illustrated the variety of skills required to become an Advanced Communicator, by providing opportunities for three very different types of speeches one from the Basic and two from Advanced Communicator Manuals. Renu’s speech “Your body speaks” was a light-hearted look at how your body language can tell the truth despite what you may be saying. It was well-illustrated by lively facial expression and examples from her work in a Spa, where clients’ facial expressions and powerful kicks gave away the pain they were experiencing, despite saying nothing. The importance of the position of the speaker, with the whole body in view of the audience, especially for this type of speech was explained in the evaluation. The second assignment speech gave us all an insight into Lucky’s career in Toastmasters – although I am not sure how much and exactly what was true! A formal speech, this is an advanced assignment in which you learn to speak on a specific occasion, in this case at an Anniversary celebration. It required the speaker to have good mastery of facts, an enthusiastic tone and an appropriate degree of formality, keeping the focus on the person being praised. Appropriate dress and controlled posture contributed to the effectiveness of the speech. The third assignment enabled Ranjani to tell us an Indian Folk Tale, one with a moral of course – “Beware of Mean Friends”. This assignment enables the speaker to develop a good memory, descriptive vocabulary and vocal variety, essential to maintain the audience’s interest. This was a thought-provoking tale which I am still thinking about.
The detailed evaluations of all the speeches as well as detailed reports from the Grammarian, Ah Counter and Time-keeper and a thorough meeting evaluation by the General Evaluator all provided food for thought.
Following the awards for best speakers and evaluator, control was passed back to the President. Lourdes announced that the club was in the process of confirming a change of location for our meetings. This will give us more space and a more comfortable environment for our fellowship and meetings. Watch this space for an announcement!
Overall this meeting allowed all to participate and to learn by doing as well as by listening! Don’t miss the next on on the 15th!
Role Players:
President: Lourdes Chandramohan DTM
Sergeant at Arms – for the evening: Lucky
Toastmaster of the Evening: Eileen Crawley CTM
Table Topics Master: Ranjit Singh ACS CL
Table Topics Evaluator: Lourdes Chandramohan DTM
Assignment Speaker 1: TM Renu Dayalal – Your Body Speaks (Basic 5)
Evaluator: Lucky ATMB ALS
Assignment Speaker 2: AC Sham Sunder “In Praise of Toastmaster Lucky” a speech for an anniversary dinner (Advanced Manual)
Evaluator: CC Chandran V,
Assignment Speaker 3: CC Ranjani Visvanathan Story Telling – A Folk Tale “Beware of Mean Friends”
Evaluator: DTM Lourdes Chandramohan
Grammarian: TM Aishah Ayub
Time Keeper : New Member TM Shoba
Ah Counter: TM Joan-Lynn Chong
General Evaluator: Ranjit Singh
Prepared by:
Eileen Crawley CTM
3 December 2009
In Bangsar Toastmasters tradition this was a quality meeting. While attendance was a little lower than usual, possibly due to the heavy rain, the meeting had all the components of a good meeting with interesting table topics, three prepared speeches and excellent detailed evaluations which had lessons for all.
President Lourdes opened the meeting and introduced the theme “self-sacrifice” . He invited everyone to say something about the theme, enabling members to provide their own, personal interpretations of the concept, while at the same time helping us all to get to know each other better as the short introductions were interspersed with personal anecdotes. The word of the day “altruistic” was introduced by Grammarian, Aisha, nicely complementing the theme.
The Table Topics session was challenging, to say the least. It developed the theme of self-sacrifice allowing speakers to talk about the value of sacrifice and the various ways the sacrifice of others touched their lives, as well as the importance of giving, and controversially why sometimes self-sacrifice might not always be the best answer – you have to have enough yourself, in order to be able to give.
The three assignment speeches illustrated the variety of skills required to become an Advanced Communicator, by providing opportunities for three very different types of speeches one from the Basic and two from Advanced Communicator Manuals. Renu’s speech “Your body speaks” was a light-hearted look at how your body language can tell the truth despite what you may be saying. It was well-illustrated by lively facial expression and examples from her work in a Spa, where clients’ facial expressions and powerful kicks gave away the pain they were experiencing, despite saying nothing. The importance of the position of the speaker, with the whole body in view of the audience, especially for this type of speech was explained in the evaluation. The second assignment speech gave us all an insight into Lucky’s career in Toastmasters – although I am not sure how much and exactly what was true! A formal speech, this is an advanced assignment in which you learn to speak on a specific occasion, in this case at an Anniversary celebration. It required the speaker to have good mastery of facts, an enthusiastic tone and an appropriate degree of formality, keeping the focus on the person being praised. Appropriate dress and controlled posture contributed to the effectiveness of the speech. The third assignment enabled Ranjani to tell us an Indian Folk Tale, one with a moral of course – “Beware of Mean Friends”. This assignment enables the speaker to develop a good memory, descriptive vocabulary and vocal variety, essential to maintain the audience’s interest. This was a thought-provoking tale which I am still thinking about.
The detailed evaluations of all the speeches as well as detailed reports from the Grammarian, Ah Counter and Time-keeper and a thorough meeting evaluation by the General Evaluator all provided food for thought.
Following the awards for best speakers and evaluator, control was passed back to the President. Lourdes announced that the club was in the process of confirming a change of location for our meetings. This will give us more space and a more comfortable environment for our fellowship and meetings. Watch this space for an announcement!
Overall this meeting allowed all to participate and to learn by doing as well as by listening! Don’t miss the next on on the 15th!
Role Players:
President: Lourdes Chandramohan DTM
Sergeant at Arms – for the evening: Lucky
Toastmaster of the Evening: Eileen Crawley CTM
Table Topics Master: Ranjit Singh ACS CL
Table Topics Evaluator: Lourdes Chandramohan DTM
Assignment Speaker 1: TM Renu Dayalal – Your Body Speaks (Basic 5)
Evaluator: Lucky ATMB ALS
Assignment Speaker 2: AC Sham Sunder “In Praise of Toastmaster Lucky” a speech for an anniversary dinner (Advanced Manual)
Evaluator: CC Chandran V,
Assignment Speaker 3: CC Ranjani Visvanathan Story Telling – A Folk Tale “Beware of Mean Friends”
Evaluator: DTM Lourdes Chandramohan
Grammarian: TM Aishah Ayub
Time Keeper : New Member TM Shoba
Ah Counter: TM Joan-Lynn Chong
General Evaluator: Ranjit Singh
Prepared by:
Eileen Crawley CTM
3 December 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
