Meeting Review (18th December, 2007)

The meeting was attended by 19 persons, comprising club members, visiting Toastmasters and guests.

Attendees

Ivan Fong

Huegesh

Jessy Mak

Lakhmichand, M.A.

Loke Kah Sing

Lourdes Chandramohan

Mary Barton

Maureen Ong Swee Kin

Michelle Ong Swee Jin

Muhendaran Suppiah

Parimala Thevi Sundram

Ranjnee

Ranjit Singh

GUESTS

Toastmasters

Malini Sivapatha Sundaram

Syamala

Non-Toastmasters

Damien

Dzulaika

Prem

Randhil

Role-Players
SAA	-	Muhendaran	DTM
TME	-	Muhendaran	DTM
Invocation	-	Michelle Ong
TTM	-	Syamala
TTE	-	Lakhmichand, M.A.	ATMB
GE	-	Ranjit Singh	ATMB
Ah Counter	-	Huegesh
Grammarian	-	Parimala
Timer	-	Jessy Mak

The meeting started on time, an important factor for the Bangsar Toastmasters Club. The SAA got the members to recite the Toastmasters’ promise just to remind the members of their responsibilities towards the Club, to fellow club members and to themselves.

Bangsar Toastmasters Club welcomed the Area Governor who was on his 2^nd official visit to the club (for your information, he attends all our meetings because he is the founder member of the Club). I give you the pleasure of guessing who he/she is?

Bangsar Toastmasters Club would like to acknowledge the presence of Toastmaster Malini, all the way from USA (…she was a member of our club). It was good to see her again and members took opportunity to do a bit of catching up with her. Malini, thank you for the chocolates.

Invocation by Maureen made us put on our thinking caps to reflect on how we would react if we are put in a particular situation.

Our guest from KPMG Toastmasters Club, TM Syamala chose very appropriate topics for the table topics session. This is the first time I have come across a guest (Damien) volunteering without any hesitation as the first table topics speaker. Randhill, Malini, Michelle and Prem also took part in the table topics session. The topics were very challenging and the participant spoke well. Our evergreen, Lucky, ATMB, gave precise and to the point evaluation for all the table topics speakers. Guest Randhill was voted as the best table topics speaker. He received a certificate from the President.

Humor session was an open session; Ranjit Singh, ATMB, shared a short joke.

The break was for 10 minutes and the meeting resumed with assignment speeches.

4 members presented their speeches from the basic C&L manual:

(# 2) Ranjani - “Benefits of Physical Exercise”

(# 5) Loke Kah Sing – “Gratitude”

(# 6) Michelle – “Career Options”

(# 8) Maureen – “Love Languages”

In my view, all the 4 speakers spoke well and it seems to me that they have done sufficient research on the topics they speak on.

The 4 evaluators were:

AC Fong, CTM

Lucky, ATMB

Lourdes, DTM

Mary Barton, ATMB

All the 4 evaluators did justice by delivering without fear or favor their evaluations (one of the pillars of the Bangsar Toastmasters Club). Maureen was voted as the Best Speaker, and Mary Barton, ATMB, as the Best Evaluator for the day.

Our President not only gave the opening address, which was vibrant and full of enthusiasm, but he was also the GE for the day. Being the President of the club he did point directly the errors and the shortcomings. Among others, he suggested that the club banner be displayed at all meetings. He also requested the SAA to make sure the word of the day and the theme for the meeting be written on the white board. These were noticeable weaknesses at this meeting as aptly pointed out by the GE.

During the closing of the meeting by the President, the guests remarked that they were impressed with the conduct of the meeting.

To conclude, I thoroughly enjoyed this meeting because Bangsar Toastmasters Club has always maintained very high standards and is always looking to improve further. The quality of language, time keeping, topics selection and the manner in which guests are treated are always par excellent.

Please note, this was the last meeting for the year 2007.

I take the opportunity to wish you all belated Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. I hope and pray that 2008 will be a prosperous year for all of us and hope we can achieve whatever we plan for the year ahead.

See you at the next meeting.

Bangsar being Bangsar, the next meeting is on the 1^st January 2008. This is the second time we are holding our meeting on January 1^st - for the record, the first time was when the Bangsar Toastmasters Club welcomed the year 2002.

Again, I wish you all Happy New Year and have a wonderful year ahead.

by: Muhendaran

Workshop on...

"The Art & Craft of The Champion Speaker"

Details	:
Date	:	Thursday 10 January, 2008
Time	:	7:00pm (Refreshment)
		7:45pm (Presentation)
Venue	:	Wisma WIM,
		No 7, Jln Abang Haji Openg,
		Tmn Tun Dr Ismail,
		Kuala Lumpur.
Fee	:	RM15.00
		Limited tickets are available.
		Please book your tickets now to avoid disappointment
		mail - azmishahrin@gmail.com
		SMS: 012-9198557
		before 5 January 2008.

About the Workshop:
Division W will be organizing this workshop, be facilitated by Leann Tang, DTM and Kim Chow, ATMS. This exciting workshop will be invaluable for contestants of the 2008 International Speech Contest and Toastmasters in general who would like to bolster their Public Speaking repertoire with advanced and easy to apply techniques. The workshop will cover in detail the recipe of a championship speech and the finer points of physical and mental preparation leading to the contest day.

Be a Champion Speaker this term and start your campaign with the right foot forward by attending this great workshop.


Our 2 Dynamic workshop facilitators:

Leann Tang, DTM is well known both within and outside Toastmasters circle as a dynamic speaker and presenter. She is a member of Indrahana Club since 1995 and has served as Club president, Area Governor, Division C Governor and recently as the Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) Chairman in 2006/2007.

She has won numerous contests at the Club, Area and Division levels. She continues to use her dynamic presentation skills to help members become better communicators and leaders.

She now puts communication and leadership skills acquired from the Toastmasters International program in managing a private landscaping firm.

Kim Chow, ATMS has vast experience in the fields of image development, communication, education, insurance, negotiation and event management.

In the education sector, she has served as a Science teacher and English lecturer. In the corporate sector, she has hands-on experience in business development, business support, customer relations, public affairs, damage control, event management, team building, mentoring and training.

Currently, she is a corporate trainer in image development, communication skills and emcee skills. She is an experienced Master of Ceremonies and comperes private and corporate functions. She also operates an insurance business that continuously sharpens her skills in public speaking, communication, negotiation, teamwork dynamics and crisis management.

A lady with a burning desire for learning and sharing, Kim Chow shares her expertise in the various courses conducted by KimChow Communicators Sdn Bhd.

A Toastmaster since 1997, she has served as President of Friendship Club and District 51 Secretary. She has won speech contests at club, area and division levels. Most recently, she was the Division W Champion for International Speech (2006/2007) and Humorous Speech (2007/2008).

DTM...

CONGRATULATIONS!

Distinguished Toastmaster
Muhendaran Suppiah


For having achieved
your DTM Award.
(Awarded - 1 Dec 2007)

BANGSAR TM Club
is PROUD
of Your Achievement!

Story Telling Treasure...

In his workshop, "Using stories to get your message across", Dunstan Chan, DTM, mentioned that internet is an avenue for you to find stories you can use...

I have a treasure to share with you - not only there are the stories, but you can LISTEN TO as well as read them!

It is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can:

* Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
* Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
* View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
* Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.


There are four ways to get started:

1. Browse by Author. You can pick your stories by the author's last name.
2. Browse by Title. You can pick your stories by title.
3. Search Database. You can search the collection by title, author, keywords or reading level.
An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom.

4. Launch iTunes. If you have iTunes software installed on your computer, you can download many of the selections directly into your iTunes library. The free iTunes application for either Macintosh or Windows computers may be downloaded directly from Apple, Inc.


I hope you will find this site very helpful, specially if you are doing the StoryTelling / Advanced Manuals. You will certainly find the audio files very helpful to master the art of vocal varieties...

Even if you are not you might just enjoy listening to them, or prefer to keep themas a collection...

You never know when you will become a grandfather and need to tell stories to your grandchildren...


Have Fun...


The site to visit is:

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/index.htm