Had a Toastmasters meeting today here in office. Must say it turned out to be pretty good inspite of the fact that there were just about 10 of us and that we were meeting up after a long time that too on a odd day (unlike the regular weekly day we usually meet). Yea, we have membership troubles you see! The theme for the meeting was, "New Beginning" and it indeed seemed like we were starting all over :) We ran through the regular agenda which involved the Sergeant-at-arms opening up the meeting, followed by the President's address to the meeting and thro to the TT, speeches and evaluations.
Being the table-topics master today, I had prepared for giving out a few topics of interest like innovation at the workplace, Breakthrough ideas: myth or reality, Travelling: Planned or unplanned, and a few others. It always amazes me the amount of creative ways in which people can come up with ideas to speak on any topic, and my club is very clever in that! It was good fun and lots of ideas were shared.
Even after more than five years of being a Toastmaster, I have found that there is always so much to learn and know about...and it helps when the members are so talented!
It definitely has been a while since I attended one !!!
ReplyDeleteHey Kishore (on shore!), I was asking about you today! You are more than welcome to come over and join. Its a "New Beginning" for all of us anyway! Hope to see you in the club sometime.
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ReplyDeleteYou just showed to the entire club as to what an experience of 5 years can do . Really enjoyed every bit of it. It was the much needed boost to the club . Let us strive hard as each week goes by .
Hey Karthik..just the fact that you guys are so passionate makes the club a success (its going to be 3 years for the club soon!). Let's keep the momentum going now! All the best for your speech next week...I'm looking forward to it!!
DeleteGreat going Nikhil. Never give up, there's always hope:) I had the same problems from Oct, as you know, converting org club into community club. Now we have regular meetings and the attendance never dips below 8:) Will be meeting this saturday. Will keep u posted:)
ReplyDeleteTT sessions are very effective to keep the attention and interest going and you are a natural:)
Thank you! I am sure as a veteran MTM, you will have no problems in getting the club back in shape! All the best for Saturday!
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