Medley Toastmasters Club started the year 2013 with a bang, coming from a very successful year 2012. The first meeting of the year (177th from its Genesis) reflected the same; the theme was ‘Start with a Bang!’.
Novelty and energy were evident from the start. A new venue (30 minutes on Lattice Bridge road), a new agenda template (with minutes), a wonderful education session and of course the new executive committee who put in their efforts into making all of this possible.
The New venue was refreshing and was fully packed with a right blend of Toastmasters and guests. The meeting started precisely at 3 pm and stuck to the minutes in the agenda.
Club President, TM Guruprasad started the session with the esteemed golden gravel bang and declared the meeting open. Following which Club VPM TM Sarathy inducted the new members.
The Education session, that followed, by our Area Governor TM Sundararaman infused (which was by the way the word of the day) the energy and enthusiasm while it helped us understand how to conduct the sessions better. It set the stage right for this session and for the sessions to follow.
Then came the Prepared Speeches session boasting three thoughtful speeches:
- First speech by TM Venkatesan (CC#5) was based on three remarkable experiences of his life which made him (and the audience) appreciate the saying ‘As you sow, so you reap’.
- Second Speech by TM Jayanthi (CC#7) was a well researched speech on how to infuse desirable thoughts into ones subconscious mind while in an Alfa state and bring out ‘The Magician within You’.
- Third Speech by TM Rajasekhar (CC#8) was a very interesting and creative use of trash to make very attractive decorative and useful articles, which, infused us to ‘Think Different’. This helped him win the Best Prepared Speech for the day.
This was followed by the Table Topics marathon where the Table Topics Master TM Meenakshi fired 12 questions to invoke thoughtful responses from Toastmasters and Guests alike. The response from Guest Charu on the possibility of having (or not) a New year resolution of avoiding junk food helped her bag the Best Table Topics Speaker for the day.
Then it was time for the most awaited part of the meeting (really!), the evaluations. The evaluators matched the speeches with their insightful feedback. TM Guruprasad was voted as the best Evaluator of the day. And for his exhaustive grammarian’s report, TM Apurv was awarded the Best Role Player of the day.
The eventful session came to a close at around 5 pm to be followed by a wonderful round of Kozhakattais (Steamed Modhaks) and coffees.
Signing off sharing a few areas to feed our curious minds from the sessions:
- Why the idiom ‘Start with a Bang’? Does it have anything to do with the big bang or the gun shots, gongs before track events or ring events?
- What are your experiences that help you appreciate the idiom ‘Start with a Bang’?
- Why at times we let boredom, reluctance, laziness creep in and not carry the energy with which we started something?
Novelty and energy were evident from the start. A new venue (30 minutes on Lattice Bridge road), a new agenda template (with minutes), a wonderful education session and of course the new executive committee who put in their efforts into making all of this possible.
The New venue was refreshing and was fully packed with a right blend of Toastmasters and guests. The meeting started precisely at 3 pm and stuck to the minutes in the agenda.
Club President, TM Guruprasad started the session with the esteemed golden gravel bang and declared the meeting open. Following which Club VPM TM Sarathy inducted the new members.
The Education session, that followed, by our Area Governor TM Sundararaman infused (which was by the way the word of the day) the energy and enthusiasm while it helped us understand how to conduct the sessions better. It set the stage right for this session and for the sessions to follow.
Then came the Prepared Speeches session boasting three thoughtful speeches:
- First speech by TM Venkatesan (CC#5) was based on three remarkable experiences of his life which made him (and the audience) appreciate the saying ‘As you sow, so you reap’.
- Second Speech by TM Jayanthi (CC#7) was a well researched speech on how to infuse desirable thoughts into ones subconscious mind while in an Alfa state and bring out ‘The Magician within You’.
- Third Speech by TM Rajasekhar (CC#8) was a very interesting and creative use of trash to make very attractive decorative and useful articles, which, infused us to ‘Think Different’. This helped him win the Best Prepared Speech for the day.
This was followed by the Table Topics marathon where the Table Topics Master TM Meenakshi fired 12 questions to invoke thoughtful responses from Toastmasters and Guests alike. The response from Guest Charu on the possibility of having (or not) a New year resolution of avoiding junk food helped her bag the Best Table Topics Speaker for the day.
Then it was time for the most awaited part of the meeting (really!), the evaluations. The evaluators matched the speeches with their insightful feedback. TM Guruprasad was voted as the best Evaluator of the day. And for his exhaustive grammarian’s report, TM Apurv was awarded the Best Role Player of the day.
The eventful session came to a close at around 5 pm to be followed by a wonderful round of Kozhakattais (Steamed Modhaks) and coffees.
Signing off sharing a few areas to feed our curious minds from the sessions:
- Why the idiom ‘Start with a Bang’? Does it have anything to do with the big bang or the gun shots, gongs before track events or ring events?
- What are your experiences that help you appreciate the idiom ‘Start with a Bang’?
- Why at times we let boredom, reluctance, laziness creep in and not carry the energy with which we started something?
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