Medley Toastmasters Club has set a goal of having an education session for every session this year and so far that has kept the sessions going great. Aptly themed 180th Meeting was another example of how wonderful the goals of the club this year has kept it going strong.
The venue was as usual filled with a wonderful blend of Toastmasters and guests, this has become a feature since we moved to the new venue. The meeting started precisely at 3 pm (at least as per Our Club president).
Club President, TM Guruprasad started the session with the esteemed golden gravel bang and declared the meeting open.
TMOD Santhosh did a thoughtful job of introducing the theme and the word for the day ‘Design’. He also shared how his goals have made him design his life towards success.
The prepared speeches, which was scheduled after the education session, was moved ahead to give time required to sort the technical glitches with projector. Though the education session was moved to later part of the session, it was worth the wait.
- First speech by TM Apurv (CC#3) was based on his experience and his learning which helped him overcome his silent addiction to sleeping.
- Second Speech by TM Alagu Bharathi (CC#4) shared ‘The Secret’ to attain what we dream to attain within 7 minutes.
- Third Speech by TM Chandramouli (CC#4) set the audience on ‘A journey to the Stars’ with a voyager (whose identity is reveled in the end) recounting his experience. This helped him win the Best Prepared Speech for the day.
Then, it was time for one of the best and memorable education sessions so far. TM Dr.Sampath Sowrirajan, one of the founding members of Medley Toastmasters, walked the audience through various strategies, tips and tricks on handling a Table Topics session. The session was a wonderful workshop where the strategies were explained and then volunteers from the audience were called upon to use the technique explained to handle a specific topic effectively.
Then, the evaluations session was conducted by the General Evaluator TM Karthik. The evaluators clearly carried the energy from the education session and provided wonderful feedback for the speakers. TM Badri Narayanan was voted as the best Evaluator of the day. And for his exhaustive grammarian’s report, TM Santhosh was awarded the Best Role Player of the day.
The eventful session came to a close at around 5:10 pm to be followed by a wonderful round of samosas and coffee/tea.
Signing off sharing a few questions that I took home from the session:
- Do we really spend time on what is very dear to us by setting our goals and priorities right?
- What keeps me going? The goals or the journey? Is it the greatness of the goal which leads to the journey being wonderful or vice versa?
- What is that one Goal that defines me and keeps me going?
The venue was as usual filled with a wonderful blend of Toastmasters and guests, this has become a feature since we moved to the new venue. The meeting started precisely at 3 pm (at least as per Our Club president).
Club President, TM Guruprasad started the session with the esteemed golden gravel bang and declared the meeting open.
TMOD Santhosh did a thoughtful job of introducing the theme and the word for the day ‘Design’. He also shared how his goals have made him design his life towards success.
The prepared speeches, which was scheduled after the education session, was moved ahead to give time required to sort the technical glitches with projector. Though the education session was moved to later part of the session, it was worth the wait.
- First speech by TM Apurv (CC#3) was based on his experience and his learning which helped him overcome his silent addiction to sleeping.
- Second Speech by TM Alagu Bharathi (CC#4) shared ‘The Secret’ to attain what we dream to attain within 7 minutes.
- Third Speech by TM Chandramouli (CC#4) set the audience on ‘A journey to the Stars’ with a voyager (whose identity is reveled in the end) recounting his experience. This helped him win the Best Prepared Speech for the day.
Then, it was time for one of the best and memorable education sessions so far. TM Dr.Sampath Sowrirajan, one of the founding members of Medley Toastmasters, walked the audience through various strategies, tips and tricks on handling a Table Topics session. The session was a wonderful workshop where the strategies were explained and then volunteers from the audience were called upon to use the technique explained to handle a specific topic effectively.
Then, the evaluations session was conducted by the General Evaluator TM Karthik. The evaluators clearly carried the energy from the education session and provided wonderful feedback for the speakers. TM Badri Narayanan was voted as the best Evaluator of the day. And for his exhaustive grammarian’s report, TM Santhosh was awarded the Best Role Player of the day.
The eventful session came to a close at around 5:10 pm to be followed by a wonderful round of samosas and coffee/tea.
Signing off sharing a few questions that I took home from the session:
- Do we really spend time on what is very dear to us by setting our goals and priorities right?
- What keeps me going? The goals or the journey? Is it the greatness of the goal which leads to the journey being wonderful or vice versa?
- What is that one Goal that defines me and keeps me going?
- Just another curious mind
“Curiousity kills a cat!! But we are humans!”
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