unannounced power outage.

We had a wonderful meeting on 23rd December, 2010. After a longtime, we had such a heavy attendance of fifteen people. Toastmaster of the Evening was TM Chauhan, Table Topic Master was TM Mehmood, General Evaluator was TM Dr. Avan and Table Topics Evaluator was TM Sajjad.

TM Raza Abidi presided over the meeting. He brilliantly explained the benefits of communication skills and how being regular to the Toastmasters can help us improve. According to him, Toastmasters can help us at both the levels i.e. Interpersonal and Public speaking.

Table Topic’s session was successfully conducted by TM Mehmood. The most entertaining topic was the qualities of our beloved president. The topic was assigned to TM Nazeer Vaid who joined us after a very longtime. We hope to see more of you!

Prepared speeches were delivered by TM Shahrukh (Advance Manual: Speaking to Inform-Project 2) and TM Junaid (Competent Communication Manual-Project 2). First speech was to clarify myths about Pakistan and second speech focused on the environment and how can we play our role to minimize the threat.

Our last session was conducted by TM Dr. Avan as the General Evaluator. She was of the opinion that the new venue was too small for our club to conduct meetings. This will be discussed and final decision will be taken by the consent and vote of the members. TM Sajjad was the Evluator for the Table Topics and he gave a wonderful evaluation even when there was a power outage in the middle of his evaluation.

The meeting was informative and entertaining. We hope to hold our last meeting of the year on 30th December, 2010 and make it the most memorable one.

Generation-Y

We had a wonderful time this week. Our meeting held in the Hotel Beach Luxury on 9th December, 2010 at 6:25 p.m. as scheduled. Toastmaster of the evening was Toastmaster Izhar, Table Topic Master was TM Chauhan and General Evaluator was TM Fahim.

TM Chauhan performed superbly and came up with brilliant table topics. We not only learned about generation-Y but how can we overcome all the odds and play the leadership role to a better and brighter future.

Roles were played by TM Junais as the Timer and Vote-Counter, TM Mehmood as Ah-Counter and the wordmaster and TM Shahrukh as the Grammarian. Prepared speeches were delivered by TM Sajjad and TM Tayab.

Table Topics were evaluated by TM Haris while evaluators for speeches were TM Shahrukh (for TM Sajjad) and TM Junaid (for TM Tayab).

The graph shows a decrease in the use of ah’s and other filler words while the splendid use of grammar was seen. Enormous was the word of the day and was used considerable amount of time.

Winner for Table Topics Session was TM Fahim and TM Tayyab wan the session of prepared speeches.

TM Maneck has given out the invitation of Bar. B. Q. at his place with 200/- Rs. per head. And TM Sajjad has also proposed to plan out for a picnic at his beach hut.



We are not schedule to meet next week due to Muharram. But our next meeting will is on 23rd December, 2010 but at a new venue. TM Nazir Vaid has offered use his official premises and the object is to attract more members by charging only 150/- Rs for a meeting.

Raising the roof!

The roof was falling, meeting charges were rising and there was water everywhere. But nothing was enough to hold the Professional Toastmasters Club from holding their meeting on 2 December, 2010. With the appropriate attendance and two guests who have agreed to become our member, the meeting took off.
The theme of the day was “Nothing is Impossible”. Colour of the was “Green” and sign was “Fort”.
The Big Three were TM Bakshi as the Toastmaster of the Evening, TM Sameer as the Table Topics Master and TM Chauhan as our General Evaluator.
Prepared speeches were TM Fareed’s “An Extra Mile” and TM Shahrukh’s “World Wars in 7 minutes”.
Our Evaluators included TM Umer as out Table Topics Evaluator, while TM Sameer (for TM Shahrukh) and TM Haris (for TM Fareed) were the evaluator of the prepared speeches.
Helpers of the day were TM Haris as an Ah-counter and the Word-master (Word of the day was Jubilant), TM Sajjad was the Timer and Vote-counter and TM Umer was the Grammarian.
Table Topics session was a blast. TM Sameer was both, the good and the bad cop. Topics included, “The day when you got in to a fight” or “recall the moment when you saw the most beautiful girl”, and my personal favourite, “when was it when you had the ugliest quarrel with you wife”.

Winner of the Table Topics session was TM Sameer. Winner for the Speeches was TM Fareed and TM Haris was voted the best evaluator.

Our meeting was a success. Even with the roof coming apart and with water everywhere, we managed skillfully and proved that nothing is impossible!

Be a bundle of laughs.

Our club meeting on 25th November, 2010 was a blast. Acouple of laughs and a couple of good performances by our members were all more than one can ask for. Toastmaster of the Evening was TM Sajjad. The theme was 'Say no to Arms' and the colour if the day was 'green.' Table Topics Master was TM Fahim, Table Topics Evaluator was TM Sameer and General Evaluator was TM Shahrukh. Helpers were TM Farid as an Ah-counter, Vote counter and the Timer. TM Mehmood was the Word-master and TM Haris was the Grammarian.

We started off with rejoicing the victory of Pakistn hockey tem in Asian games. Toastmaster of the evening explained the concept of 'the balance of power' and conducted the meeting skillfully. Table Topics Master introduced Malcolm Gladwell to us and prepared many interesting topics like a world where we were aging backwards, where there was no boss and no responsibilities. The topics were inspired by the book 'the Big Shot' and overall theme was the 'Fools Paradise.'



Prepared speeches were delivered by TM Dr. Avan and TM Shahrukh. TM Dr. Avan presented her fourth project from the story telling manual while TM Shahrukh presented his fifth and final project form the Interpersonal communication manual. TM Shahrukh conducted a successful role play with the help of TM Farid who played the role of Moulvi (Muslim Priest) with a great ease. TM Sameer presented a presentation on how to run a successful club.



The winner of the Table Topics and Prepared Speeches was TM Dr. Avan, while TM Sameer was awarded tzhe best Evaluator. The award of the Big-Three was shared between the contestants.

Go over with a Bang!

The target was to get at least fifteen people to attend the meeting but we manage to gather ten. Even though we couldn't manage to meet the target but this was a preety big gathering seen after a longtime. The meeting was held at the Beach Luxury hotel on 11th November,2010.

Three guests honoured us with their presence. Mr. Muntazir Ali, Mr. Gibran Ashrad and Mr. Saad Shah attended the meeting and have promised to become the regular members of our club.

Major roles included Toastmaster of the Day (TM Shahrukh), Table Topic Master (TM Sajjad), General Evaluator (TM Iqbal Bakshi) and Table Topic Evaluator (TM Fahim).

Roles were played by all the members and guests present at the meeting. Timer was TM Iqbal Bakshi, Vote Counter was TM Fahim, Grammarian was Mr. Muntazir, Word Master was Mr. Gibran Ashraf (word of the day was Liberty) and AH Counter was TM Junaid.

Table Topics were very interesting as all of us had to imagine the professions which were assigned to us by the Table Topic Master. They ranged from being the personal assistant to the President to the cell phone snatcher. Prepared Speeches were to be delivered by TM Hanif Sattar and TM Shahrukh from the Advances manual. Unfortunately, as soon as we were about to enjoy our second speech, we heard a blast. There was a bomb blast nearby and so we had to adjourn our meeting.

But we are hopeful and determined to continue our congregation and will meet after Eid!

Character Fair 2010

Inter and intra school speech competition was organised by the Star Links school on 11th November, 2010. The venue for the contest was Star Links school's boys section. The program organised by Star Link School, Mid-City Toastmasters and Professional Toastmasters. Participating Schools included the City School, the Generation and the Star Links school.

Administration included Miss Amina Murad and Miss Ayesha Khatib with many others from the school. Judges of the program were Iqbal Saeed from Mid-City Toastmasters,Fahim-us-Zaman from Professional Toastmasters and Mr. Wali Zahid. Toastmaster Iqbal Bakshi was the Chief Guest and was escorted by Toastmaster Shahrukh.

Theme of the program was "Character Fair." Topics for the speeches were"Education without character can produce graduates but not good human beings" and "Media has become the way of living." Participants were supposed to speak in favour and in against the givin topics. Speeches were delivered in Fnglish as well as in Urdu.

The program was a success and it gave students a chance to present their public speaking skills. Outstanding performance, excellent research material, clear understanding of the topic and tackling the most controversial subjects with ease, showed the hard work of both, the students and the teachers.

Participants were Muhammad Tahir, M. Arbaz Khan, Mufaddal Borhany, Muneeb Shere, Hamza Khattak, Musra Naeem, Yahya Yousuf, Abdul Moeed, Osama Siddiqui, Ibraheem Shakeel, Furqan-udin, Ismaeel Shariq, Mohammad Amin, Ammar Hasan and Umwer Farooq.

Professional Toastmasters was honoured to be the part pf such a great event and promises to support the school and their cause all the way.

We wish you Good Luck!

Always go for the Gold

Our club is facing many crises but still our meeting on 4th November, 2010 was a success. Only four members were present but each one played multiple roles. The first session of the program was an informal, round table discussion among the members on the security situation of our city. After refreshments, meeting officially commenced with the pledge of the Toastmasters.

The Big Three of our meeting were: TM Shahrukh as the Toastmasters of the Evening, TM Fahim as the Table Topic Master, TM Sajjad as the General Evaluator and Table Topic Evaluator was TM Sattar.

Multiple roles were performed by each member. TM Sajjad was the Vote Counter and the Timer, TM Fahim was the AH Counter and the Grammarian and TM Shahrukh was the Word Master of the day.

Inetead of the prepared speeches session, we had a round table discussion before the meeting and afterwards, there were two rounds of the Table Topic Session. Word of the day was Peril.

The theme of the meeting was 'Always go for the Gold' and we recalled the story of Mary Lou Retteon and her perfect 10 score. Sign of the day was Yellow Ribbon to symbolise hope and colours were Yellow, Orange and Gold. Table Topics were on the subject of 'Habits' and was a real test for our speaking skills.

TM Fahim was the winner with his winning line:

"Pakistan was created out of hope and not out of hate."