An Evening with Destiny

Feeling down or had a bad day at work, attending meeting at Professional Toastmasters Club may be the answer to your worries. That was what we experienced yesterday at the weekly meeting of Professional Toastmasters Club. The meeting which was attended by 8 people of which 1 was a guest, experienced a new energy and re invigoration. Indeed we were short of numbers but there was no dearth of zeal. TM Izhar conducted the programme will zeal and die-hard spirit motivating participants with forceful style. TM Mahmood as Table Topics Master challenged the impromptu speakers with interesting topics.

The main feature of the meeting was prepared speech session. TM Shahrukh, while delivering his speech from Advanced Manual, 'inter-personal communication' highlighted the key success factors in effective negotiation. He was evaluated by TM Harris. TM Sameer's speech from advanced manual, 'story telling' captivated the audience and highlighted the importance of proper prior planning before undertaking a journey. His speech was evaluated by TM Farid.

The evaluation session was conducted by TM Sameer. Table topics were evaluated by TM Farid. Interestingly TM Sameer was voted as the best table topics speaker and best prepared speaker.

What a wonderful evening: We all enjoyed our professions

After a long time, we had an evening which we all will remember. Professional Toastmasters club members who attended the meeting on September 23, 2010, went away with nice memories, which will last for at least one week before we meet again next Thursday. Altogether 10 people attended the meeting. Out of them 9 were members and 1 was a guest.

The meeting was conducted in his signature style by TM Iqbal Bakhshi as Toastmaster of the evening.

The table topics session was indeed the key feature of the evening. With TM Sajjad Zahoor assigning each of us a profession and inviting us to get challenged into our new career, every speaker shared something which is going to be unforgettable for the listeners. For those who were not there here is a glimpse what they have missed out.



But that was not just the only piece of action during the evening. TM Maneckji entertained us with humorous speech as hence became the latest member who completed all the projects in basic manual. TM Maneckji, now we are more knowledgeable of our animal instincts and areas for improvement :)

TM Fareed as general evaluator gave a detailed run down on the event and where can we improve upon as a team. TM Harris as table topics evaluator reviewed the table topic speeches.

TM Dr. Avan was voted as the best Table Topics Speaker. The members also pleasantly found out that there are efforts going on to establish two more toastmasters clubs in the city. One such club is being established for the blind students and the other one is expected to be launched by a reputable school in the city. We are proud to learn that members of Professional Toastmasters Club are part of both these initiatives.