Sunday, May 8, 2011

simplest form of charity is smile

We had our last meeting on 5th May, 2011. The venue for our meeting was Beach Luxury hotel. Total 19 people attended the meeting out which three were guests. The time to start our meeting was 6:30 p.m.

The meeting was presided over by our President, TM Fahim. He said the best and simplest form of charity is smile. It is a valuable asset for a speaker and one out of 19 is bound to respond you with a smile in return.

Toastmaster of the meeting was TM Panjwani and Table Topics Master was TM Mansoor. General Evaluator was TM Sajjad and Table Topics Evaluator was TM Fahim.

Roles were performed by TM Mehmood as the Timer and the Vote counter, TM Khalid was the Gramarrian and TM Adnan was the Ah-counter. TM Dr. Avan was the Word-master and the word of the day was “destiny.”

TM Mansoor conducted the Table Topics session and asked everyone to answer by completing the line, “if I was…” Speakers enjoyed and responded well to the topics. TM Izhar explained us how to break a bad news to his father, TM Khalid had to choose between a million dollars and a beautiful girl, TM Muneer was asked to speak on, “If I was the boss”, and TM Ibad spoke on, “if a girl flirts with me.” TM Khalid even improved his topic and made it difficult for himself by saying that what if he has to choose between Angelina Jolie and million dollars.

In Prepared Speeches session, TM Dr. Avan presented her Project three from the advance manual Interpretive Reading and it was evaluated by TM Farid. The book chosen by her was “Pride and the Prejudice.” TM Shabeer presented his Ice Breaker from the manual Competent Communicator and it was evaluated by TM Izhar. He spoke about C.F.C. and told us that success comes from good judgment and good judgment comes from experience but experience comes from bad judgment. Third speech was presented by Haris and his project six was evaluated by TM Shahrukh. He spoke about mother. TM Aqeel presented his project four from the Competent Communicator manual. He spoke about success and the speech was evaluated by TM Fahim. Last speech of the day was delivered by TM Shahrukh and it was project three from the advance manual Specialty Speeches. It was evaluated by TM Farid. The occasion chosen by him was fund-raise and he spoke about Brailler.

Table Topics were evaluated by TM Fahim and TM Shames Tabreez was invited to speak for our Club.

Winner for the Table Topics session was TM Izhar and TM Khalid was the runner-up. Winner for the Prepared Speeches was TM Haris and TM Shabeer was the runner-up.

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Professional Toastmasters Club is part of the global toastmasters club family. There are over 10,000 toastmasters clubs operating worldwide. Professional Toastmasters Club is chartered with Toastmasters International, a non-profit organisation dedicated to making effective communication a worldwide reality. There are four Toastmasters clubs currently operating in Karachi. These clubs following the same training format developed by Toastmasters International and is a time tested method to improve communication skills. Once an individual becomes member of a club, he/she is given same training opportunity and benefits irrespective of the professional or personal background. Meeting Programme: The club meetings every sunday from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm at Carlton Hotel. The programme is comprised of three segments: table topics; prepared speeches; and evaluations.