Sunday, August 14, 2011

Our second meeting in Ramzan and the celebration of the Bangkok declaration

We had a wonderful meeting of Professional Toastmasters on August 11th, 2011. Meeting started at 6:00 p.m. This was our second meeting in Ramzan. The theme of our meeting was, ‘The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’ and the celebration of the Bangkok declaration of August 8th, 1967. There were three guests out of the total attendance of 18.


The meeting was presided over by our Club President, Madam TM Dr. Avan. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the meeting was Madam TM Neel who observed the Toastmasters pledge. Toastmaster of the meeting was TM Maneckji and Table Topics Master was TM Panjwani. The General Evaluator was Madam TM Neel and Table Topics Evaluator was TM Adnan.


Table Topics were related to the ‘Leadership Skills.’ The roles were performed by our members as well as guests. TM Junaid was the Grammarian. TM Jaan Ali was the Ah-Counte. Ms. Sarah, our guest, was the Vote-Counter. Timer was TM Farid. And Ms. Rubab, our guest, was the word-master. Word of the day was ‘Sacrifice.’


There were two speeches in the Prepared Speeches Session. First speech was delivered by TM Nadym who presented his project four from the Competent Communicator’s manual. His evaluator was TM Fahim. The title of his speech was ‘Selling.’

The second speech was presented by Madam TM Dr. Avan. She presented her first project from the manual, Interpersonal Communication. The title of her speech was, ‘so easy to talk to.’ She performed a simulation exercise with TM Khalid. The scenario was that Madam TM Dr. Avan meets TM Khalid at a friend’s birthday party and invites him to join Toastmasters.



Our guest Mishal, who is only eight years old, presented her own evaluation by scoring every speaker on the scale of 1 to 10. She also volunteered to present the award to the winner of the Prepared Speeches Session.



The winner of the Table Topics was TM Jaan Ali and TM Fahim was the runner-up. The winner of the Prepared Speeches was Madam TM Dr. Avan and TM Nadym was the runner-up.

After the meeting, TM Jaan Ali, along with rest of the members, celebrated TM Maneckji’s birthday.

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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.