Thursday, April 4, 2013

Because we live for the first time!

One of the members rightly said during his speech that, “We do everything in life for the first time. It can even be your first speech. Because we also live for the first time!”
             
The combined meeting of Professional Toastmasters Club and Clifton Toastmasters Club was held on 31st March, 2013. Total 10 people attended the meeting, out of which one was a guest.

The oath was observed by TM Shahrukh and the meeting was presided over by TM Zafar. The Toastmaster of the Evening was TM Mansoor and TM Sattar was the Table Topics Master. In the Evaluation session, TM Khalid was the General Evaluator and TM Shahrukh was the Table Topics Evaluator.

The Roles were performed by Amir (guest) as the Ah-Counter; TM Hammad as the Word-Master (Word of the day was Information); TM Shahrukh as the Timer and TM Zafar as the Grammarian.

The theme for the Table Topics was "Education." Following speakers were assigned the topics:

a)    TM Khalid: Why our institutions are not safe?
b)    TM Zafar: Women Education: liberal and conservative views.[he shared with us the example of the great Meera Bai.]
c)    TM Mujeeb: Medium of our education is still undecided.
d)    TM Hammad: Teacher's Behaviour.
e)    TM Mansoor: Choice between Cambridge and Metric system
f)    TM Shahrukh: Role of a Degree
g)    Amir (guest): What will you do differently if you are asked again to repeat your 8th grade.
h)    TM Aqeel: What will you do with one million dollars.

Two Prepared speeches were delivered. TM Zafar presented his first project, the Ice Breaker,  from the Competent Communicator manual. He was evaluated by TM Sattar. TM Adnan Motiwala also presented his Ice Breaker and he was evaluated by TM Mujeeb.

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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.