Saturday, September 28, 2013

Arduous



Professional Toastmaster Club held its meeting on 22nd September, 2013. Total eight people attended the meeting. Sergeant-at-Arms was TM Haris who called the meeting and observed the oath. The meeting was presided over by TM Rafi. 


Toastmaster of the evening was TM Shahrukh, Table Topics Master was TM Zulfiqar, General Evaluator was TM Fahim and Table Topics Evaluator was TM Fazal. Article of the week was shared by TM Shahrukh, ’Aristotle’s concept of good life discussed.’ [http://www.dawn.com/news/1015302/aristotles-concept-of-good-life-discussed]



Roles were performed by TM Muneef as the Ah-Counter, TM Ashraf as the Word Master (word of the day was ‘Arduous’) and TM Haris was the Timer.


Prepared speech was presented by TM Zafar Iqbal who completed his project 7 from the Competent Communicator manual. He was evaluated by TM Rafi and the title of his speech was ‘Benefits of the University Education.’

Thursday, September 19, 2013

LOOSEN UP!



Professional Toastmasters Club organised its meeting on September 15th, 2013. Total eleven members attended the meeting.

 


The meeting was called in session by Sergeant-at-Arms, TM Shahrukh, and it was presided over by the Club President, TM Hanif. TM Shahrukh also shared the article of the week, “HOW TO LOOSEN UP! Avoid the stiff mannequin-style delivery” by Ernest C. Daw [http://magazines.toastmasters.org/display_article.php?id=1371260]

Toastmaster of the Evening was TM Fazal and the Table Topics Master was TM Parveen. The theme of the meeting was ‘Courage.’ General Evaluator was TM Rafi and Table Topics Evaluator was TM Nazir.


Roles were performed by TM Haroon as the Ah-Counter, TM Ashraf as the Grammarian, TM Hanif as the Word Master and TM Imran as the Timer.


Two speeches were delivered in the prepared speeches session. TM Shahrukh presented second project from the Advance Manual, “Interpretive Reading.” He was evaluated by TM Mujeeb. The poem was, ‘Asking for Roses’ by Robert Frost.

The second speech was the Ice Breaker my TM Zulfiqar. He was evaluated by TM Hanif.


















Thursday, September 12, 2013

Put Your Hands Where They Belong



Professional Toastmasters Club held its meeting on September 8th, 2013, at Carlton Hotel. Total 10 people attended the meeting out of which 3 were guests. We were also honoured to have TM Nazir with us after such a long time.

Sergeant-at-arms was TM Shahrukh who initiated the meeting, and President TM Hanif was the presiding officer. 


Toastmaster of the evening TM Haris, Table Topics Master was TM Fazal, General Evaluator was TM Nazir and Table Topics Evaluator was TM Fahim. The theme of the day was ‘Dreams.’


Roles were performed by TM Shahrukh as the Ah-Counter and Vote counter, TM Hanif as the Grammarian and Word-Master, and Zulfiqar as the Timer.

In the Prepared speeches session, TM Shahrukh repeated project 10 from the Competent Communicator manual and he was evaluated by TM Mujeeb. The title of the speech was ‘Sky is your limit.’ During his evaluation, he shared the answer of the age old question related to not to clasp hands while speaking to the public. The question was where to put your hands if not clasp them? The answer was to put them where they belong! 


TM Fahim was asked to give a short presentation on Golf.











Saturday, September 7, 2013

We Hold These Truths



Professional Toastmaster Club held its meeting on 1st September, 2013. Total eight people attended the meeting.

TM Haris performed the duties of Sergeant-at-Arms and presiding officer was TM Hanif. Toastmaster of the Evening was TM Fazal, Table Topics Master was TM Parveen. In the Evaluation session, TM Hyder was the General Evaluator and TM Haris was the Table Topics Evaluator.

TM Hanif shared with us the article of the week, ‘We Hold These Truths’ by By Dr. Ralph C. Smedley.
[Link: http://www.geocities.ws/free-speech/smedley.html]

Roles were performed TM Shahrukh as the Timer and the Vote Counter, TM Hanif as the Ah-Counter and TM Mujib as the Word-Master. Word of the day was ‘Glad.’

In the prepared speech, TM Mujib shared his experience with the Toastmasters Club in United States.

The winner of the Table Topics session TM Haris. 

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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.