Thursday, October 31, 2013

child labour



Professional Toastmasters Club held its meeting on 27th October, 2013, at Carlton Hotel. The time of the assembly was 3:30 pm. Total eight members attended the meeting. 

 

Meeting was called by the Sergeant-at-Arms, TM Shahrukh, and the lectern was handed over to the Presiding Officer, TM Hanif. TM Hanif commenced the meeting by sharing the story of Iqbal Mashi, a child who sold (US) $12/- and became the symbol of abusive child labour in the developing world.


[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbal_Masih

Toastmaster of the Evening was TM Parveen, Table Topics Master was TM Haris, General Evaluator was TM Panjwani and Table Topics Master was TM Fazal. The interesting aspect of the meeting was that the minimum time for the Table Topics was three minutes and maximum time was 5 minutes.


Roles were performed by TM Shahrukh as the Ah-Counter, TM Hanif as the Timer, TM Vaid as the Grammarian, and TM Rafi as the Word Master (word of the day: Peroration).


In the Prepared Speeches session, TM Panjwani repeated his 5th Project from the Competent Communicator Manual. The title of his speech was ‘Get Real.’ His evaluator was TM Rafi. The best line said by him was, ‘Character + Competence = Credibility & Trust.’

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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.