Sunday, October 2, 2011

our new logo

The meeting date of the Professional Toastmasters club was September 29th, 2011. The theme of the meeting was “On Your Mark, Get Set… Go!” The colour for the meeting was blue and the slogan was confidence. The Presiding officer was Madam TM Dr. Avan. Toastmaster was TM Farid. The General Evaluator was TM Adnan. And Table-Topicsmaster was TM Tauseef. Madam TM Neel started the meeting by observing the oath.

The Toastmaster explained us the concept of Teamwork.

a) T: Together,

b) E: Everybody,

c) A: Accomplishes and

d) M: More.

The Toastmaster also explained the theme “On Your Mark, Get Set… Go!” with certain thoughts:

a) On Your Mark: Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow -- Helen Keller

b) Get Set: Give your attitude some latitude

c) Go: One step at a time

The team of the General Evaluator comprised of TM Tahir as the Timer, TM Nadym as the Grammarian, Madam TM Neel as the Vote Counter, TM Jaan Ali as the Ah-Counter and TM Hairs as the Word-Master. Word of the day was “Aggravate.” This team also included TM Nadym as the Speech Evaluator for TM Maneck and TM Shahrukh as the Speech Evaluator for Madam TM Dr. Avan.

TM Tauseef is our new member and conducted the Table Topics session for the first time. Five speakers participated in the Table Topics session. “What will you ask from a psychic about your future” was the question that every speaker had to answer. TM Nadym, TM Haris, TM Khalid, TM Neel and TM Adnan were asked to speak.

There were two speeches and one presentation in the Prepared Speeches session. First speech was delivered by Madam TM Dr. Avan. She delivered her second project from the Interpersonal Communication manual. The title of her speech was “A Part of Life.” TM Farid helped her in performing the simulation exercise.

The second speech was delivered by TM Maneckji from Humorously Speaking manual. He presented his first project and the title of his speech was “A Love Affair.”

TM Shahrukh presented a Powerpoint presentation for the purpose of educating the members about Competent Communicator manual, Competent Leadership manual, title of Distinguish Toastmaster and Distinguish Club programme. The title of the presentation was “The Grand Goal.” TM Khalid evaluated the presentation.

This opportunity was also used to launch our new logo. The task of designing our new logo and certificates for the best Table Topics and Best Speaker was taken up by TM Adnan. Professional Toastmasters club is proud of him.

The winner of the Table Topics was TM Haris and TM Neel was the runner-up. The winner of the Prepared Speeches was TM Maneckji and TM Avan was the runner-up.

TM Adnan was presented with a ribbon for his services to the Professional Toastmasters club.

TM Mehmood joined us after a very longtime. Our presiding officer asked him and TM Tahir for their comments.

Our next meeting is schedule to take place at Beach Luxury hotel on October 6th, 2011. Our meeting of October 13th, 2011 will take place at a new venue. Our member, TM Khalid has invited the Professional Toastmasters club to hold its meeting in his office on October 13th. The address is, "Plot No F-1 sector 6-A Mehran Town, Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi."

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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.