Radin Mas Toastmasters

Date: Monday, December 28, 2009

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Highlights: Comedienne Abigail Chay, Caroling, HotNogging, Gift-exchange, the usual fun learning, and lots more!

Place: Radin Mas CC Level 2

Please bring along a gift not exceeding $10 for gift-exchange.

See you there!

Appreciation goes out to John and Mike for sharing about the 113th meeting!

John:

"Monday was the day when our speechcrafters experienced for themselves the flow of an actual chapter meeting. Monday was the day when we had a panel of judges to share with the prepared speech speakers on how to improve their speeches.

Instead of saying we experienced Monday blues, we were able to feel the orangy energy of the sun right at Radin Mas Toastmasters' club. Not only did we experience the 'blue' and the 'orange', we also experience a whole range of other colours as speechcrafters shared the colours of their lives.

The Singapore Idol style of evaluation was adopted for evaluation by our gracious guest evaluators--this meant each speech was broken down into individual components - the organization and content, the body language, the vocal variety and the use of language."

Mike:

"It was another evening of fun, learning and inspiration.

Sergeant-at-Arms TM Heah started off the meeting asking each member on which area of communication would he or she be interested to improve on.

Area D1 Governor, Ann, acting President (President Paul was away on a business trip), inspired us with her “7 wonders” and “3Ps” in her life--

1. I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards (Abraham Lincoln)

2. I may be weak in my communication, but I never stop learning and practicing

3. I have fear in my public speaking, but I am not afraid of being evaluated for my own improvement.

4. I can conquer my own fear of failure to take courageous steps towards my goals

5. I can rest for a while to prepare myself for any challenges ahead in this learning path

6. I can meet people of like-mind along the way who can share the same goal or interest with me

7. I can vanquish my own procrastination and seek what really matters to me

These are the wonders that we can find in the toastmaster journey. But again, the inner quality of oneself must possess 3 x P: Passion, positive and perseverance (3 P)

Radin Mas Toastmasters Club was honoured to have District 80 LGM, DTM Michael Rodrigues as a guest of honor to present a talk on how to tackle Table Topics with success. Members and guests were busy taking notes during his presentation on the 3 different ways of tackling Table Topics.

Immediately after DTM Michael Rodrigues’ talk, we had the Table Topics segment, which was presented by our member cum club treasurer, Mike, CC, CL. 6 brave members and guests came up and answered the Table Topics, creating much laughter and entertainment to the club.

After the refreshment break, we had 3 members giving their speeches. TM Jason gave an informative speech on a topic called “Black Swan”. TM Dickson gave a persuasive speech titled “The Leadership Training Seminar”. TM Sanyay gave an entertaining and informative speech on the topic “Ragging in India”. They were evaluated on a panel of evaluators, which made of external guests: Daisy Neo, CC, CL, Lynda Neo, CC, ALS, Chee Kim Loon, ACB, CL, and our own member, Chen Junsheng, CC, ALB. The panel of evaluators touched on the different areas of improvement and their recommendations on how to improve on these areas benefited the speakers, as well as the audience.

The last item was another talk by DTM Michael Rodrigues on leadership. In his talk, he highlighted the importance that the Exco need to walk the talk, and lead by example. “Make Members Matter” was the next motto raised by him, as members made up the club. He also mentioned that the key way to attract new members was to ensure each and every chapter meeting vibrant and fun.

This was a meeting from which the Exco, members and guests benefited greatly."

Seven Wonders and 3P were quoted by Ann Lee who strongly believes in applying these in her learning journey.

Our club, the Radin Mas Toastmasters, Singapore, has been developing public speaking and leadership skills through practice and feedback since the year 2000. We are an element of the non-profit Toastmasters International District 80, Division D, Area D1 clubs and our official club number is 4436. Regular meetings are held the fourth Mondays each month.

Radin Mas Toastmasters Club warmly congratulates our speech champion Mike Seah Zhi Xiong, CC for his DOUBLE win at the club and area contest levels this past month. WELL DONE, MIKE!

With this clean sweep, Mike is poised to represent Radin Mas TMC at the division level! WE KNOW MIKE'LL DO HIS BEST!

The Area D1 Division contest will be held on
Date: 10 Oct, 2009 (Sat)
Time : 1.30 to 5.30 pm
Venue: SMU campus at 60 Stamford road.

During our regular club meetings, Mike has often shared about his humble roots. We do not hear about the hard work and long hours Mike puts into practicing for speeches, but we learn alongside each wonderful idea or flop. His Toastmasters experience of building on skills and techniques for communicating effectively with practice, leveraging on the strategies and skills shared by other distinguished speakers is common around the world. Mike has mastered how to deliver a constructive speech evaluation that affirms the speaker's strengths and encourages the speaker to look at other aspects of livening and polishing for a more effective speech.

As we congratulate Mike on his BIG WINS, we welcome you, any interested readers and fellow toastmasters, to join us for our club meetings, held regularly on the 4th Monday of each month.

Radin Mas TMC grooms winners-- CONGRATULATIONS MIKE!

Our club, the Radin Mas Toastmasters, Singapore, has been developing public speaking and leadership skills through practice and feedback since the year 2000. We are an element of the non-profit Toastmasters International District 80, Division D, Area D1 clubs and our official club number is 4436.