MoM - 20 Jan 2010: Hellos & Goodbyes

So, let’s not blame it on the rain the meeting was 10 minutes late or should we? But the fact was the meeting went with so much fun.

The theme prepared by The Toastmasters of The Meeting, TM Pauline was ‘Hellos & Goodbyes’. It is also her goodbye to our beloved club since she has decided to return to hometown – Jambi ~_~.

On this meeting, we’ve got to see a new phenomenon. One of our future members – Gianina – gladly took an ‘impromptu’ role as Ah-Counter. Despite with little preparation, she’s done her job wonderfully and other members couldn’t wait to see her perform more in the future.

Table Topic Session led by TM Rama was really entertaining (as always). This one was a real challenge to the participants as each group of participants should act and talk according to the script the T/T Master had prepared.

On this occasion, we’ve 4 prepared speech speakers. The first speaker, TM Juwati’s talked about “Dewa Klasik Alexander”. All of us had an impression the speech would be delivered in Bahasa Indonesia, while in fact the title was the name of a great person.

TM Anda - delivered his poetic speech: “Unseen Love” and no doubt that he understood clearly what L.O.V.E. meant.

TM Helda shared her experience by delivering her Basic Manual# 3: “Some Wise Thought in Choosing Property”. This information offered useful points for consideration before buying a house.

The last speaker was CC Niken with her speech “They Are Not Him” as part of the project Entertaining Speech #4. The speech reminded us the real life example of like father is not always like soon.

To give everyone of us to learn more from the meeting, we had a very encouraging and constructive evaluation session done by TM Jessica, TM Leonardi, TM Billy and ACB ALB David.

At the end of the meeting, the Halls of Fame were attained by TM Juwati, CC Niken and TM David.

Also our President CC Niken encouraged everybody to venture to the “International Speech” and “Table Topics” Contest on the 31^st March 2010. Hopefully there won’t be anybody put into positive ‘blessing in disguise’ kind of entrapment - but onward and say I’m ready!

Surely with the potential sources we will move forward to excellence.

Toastmasters Leadership Institute 2

- Let’s learn together with our Distict Officers - for FREE  –

Date: Saturday, 6th of Feb 2010
Venue: Auditorium. (IEU). Raya Dukuh Kupang 157B, Surabaya
Time: 12.30 PM - 4.30 PM

Special sessions conducted by District 51 Officers:
District Governor DTM Richard Chong on “Parliamentary Procedure”
LGET DTM Muhammad Ariff Azahari on “Distinguished Club Program”
TLI Chair DTM R S Sandrasegaran on “Conflict Management”

Event is FREE of charge and open for public
Feel free to extend invitation to friends and families

RSVP: Confirm your attendance to Niken at 081510935367 or dokinyam@hotmail.com

Look forward to learn and have fun together with you all at TLI 2

MoM - 6 Jan 2010: What's your story?

Announcement
   1. Monthly club fees will be Rp 50,000 starting on Feb.
   2. Prepared speech speakers: 2 from exco and 3 from the members. This is to ensure we have enough speakers for each meeting.
   3. International Speech/Table Topic Contest. Club contest will begin in March.
   4. TLI 2 will be on Feb 6. It’s open to members as well. Parliamentary procedure and Conflict management will be covered in the training.

Comments on the Meeting:
Perhaps it is the rain as some members can’t make it which may in turn affect the melancholic mood. The meeting geared up as the TOM and the GE of the evening injected humor. This lightens up the atmosphere. The first speech by CC Rina was about her funny experience as a child. She gave a light hearted story about how her grandmother raised chickens that correspond to each family member. Too bad the chicken attacked the grandmother and ended up on the dinner plate. Moral of the story was not to attack Rina’s grandmother!?

Next speaker was TM Billy who gave a speech on an interesting topic about the relationship between personality traits and blood types. The speech was informative and entertaining although the scientific aspect of it is still debated.

The third speaker was TM Jessica who gave an informative speech on canned food. All who were present learned about how to choose and store canned food as recommended by WHO.

The final speaker was CC Niken who poked fun at those addicted Blacberry users, - Crackberries. She gave a useful tip to the crackberries on putting their Blackberries in a zip-lock bag when they shower. Another way for the crackberries to have their best friend (Blackberry) with them at all times. Unfortunately, her evaluator was a Blackberry user. We wonder what comments he put in her speech manual.

The TOM had a good point as he mentioned that story telling would make someone remember what you wanted to communicate. Indeed the power of a story lies in the fact that it can spur someone to action or remember an emotional moment.

 

 

Hall of Fame
Best Table Topic: TM Juwati
Best Evaluator: CC CL Martin
Best Prepared speech: CC Niken