My Experience @ Toastmasters
Yesterday I had visited a Toastmasters club meeting (Business Excellence Toastmasters Club Meeting in Dubai). To be honest, I really thought it was going
to be boring, I was reluctant to even go to the meeting, but to my surprise it
was actually very interesting. The
people there were not like other elders (no offence) they were super humorous and
cool.
The meeting started when the club president Mr. Ali formally
declared the meeting open, then the president introduced the TMOD (Toast Master
of The Day) who anchors the meeting, the TMOD was Mrs. Fozia who gave the
welcoming address . The ‘word master’ was TM Ankita who introduced a new word
“fillip” and she asked the crowd to use the word in sentences. then the TMOD
introduced the roles players , there was a timer, a general evaluator , a Trivia
master. Then the TMOD introduced the speaker and their evaluators. The TMOD spoke
about the speakers and about their favorite
quote and their role model. The speeches were amazing - the language ,
the fluency and the boldness, I was not able to see any stage fear in their
eyes.
The first speaker was Mr.Chirag who spoke about blockchain
technology. Basically, blockchain technology is about how we can transfer money
in a safe and reliable way (through encrypted technology) I actually did not
know about this until that time , he was given a time of 5-7 minutes . The next
speaker was Mr.Sauud his topic was “the ideal mentor” he spoke about how he has
many mentors in many aspects of life , he also informed that there are 2 types
of mentors i) forced mentor , ii) chosen mentor. His speech was very humorous and very
interactive with the crowd the words of choice was excellent, he was given a
time of 5-7 minutes to complete his speech.
The last speaker was Mr.TP anand (my uncle) his topic was about how he
honored his boss in a social speech. His
speech was also very humorous I liked his speech the most, he was given a time
of 3-4 minutes.
Then came the coffee break, then the TMOD introduced everyone
to “table topics” where a person was given a topic on the spot and a speaker
was to speak with no preparation. All the speeches were evaluated by the
evaluators. Everyone was also given time to write about the pros and cons of
the speech that was delivered. Then came the trivia master’s session where she
asks questions from the day’s session and those who gave the right answer were
rewarded with a chocolate.
After that it
was the time where general evaluators were given a chance to speak about how the
day’s session was. Then came the awards
session where awards were given to the best speaker who was Mr.Sauud, the best
evaluator who was Mr.Sandeep and the best table topic speaker Ms.Sara.
The TMOD gave the closing address and handed the control back
to the president and the president gives his remarks and formally closes the
meeting then a group picture was taken.
I was actually happy that I got a chance to attend the
meeting and I would actually like to join a Toastmasters club in Chennai I am
again looking forward to have a chance to go to another toastmasters meeting.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE TO JOIN TOASTMASTERS
CLUB. It would help to improve the
communication skills and leadership qualities.
23rd April 2019
Dubai, U.A.E.
