Independence. 25/8 (3rd meeting of the 2012/2013 term)

Today was such a blast.

Superb turnout of lovely guests from clubs such as Speecom, Crystal, Delloitte, Monash University, and Taylor's College Subang Jaya TMC! Not only that, DTM Meyyappa Manickam, our Division B Governor and ACS, ALB Ng Sok Teng, our Area B5 Governer also visited today. 

   

"What have we done wrong?!" said Zahir Ahmad, in his presidential closing address. 

The meeting started off differently with Zahir giving his first speech in the ACS manual after the presidential opening address with the title:
'Here's to you'.

Next, Valerie delivered her first invocation speech and played around with vocal variety beautifully when she told us an inspiring story of  'The Girl With Copper Skin & Green Eyes'.



There were four Table Topics participants today, and Hesmond (Hanson LOL) Onn was awarded with Best Table Topics. 'Kopi-O or Teh Tarik' was his title. 

In the prepared speeches session there were four participants including Shaun Liew with 'Something Borrowed', Azwan with 'KL Train Blues', Yean Yi with 'Love Awakening' and Henry Choong with 'Technology and Human'. 

Best Table Topics Speaker: Hesmond Onn (Monash)

Best Prepared Speech Speaker : Woon Yean Yi. (TUTMC)

Best Evaluator : Dylan Chew. (TUTMC) (He claims it is by luck but congratulations anyway and good luck in representing our club Dylan! #D4L #dylan4lyfe

"Maybe you could try scratching your nose before you start your speech?" Hesmond said to Shaun followed by a good laugh.

 

"Are you a Muslim?" -Azwan.

"CUTENESS OVERLOAAAAAAAAAAAAD!" -Yean Yi.

".. It would reach the height of Mount Kinabalu!" said TM Henry who was describing how technology could lead to the creation of massive wastelands.

Lee Seng Kiat, the VPE did a wonderful job in being the Grammarian and Time Keeper for the day, and also not forgetting the rest such as Dylan the Ah Counter, Kelly the Toastmasters of the Morning, DTM Meyyappa the Table Topics Evaluator and ACS, ALB Ng Sok Teng the General Evaluator. Thank you to you all. 

For more club info visit:

http://www.facebook.com/TaylorsUniversityToastmastersClub

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Shaun Liew

Vice President of Public Relations.

Minor Editing by
Zahir Ahmad
President

Golden Rules & Known Taboos

What we might not have been told.

Source: Toastmasters International.org

Biggest Public Speaking Mistakes!

• Starting with a whimper. Don’t start with “Thank you for that kind introduction.” Start with a bang! Give the audience a startling statistic, an interesting quote, a news headline – something powerful that will get their attention immediately.
• Attempting to imitate other speakers. Authenticity is lost when you aren’t yourself.
• Failing to “work” the room. Your audience wants to meet you. If you don’t take time to mingle before the presentation, you lose an opportunity to enhance your credibility with your listeners.
• Failing to use relaxation techniques. Do whatever it takes – listening to music, breathing deeply, shrugging your shoulders – to relieve nervous tension.
• Reading a speech word for word. This will put the audience to sleep. Instead use a “keyword” outline: Look at the keyword to prompt your thoughts. Look into the eyes of the audience, then speak.
• Using someone else’s stories. It’s okay to use brief quotes from other sources, but to connect with the audience, you must illustrate your most profound thoughts from your own life experiences. If you think you don’t have any interesting stories to tell, you are not looking hard enough.
• Speaking without passion. The more passionate you are about your topic, the more likely your audience will act on your suggestions.
• Ending a speech with questions and answers. Instead, tell the audience that you will take questions and then say, “We will move to our closing point.” After the Q and A, tell a story that ties in with your main theme, or summarize your key points. Conclude with a quote or call to action.
• Failing to prepare. Your reputation is at stake every time you face an audience – so rehearse well enough to ensure you’ll leave a good impression!
• Failing to recognize that speaking is an acquired skill. Effective executives learn how to present in the same way they learn to use other tools to operate their businesses.

10 Tips for Public Speaking

Feeling some nervousness before giving a speech is natural and even beneficial, but too much nervousness can be detrimental. Here are some proven tips on how to control your butterflies and give better presentations:

1. Know your material. Pick a topic you are interested in. Know more about it than you include in your speech. Use humor, personal stories and conversational language – that way you won’t easily forget what to say.
2. Practice. Practice. Practice! Rehearse out loud with all equipment you plan on using. Revise as necessary. Work to control filler words; Practice, pause and breathe. Practice with a timer and allow time for the unexpected.
3. Know the audience. Greet some of the audience members as they arrive. It’s easier to speak to a group of friends than to strangers.
4. Know the room. Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.
5. Relax. Begin by addressing the audience. It buys you time and calms your nerves. Pause, smile and count to three before saying anything. ("One one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand. Pause. Begin.) Transform nervous energy into enthusiasm.
6. Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear and confident. Visualize the audience clapping – it will boost your confidence.
7. Realize that people want you to succeed. Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative and entertaining. They’re rooting for you.
8. Don’t apologize for any nervousness or problem – the audience probably never noticed it.
9. Concentrate on the message – not the medium. Focus your attention away from your own anxieties and concentrate on your message and your audience.
10. Gain experience. Mainly, your speech should represent you — as an authority and as a person. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking. A Toastmasters club can provide the experience you need in a safe and friendly environment.

Prepared by,

Zahir

Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contest

We had just finished our Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contest last Saturday, 11th August 2012! Everyone had a great laugh at the Humorous Speeches, and even the Evaluation session had some humor in it!

Here's our contestants:
Humorous Speech Contest:
#1 Azwan Jamaluddin
#2 Zahiruddin Bin Ahmad

Evaluation Contest:
#1 Zahiruddin Bin Ahmad
#2 Dylan Chew
#3 Crispin Ming Khian Teo

& our list of role players:
Organizing Chairperson: Kelly Kok (Taylor's Uni TMC)
Humorous Speech Contest Chair: Woon Yean Yi (Taylor's Uni TMC)
Evaluation Contest Chair: Lee Seng Kiat (Taylor's Uni TMC)
SAA#1: Jack Ying (HELP TMC)
SAA#2: Felicia Regina (Taylor's Uni TMC)
Time-Keeper #1: Hesmondjeet Oon (Monash TMC)
Time-Keeper #2: Tan Xin Wen (HELP TMC)
Ballot Counter #1: Isabell Zubinsha (Taylor's Uni TMC)
Ballot Counter #2: Ng Ruiyi (Monash TMC)
Chief Judge: Cheak Ai Ling (CIMA TMC)
Test Speaker: Jacky Chan (AFC TMC)

The contest started at 2pm at Lecture Theatre 11, Taylor's Lakeside Campus. Scroll down and check out what happened during the contest! 

Ahhh, our SAA #1, Jack Ying from HELP TMC calling the contest to order :)

Our Timekeeper #1 & #2, Tan Xin Wen & Hesmond keeping track of the time for all contestants.

Having a group picture during the tea break session. 

Everyone having a good chat during the tea break session. Drinks, curry puffs and cakes were served! :)

The trophies! Who will be taking them back home and representing our club in the Area Level? :)

Champion for our Humorous Speech Contest is Azwan Jamaluddin! :D

& Champion for our Evaluation Contest is Dylan Chew! :D 

Mr President, Zahir presenting the token of appreciation to our Chief Judge, ACB ALB Cheah Ai Ling :)

Mr President giving his closing address :) 

The contest has now ended. Time for a group picture! :D

What we always do after every meeting/contest - Fellowship ! :D

Ahhh, our Immediate Past President, CC Isabell Zubinsha. Looking smart as always! 

Our Club Advisor, DTM Fan Chen Keat.

Yess, the photobomb, and also our official photographer for the day, Shaun Liew - as well as our Vice President of Public Relations 2012/2013. 

Congratulations to our champions, Azwan & Dylan who will be representing our club at the Area B5 Level Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contest! :D All the best to you both!

For more whacko pictures on the contest, do check out our Facebook page :) 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.479318332079302.112847.164090826935389&type=3

& do remember to like our page! 

Signing off,

Kelly Kok

Organizing Chairperson

(posting on behalf of VPPR Shaun Liew)

TUTMC 2nd Meeting Of The Term.

The theme of the day was 'Back To School'. Some of us dressed up in our old white uniforms with the name tags still intact. There were guests coming from Stamford College, TTDI, Faith and Speecom. It was absolutely nice of them to visit us as the clubs are quite distant from each other.

The word of the day was 'Exhilirate'.

"Were you a heartbreaker or were you heartbroken?" was just one of the many interesting topics during our Table Topics Session today. The winner was, Priscilla from Faith TMC, who went about on cartoons and how it helps us communicate more effectively with our friends. These are some photos of our Table Topics session. :D 

Moving on to our Prepared Speeches session, our very own Treasurer, Felicia Regina Tjhang completed her icebreaker speech today, with title 'Lessons in Life'. Both Dylan and Royce completed their 2nd speech in their CC manual with the titles '5 Facts Of Dancing' and 'Solutions' respectively. Last but not least, Azwan completed his 3rd speech in the CC manual with the intriguing title of 'Devil's Advocate', giving us an insight of religion. (How indirect of you, Azwan.) *lightning strikes *devil's laugh MUAHAHAHHAHAHAH okay.

Next up, it was the evaluations section! General evaluator of the day Priscilla  from Faith TMC said, ''Everything was so fun, until I had to take over. Now I am sad." That really cracked us up, didn't it? AAAAANYWAY, after a lengthy evaluations section, prizes were awarded to Royce for delivering the best speech of the day, Priscilla from Faith TMC, the winner of the best table topics of the day who went about on cartoons and how it helps us communicate more effectively with our friends AND Ron from Speecom for giving the best evaluation of the day! 

 

                             

 

Next up, it was the evaluations section! General evaluator of the day Priscilla  from Faith TMC said, ''Everything was so fun, until I had to take over. Now I am sad." That really cracked us up, didn't it? AAAAANYWAY, after a lengthy evaluations section, prizes were awarded to Royce for delivering the best speech of the day, Priscilla from Faith TMC, the winner of the best table topics of the day who went about on cartoons and how it helps us communicate more effectively with our friends AND Ron from Speecom for giving the best evaluation of the day! 

TUTMC Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest 2012 (Club Level)

Fellow Toasties, 

 It's time to put your Toastmastery skills to the test as TWO of our club level contests - Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contest awaits!!!

 Tips for Humourous Speech: 
1. Have a memorable speech title.
 2. Have an interesting opening.
 3. The body of speech can have 3 related stories. 
4. Have an impactful ending, preferably with a message. 

 Tips for Evaluation Contest: 
1. Be encouraging, note down strengths of TEST SPEAKER.
 2. Highlight ways the test speaker can improve further.
3. Comment on both msg & msg being delivered by TS. 
4. Use the 3rd person approach (interaction with audience).

 All members can choose to partake either ONE or BOTH contests. Interested members can also take up LEADERSHIP ROLES such as timer/ballot counter, organizing chair and etc in order for the contests to run smoothly. Please check your email as the role player list will be sent by the President, Zahir. Slots are running out fast! So I strongly urge all members to participate in order to upgrade yourself into a higher level. You will be surprised on how much you have reaped in Toastmasters.

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Role players List: 

Organizing Chairperson: Kelly Kok (Taylor's Uni TMC)
Contest Chair for Humorous Speech: Lee Seng Kiat (Taylor's Uni TMC)
Contest Chair for Evaluation Contest: Woon Yean Yi (Taylor's Uni TMC)
Sergeant-At-Arms #1: Chew Chui Ling, Valerie (Taylor's Uni TMC)
Sergeant-At-Arms #2:
Time Keeper #1: Hesmondjeet Oon Chee Houng (Monash TMC)
Time Keeper #2: Tan Xin Wen (HELP TMC)
Ballot Counter #1: Isabell Zubinsha (Taylor's Uni TMC)
Ballot Counter #2: Ng Ruiyi, Amelia (Monash TMC)
Photographer: Shaun Liew (Taylor's Uni TMC)

Contestants:

Humorous Contest:
#1 Maggie Tan
#2 Ahmad Zahir
#3 Azwan Jamaluddin

Evaluation Contest:
#1 Ahmad Zahir 
#2 Cris Ming 
#3 Dylan Chew 

P/S: Door fee will be charged at RM10 (club members & role players are excluded) 

Have a nice day ahead! :)


Shaun Liew
Vice President of Public Relations