Charter Ceremony on Nov 6, 2010: Charter President's Address

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Happy Deepavali. I hereby would like to extend a warm welcome and appreciation once again to all our special guests, families and friends present here today. I’m honored to be given the opportunity to speak as the first Charter President of the Taylor’s University Toastmasters Club and I’m thrilled to have a great team together with me in bringing the club to a higher level. Today, I would like to share with you 3 things which are the benefits of toastmasters, my goal of the club and the term’s theme.


The establishment of Taylor’s University Toastmasters Club has been a long yet exciting road. It was after months of communication and documentation that we finally arrived to a day which we’ve been longing for. Our club is officially chartered on the 4th of October this year. I believe this day wouldn’t have come true without having the assistance and support from many experience toastmasters.


I was once told, “In life, you ought to obtain 2 masters. One is to master yourself; two is to master your communication.” A simple sentence; yet it got me thinking for quite a while. It was until I joined Toastmasters early this year that I found a beautiful matching to this sentence.


This non-profit organization does not only provide a platform for us to enhance our communication but also to build our leadership skills. As days go by, our speaking improves with the opportunities and the instant constructive feedback given and we discover more of our soft skills by taking up various roles in club meeting. We have seen people who were shy and shutter in speaking, yet we also see how confident they become today. This has far proven how beneficial toastmasters program is, and how it helps us to master ourselves and our delivery.


Like a building, it will soon topple without a strong base. As a leader of a new born toastmasters club, my goal this term is to lay a solid foundation for the club and further develop the club into achieving DCP goal with The Moment of Truth as the backbone.


Our club’s theme this term is “Push Yourself to the Limit!”. Truth to be told, joining Toastmasters is my will, but becoming a president wasn’t my initial intention. But let me tell you this one thing, as time flies, my passion towards this club has grown much deeper. Being a president no longer becomes a responsibility to me but something I truly enjoy doing. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have felt this passion in me if I didn’t push myself to take up the challenge as the club president.


In accordance to the theme, I would like to invite all of you here to begin pushing yourself to the limit, be it in toastmasters itself, your academic, your co-curriculum or your current job. We often get too comfortable at our current state that we refuse to be out of this comfort zone, refuse to take risk because we’re afraid of failure. But many times, we didn’t realize that it takes several failures to achieve great success. Keep exploring and you may be surprised upon your discovery. And I promise you that when you look back in time, you will realize all these first steps are in fact the best decisions you’ve made in your life.


Thank you.



Stephanie Teoh Jie Ying
Charter President 2010/11
Taylor's University Toastmasters Club

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Learning beyond books

Recently, on November 7th 2010, there was an article that was written by Dr Theva Nithy in which he mentions that students should really focus on bringing up and improving their skills whether it be on communication, decision making, language skills, and be able to take risk in the things that they do (i.e. academic, business). Dr Theva Nithy also mentions that these skills should not be taught solely based on books rather learning based on experience. Major areas of highlights of the article are;

Ability to communicate


Inclusive and collaborative decisions


The need to be heard


Take Calculated Risk


Technology & Language


For more details please check out this website: http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2010/11/7/education/7094544&sec=education

Inter-college Joint Meeting at HELP University College

Last Saturday, after our charter ceremony at Taylor's University, Taylor's University Toastmaster Club went for an inter college joint meeting with Help University College which was organized by Help University College. The meeting was held from 1.30 p.m. till 4.00 p.m.

During the meeting itself, we had a lot of fun during the meeting as some of the members of Taylor's University Toastmaster Club were able to meet with the members of Help University College Toastmaster Club.

We hope that we can have more inter college joint meeting with other universities and colleges in the near future.

Teaser: Our Charter Ceremony

Hey guys,


Last Saturday, on the 6th of November 2010, Taylor's University Toastmaster Club had its charter ceremony at Lecture Theatre 12 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The turnout for the charter ceremony was great.




We would like to thank everyone who attended the charter ceremony of Taylor's University Toastmaster Club because without the support of everyone, we wouldn't have been able to have a successful ceremony.

Taylor's University Toastmaster Club Officially Charted

Hey guys!

Taylor's University Toastmasters Club is officially chartered!! :D Kudos to everyone who's been putting the efforts into this accomplishment!


Stephanie
Charter President

Events in October

Hey guys!


There's a slight change in the dates of our meetings this month (October)!

Our meeting yesterday (02.10) went well. :) While the upcoming meeting will be on next Saturday instead! To avoid confusion, below are the upcoming events for this month.



Club meeting

Date: 9 Oct 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 9:30am - 11:30am
Venue: Lecture Theatre 14, Level 1, Block E, Taylor's Lakeside Campus



Joint meeting with HELP TMC at Wisma Help

Date: 23 Oct 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 9:30am - 11:30am
Venue: 5th Floor, Wisma HELP, Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur