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“ Communicate To Make A Difference ”

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A Person who says that “O” is the last

letter in ZERO, Instead of the first

letter in OPPORTUNITY

Know your material. Pick a topic you are interested in. Know more about it than you include in your

speech.

Use personal stories and conversational language – that way you won’t easily forget what to say.

Practice. Practice. Practice! Rehearse out loud with all equipment you plan on using. Revise as neces-

sary.

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.

Know the room. Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and

any visual aids.

Relax. Ease tension by doing exercises. Transform nervous energy into enthusiasm.

Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear and confident.

Visualize

the audience clapping – it will boost your confidence.

Realize that people want you to succeed. Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informa-

tive and entertaining. They don’t want you to fail.

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TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL SPEAKING

A Flood was threatening a small town and everyone was leaving for safe ground except for one man who said “God will save me. I have faith”

As the water level rose a jeep came to rescue him, the man refused saying “God will save me. I have faith”. As the water rose further, he went up

to the second story of his house, and boat came to help him. Again he refused to go saying “God will save me. I have faith”. The water kept rising

and the man climbed on to the roof. A helicopter came to rescue him, but he said, “God will save me. I have faith”. Well finally he drowned. When

he reached his maker he angrily questioned. “I had complete faith in you. Why did you ignore my prayers and let me down?” The Lord replied.

“Who do you think sent you the jeep, the boat and the helicopter?”

The only way to overcome a fatalistic attitude is to accept responsibility and believe in the law of cause and effect rather than luck. It takes ac-

tion, preparation and planning rather than waiting, wondering and wishing to accomplish any goals in life.

Comparing the above in toastmasters I would like to put it in this form:

Most people join this fantastic friendly learning environment- this organization for mainly two reasons

For our enhancement in some areas like communication or leadership

For having a change in the routine life which we lead – Home to office to home again.

Each toastmasters meeting takes you one step away from drowning, any role you take – SAA, Timer, Word master, Table topic master, Greet

master, Toastmaster of the evening, Projects, Evaluation, Quiz master, Mentoring. Even as an officer of the club is a help/blessing in disguise. In

fact by only attending the meeting and not doing any of the above roles will also give some enlightenment.

LUCK FAVOURS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELEVES.

Be successful and feel lucky help yourself.

Contributed By, Ashit KorgaokarContributed By, Ashit KorgaokarContributed By, Ashit KorgaokarContributed By, Ashit Korgaokar CC ALB, PresidentCC ALB, PresidentCC ALB, PresidentCC ALB, President

LUCK FAVOURS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES

Membership Drive - Abu Dhabi, October 27, 2009:

Under the caption "Can you think of a CAREER which does not require COMMUNICATION ‘Improve Your Communication Skills! Join

Toastmasters'' NMC Community Chapter Toastmasters Club with their mission "Communicate To Make Difference" held its member-

ship drive campaign meeting on 26th October at Foodlands Restaurant, Royal Hall, Air Port Road, Abu Dhabi.

The main highlights of the Membership drive were,

Keeping in mind the above guidelines of Toastmaster International, NMC Community Chapter club took the initiative and held mem-

bership drive campaign to get more members to their club, and invited a few guests and new candidates. The program began at

7:30pm with introduction by TM Praveen, MTM Preeti and TM Sideekh.

The President TM Ashit Korgaokar in his opening address explained in brief the mission of TM and the main goal being the develop-

ment of communication and leadership skills.

Toastmaster Gandhar Rao called the meeting to order, explained mission of Toastmaster International and invited the TME. Toast-

master of the evening TM Praveen Rao introduced all the role players and spelled out the rules of the each role played by each mem-

ber and their responsibilities.

The uncommonly used word "Aesthete" was explained by the word master TM Gandhi. Ah Counter role was taken by MTM Sonali

Shirdokar.

The Table Topic session was meticulously conducted by MTM Preeti Gupta. Two of the guests Mr. Lalak and Mr.Vinod amd Ms. My-

moon spoke on the topic "What is the difference working as a normal executive or a clown in a circus" The topic on this job change

situation was very humorous yet very thoughtful.

The main items of the day were Project Speeches very well presented by TM Sideekh Muhammad (Hard work & Determination is key

to success) & MTM Prapti Rai on Topic Autism.

The above speeches were evaluated by TM Dhanesh Kumar & TM Santhosh Shetty and gave their opinion and a few suggestions.

Finally MTM Omana Kallarakkal an active member of Toastmasters and past Area Governor of Area 55 affectionately nicknamed as

Nightingale of Toastmasters evaluated all aspects of the day and mainly on speakers. She gave her suggestions for improvement

and for proper presentation of speeches in future.

The prize distribution was conducted by President TM Ashit Kargoakar and two winners of the day selected by the audience by cast-

ing their ballots were TM Vinod (for Table Topic) and MTM Prapti Rai (for Project Speech).

Education Session was presented by TM Amr Ahmed where he once again stressed upon how important is it is the current situation

to improve our communication skills to face embarrassing situation where one become totally speechless because his lack of training

or communication ability.

Thrilled by this mega event and with the eagerness to improve their communication and leadership skills, four of the guests joined

immediately who were honoured by the President by offering Gift Vouchers for the spontaneous decision to join the Toastmasters.

Another 5 guest promised to join soon.

A delicious dinner was served for all those attended the function and the program ended.

Membership Drive - Abu Dhabi, October 27, 2009:

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NMC CLUB NEWS:

NMC COMMUNITY CHAPTER 122ND

MEET : The meet was open by President Address by TM Ashit Korgaokar. The theme of the meet

was “ Working sharper in Life “ By Toastmaster of the Evening., TM Lancy Fernandes. The prepared speeches were presented by TM

Sumit Bhanot for his Project 7 and TM Gandhi for his Project 2.

FIVE CLUB GRAND GALA MEETING ( NMC 123rd

MEET ) : - Apart from the Normal Meetings within our club, there was a Five Club

Grand Gala Meet on 27 Jan 10. Together we march to reach the Peak” was the motto of Five Toastmasters club combined meeting held

at Abu Dhabi India Social & Cultural Centre. It was for the first time in the history of Abu Dhabi had this unique combined meeting of the

same area i.e. Area 55.

Ëgo” was the theme of the combined meeting and it began with Area GovernorCC ALB Praveen Rao, in his openning address welcomed

ISC President CTM Sudhir Kumar Shetty, Div Governor CC CL Farrukh Ali, Immediate Past Divisional Governor, DTM Rajan John, all Presi-

dents and members of all the 5 Clubs of Area 55 and said " it gives me immense pleasure to call this meeting as Grand Gala meeting be-

cause it is a special day for all of us in the Area 55 to assemble under one roof to celebrate which is rather unusual. It is indeed quite

unusual for five TM clubs to gather at a single venue at one time.

CTM Sudhir Kumar Shetty address the meeting and stressed more on keeping up with time. He said: Time and Tide can’t wait and hence,

it is essential we should maintain time in attending the programs and that too start in time and end in time.

TM Prapthi presented her 9th Speech and Best Evaluator Award was won by TM Santhosh Shetty.

COMBINED MEET WITH KERA TOASTMASTERS ( NMC 125th

MEET ) : The Club Complete its 125th Meet which was conducted as a

combined meet with KERA Toastmaster. It was a different experiece. The Theme of the Meet was “ Stay Cool to keep Doctor away and

say ”“ All is Well “.

TM Prapthi Rai completed her 10th Project, becoming a Competent Communicator. TM Ashit Korgaokar presented his Project 11.

TM Gandhi won the best Table Topic Speaker and as usual TM Santosh Shetty won the Best Evaluator Award.

HEADLINES:

1. TM. Prapthi Rai achieved her CC ( Competent Communicator )

2. TM. Santosh Shetty winning the best evaluator in the Five Club Combined meet.

3. TM. Sideekh M. blessed with baby boy.

4. TM Gandhi’s daughter B.K.Bala Adhythi won silver medal in drawing and painting competition at school Subjuniors level

5. TM Ashit’s son Gaurav School Cricket Team wins the 1st round and his name appeared in the newspaper.

NMC CLUB NEWS:

OUR AIM AND FOCUS :

Our aim and focus is to achieve the DCP Points. The Club have achieved 4 DCP Points by end of DEC 09. We need to achieve 6 more

points by end of APR 10. The Club focus is on the following members for achieving the DCP Points.

1. TM Sumit Bhanot - To Complete CC Track ( Competent Communicator )

2. TM Raghavendra Rao - To Complete CC Track ( Competent Communicator )

3. TM Balamohan Gandhi - To Complete CC Track ( Competent Communicator )

4. TM Dhanesh Kumar - To Complete CL Track ( Competent Leadership )

5. TM Manoj Sam - To Complete CL Track ( Competent Leadership )

OFFICE BEARERS ( NMC COMMUNITY CHAPTER CLUB ) ( TOASTMASTERS ):

1. TM. Ashit Korgaokar - President

2. TM. Balamohan Gandhi - VP Education

3. TM Lancy Fernandes - VP Membership

4. TM Mushtaq Mohiuddin - VP Public Relations

5. TM Aby Mathew - Secretary

6. TM Manoj Sam - Treasurer

7. TM Gandhar Anand Rao - Sergeant At Arms

8. TM Santosh Shetty - Imm Past President

NMC CLUB NEWS IN PICTURES TM ASHIT’S SON GAURAV NAME IN THE

NEWSPAPER FOR OUTSTANDING PER-

FORMANCE IN CRICKET

TM PRAPTHI RAI ACHIEVED HER ( CC )

COMPETENT COMMUNICATOR

TM NAYANA SHETTY

TM CHAITRA SHETTY

TM SHUKKU P. BEKER

NMC COMMUNITY CHAPTER TOASTMASTER CLUB ( NEW FACES )

TM BALAMOHAN GANDHI’S DAUGHTER

B.K.BALA ADHYTHI OF CLASS III B, EMIR-

ATES FUTURE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY,

WON SILVER MEDAL IN DRAWING AND

COLOURING CONTEST AT THE SUB JUNIORS

LEVEL 2009

MEMBERS WHO JOINED AFTER

MEEMSHIP DRIVE

1. TM ABDUL HUCK

2. TM NAJEEB KOCHUBAV

3. TM MUSHTAQ MOHIUDDIN

4. TM LOLUCK BABY

5. TM KATHIJA M.

A Junior Manager, a Senior Manager and their Boss are on their way to a

meeting.

On their way through a park, they come across a wonder lamp. They rub the

lamp and a Genie appears.

The Genie says, "Normally, one is granted three wishes but as you are three,

I will allow one wish each"

So the eager Senior Manager shouted, "I want the first wish. I want to be in

the Bahamas , on a fast boat and have no worries."

Pufffff. and he was gone.

Now the Junior Manager could not keep quiet and shouted "I want to be In

Florida with beautiful girls, plenty of food and cocktails." Pufffff. and he was

also gone.

The Boss calmly said,

"I want these two idiots back in the office after lunch at 1.00 pm."

MORAL OF THE STORY IS:

"ALWAYS ALLOW THE BOSS TO SPEAK FIRST"

Contact :

Editor Publisher

Mushtaq Mohiuddin Ashit Korgaokar

VP Public Relations President ( CC ALB )

050-5622479 050-5429119

Hello Toastmasters,

The year 2010 has began with a bang and 2009 has definitely been a year of Achievements for our club and adding a feathers to

the cap is our first edition of the NMC Community Newsletter.

The NMC Community Toastmasters conduct meetings with different themes, Apart from the Normal Meetings within our club,

there was a Five Club Grand Gala Meet on 27 Jan 10. “ Together we march to reach the Peak” was the motto of Five Toastmasters club com-

bined meeting held at Abu Dhabi India Social & Cultural Centre. It was for the first time in the history of Abu Dhabi had this unique combined

meeting of the same area i.e. Area-55.

Our 125th Meet was a Combined meet with KERA Toastmaster. The Theme of the Meet was “ Stay Cool to keep Doctor away and say “

“All is Well “. TM Prapthi Rai presented her 10th Project becoming CC.

I hope you all will enjoy reading the very first edition and would like to thank all the Toastmasters for their contributions .We stepped

into 2010 with lot more Competitions and Contest in store. Special thanks to TM Balamohan Gandhi VP Education for his valuable suggestions

in preparation of this Newsletter.

But your contribution is vital for NMC Community Times.

Keep Contributing……!! Cheers !!!!!!!!

Mushtaq Mohiuddin

VP - Public Relations

Website: http://nmc.freetoasthost.ws/index.html

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