The workshop will be held on 18 August 2012 (Saturday) from 9 am to 5.30 pm, at National Community Leadership Institute (NACLI), Brickwork Auditorium.
This workshop is jointly organised by
- Whampoa Community Club Management Committee
- Toastmasters International District 80 Division U
- Whampoa Toastmasters Club
with the following sponsorship
- Main Sponsor : Ngai Heng Book Binding Pte Ltd
- Co-Sponsor : National Community Leadership Institute
- Co-Sponsor : National Environment Agency.
The speakers are Tim Wade, Patricia Lum, and Stuart Tan. More details on the workshop synopsis and about the speakers, can be found in the following website : http://814101.toastmastersclubs.org/successworkshop.html.
It was so good to see past members and those who have been MIA, Mei Lin, Rosie, Patricia and at the other end of the spectrum, we welcomed 2 new members, Gwo Feng and Nancy, and 1 guest, Leonard. Altogether there were 15 of us present.
The SAA Savitri started the meeting with a round of self-introductions and warmed up the audience by each relating their best April fools’ joke.
TME Matthew introduced the order of the programme and called President Vinata for the opening address. Vinata encouraged all members to play an active role in being part of the next EXCO.
The Project speeches followed.
1. May did her P2 “To See or Not to See”…. a psychiatrist. She made 3 points: firstly it is no big deal to see one, it’s just like visiting the dentist or dermatologist when we have a problem, Secondly, when it is recommended by a medical professional, do not prolong it. Thirdly, it’s time to accept it when it is a definite absolute necessity and not to put off seeing a psychiatrist.
Her project was evaluated by Linda.
2. Michi from CISCO TMC did her AP1 the Entertaining Speech from the Storytelling Manual. Her speech title “Bigger and Better” revolved around a newly hired Sales Consultant. who was emaculately dressed but wasn’t up to scratch. When asked his technical expertise on why the product was better, his reply was .. it’s bigger and better! The moral of the story being, some good things come in small packages.
Her project was evalauted by Suanny.
3. Vinata gave her AP5 Storytelling Manual “Surviving by Magic” She presented this at the Division U contest. With this, Vinata has achieved the ACB award. The story is about Fergus Anckorn, a former gunner with the Royal Artillery in the second world war, and his extraordinary story, as a magician, of how he survived as a Japanese POW in Singapore. (click the link to hear Fergus Anckorn talking about his time as a Japanese POW )
Neeraj was the Innovative Table Topics Master. The theme was” Imagination” and to talk about your strangest incidence, story or thought. He efficiently used the allocated time by appointing the speakers, one by one, and everyone present were given the opportunity to speak. His topics were so interesting and at the same time challenging and we felt we also wanted Neeraj to speak on a equally strange topic, so we selected a topic for him to speak on.
Vinata was voted the best table topics speaker.
The meeting ended on a high note and we look forward to our next meeting on 17th May 2012.
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Our ladies in action! Congratulations to Vinata, 1st runner-up of the Area U3 International Speech contest. Emma participated in the Table Topics contest. Linda was the Contest Chair.
