Report by Elaine Tan & photos by Angeline Lee
Elaine TanInvest In Yourself at Friendship Toastmasters Club
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Hosted by Toastmaster of the Evening, Sivadass, members and guests fell under his spell and were soon comfortably experiencing a Symbiotic (Word of the Day) relationship. By practising their speaking skills in Table Topics and Speech Projects, they received friendly feedback from the evaluators.
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In fact, joining a Toastmasters Club like Friendship Toastmasters Club (FTMC) is a fantabulous way to Invest In Yourself. As President Ben Fong said, you acquire new skills and will certainly find more doors opening in your career and life.
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Our Table Topics Master, Area Governor Tan Lay Theng, played her cards well by ensuring all questions were in line with the theme Invest In Yourself. She actually managed to get not four or five but six enthusiastic speakers - Ben Fong, Freddie Yap, Priyanka Puri, Gino Chong, Angeline Lee and newbie Chor Chee Hoe.
Tom Chen delivering his specialty, Table Topics Evaluation*
Following Table Topics was the Speech Projects. Elaine Tan presented Project 6: Vocal Variety with a speech entitled "Words", noting that words are potent and in order to use them well, Practice Makes Perfect.
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Then came Ben & Angeline's collaboration in the Special Occasions manual. It's a rare gem and first of its kind in FTMC. Presenting the 4th & 5th projects respectively, Ben presented the Mentor Award to Angeline in a speech entitled "The Award Goes To ...". Angeline reciprocated by presenting her appreciation speech entitled "Journey of Learning".
The Guest of Honour and General Evaluator was LGM, Francis Ng, DTM. He gave constructive feedback and highlighted the fact that little things make a difference. We are so pleased he could join us. Thank you for coming!
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Special thanks also go to the other role players - Rosalyn Tan the Grammarian, Gino Chong the Ah Counter and Zaiton Zainal Abidin the Timer.
Gino Chong delivering the Ah Counter reportFrom L, Sivadass the TME, Freddie speech evaluator, Gino the Ah Counter and Rosalyn the grammarian
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The drum rolls unveiled the winners for the evening. They were:
1) Best Table Topics Speaker - Ben Fong
2) Best Project Speaker - Angeline Lee
3) Best Speech Evaluator - Tom Chen
Tom Chen receiving the Best Speech Evaluator certificate from President Ben Fong*
Angeline gave a special presentation on the new kid on the block, Area W7 Connect. This website connects the 6 clubs in the friendly neighbourhood of Area W7, namely Friendship, ING Leadership, Hasil, KPMG KL, EXACT ADC and IREKA Toastmaster Clubs. For update, hot news and a gallery of snapshots on all things Toastmasters, do visit http://areaw7.blogspot.com/. Happy browsing!
Dorothy, a guest a the meeting, giving us her comments
Our brand new member, Chor Chee Hoe, investing in himself at FTMC
President Ben presenting a thank you card to the GE, LGM Francis Ng
President Ben delivering his closing address*
REPORT BY ELAINE TAN
PHOTOS BY ANGELINE LEE
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