Text by Thomas Lee
Photos by Norman Tan and Zulhafni Zulkeflee
I had found Anchorvale TMC after moving to Sengkang recently. Feeling intrigued about the club, I signed up and attended my first meeting on Saturday.
The meeting started with Toastmaster of the Day, Rasu, explaining the agenda of the meeting. Club President Zulhafni then gave his opening address about stepping out of your comfort zone. A well- spoken speech, it really resonated with the audience.
Project Speeches
We had three project speeches.
I gave my first speech (Project 1 - Ice-breaker), where I shared stories of my grandfather, father and myself. It was great to see that 40% of the crowd were visitors. This means Toastmasters is quickly gaining attention and generally people are getting more interested to become better speakers.
Sridhar (Project 2: Organise your speech) started the speech by asking how many smokers there are in this room; hilariously, no one raised his hands. It's an interesting sign that smoking is not popular nowadays and more people are health-conscious. Sridhar then continued with an emotional speech about how smoking affected him as he shared intimate details about about his family.
Ricky (Project 3: Get to the point) gave us a high-energy and inspiring speech about two questions we frequently encounter: "Who are you?" and "What do you do?" It was an inspiring speech that spurred all of us to find meaning in our jobs instead of just working for money.
Table topics
The table topic master had prepared an array of “independence themed” topics. It was well-received, with 8 volunteers for this segment. I have not seen such high volunteering rate in other clubs for table topics. I’m really encouraged by the enthusiastic members and guests to 'step out and try try try'.
Thomas (not me, but 'Thomas senior') impressed the audience when he spoke about successful women in politics and won the best table topic speaker.
Evaluation
Chee Sian was spotted busily preparing his evaluation during refreshment time.A few other members good-naturedly joked that his evaluation was bound to impress the audience. True enough, Chee Sian’s evaluation was uplifting and accurately pointed out areas of improvements. It was no wonder he was voted as the best evaluator of the day.
Closing
President Zul took the opportunity to ask the visitors what they think of the club. Some of the visitors were visiting a Toastmasters club for the very first time and found the session to be light-hearted, fun and welcoming. To them, I say: Wait till you start preparing for your speech and feeling the stress and anxiety standing in front of the crowd…haha!
Head over to our Facebook page to see more pictures! Want to join our next meeting? Get the details here!
Best Project Speech : Ricky
Best Project Evaluation: Chee Sian
Best Table Topic: Thomas Selvaraj
The meeting started with Toastmaster of the Day, Rasu, explaining the agenda of the meeting. Club President Zulhafni then gave his opening address about stepping out of your comfort zone. A well- spoken speech, it really resonated with the audience.
Project Speeches
We had three project speeches.
I gave my first speech (Project 1 - Ice-breaker), where I shared stories of my grandfather, father and myself. It was great to see that 40% of the crowd were visitors. This means Toastmasters is quickly gaining attention and generally people are getting more interested to become better speakers.
Sridhar (Project 2: Organise your speech) started the speech by asking how many smokers there are in this room; hilariously, no one raised his hands. It's an interesting sign that smoking is not popular nowadays and more people are health-conscious. Sridhar then continued with an emotional speech about how smoking affected him as he shared intimate details about about his family.
Ricky (Project 3: Get to the point) gave us a high-energy and inspiring speech about two questions we frequently encounter: "Who are you?" and "What do you do?" It was an inspiring speech that spurred all of us to find meaning in our jobs instead of just working for money.
Table topics
The table topic master had prepared an array of “independence themed” topics. It was well-received, with 8 volunteers for this segment. I have not seen such high volunteering rate in other clubs for table topics. I’m really encouraged by the enthusiastic members and guests to 'step out and try try try'.
Thomas (not me, but 'Thomas senior') impressed the audience when he spoke about successful women in politics and won the best table topic speaker.
Evaluation
Chee Sian was spotted busily preparing his evaluation during refreshment time.A few other members good-naturedly joked that his evaluation was bound to impress the audience. True enough, Chee Sian’s evaluation was uplifting and accurately pointed out areas of improvements. It was no wonder he was voted as the best evaluator of the day.
Closing
President Zul took the opportunity to ask the visitors what they think of the club. Some of the visitors were visiting a Toastmasters club for the very first time and found the session to be light-hearted, fun and welcoming. To them, I say: Wait till you start preparing for your speech and feeling the stress and anxiety standing in front of the crowd…haha!
Head over to our Facebook page to see more pictures! Want to join our next meeting? Get the details here!
Best Project Speech : Ricky
Best Project Evaluation: Chee Sian
Best Table Topic: Thomas Selvaraj
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