Anchorvale Toastmasters 99th Chapter Meeting (14th January'17)

"We are the 99%" is a political slogan and an implicit economic claim of "Occupy" protesters.
It was Anchorvale Toastmasters 99th last Saturday 14th of January so we need to keep the ball rolling. This motivated us to take the crusade and occupy the great indoors of Sengkang West Zone A RC Centre. "We are 99th" signifies the increased concentration of talents, specially good looks among the members of this highly acclaimed club!

Mr. Vicky start the meeting by requesting every awesome folks about themselves and their new year's resolution. Several scornful unbelievers, including Owen & Mr. Zul, voice out their nonsensical opinion about this upbeat topic just for the heck of it. Sridhar the brilliant Toastmaster of the Day started the meeting and explained the agenda. Our sweet & sultry Vice-President Salma gave the opening address and teased everyone about her soon-to-be life changing event. She also challenged everyone including herself this 2017 to give more speeches, to take more roles and to continue improving -- fellow members take heed to the boss!

The much anticipated prepared-speech segment starts right after.
Dino's shared us his P3 speech with pizzazz, he also shared how he overcome his struggles while attending school in Singapore. Owen then timidly inspired everyone how to use the science of mastery, autonomy and purpose to effectively motivate people and organization. Benjamin our professional emcee, flamboyantly delivered his AP1 keynote address. He invigorated everyone to always sprinkle a "twinkle" to everyone's heart while he sing "twinkle-tinkle-little-star" at the same time.

Following the end of the prepared speech segment, a short refreshment break gave us the opportunity to mingle with the guests while at the same time bingeing on the yummy pizzas prepared by the sassy & savvy Salma.

After the break a special segment from our honored guest Chai Pei Shan (ACB,ALB) enlightened us how to prepare for International Speech contest which will be held on 11th of February exactly the same date as her birthday.

She explained how to effectively prepare using the following method:
Themes - to use a unique & relatable story
Mastery - to practice, practice, practice (with friends, colleagues, strangers and on mirrors)
Coach - to choose the right mentor, to talk to champions and attend trainings

After the very illuminating information from our honoured guest, the project evaluation segment started out. Ricky, Chee Sian (CC, ALB), Roger (CC, CL) and Mr. Zul (ACB) all gave their insightful comments on the prepared speeches. Roger's resounding evaluation impressed everyone to win him the coveted best project evaluation.

Ricky

Chee Sian

Mr. Zul

Roger d'master

Next came the stimulating and adrenaline inducing table topics segment!
Our table topics master, Chee Sian (CC, ALB) made this special by using the past contest topics to prepare everyone for the upcoming Table Topics competition.

Hemant happily explained how keeping together is progress, working together is success.
Rusman shared his relucently view why after climbing the hill, one will find that there are many more hills to climb topic.

Weite wittingly exposit her opinion on why all who wonder are lost.
BaoLong bountifully dilate his feeling if it is better to be wanted or want to be needed.
CM courageously clarify the meaning of everything happen for a reason - live it, love it, learn from it.
Sridhar the sexy smart-aleck,set forth his idea if asking for help is a sign of strength or humility.
Sharlyn salaciously stipulate her sentiment on topic - if opportunity doesn't knock build a door.

 

 

 

Mr. Zul, Anchorvale TM's Evaluation Laureate afterwards gave a great speech evaluation to each brave soul. He altruistically bestow his past championship evaluation experience and how he made it to the apex of his success which inspired each and every members.

Evaluation Laureate Mr. Zul

 Weite was the Ah counter who divulged every filler sounds used in the meeting such as "and, but, so, you know, ah, um" and her pet peeve "like".
The meeting eventually ended with the President’s magnanimous closing address.
Special thanks to all appointment holders for their contribution, specially to Angela for timing Mr. Zul's evaluation.

Congratulations to our award winners!
Best Prepared Speech: Owen
Best Project Evaluator: Mr. Roger, CC, CL
Best Table Topics: Ms. Weite, TM

 

Interested in finding out more? Well guess what, we have TWO BUMPER EVENTS in February.

On 11th of February 2017, we have Anchorvale CC's International Speech and Table Topics Club Contest and on 25th February, we have our 100th Chapter Meeting which promises to be the ultimate celebratory bonanza!

Hope to see you there :D

 

Article by: bow-talk