On
this wonderful Saturday we had our 118th Chapter Meeting at Anchovale CC
Our
Sergeant-at-Arms- Manonmani started the meeting by asking the opinions of
toastmasters about organic food.
While
there are some people who enjoy it, some of the toastmasters actually skeptical
about the benefits of organic food.
After
the introduction by the Toastmaster of the day, Badriprasad, our president Salma
Begum shared how global warming affects women more than men.
It is mainly because women need to travel further in hot countries in order to
take care of the family and the fatality rate is higher for women in natural
disasters because they are more likely to struggle physically compared to men.
In
Marice Hung's speech, she talked about an online game- virtual world,developed by Linden Lab. It is a game dollar could be exchanged to US dollar. There are a lot of transaction
among its 1 million users. She said that the difference between the game and
other online game like world of warcraft is that it provides freedom which we
can not get in real life. Linden Lab is creating another game with VR.
Furthermore Marice said that VR became the focus of technology giants like
Microsoft and Apple. It will be the next big thing.
Evaluation
Jeff
said that Marice did the speech so well that she sounds like a TechCrunch.com’s
reporter. He likes her confidence and proper eye contact with the
audience.
Suresh
gave a speech about criticising. He said that criticising is not comforting
and most people do not think thoughtfully before speaking out. It
creates negative emotion. However, listening to criticism is sometimes a good
thing because other people might be more knowledgeable in a certain area. Thus, we
all have to accept or give criticism that is constructive and can encourage
people.
Evaluation
Hemant
thought it was a relevant topic to us since we often encounter criticisms in our
lives. He felt that Suresh has a good posture but not enough eye contact.
In
his prepared speech, Vicky told us why procrastination is a fatal habit. It has a bad effect on students' grades and finances.
Reasons people choose to procrastinate are because of:
1.
Perfectionism
2.Fear
of the unknown
3.Do
it later
4.
Working on small tasks because they are easier
5.
You experience a lack of motivation
6.
You are unclear about how you started
And
we could overcome the problem by writing a daily review and be critical about
ourselves and find your “why”.
Evaluation
Weite
hilariously said that it is the first speech that is not about Vicky's wife. Wei Te likes his style of speaking. She labeled it “bro style”
that can build rapport with audience. However, she feels Vicky could have made
the advice more memorable.
To
react or to respond. In his prepared speech, Norman said that in life we face
problems but we have a choice of how we deal with them. We are empowered by our
decision. He thinks that we have to accept certain situations that we cannot
change and embrace them. It is our responses that govern the outcome.
Evaluation
Chee
Sian thought it was a good speech but the message could be further reinforced.
Sathiya
taught the “nontechnical audience” the process of rice cultivation. They are
1.
Germination and seeding
2.
Transplanting
3.
Watering
4.
Take out the weeds
5.
Tillering stage
6.
Pesticide
7.
Heading
8.
Ripening
9.
Harvesting
Evaluation
Zulhafni
thinks that Sathiya was able to capture attention, using beautiful comparison.
It is a clear presentation with good clarity. However,
he thinks Sathiya could put a timeline of the whole process of rice cultivation
and to have a recap section.
Evaluation
Salma
said Valli has a good choice of topic and give out sample of the food while
sharing the different variety of the food. However, the structure of the
demonstration could be better and there are many silent moments in her speech.
Our table topic master gave out famous quotes from some great people to
the participants. They are mainly about how to conquer fear and cultivate
hope.
Lastly,
we have double winner for both Best Speaker and Best Evaluator today:
Best
speaker: Sathiyamoorthi and Norman
Best
Evaluator: Weite and Zulhafni
Best
Table Topic: Francis
Written By:
Vincent Wong Cing Shen
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