The 220th Chapter Meeting commenced with a beautiful greeting by SAA Joseph Tan (LD5, EC5, PM5, MS3). Joseph started with a personal story “I never thought I can inspire others” and today he has showed up to his calling and make a significant impact to people around him through his sincere actions.
Next up is TMD Marc Wong (DL5, PM1) who
extended a warm welcome to all toastmasters and gave us an introduction to the
Chapter meeting’s agenda.
Our club President Adeline Yeo, (PM5, EC4, MS1) who
set the tone with an opening address that resonated deeply. She shared an
impactful story about J.K. Rowling that prompting us to reflect on the
extraordinary struggles and challenges the author overcame. Rowling’ story
served as a powerful reminder of her ability to defy the odds and ultimately
attain the success that she enjoys today.
A beautiful afternoon encapsulated with an informative and value adding workshop by Jason Thong (PM5). The title of the workshop is “Speechwriting as easy as OBC”. Distinguished Guest Speaker Jason Thong presented us with a simplified framework “OBC” on crafting any speech. A highly engaging and interactive workshop where audience can have practical takeaways. Using the analogy of Burger for audience to remember and “Power of 3s”, “5 steps approach to organize a speech”. Fantastic workshop by Jason and our sincere appreciation to him for sharing the techniques with us. We presented the certificate of appreciation to Jason to express our heartfelt appreciation to him for taking his valuable time to conduct this workshop and add value to our guests and toastmasters.
The 2nd segment of the meeting came long with prepared speeches by three speakers, Kelly Lei (Taiwan Toastmaster Club), Sandhya Maruvand and Rusman (CL.DL5,PI5).
Kelly’s speech was about FIRE (Financial Independence
Retire Early) Movement and FIRO (Financial Independence and Retire Optional). A
new perspective on how we can create the life we want based on the different
lifestyle, cultures and personal financial goals that we planned and projected.
Sandhya’s speech was about a personal story of her
daughter and how we can learn the 3 powerful traits displayed by her daughter
during a paining situation. “Courage, Empathy and Patience”.
Rusman’s speech was about his personal transformative
experience in his teens. A fateful encountered which let him to realise the
need to choose the type of friends to be with which transform him and reshape
his future destiny. “Show your friend
and I will show your future”.
Table topic segment was presented by Constantine Koh (SR2). The response I got from the audiences were creative and fun. Most importantly was the participants got to have the opportunity to try and practice “thinking on the feet”.
The last segment, the project evaluation segment, we have Imam Hossain (PM2), Adeline Yeo (PM5, EC4, MS1), Yuniati (MS5, PM2) and Charnel Izaks (IP5) presented their frank and yet encouraging evaluations to the Project Speakers and Table Topics Master, Constantine Koh.
Next was the award presentations to the top winners.
Best Speaker: Rusman Lee (CL, DL5, PI5)
Best Table Topics: Charnel Izaks (IP5)
Best Project Evaluator: Adeline Yeo (PM5, EC4, MS1)
We sincerely appreciated all appointment holders for
preparing and making this Chapter meeting a success and were grateful to all guests
and members who took time to attend this online Zoom meeting.
Do stay tune for our next-on-site chapter meeting and we welcome you to join us as guest.
Together We Shine!
Anchorvale CC Toastmasters Club
Written by Constantine Koh
