Chennai Speakers Forum: August 2016

Saturday, 27 August 2016

Meeting No - 222 minutes

MEETING ATTENDEES:

TM Satish	TM Sujith
TM Vijay	TM Vivek
TM Rajen Menon	TM Supraja
TM Faisal	TM Srikar
Guest Mohammed	TM Rajesh V
Guest Deepak	TM Kamal
Guest Vimal	TM Sidharth
Guest M. Brahadeesh

MEETING ADORNMENT

MEETING ENGAGEMENT REPORT

10:00 A.M - SAA CALLS FOR MEETING
SAA, TM Faisal, opened the meeting, explained the mission and vision of Toastmasters. TM Faisal then handed over the control to the Presiding officer TM Vijayaragavan. Presiding officer, TM Vijayaragavan started the meeting #222.

10:15 A.M - PRESIDING OFFICER INTRODUCED THE TMOD
Presiding officer, TM Vijayaragavan introduced the TMOD; TM Sidharth.TM Sidharth introduced the theme ' Shift Focus' and the word of the day ' tete-a-tete '. TM Sidharth then explained the various segments in a toastmasters meeting.

Word of the day: tete-a-tete

Meaning: A private conversation between two people; small sofa that seats two people

Theme of the day: ‘Shift Focus'

10:20 A.M - GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION

The TMOD, TM Sidharth , then handed over the control to the General Evaluator, TM Rajen Menon . He told that this meeting with him as general evaluator will have constructive criticism which will make us a better speaker. He then requested the TAG team, to brief the objectives of their roles.

Timer–TM Faisal
Ah Counter- TM Sujith
Grammarian- TM Vijay

10:30 A.M - PREPARED SPEECH SESSION

Prepared Speech	Project	Speaker	Speech Title
1	ACB#1	TM Rajesh	'Life lessons from a sage'

TM Rajesh started his speech with a quote "Wisdom is the right use of knowledge" by Charles Spurgeon. Long ago, there lived a sage who thought his disciples Gopi, Nandu, Bola, Bheema and Nandu everything. He had a sacred verse with him which can bring dead back to life. He chose Gopi to be the cleverest among all and thought him the sacred verse. The disciples were sent to the forest for 40 days and on their way, Nandu found bones of an animal in the ground and tried to resemble it. It resembled a Tiger. Nandu gave flesh and blood to the animal. Gopi wanted to show his superiority and decided to use the sacred verse which will bring dead animal back to life. His fellow disciples warned him about the consequences of his action but he refused to listen and as a result tiger pounced on Gopi and he was on the clutches of the tiger. He concluded with a moral that knowledge is for the betterment of the people and if not utilized properly, it will destroy us.

Prepared Speech	Project	Speaker	Speech Title
2	ACB#1	TM Sathish	'It is our process'

TM Sathish started his speech by sharing his experience of being in bench in an IT company and finding himself more often in cafeteria. With all hustle and bustle, entering into a project and handling a user of serious trouble is a tedious process. One of the users newly bought computer was under repair and hence he guided him to see 'my computer' icon in the desktop. The user couldn't figure it out, he further handled him with much patience and he came to know that the user hasn't switched on the PC yet, he lost his patience and told himself that intel inside and idiot outside. In an appraisal process, manager asked him about his role model in life , he told various answers like his uncle, one of his colleagues, friends etc. The Manager wasn't satisfied with his answer and finally he was put into a situation where he had to say that his manager was his role model. He concluded by saying that best speeches would be awarded with applauses.

Prepared Speech	Project	Speaker	Speech Title
3	CC#1	TM Srikar	'My evolution'

TM Srikar started his speech by saying that he was born in 1994 and a native of Andhra. His father was a teacher and his mother is a home maker. He is blessed with an younger brother. He enjoyed his childhood days by playing happily but after his 6th grade, he moved to an elementary school and faced public exam in his 7th grade. Then he shifted from Telugu to English medium and his life became so difficult. Listening to lectures in English was like watching a Korean movie. He failed in his English exam, and had some homesickness too. He somehow completed his schooling and joined B.Tech. He was ragged by his seniors and felt college life was the best. Apart from studies, he was also a part of NSS. He went to Hyderabad, in search of job and finally got placement in Indian Sillicon Valley.

11:00 A.M –TABLE TOPIC SESSION
An interesting Table Topic session was conducted by TM Supraja A. She had a variety of topics which were enjoyed by the audience. The speakers were as follows:

Guest Deepak - What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you

Guest Mohammed - When you are 80 years old, what will matter to you the most

TM Sujith - If the average human lifespan was 40 years, how would you live your life differently

TM Rajesh V - When was the last time you listened to the sound of your own breathing.

Guest Brahadeesh - A person you wish to say sorry and thank you

TM Srikar - What is the one thing you would most like to change about the world.

TM Vivek - What lifts your spirit, when life gets you down

TM Sathish - If you could ask one person alive or dead, only one question, who would you ask and what would you ask.

TM Vijay - Tell us something that no one knows about you

TM Kamal - When was the last time you lied, what did you lie about?

TM Faisal - What do you think about when you lie awake in bed?

TM Sidharth - Gasping for breath and holding her throat, the maid stumbled into the drawing room......

11:35 A.M – EVALUATION SESSION

SPEAKER	PROJECT	EVALUATOR
TM Rajesh V	ACB#1	TM Vijay
TM Sathish	ACB#1	TM Vivek
TM Srikar	CC#1	TM Rajesh V

TM Faisal, TM Sujith and TM Vijay were called to share the Timer, Ah-Counter and grammarian report for the session respectively.

TM Rajen Menon, General evaluator, then shared the overall feedback of the session. He appreciated the good things in the meeting being the Energy and the meeting being conducted in a formal and structured manner and the meeting could have started a little early.

11:50 P.M – BEST PERFORMERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

PREPARED SPEAKER	TM Sathish
EVALUATOR	TM Vivek
TT SPEAKER	TM Kamal
ROLE PLAYER	TM Sidharth
TAG ROLE PLAYER	TM Faisal

12:00 NOON – ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. CSF's 225th meeting on Sep 18
2. Club humorous and evaluation speech contest on Sep 4th

12:00 NOON – MEETING ADJOURNED

Presiding Officer adjourned the meeting to the 28th of AUGUST 2016 and invited us all for high tea.

KNOW ABOUT US

Chennai Speakers Forum is one of the active Toastmasters Club in Chennai. Started in September 4, 2011 the club continues to empower the public speaking and leadership skills to the aspiring individuals. Fondly referred as CSF, Chennai Speakers Form has a great mix of CXOs and college students which makes it a great learning place.

Please visit out website at http://www.chennaispeakersforum.com/ to know more about us.

For any feedback/suggestions, please contact:

Supraja A

Secretary

Chennai Speakers forum

E- mail: supraja.asb@gmail.com

Saturday, 20 August 2016

Meeting No - 221 Minutes

MEETING ATTENDEES:

TM Sriram	TM Selvan
TM Vijay	TM Vivek
TM Rajen Menon	TM Supraja
TM Faisal	TM Srikar
DTM Saro	TM Rajesh V
DTM Jayan	TM Manoj A
Guest Slogan	Guest Prahadish

MEETING ADORNMENT

MEETING ENGAGEMENT REPORT

10:00 A.M - SAA CALLS FOR MEETING

SAA, TM Sriram, opened the meeting, explained the mission and vision of Toastmasters. TM Sriram then handed over the control to the Presiding officer TM Vijayaragavan.

Presiding officer, TM Vijayaragavan started the meeting #221.

10:15 A.M - PRESIDING OFFICER INTRODUCED THE TMOD

Presiding officer, TM Vijayaragavan introduced the TMOD; TM Faisal.TM Faisal introduced the theme ' Chak De India’ and the word of the day ' Titivate '. TM Faisal then explained the various segments in a toastmasters meeting.

Word of the day: Titivate

Meaning: Make neat, smart or trim, spruce up

Theme of the day: ‘Chak De India’

10:20 A.M - GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION

TMOD, TM Faisal, then handed over the control to the General Evaluator, TM Manoj . He told that this meeting with him as general evaluator will have constructive criticism which will make us a better speaker. He then requested the TAG team, to brief the objectives of their roles.

Timer–TM Vijay

Ah Counter- TM Srikar

Grammarian- TM Sriram

10:30 A.M - PREPARED SPEECH SESSION

Prepared Speech	Project	Speaker	Speech Title
1	CC#1	TM Supraja	'Red Letter Day’

TM Supraja started her speech by explaining the wavelength between her and Kareena Kapoor. She spoke about various competitions she took part in her 2^nd grade and the pressure undergone by her mother, to make her win all these competitions. In her 8^th grade, she won the Airtel Best Artist Award with the help of her art teacher. She completed her 10^th grade with 96% and chose biology with math group in order to pursue medicine. Her life was like a 3 Idiots movie, the character closer to Aamir Khan, who always studies with fear and continuous trust in God but fails in exam. She never cleared her Biology paper even once during her 11^th grade. With all kinds of pressure from family and relatives, she completed her schooling with 84% and currently pursuing 1^st year in Electronics Communication at R.M.K Engineering College. She concluded her speech by saying that “SO MUCH TO DO; SO LITTLE DONE”

Prepared Speech	Project	Speaker	Speech Title
2	CC#10	TM Rajesh V	' Jaguar’

TM Rajesh V started his speech by saying that all good things have to come to an end. After completing schooling with 85%, he was unsure to do Engineering. But his parents got him a seat in St.Joseph College of Engineering. The day was 4^th July when America got his Independence but he lost his Independence. He had no freedom, no semester holidays and was forced to mug up and vomit. He decided to drop out from college, but he got motivated after reading the success story of Ratan Tata owning Jaguar-Land Rover, got clarified and joint Hindustan College. He concluded his speech with Ratan Tata’s quote “We all do not have equal talent yet all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents”

Prepared Speech	Project	Speaker	Speech Title
3	ACG#3	TM Rajen Menon	' The String Hoppers’

TM Rajen Menon started his speech with a quote “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. In those days, there was a thumb rule, to return home at 7pm. He took his neighbors daughter for outing and promised to bring her back before 7pm but instead she brought him back at 7:40pm. He had an unforgettable flight to Kolkata and in the plane journey he heard some squeaky sound and it was none other than the micky mouse which was the resident of the plane. The book which impressed him the most was his father’s cheque book. He concluded his speech by explaining 3 types of sorry

Made a mistake and asking sorry
Not sure of the mistake
Made no mistake but still apologizing

10:50 A.M –EDUCATION SESSION

TM Jayan conducted an education session on Humorous speech. The following points should be kept in mind while delivering an humorous speech

Eye contact
Visual humor
Powers of 3 (word play, rhyming and connect people with stories)
Situation humor
Network with everybody
Make friends before contest
Pregnant pause after intellectual jokes
Setup, pauses and punch
Articulation
Never declare a joke

11:00 A.M –TABLE TOPIC SESSION

An interesting Table Topic session was conducted by TM Anuj. He had a variety of topics which were enjoyed by the audience. The speakers were as follows:

TM Selvan - After 50 years of Independence, your wife still doesn't allow you to sleep on Monday morning.

Guest Prahadish - Freedom in your own words.

TM Vivek - Penguins are birds which cannot fly.

DTM Jayan - One should be married to taste the spirit of freedom

DYM Saro - What were you good at something, now which you were so bad in the past.

TM Srikar - The word freedom doesn’t act when it comes to eating food.

Guest Slogan - As your greatest fear com true?

TM Manoj - Where do you find inspiration?

11:35 A.M –EVALUATION SESSION

SPEAKER	PROJECT	EVALUATOR
TM Supraja	CC#1	TM Selvan
TM Rajesh V	CC#10	TM Vivek
TM Rajen Menon	ACG#3	DTM Saro

TM Vijay, TM Srikar and TM Sriram were called to share the Timer, Ah-Counter and grammarian report for the session respectively.

TM Manoj, General evaluator, then shared the overall feedback of the session. He appreciated the good things in the meeting being the Energy and the meeting being conducted in a formal and structured manner and the meeting could have started a little early.

11:50 P.M – BEST PERFORMERS

PREPARED SPEAKER	TM RajeshV
EVALUATOR	TM Vivek
TT SPEAKER	DTM Jayan
ROLE PLAYER	TM Manoj
TAG ROLE PLAYER	TM Vijay

12:00 NOON – ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. CSF's 225th meeting on Sep 18

2. Club humorous and evaluation speech contest on Sep 4th

12:00 NOON – MEETING ADJOURNED

Presiding Officer adjourned the meeting to the 21st of AUGUST 2016 and invited us all for high tea.

KNOW ABOUT US