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

1. Made a mistake and asking sorry
2. Not sure of the mistake
3. 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

1. Eye contact
2. Visual humor
3. Powers of  3 (word play, rhyming and connect people with stories)
4. Situation humor
5. Network with everybody
6. Make friends before contest
7. Pregnant pause after intellectual jokes
8. Setup, pauses and punch
9. Articulation
10. 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.

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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.

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