Meeting No - 225 Minutes

MEETING ATTENDEES:

TM Kannan Sri	TM Supraja
TM Sidharth	TM Gireesh
TM Bharthi	TM Rajesh V
TM Umashanker	TM Vijay
TM Vivek	TM Arna
TM Selvan T	TM Kamal
TM Mukesh	Guest Janani
DTM Saro	TM Srikar
TM Karthikeyan	Guest Madhavan

MEETING ADORNMENT    MEETING ENGAGEMENT REPORT 10:00 A.M - SAA CALLS FOR MEETING SAA, TM Sidharth, opened the meeting, explained the mission and vision of Toastmasters. TM Sidharth then handed over the control to the Presiding officer TM Vijayaragavan. Presiding officer, TM Vijayaragavan started the meeting #225. 10:15 A.M - PRESIDING OFFICER INTRODUCED THE TMOD Presiding officer, TM Vijayaragavan introduced the TMOD; TM Gireesh. TM  Gireesh introduced the theme 'Together we can’ and the word of the day ' Zusamenn '. TM Gireesh then explained the various segments in a toastmasters meeting.  Word of the day: Zusamenn Meaning: Together Theme of the day: Together we can 10:20 A.M - GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION The TMOD, TM Gireesh, then handed over the control to the General Evaluator, TM Selvan. 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 Sriram Ah Counter- TM Supraja Grammarian- TM Arna 10:30 A.M - PREPARED SPEECH SESSION Prepared Speech Project Speaker Speech Title 1 CC#2 TM Kamal 'Motivation Unleashed’ TM Kamal started his speech by saying that rewards, salary and grades motivate us. More the reward, more the motivation is. Work can be done by two ways – mundane and cognitive skills. Mundane is the algorithmic way of doing work, whereas cognitive skills are the core skills which our brain uses to think, read, learn, and pay attention. Working together, we take incoming information and move it into the bank of knowledge we use every day at work and in life. He concluded his speech by speaking about autonomy, mastery and purpose. Prepared Speech Project Speaker Speech Title 2 CC#2 TM Bharthi Goel 'My Absolute’ TM Bharthi started her speech by saying that her parents had strived hard to make her life better before she came into this world and continued to do that till their last breath. The sacrifices they made for her is innumerable. Parents spend money to fulfill all the kid’s needs right from childhood. They provide the best education possible and sometimes go beyond their limits to give kids better opportunities. Her parents put her in an English medium school and she found it so difficult to pick up the language. Later, in her early childhood days, she became the ‘Head girl’ of her school and had mastered the language. Then, she completed her CA with good percentage and now a proud Cognizant employee. Prepared Speech Project Speaker Speech Title 3 CC#4 DTM Saro 'Wayanad’ DTM Saro started his speech by saying that a few months back, he visited Wayanad along with his family. It is a beautiful tourist place which is situated in between the mesmerizing Mysore and the overpowering Ooty. They took a train to Calicut and then rented a van to reach Wayanad. The ride from Calicut to Wayanad was filled with scenic locations… they looked like inverted ice cream cones and the trees were painted in fresh green by Mother Nature. He concluded his speech saying that they visited many places in Wayanad but Edakkal caves remains as a longlasting memory because it a place where one can get a spectacular view of the mountain junction of the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Prepared Speech Project Speaker Speech Title 4 ACB#3 TM Rajesh 'Rhone and Arve’ TM Rajesh started his speech by narrating a small story about two contrasting characters Vignesh and Venkatesh. Vignesh is an extraordinary student and his father earns 30,000rupees per month. But, Venkatesh is poor in studies and comes from a poor backround. He was a Telugu boy and found difficult to converse in English and did part time job of delivering newspapers to households. He did not score good marks in his 10th and 12th grade but learnt English by delivering newspaper. But on the other hand, Vignesh secured high marks and got placed in NIT, Trichy and pursued M.B.A in U.S. Venkatesh’s dad took loan and made his son a B.A graduate. Finally, he became salesman in IBM and a trainer in chief for Vignesh at Blue chip companies. He concluded his speech saying that “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90%how you react to it. 11:00 A.M –TABLE TOPIC SESSION An interesting Table Topic session was conducted by TM Sidharth. He had a variety of topics which were enjoyed by the audience. The speakers were as follows: Adzap: TM Vivek - Apple TM Karthikeyan - Board marker pen TM Kamal - Diary TM Selvan - Water bottle TM Rajesh - Mirror Topics: DTM Saro - Humpty dumpty sat on the wall Guest Mohammed - Villain is better than hero TM Mukesh - A quite women is a dangerous women Guest Janani - Carrot is the best vegetable TM Kannan Sri - The feeling when President of India parade greeted you TM Arna - A bank is a place that will lend you money when you dont need. TM Umashanker - Unnecessity is other's necessary. TM Srikar - Secret of getting ahead is getting started.  11:35A.M –EVALUATION SESSION SPEAKER PROJECT EVALUATOR TM Kamal CC#2 TM Selvan TM Bharthi Goel CC#2 TM Vijay DTM Saro CC#4 TM Vivek TM Rajesh V ACB#3 TM Arna  TM Sriram, TM Supraja and TM Arna were called to share the Timer, Ah-Counter and  grammarian report for the session respectively.  TM Selvan, 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 Kamal EVALUATOR TM Arna TT SPEAKER TM Arna ROLE PLAYER TM Gireesh TAG ROLE PLAYER TM Supraja 11:55 P.M - Release of Newsletter 12:00 NOON – ANNOUNCEMENTS  Area Contest for Humorous Speech and Evaluation is to be held on September 25th 12:03 AM – MEETING ADJOURNED Presiding Officer adjourned the meeting to the 2nd of October 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 Ashok Secretary Chennai Speakers forum E- mail: supraja.asb@gmil.com