Meeting No - 233 Minutes

MEETING ATTENDEES:

DTM Gautham Sharma	Guest Shiva
TM Sriram	TM Anuj
TM Sidharth	TM Rajesh V
Guest Pravin	TM Vijay
TM Karthikeyan	TM Suresh Babu

  MEETING ENGAGEMENT REPORT

                                

10:00 A.M - SAA CALLS FOR MEETING

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

Presiding officer,TM Vijay started the meeting #233.

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

Presiding officer, TM  Vijay introduced the TMOD; TM Barthi. TM Barthi introduced the word 'Euphoria’ and the theme of the day 'Home is where the heart is'. TM Barthi  then explained the various segments in a toastmasters meeting. 

Word of the day: Euphoria

Meaning: A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness

Theme of the day: Home is where the heart is

10:20 A.M - GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION

The TMOD, TM Barthi, then handed over the control to the General Evaluator, TM Karthikeyan. He told that this meeting with her 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 Shriram

Ah Counter- TM Anuj

Grammarian- TM  Sidharth

10:30 A.M - PREPARED SPEECH SESSION

Prepared Speech	Project	Speaker	Speech Title
1	ACB#4	TM Selvan	'The enemy who loved me'

   

Like everyone in this world I believed that every battle counts in our life. When my very first application to CPWD for Junior Engineer post was rejected because of underage, I was below 18 years that time, I felt like a loser. After few days he learnt a mantra from his math’s teacher “Attack the problem, attack the problem, whether it is Math or life don’t back away, attack the problem”. This “Attack the problem” got him a job in Railways. In Railways whenever there is an accident or derailment a team of officials from all the four departments investigates the prima facie cause of the accident. Investigation starts with discussion, continues like a quarrel and ends like a war. Because of the so called killer attitude I became the most sought after person in my department whenever there was an accident. Once there was a derailment on main line near Melpakkam. The so called investigation started heating up and he was talking in an “all out” manner and the things should have gone little nasty. Mechanical HOD looked into his eyes and uttered “Son, I have been observing you from the day you arrived here. I am impressed by your presence of mind, theoretical knowledge, practical application, dedication and hard work. I like the way you argue but today the words and the way you used them hurt me. From this incient he learnt a lesson that fight your enemies hard, to win the battle, but love them a lot to taste real success in your life”

10:40 A.M - EDUCATION SESSION

DTM Goutham Sharma conucted an eucational session on how to hanle table topics. The following are the few techniques to be followed to handle table topic session.

• Past and present - speak about the past and the present of your topic.
• Cause and effect
• Problem solution
• Opinions approach - speak about your opinion an general opinion an combine both to complete it.
• Have supporting material for your speech
• When using support material use your own personal experiences, incient that happened around you in your life and lastly general examples that you read in your books
• When you choose a subject be sure it is known to all audiences
• Don't confine your subject to a particular group.
• Spontaneity prepared factor (SPF) - you have to be prepared enough to be spontaneous.
• The last one is to prepare oneself for table topics.

11:00 A.M –TABLE TOPIC SESSION

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

• Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakens - TM Suresh Babu
• Victims makes excuses, leader makes results - TM Vijay
• What do youu do over and over again that you hate doing - TM Anuj
• Happiest moment of your life - Guest Shiva
• Is the reward worth the risk - Guest Prasana
• What habit you want to give up - TM Rajesh V
• What makes someone a hero - Guest Pravin
• A strong foundation at home sets a strong foundation at work - TM Sidharth
• Knowing what to do and not doing is the biggest crime - DTM Gautham Sharma

11:35A.M –EVALUATION SESSION

Speaker - TM Selvan

Project - ACB#4

Evaluator - TM Vivek

TM Shriram, TM Anuj and TM Sidharth were called to share the Timer, Ah-Counter and grammarian report for the session respectively.

TM Barthi, General evaluator, then shared the overall feedback of the session. She 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.

12:00 NOON – MEETING ADJOURNED

Presiding Officer adjourned the meeting to the 11th of December 2016 and invited us all for high tea.

 

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