369th Meeting: Unstoppable

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369th Meeting Summary
14th Dec 2019
“Unstoppable”

Filcom International Toastmasters Club's 369th meeting echoed the precept "Show must go on". It was the last meeting of 2019. The onset of Christmas Vacation enthusiastic Filcomites made meeting a great success. Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad started Filcom's 369th meeting by reading out the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, President Dennis formally opened the meeting and warmly greeted the guests. Then the floor was handed over to Diana, Toastmaster of the day. Diana introduced the theme "Unstoppable” and encouraged everyone to offload all the things that are stopping them to move ahead before flying into 2020. Diana introduced the role players for the night: Manij as the Timer, Khader as the Ah-Counter, and Swetha as the Grammarian.

💼PREPARED SPEECHES

Two Filcomites took over the reins of this segment, Stella showcased a powerful body language while presenting her speech "What if?" Deepti presented her last project speech from the path Persuasive Influence and shared her experience by reflecting on her path.

💼TABLE TOPICS

Abbie took the baton of Table Topic Session. Six people proactively took up the challenge of this impromptu speaking session including 2 guests.

💼EVALUATION

Philip as the General Evaluator introduced and called the evaluators, Joseph and Nadim who gave their evaluations on their assigned speeches. Alaa gave a rapid evaluation of Table Topics. Thereafter, the role players delivered their reports and Philip rendered his GE Report.

🏆Best Speaker – Stella
🏆Best Evaluator – Alaa
🏆Best table topics speaker - Sukash (guest)

368th Meeting: Face It!

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368th Meeting Summary

07th December 2019

“Face it!”

Filcom International Toastmasters Club 368th Meeting with a theme; Face it!, was hosted by Swetha Raghuraman who encouraged everyone to face their fears. 💪🥰🎁🎄

Deviating from the usual set-up, Filcom held the meeting in the lovely and warm residence of Nadim Bitar who opened his doors to every Filcomite with an accommodating welcome.

Filcomites never run out of reasons to celebrate! 🎄🎁🎉

Filcomites Year-end Celebration was a blast! An array of delectable food, a smorgasbord of drinks, great ambiance and music, and most of all fun and family-like company made every Filcomite enjoyed the night.

"We are not just a club, we are a family!"

367th Meeting: Adaptability

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367th Meeting Summary
23rd Nov 2019
“Adaptability”

Filcom's 367th meeting was quite a serendipitous experience. Filcom was showered with a bunch of good news. One more champion came out of Filcom Factory in the form of CJ Rojas, who won the Qatar Talks Championship in Inspirational Category for the year 2019 and made every Filcomite proud. It was already a sought after meeting as Nisha Shivram was going to conduct an Educational Session on the ”Rules of the Game.” The icing on the cake was a privilege to welcome a guest from the USA with a triple DTM Crown.

Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad started Filcom's 367th meeting by reading out the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, President Dennis formally opened the meeting and warmly greeted the guests. Then the floor was handed over to Qatar Talks 2018 champion, Toastmaster of the Day Joseph Amande, who introduced the theme "Adaptability” and made us realized that along with IQ n EQ, AQ is equally important. He then introduced our Triple DTM guest from USA Daniel Grundtner as the General Evaluator. DTM Daniel introduced the speech evaluators and role players for the night: Manij as the Timer, Michelle as the Ah-Counter, and Diana as the Grammarian.

💼PREPARED SPEECHES

Three Filcomites took over the reins of this segment. Nasser with his impactful speech"The Silent Killer" which implored everyone to take care of their parents. Swetha made everyone experience spirituality in a unique way of Raas Garbho with her speech "The Inner Circle". After Shwetha's dance packed speech Deepti presented her final project on HPL in her Path Persuasive Influence as "Connecting Dots"

💼 EDUCATIONAL SESSION

Nisha Shivram conducted an educational session on the" Rules of the Game". She explained to all the aspiring speakers about crafting a winning speech and the do’s and don't s of an International Speech Contest.

💼TABLE TOPICS

2019 Qatar Talks champion CJ took the baton of the Table Topics Session. Five guests proactively took up the challenge of this impromptu speaking session. Salahuddin, Aala, Viji, Pawan, and JP.

💼EVALUATION

Triple DTM Daniel as the General Evaluator introduced and called the evaluators: Stella, Nadim, and Alaa who gave their evaluations on their assigned speeches. Super-fast Leo gave a rapid evaluation of Table Topics. Thereafter, the role players delivered their reports and Daniel rendered his GE Report.

🏆Best Speaker – Swetha
🏆Best Evaluator – Stella
🏆Best table topics speaker - Viji (guest)

366th Meeting: Emojis

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366th Meeting Summary
9th November 2019
“Emojis”

Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad started 🙏 Filcom's 366th meeting by reverberating the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, President Dennis formally opened 🔨the meeting and warmly greeted 🙏 all the guests. He then gave the floor to Toastmaster of the day Deepti Potnis, who introduced the theme "Emoji" 🎭where she took everyone on a ride in the world of emoji-pedia 😊😀😁😅😂😍😭🤗😋😝😜🙄🧐😱. Deepti introduced the role players for the night: Manij as the Timer⏱⌛, CJ as the Ah-Counter🙊🙉, and Diana as the Grammarian🗣☑.

💼 EDUCATION SESSION

"Joseph is back" was the talk of the town🥳💃🕺and as usual he came, he saw, and he conquered 😇🌈 With his mega entry Joseph presented an educational session on "Evaluate to motivate"👍👌👏👏❤ 🎁

💼 PREPARED SPEECHES

Two enthusiastic Filcomites delivered their respective speech projects.
Stella the Stellar ✨✨💫⭐🌟 made everyone nostalgic by taking us down the memory lane and reminding us of Five types of friends we met in our high school 🏫. Mighty Leo ♌ CEO of A to Z Consulting group conveyed not so very good news☹ in a very good☺ way to his employees 👥👥.

💼 TABLE TOPICS

Shwetha, the Topics Master gave her own twist for this segment. It was this way or that way☺🙃👈👉. Indeed a roller-coaster ride🎡🎢 Leo, Philip, Diana, and Dennis willingly volunteered to 🤹 juggle.

💼 EVALUATION

Stalwart Filcomite, Dr. Farooq took the baton 🥢👩‍🏫 of Evaluation Segment. He introduced and called the evaluators, Nadim, and Dennis who gave their evaluation on their assigned speeches. Shyam also evaluated the Table Topics Segment and Table Topic Speeches. Thereafter, the role players delivered their reports ✍📝 and Dr. Farooq rendered his GE Report📋.

🏆Best Speaker – Stella
🏆Best Table Topics Speaker – Philip
🏆Best Evaluator – Nadim
🏆Best Segment Host – Deepti

365th Meeting: Trick or Treat!

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365th Meeting Summary
26th Oct 2019
“Trick or Treat”

Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad started Filcom's 365th meeting by reading out the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, President Dennis formally opened the meeting. Then the floor was handed over to a gorgeous witch, Toastmaster of the day Rachel, who introduced the theme "Trick or Treat” onset of Halloween. The spooky decor and enigmatic background music set the mood for a topsy turvy ride. Rachel introduced the role players for the night: Nasser as the Timer, Raffy as the Ah-Counter, and Dennis as the Grammarian.

💼PREPARED SPEECHES

It was quite an interactive meeting as most projects demanded audience participation. Afjal set the segment in motion and told a story about his experience on “ Railway station” and actually took us to the railway station tour. Leo in his witty style faced all the queries from the audience with great resilience while doing his "The Briefing". It was a time for a panel discussion on "Emancipation of psychology, trick or treat". Deepti moderated a panel discussion with three eminent panelists; Dr. Farooq, Nadim, and Leo. Discussion took everyone through different shades of psychology and it's relevance in our day to day life.

💼TABLE TOPICS

Life Coach Nadim conducted a table topic session in his unique way. As a topic master, he shared tips and tricks to face the table topics session. Dr. Farooq, Manji, CJ, Dr. Vin Abainza sportingly participated in the impromptu speaking session.

💼EVALUATION

Diana took the baton of Evaluation Segment. She introduced and called the evaluators, Alaa, Philip and Shyam who gave their evaluations on their assigned speeches. Thereafter, the role players delivered their reports and Diana rendered her GE Report.

🏆Best Speaker – Deepti
🏆Best Evaluator – Philip
🏆Best table topics speaker - Dr. Vin Abainza (guest)

364th Meeting: Let's Get Physical!

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364th Meeting Summary

12th Oct 2019

“Let's Get Physical!”

Sergeant-At-Arms Khader started Filcom's 364th meeting by reading out the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, President Dennis formally opened the meeting. Then the floor was handed over to tall, dark and awesome Toastmaster of the day Leo, who introduced the theme "Let's get physical” with loads of exuberance he made everyone exercise physically but also mentally by playing a number game. Leo introduced the role players for the night: Manij as the Timer, Nasser as the Ah-Counter, and CJ as the Grammarian.

💼PREPARED SPEECHES

It was a showcase of girls' power, four gals took up the challenge to deliver their respective speech projects. Stella set the segment in motion and delivered a mind-boggling speech “ Adulting ain't easy” by showing how the grass is greener on the other side. Shweta a hardcore environmentalist came next and implored everyone to save the birds on the verge of being extinct and to be the “Save-ians”. Next in line was Alaa to reveal the secrets about how to find your own leadership style. Fourth in line was Deepti taking a lead in her life, revealed her plan in a high-performance leadership project.

💼TABLE TOPICS

A lawyer in Kush articulated the dos and don't s about table topics. As a topic master, he shared tips and tricks to face the table topics session. Rachel, Michelle, Shyam, and Dennis sportingly participated in the impromptu speaking session.

💼 EDUCATIONAL SESSION

Leo conducted an educational session on the usage of easy-speak and advantages of its usage for easy functioning of meetings.

💼EVALUATION

Afjal took the baton of Evaluation Segment. He introduced and called the evaluators, Michelle, Shyam, Nadeem and Fouad who gave their evaluation on their assigned speeches. Thereafter, the role players delivered their reports and Afjal rendered his GE Report.

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🏆Best Speaker – Stella

🏆Best Evaluator – Shyam

🏆Best table topics speaker - Rechell

Community Outreach: Beach Clean-up in Al Khuwair Heritage Park

“BEACH CLEAN-UP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DEAP-QATAR"

Community Outreach Program

11th October 2019

"No matter how small or insignificant your actions may seem, they matter. It only takes one person to start a movement that could possibly lead to a major environmental breakthrough."

A first for Filcom International Toastmasters Club.

Beach Clean-up in Al Khuwair Heritage Park in partnership with Doha Environmental Actions Project - a community of volunteers who advocates in keeping Qatar clean and educating people on the importance of not littering and reducing the usage of plastics.

We did not only clean, but we also had fun, we learned, and we socialized.

See us live in action!

If you are interested in joining the weekly clean-up, please check their page below.

https://www.facebook.com/deapqatar/

PR Event: A Day At The Museum

“A DAY IN THE MUSEUM” 🇶🇦

A PR Event

05th October 2019

Ever since new Executive Committee set forth for the Toastmaster Year 2019-2020 and the ever-smiling and enthusiastic Cj Rojas took over the rein as the VP PR, the club has been flooded with a plethora of ideas aimed to take the rich legacy of Filcom International Toastmasters Club to greater heights.

What a better place to kick start Filcom’s very first PR activity than the newly carved jewel in the heart of Doha - the National Museum of Qatar. The club's PR Committee arranged a visit to the National Museum of Qatar for all the members along with their family and friends. It was truly an awesome experience to walk through an architectural marvel, a museum built in a desert rose shape.

Following the lead of the tour guide - Mr. Amine, participants seamlessly traveled through time and had a glimpse of the ancient life in Qatar - the life in the Peninsula, the Marine life, and the Stone Age; depicting all the shades of Qatar's economy and way of life. Walking through all the 9 gallerias, participants get to know the history of Qatar and the way of life of people and how they have flourished as a country from fishing, diving for pearls, and now a top exporter of Petroleum Gas.

It was truly an inspirational journey: walking with hardships in the desert, being resilient amidst economic fluctuations, and making something big and noble out of those experiences is truly an act of courage and real nationalism. After every setback, Qatar has truly risen like a Phoenix from the ashes.