365th Meeting: Trick or Treat!

Filcom International TMC
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!

Filcom International TMC

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.

363rd Meeting: Free The Genius!

Filcom International TMC
363rd Meeting Summary
28th Sept 2019
“Free The Genius!”

Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad started Filcom's 363rd meeting by reading out the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, President Dennis formally opened the meeting and warmly greeted all the guests. Then he called upon Rechell VP Membership to conduct the induction of the new members: Raffy, Alaa, Stella and Swetha. Then the floor was handed over to Toastmaster of the day Deepti, who introduced the theme "Free the Genius” where she explained the theory of Multiple Intelligence. Deepti introduced the role players for the night: Ayman as the Timer, Leo as the Ah-Counter, and Stella as the Grammarian.

💼 PREPARED SPEECHES

It was a speakathon and there was a great smorgasbord of speeches. Six Filcomites took up the challenge to deliver their respective speech projects. Raffy took the onus of starting a speakathon and delivered a mind boggling speech “ Happy for my Failures” by showcasing his strength in linguistic as well as Kinesthetic skills. Khadar came next with his take on “Power of Reading” and pinned down the importance of habit of reading in our life. Next in line was Michelle to take over the stage, she captivated the audience with her subtle style and threw light on the “Changes - Inside Out”. Fourth in line was our rising life coach Afjal, who elaborated the “Ways of Communication “ with his pedagogical skill. Next was the entry of our great story teller Diana who exhibited her existential and linguistic intelligence to connect with the audience through her story of “Paradox of Giving “ and last but not the least Viji challenged the axiom “An eye for an eye” with her unique faculty of Interpersonal skills.

💼 ROUND ROBIN SESSION

Being a Speakathon, regular Table Topics session was curtailed, instead there was a short round robin game on “Free the Genius” and everyone ended up developing their "SHOWER" intelligence.

💼 EVALUATION

Abhishek Chattopadhyay took the baton of Evaluation Segment. He introduced and called the evaluators, Swetha, Rechell, CJ, Dennis, Shyam, and Abhay who gave their evaluation on their assigned speeches. Thereafter, the role players delivered their reports and Abhishek rendered his GE Report.

Shyam Sundar the appointed District 116 DTAC 2020 Chair, shared the curtain-raising video of Rise Qatar 2020 and encouraged everyone’s support.

BEST SPEAKERS

🏆1st Place – Viji Ravindran
🏆2nd Place – Diana May Tangente
🏆3rd Place – Raffy Gimeno

BEST EVALUATOR

🏆1st Place – CJ Rojas