382nd Meeting: Game of Chess - OPEN HOUSE

Filcom International TMC

382nd Meeting- Game of Chess - Open House

Minutes of Meeting - 25.07.2020.

Word of the Day - Contrive

Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad started Filcom’s 382 meeting at 1900hrs by reading out the club mission followed by online meeting protocol and handed over the floor to the president Diana May. She formally opened the meeting and greeted guests from all over the globe. An open house meeting commenced with the theme of “Game of Chess”. She also briefed every sequence of this special meeting. There were 15 members, district 116 dignitaries, Region 11 advisor and 39 guests from Canada, USA, England, Mexico, Philippines, India and home based Qatar too. To proceed further, the president opened the chessboard for TMOD Grace Moran to play “life as a game of chess” .

TMOD Grace Moran, DTM introduced thought for the day. According to her, the first move is very important in life. We all need to set, prioritise and strategize our goal just like how we play chess to achieve success. The toastmaster journey can be set as our own space as long as we have a concrete goal . Game of Chess can be fascinating when we set the ground by making bold moves. The power of belief can make a big difference. We gain more when we lose as losing gives us more insights and allows us to be the best. She took us through her roller coaster and successful toastmaster journey till date. Without further ado, She introduced all the role players as below to start the first segment:

Timer : Toastmaster Dennis Mujana

Grammarian : Joseph Armande, DTM.

Ah Counter : Toastmaster Michelle Macaraig

Meeting kicked off with a Round robin session to warm up every participant followed by a prepared speech session.

There were 2 prepared speeches.

Speech 1: Toastmaster Diana May .

Speech title: Embracing my Greatness.

Speech 2: Toastmaster Rinku.

Speech title: Communication style matters

Table topic Session conducted by Filcom impromptu queen Toastmaster Stella and she chose all topics as per the theme.

1st Topic - Every plan has an escape route.

2nd Topic- Not all moves will work for you.

3rd Topic- How you start the game determines how you are going to finish.

4th Topic- keep calm and move slowly.

5th Topic - Losing is not the end of the plan

Keynote speaker Deepak Justin (DJ),DTM rocked the floor with his charming and inspiring speech about life. His speech lifted us with powerful tools and opportunity to excel in life. He graced Filcom open house meeting with a deep well of knowledge and wisdom.

Educational open house session “ Break The Ice” was conducted by Kit Barritt, DTM and Leo Ortega, DTM using Kahoot app. This session was all about to highlight and enhance toastmasters International knowledge. A key message was delivered, how to stand tall with your passion and abilities by Joseph Armande, DTM.

Evaluation Section:

Speech 1: Evaluator – Toastmaster Nadim.

Speech 2: Evaluator – Toastmaster CJ Rojas

Table topic session was evaluated by Toastmaster Swetha.

General Educational session

The general evaluation session was conducted by Filcom club mentor Philip, an experienced toastmaster who acknowledged our keynote Speaker Deepak Justin and provided the entire meeting with an insightful evaluation in all aspects including prepared speeches, table topics and evaluation. He also collected all the role players reports and rendered his final report. After the conclusion of the Evaluation session, TMOD Grace Moran made her closing remark by encouraging us to build a best version of ourselves and handed over the floor to the president Diana May.

At the end of the meeting the efforts were recognized with price distribution of certificate for Best Speaker, Table topic and Best Segment Host. Esteemed guests from various walks of life shared positive feedback and appreciated the energy present in Filcom Club’s meeting.

Best Table Topic Speaker - Guest scott.

Best Evaluator Award- Toastmaster Swetha Raghuraman.

Best Segment Host - Grace Moran, DTM.

Best Speaker - Toastmaster Rinku Saha

381st Meeting: Reinventing The Wheel

Filcom International TMC

381st Meeting- Reinventing the Wheel

Minutes of Meeting - 11.07.2020.

Word of the day - Revitalize.

Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad started Filcom’s 381 meeting at 1900hrs by reading out the club mission followed by online meeting protocol and handed over the floor to the President Diana May. She formally opened the meeting and greeted guests from all over the globe. There were 18 members and 10 guests from Canada, USA, India and home based Qatar too. To proceed further, the president opened the floor for TMOD Philip Cherian to reinvent the wheel .

According to TMOD, the biggest discovery in the world was “ Fire” and “ wheel”. He took us back in time to realise the invention of wheels helped us in transportation and so on. Invention of fire helped in warming ourselves, having cooked food and protecting us from the wild animals. He also shared his thought about “ Reinventing the wheel” as to invent ourselves with new challenges. Eventually, he introduced all the role players as below:

Grammarian : TM Swetha Raghuraman.

Ah Counter : DTM Leo Ortega

Timer : TM Michelle Macaraig

There were 3 prepared speeches.

Speech 1: TM CJ Rojas .

Speech title: Imperfections

TM CJ Rojas started his speech on how imperfections become perfect facts in our life. He delivered his speech with great enthusiasm & commitment thus was able to connect with the audience very well throughout his speech journey.

Speech 2: TM Nadim.

Speech title: Connecting with your audience

TM Nadim gave us an overview of a construction process and its connection with clients .The topic was unfamiliar as per his project object. He justified his speech objective by selecting the appropriate outline, to make the message clear with supporting material and appropriate transition.

Speech 3: DTM Grace Moran .

Speech Title : Speak up

“Powerful communicator and speak effortlessly”- as soon as DTM Grace Moran started her speech the topic immediately caught the attention of Audience . She shared the story of her leadership journey in toastmaster field to motivate others. With such conviction that the audience got carried away and remained stunned for a while.

Table topic Session: TM Diana May

Session started with DTM Farooq and his topic was “ Make your mark”, followed by guest Belina Wright and her topic was “ Stop trying so hard” . TM Fouad was given a topic “ The power is simple” and “ Do it now “ topic was given to Guest Hind.

Evaluation Section:

Speech 1: Evaluator – DTM Joseph

Speech 2: Evaluator – TM Dennis

Speech 3: Evaluator – DTM Farooq

Table topic session was evaluated by TM Rinku.

The general evaluation session was conducted by Filcom club mentor Shyam Sundar, an experienced toastmaster who provided the entire meeting with an insightful evaluation on all aspects including prepared speeches, table topics. He also collected all the role players reports and rendered his final report. After the conclusion of the Evaluation session, TMOD Philip Cherian made his closing remark and handed over the floor to the president Diana May.

At the end of the meeting the efforts were recognized with price distribution of certificate for Best Speaker, Table topic and Evaluator. Esteemed guests from various walks of life shared positive feedback and appreciated the energy present in Filcom Club’s meeting.

Best Speaker – TM CJ Rojas

Best Evaluator – TM Dennis and TM Rinku

Best table topics speaker - Guest Belina Wright

Best Segment Host - TM Philip Cherian.