388th Meeting: A Toastmaster Wears Many Hats

 

Filcom International TMC

Meeting Summary

24th October 2020

A Toastmaster Wears Many Hats

Word of the Day: Mummery

Filcom's 388th was held on the 24th of October via Zoom.

The meeting began with the Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad reading out the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, President Diana May formally opened the meeting, and warmly greeted the guests. Then the virtual floor was handed over to the Toastmaster of the Day, Hieu Huu Huynh, DTM who rocked the virtual stage with his unique way to describe various roles, members play in #Toastmasters journey as well as in our common life. He also changed different hats to justify and explain each role.

He introduced the role players for the night: TM Dale Amazed as the Timer, and TM Rinku Saha Mallik as both the Ah-Counter and Grammarian.

PREPARED SPEECHES

3 Filcomites took over the reins of this segment.

1. Grace Moran Billington, DTM beautifully portrayed a vivid picture of her personal life where she wears different hats to play different roles through her speech – “Toastmasters wear many hats”.

2. Deepti Potnis shared her experience on how various cultural background makes us different and unique being a “Bridge walker”.

3. Michelle Macaraig explained the purpose of Leadership and how we all should be a “Mindful Leader”.

TABLE TOPICS

Table Topics are presented by Diana May, who played the role of a brand ambassador:

1. Guest Ray - Have a Break, Have a KitKat.

2. Guest Rose - McDonald's, I'm lovin' it.

3. Mohammed Farooq, DTM - Ford, Go Further

4. Guest Luis - Levi's, Quality never goes out of style

5. Hamad - Coca-Cola, Open Happiness.

6. Dhruv - Nike, Just Do It.

EVALUATION

Mohammed Farooq, DTM was the General evaluator and introduced TM Shyam Sundar, Philip Cherian and Nadim Bitar, respectively , who provided their evaluations on their assigned speeches. Joseph Amande, DTM evaluated all Table topic speeches. Thereafter, the role players rendered their reports.

Best Speaker– Grace Moran Billington, DTM

Best Table Topics Speaker– Guest Luis & Guest Ray

Best Evaluator - Shyam Sundar and Philip Cherian

Best Segment Host – Diana May

Filcom & RCS Debaters: A Tale of Two

 

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Filcom International club and RCS Debater joint meeting

Meeting Summary

10th October 2020

A Tale of Two

Word of the Day: Riveting

Filcom's 387th was held on 10th of October via Zoom.

The meeting began with the Sergeant-At-Arms Michelle Macaraig reading out the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, Presidents Diana May Tangente and Fouad Al Fares, formally opened the meeting and warmly greeted the guests. Then the floor was handed over to the Toastmaster of the Day, Swetha Raghuraman, who took us through an interactive session with "A Tale of Two". Swetha introduced the role players for the night: Hieu Hynh, DTM as the Timer, and Sajath Shahnawas as the Grammarian.

PREPARED SPEECHES

Two prepared speech Speakers took over the reins of this segment.

1. CJ Rojas took us through a transformative journey of "Why"in his leadership development.

2. Krishanthan Soundarrajan recited his leadership development journey and assured that "Leaders are made, not born".

DEBATE SESSION

Leo Ortega, DTM moderated the debate session on the topic "Resolved that, Companies should be required to hire 50% male 50% female employees". The affirmative speakers were: Mustafa Syed and Nadim Bitar and the negative speakers were: Pooja Bhat and Rinku Saha.

TABLE TOPICS SESSION

Bidya Mohanty served as the Table topic Master and the following speakers spoke on the given topics:

1. Joseph Amande, DTM vs. Eno Budo: Has Covid made you Fit or Fat?

2. Alfonso and Ram: Advent of technology in our life is a boon or bane.

EVALUATION

Sunny Iype, was the chief judge for the debate session and introduced the evaluators: Nirmala Raghuraman, DTM and Fouad Al Fares the affirmative and negative team evaluators respectively, who provided their evaluations. The winning debate team and best debater was announced.

District 116 CGD, DTM Rajesh VC was the General Evaluator and introduced and called the speech evaluators, Shyam Sundar and Philip Cherian who gave their evaluations on their assigned speeches. The role players also provided their reports

Best Speaker– TM CJ Rojas

Best TT Speaker –DTM Josepph Amande

Best Evaluator –TM Shyam Sundar

Best Debate Evaluator –DTM Nirmala Raghuraman

Best Debater –TM Pooja Bhat

Best Debate Team –Affirmative Team

Best Segment Host – TM Swetha Raghuraman

386th Meeting: The Speakathon

 

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386th Meeting Summary

26th September 2020

“The Speakathon"

Word of the Day : Ebullient

Filcom's 386th meeting was held on 26th September 2020 via Zoom.

The meeting began with the Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad reading out the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, President Diana formally opened the meeting and warmly greeted the guests. Then the floor was handed over to the Toastmaster of the Day, Dennis Mujana who treated us virtually with popcorns and juices by conducting the Speakaton Session!

Dennis introduced the role palyers for the night: Sajath as the Timer, Felipe as the Ah-Counter, and Swetha as the Grammarian.

PREPARED SPEECHES

Five Filcomites took over the reins of this segment.

1. Joseph, DTM enlightened us about "Lessons learned from the Mango Tree"

2. Raffy gaves us a new perspective on “The good side of loosing your job twice or may be thrice”

3. Diana took us through her journey of self-love and acceptance through her speech "Strong and Powerful"

4. Rinku gave us a lot of laughs and narrated about her quests in finding love through her speech "Fail in Love"

5. Grace, DTM candidly narrated us her life story of "Identity Crisis"

EVALUATION

Michelle took up the challenge of being a General Evaluator for the first time and she introduced and called the evaluators, Stella, CJ, Philip, Fouad and Nadim who gave their evaluations on their assigned speeches.

NEWSLETTER RELEASE AND THE BIG REVEAL

VPPR Swetha took over during the business session and released the first issue of The Edge Newsletter for the term. The Big Reveal for the first issue's cover has been unveiled with CJ Rojas being the face of this issue.

Best Speaker– Rinku

Best Evaluator - Stella

Filcomite of the Month - September - Satish Shah

 

"Networking is not about just connecting people. Its about connecting people with people, people with ideas and people with opportunities." - Michele Jennae

An IT Project Manager and a jolly fellow full of enthusiasm. Within a few years of joining Filcom, he is able to connect with millions and transform into a better version of himself!

Presenting you with the Filcomite of the Month of September ~ TM Satish Shah.

385th Meeting: Bon Voyage!

 

        

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385th Meeting Summary

12th September 2020

“Bon Voyage!"

Word of the Day : Fervent

Filcom's 385th meeting was held on 12th September 2020 via Zoom.

The meeting began with the Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad reading out the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, President Diana formally opened the meeting and warmly greeted the guests. Then the floor was handed over to the Toastmaster of the Day, Captain Rinku Saha who began with an "Ahoy!" took us through a beautiful Voyage of life!

Rinku introduced the theme "Bon Voyage!" and brought in a lot of laughter to us! Rinku introduced the role palyers for the night: Leo, DTM as the Timer, Felipe as the Ah-Counter, and Stella as the Grammarian.

PREPARED SPEECHES

Three Filcomites took over the reins of this segment.

1. Joseph, DTM began his journey in pathways by reintroducing himself and took us through a journey from "Toastmaster to Distinguished Toastmaster - what Changed?

2. Deepti enlighted us the importance of having a mentor through her speech "Guru"

3. CJ gaves us a handful of tips and tricks on "Staying Green during Quarantine"

All the speaker spoke beyond the prescribed speech duration hence, the voting for Best Speaker couldn't take place.

TABLE TOPICS

Roberto, DTM took the baton of Table Topics Session. Five people proactively took up the challenge of this impromptu speaking session including one guest.

1. Caribean Cruise Bahamas / Antonia Harrison, DTM

2. Turkmenistan Hell’s Pit / Toastmaster Nadim

3. Mexico Cancun / Toastmaster Sajath

4. Space (Space X) /Toastmaster Hind

5. Belize Blue Hole / Hieu, DTM

EVALUATION

Dennis as General Evaluator introduced and called the evaluators, Diana, Hieu, DTM and Grace, DTM who gave their evaluations on their assigned speeches. Roberto, DTM also took up a challenge and gave a rapid evaluation of Table Topics. Thereafter, the role players delivered their reports and Dennis rendered his GE Report.

Best Evaluator – Grace, DTM

Best table topics speaker - Antonia, DTM & Hieu, DTM

Filcomte of the Month - August - Hamad AlNesf

 

"People can't just be tied together. They have to connect. Otherwise, they'll just find themselves bound to hand and foot"- Ai Yazawa

A global ambassador to Filcom with a passion for Kendo, football and connecting with individuals from different cultures. He has come a long way and continues to fly around the world by carrying the legacy of Filcom!

Presenting you with the Filcomite of the Month of August ~ TM Hamad AlNesf

384th Meeting: Good Vibes

 

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384th Meeting- Good Vibes

Minutes of Meeting - 22.08.2020.

Word of the Day - Affinity

1. Members with meeting roles were introduced: Yes

• Toastmaster of the Day: Toastmaster Michelle Macaraig

• Table Topics-master: Toastmaster Swetha Raghuraman

• General Evaluator: Mohammad Farooq, DTM.

• Evaluators: Hieu Huynh, DTM, Toastmaster Rinku Saha.

• Grammarian: Toastmaster Dennis Mujana

• Ah-Counter: Roberto Fuerte, DTM

• Timer: Toastmaster Philip Cherian.

• Moment of Truth : Kit Barritt, DTM.

2. Prepared speeches session:

• Distinguished Toastmaster Grace Moran – “Teams that play together, stay together ”. Motivational Strategies #4-1- Motivate Others.

• Toastmaster Diana May Tangente “Strong and powerful ”. Visionary Communication #1-2- Evaluation and Feedback-1.

4. Table Topics® questions were presented by Toastmaster Swetha Raghuraman :

• 1st Topic - “What gets you excited about life”. Roberto Fuerte, DTM.

• 2nd Topic - “What makes you smile”. Toastmaster Antonia .

• 3rd Topic - “What are you most grateful for”.Rajesh VC, DTM.

• 4th Topic - “What do love the most about yourself “..Joseph Amande, DTM.

• 5th Topic - “What makes you proud ”,Toastmaster Dave.

5. Evaluation was presented:

• Evaluated the speech from Distinguished Toastmaster Grace Moran and Toastmaster Diana May Tangente by evaluators Distinguished toastmaster Hieu Huynh and Toastmaster Rinku Saha

respectively.

• Table topic was evaluated by toastmaster Swetha Raghuraman.

6. Reports from members with meeting roles were provided:

• Timer: Meeting started on time and no disqualification in terms of prepared and impromptu speeches.

• Ah-counter: A detailed report received .

• Grammarian: A great usage of Word of the day by members and guests.

• General Evaluator: Educational and entertaining meeting.

Best speaker: Toastmaster Diana May Tangente.

Best Evaluator: Toastmaster Rinku Saha.

Best Table Topic speaker: Joseph Amande, DTM.

Best Segment hosts: Toastmaster Michelle Macaraig and Toastmaster Swetha Raghuraman.

Filcomite of the Month - July - Manij Lakhey

An introvert and a finance professional who joined Toastmasters to improve his public speaking skills. Today, he has transformed himself into confident person with great amount of spontaneity and a knack for humour!

Presenting you with the Filcomite of the Month of July ~ TM Manij Lakhey

383rd Meeting: VITAL FRIENDS

 

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383rd Meeting- Vital Friends

Minutes of Meeting - 08.08.2020.

Word of the Day - Paramount

1. Members with meeting roles were introduced: Yes

• Toastmaster of the Day: Toastmaster Deepti Potnis

• Table Topics-master: Toastmaster Dennis Mujana.

• General Evaluator: Joseph Amande, DTM.

• Evaluators: Toastmasters- Shyam Sundar, Nadim Bitar and Rinku Saha.

• Grammarian: Leo Ortega, DTM

• Ah-Counter: Toastmaster Diana May.

• Timer: Toastmaster Michelle Macaraig.

• Keynote speaker : David A Hughes, DTM - keynote speech “ 3 Cs in a Nutshell.

C - Be confident

C - Learn to communicate.

C - Celebrate.

3. Prepared speeches was presented:

• Toastmaster CJ Rojas – “Flaw some”. Visionary Communication #1-3 - Evaluation and Feedback-2.

• Toastmaster Swetha Raghuraman - “The oldest Trick in The Book”. Presentation Mastery #3-1-Persuasive Speaking.

4. Table Topics® questions were presented by Toastmaster Dennis Mujana:

• 1st Topic - “Would you rather walk with a friend in the dark or work alone in the light”. Toastmaster Charlie.

• 2nd Topic - “It’s the friends you can call up at 4am that matters”. Distinguished Toastmaster Grace Moran.

• 3rd Topic - “A true friend never gets in your way unless”... Toastmaster Soubhik.

• 4th Topic - “A friend in need “..... Distinguished Toastmaster Farooq.

• 5th Topic - “The friend who left the biggest foot print in your heart”, Distinguished Toastmaster

Pharaoh.

5. Evaluation was presented:

• Evaluated the speech from Toastmaster CJ Rojas and Toastmaster Swetha Raghuraman by evaluator toastmaster Shyam Sundar and toastmaster Nadim Bitar respectively.

• Table topic was evaluated by TM Rinku Saha

6. Reports from members with meeting roles were provided:

• Timer: Meeting started on time and no disqualification in terms of prepared and impromptu

speeches .

• Ah-counter: A detailed report received .

• Grammarian: A great usage of Word of the day by members and guests.

• General Evaluator: Educational and entertaining meeting.

Best speaker: Toastmaster Swetha Raghuraman.

Best Table Topics Speaker: TM Charlie (guest)

Best Evaluator: Toastmaster Nadim Bitar.

Best Segment Host: Joseph Amande, DTM.

382nd Meeting: Game of Chess - OPEN HOUSE

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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