MEET THE FILCOM TRAILBLAZERS

𝗪𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗨𝗡! 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀! 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗹-𝘂𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝐅𝘪𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮’𝘴 𝐔𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝐍𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝗧𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻, 𝗹𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗨𝗡 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀! 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗻! 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵 𝗖. 𝗦𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆? 

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Filcomite of the Month - March - Vidal Bagas

 

"The swiftest way to triple your success is to double your investment in personal development." - Robin Sharma

TM Vidal, is an epitome of success in personal development who did not just double his investment and tripled his success but continues lead, persuade, inspire and guide everyone within Toastmasters and beyond!

Here's presenting the Filcomite of the month of March ~ Vidal Bagas

Area 25 Charted Confluence Meeting!

 

                   

                                    

A confluence meeting is always refreshing as it is an amalgamation of different ideas and diverse mindsets from all walks of life. The Area 25 confluence meeting held online on 10^th April 2021 was verisimilitude to this which was enriched with the active participation of three unique clubs namely Filcom International Toastmasters Club – an open community club with 13 different nationalities; Ooredoo Toastmasters Club – a corporate club; and Hamad Toastmasters Club – an Arabic speaking club. Bring them together and you’ll have quite a quintessential experience.

The meeting agenda was power-packed with a balanced stake holding from each club. At the outset, Aqeel Mohammed welcomed the guests as he advised everyone of the meeting protocols and the club mission. Area Director Pil Catinoy officially opened the meeting, acknowledged the guests including the district dignitaries, and introduced the three Club Presidents: Mai Abuzaina (Hamad TMC), Yoonas Kalathil (Ooredoo TMC) and Diana May Tangente (Filcom International TMC), each of whom addressed the audience with their inspiring remarks.

Leo Ortega, DTM took over the reins as Toastmaster of the Day highlighting the importance of leaders in charting the course for an organization just like Toastmasters Clubs in particular. He went through the meeting segments leaving insightful tips on charting the course subtlety: Getting a Vision – Setting a goal – Finding a Way – Making a Plan. Each club paved the way to inspire the audience with three enthusiastic speakers and three dynamic speech evaluators that contributed to the successful conduct of the meeting. Each speaker was evaluated by the evaluator from the other club.

In the prepared speeches session, Musaab Mohamed Noor from Hamad TMC, Regina Kunhammed from Ooredoo TMC and Nadim from Filcom International TMC presented their speeches in a variety of subjects: from the importance of a mother to celebrating family reunions and thoughts on the current pandemic, respectively. Philip Cherian from Filcom Intl, Abdalla Hamadan from Hamad & Davar Abbas from Ooredoo gave thoughtful and motivating evaluations during the Evaluation Session.

The meeting highlight was a Keynote Address delivered by Dr. Yogesh Pawar on: “Building a leadership culture that lasts”. He is one of Asia’s top leadership and business strategy authorities, an entrepreneur, an author, a keynote speaker and a business school faculty member with clients across the globe. His message was profound and provoked our minds.  Attendees received truly inspirational insights from an accredited master coach from American Institute of Business Psychology (AIOBP) and American Leadership Development Association (ALDA). The message resounded in all the attendees as they leant some secrets on leadership cultures that we may or may not be consciously aware of. It was a highly engaging keynote which prompted for an active participation of the attendees from asking questions and responding to Dr. Pawar’s inquiries.

After the insightful keynote, there was a short stretch break accompanied by some dance music After the break, Mai Abu-zainah from Hamad TMC conducted an engaging Table Topics Session which was later evaluated by Shyam Sundar of Filcom International TMC. Five brave souls (Ravi, Athira, Yugul, Abdalla and Diana) some of which were guests spoke on a variety of topics from tackling an enemy, hard work vs talent, music, traps and birthday reflections.

The Evaluation Session was moderated by Kaiseray Jahan, DTM from Ooredoo TMC from which she gave feedback on the good practices and recommendations to improve in the future confluence meetings. The General Evaluator was assisted by prepared speech evaluators and other role players. The timer Dennis Mujana, Grammarian Browlin Raj and Ah Counter Rinku Saha presented their findings during the evaluation session.

During the Business Session, the best performers in each category were duly recognized: Regina Kunhammed - Best Speaker for prepared speeches, Shyam Sundar - Best Evaluator, Athira - Best Table Topics Speaker and Mai Abuzaina - Best Segment Host.

All the 40 attendees had the blast and learned a lot! A photo session capped the successful confluence meeting.

This was the first ever Area 25 confluence after the District 116 re-alignment in 2020. Deepti Potnis, VP Education of Filcom International TMC was the main organizer for this event with the assistance of the three clubs’ officers and members and the Area 25 Council. It was such an energetic, fun filled learning experience and I’m sure all attendees are already looking forward to another confluence meeting soon.

398th Meeting: Live Now

Filcom International TMC

Meeting Summary

27th March 2021

Live Now

Word of the Day: Quintessence

Filcom's 398th meeting was held on 27th March 2021 via Zoom.

The meeting began with the Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad Al-Fares reading out the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, President Diana May Tangente formally opened the meeting and warmly greeted the guests, and introduced herself as the Toastmaster of the Day. She emphasised on how to live without any regrets.

She introduced the role players for the night: Swetha Raghuraman as the Timer, as the Ah-Counter and Dennis Mujana as Grammarian.

PREPARED SPEECHES:

2 speakers took over the reins of this segment.

1. Leo Ortega, DTM reminiscened the "Pieces of Advice" given by his members

2. Deepti Potnis reflected on her path through her speech "Hindsight"

TABLE TOPICS SESSION:

Table Topics session was presented by TM Rinku Saha and 5 spontaneous speakers took over this segment.

EVALUATION

Joseph Amande, DTM was the general evaluator and introduced Michelle Macaraig and Nadim Bitar respectively , who provided their evaluations on their assigned speeches. Shyam Sundar evaluated all Table topic speakers in a very effective manner. The role players also provided their reports.

Best Speaker: Deepti Potnis

Best Evaluator: Nadim Bitar

Best Table Topic Speakers: Hind Qunaibi

Best Segment Host: Diana May Tangente

Happy 19th Anniversary Filcom!

 

397th Meeting: Facial Expressions

   

Filcom International TMC

Meeting Summary

13th March 2021

Facial Expressions

Word of the Day: Chagrined

Filcom's 397th meeting took place on 13th March 2021 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 floor was handed over to the Toastmaster of the Day, Dennis Mujana who has shown us different facial expressions.

He also introduced the role players for the night: hieu Huynh, DTM as the Timer, Manij Lakhey as the Ah-Counter and Diana May Tangente as the Grammarian.

PREPARED SPEECHES

2 Filcomites took over the reins of this segment.

1. Rinku Saha facilitated an interactive Q&A session and informing how to "Shake It Up" with Zumba.

2. Grace Moran, DTM tooki us through her journey of completing her Effective Coaching path through her speech titled "HERE".

TABLE TOPICS

Table Topics are presented by the vivacious Table topic Master Deepti Potnis, who tested our critical thinking skills and 5 speakers were brave enough to takeover the segment.

EVALUATION

Nadim Bitar took up the challenge as a General Evaluator and introduced Philip Cherian and Joseph Amande, DTM, respectively , who provided their evaluations on their assigned speeches.

Thereafter, the role players rendered their reports.

Best Speaker– Grace Moran, DTM

Best Table Topics Speaker– Nadim Bitar

Best Evaluator - Philip Cherian

Best Segment Host – Dennis Mujana

  

Filcomite of the Month - February - Tag Saab

 

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit” ― E.E. Cummings

There's no one as spontaneous and enthusiastic as our impromtu-queen, TM Tag Saab. Her unlimited surge of energy, spontaneity, quick-thinking and guaranteed experience of lifetime is what makes her fun company to be around!

Here's presenting the Filcomite of the month of February ~ Tag Saab

396th Meeting: The Labyrinth - Path to Self-Discovery

 

Filcom International TMC

Meeting Summary

27th February 2021

The Labyrinth - Path to Self-Discovery

Word of the Day: Zest

Filcom's 396th meeting was held on 27th February 2021 via Zoom.

The meeting began with the Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad Al-Fares reading out the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, President Diana May Tangente formally opened the meeting and warmly greeted the guests. Then the virtual floor was handed over to the Toastmaster of the Day, Grace Moran, DTM who intrigued us with her unique theme and challenged us to take the path which will help us discover more about us.

She introduced the role players for the night: Satish Shah as the Timer, Manij Lakhey as the Ah-Counter and Michelle Macaraig as Grammarian.

PREPARED SPEECHES:

4 speakers took over the reins of this segment.

1. Hind Qunaibi delivered her inspiring Icebreaker speech

2. Smriti Choudhry emphasised on dining with refinement

3. Diana May Tangente narrated about her experiences being and mentee and told us to Remember Why they matter

4. Deepti Potnis introduced the PEARLs she came across during her Toastmasters journey

TABLE TOPICS SESSION:

Table Topics session was presented by Nadim Bitar who challenged the audience with thought-provoking topics and 5 brave volunteers accepted this challenge and emerged victorious.

EVALUATION

Hieu Huynh, DTM was the general evaluator and introduced Tinku Shaha, Joseph Amande, DTM, Bindu Singh and Philip Cherian respectively , who provided their evaluations on their assigned speeches. Leo Ortega, DTM evaluated all Table topic speakers in a very effective manner. The role players also provided their reports.

Best Speaker: Hind Qunaibi.

Best Evaluator: Bindu Singh

Best Table Topic Speakers: Swetha Raghuraman .

Best Segment Host: Grace Moran, DTM