(Posted on behalf of Dilip A. K.)
Toastmasters meetings are getting better every week. The Leadership skills of the members are developing at an equal pace as their Communication skills. Each and every member is giving their 100% to ensure they carry out their leadership role successfully: And for the new members the encouragement and support of the fellow members is helping them develop their skills.
This week Preya was the Toastmaster and ensured all roles are filled before the meeting started. Starting on a lighter note, Mohan's joke on techniques of remembering had everyone in splits. Mohan has quickly mastered the skill of delivering the punch line, keeping the audience waiting for it.
In prepared speeches Dilip working on his 'Speeches by Management' manual took on a challenging topic of delivering a low performance rating to a member of his team.
The techniques he learned from the speech guidelines were effectively used by him to provide a specific but sincere delivery of the bad news. He was evaluated by our experienced guest Toastmaster, Nicole who provided suggestions on how to further improve Dilip's speech by highlighting the recipient's positive contributions as well. The tone of the voice, rate of delivery and effective use of pauses were the highlights of Dilip's speech.
Moving into the Table Topics session conducted by Deep, he added humor to the topics with a theme of "Superfluous".
Shaking some of the foundations of the American culture he required Praveen to justify buying a larger than needed house and Mohan for purchasing a larger than required car. Isabelle justified spending the extra lottery money on traveling and purchasing a large house and a boat. Our guest Toastmaster, Nicole suggested investing our tax money on the younger and the older generations, as we'll need it at a later time as well. Our guest Toyin had a perfect reply to using an extra hour in a day: Watching reality TV and was the best Table Topics speaker of the day.
With Praveen performing the leadership role of the General Evaluator provided valuable suggestions on how to further improve our future meetings. On his team, Isabelle delivered an accurate report of proper usage of the English language and count of the use of the superfluous filler works. Our guest Toastmaster, Judy kept accurate time and provided the winners list for the Awards.
With a thoroughly enjoyable and educational meeting wrapped up Kavitha is the Toastmaster for our next meeting. I'm looking forward to yet another dynamic and fun filled meeting next week.
Posted on behalf of Dilip A K (Club President, Vox Toastmasters Club) by Vidyangi (Club Secretary, Vox Toastmasters Club)
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