ENGINEERING THE DREAM TEAM

Dream Team it is! Qatar Mothers Toastmasters brought another enthralling, power packed meeting with Meeting #24 President TM Amina took on the TMOD role to engineer her dream team! Starting the meeting with an ice breaker activity where the members worked together in teams for a quick challenge of building towers of paper cups without touching them, got the attendees connecting instantaneously with their team members The activity had quickly eased the feeling of unfamiliarity among the guests and we could see members and guests engaging in conversations seamlessly.

The prepared speech session was one filled with surprises as two new members TM Seema and TM Sania presented their icebreakerspeeches

TM Seema, a housewife who is only finding her way back into the work force enthralled the audience with her captivating and humorous anecdotes While TM Sania touched the audiences' heart as she recounted her struggles to find her own identity among the many roles she plays in her life.

Both the speeches encouraged the guests to join the community of toastmasters to be able to share their journey with a group of like-minded people and the break time conversations were rife with everyone recounting their experience of listening to the ice breakers!

We had a guest speaker Nada Meeajan this session to present a Keynote session titled “Breaking the binary: Women Shaping the Future of Tech.” Being a woman in tech herself, as the Country Digital Acceleration Lead at Cisco Systems in Qatar, Nada was thrilled to grab the opportunity to speak on the topic to help inspire women. She came with a ton of research and presented a truly though provoking session. The presentation left the audience with some eye-opening statistics about women in the tech world and the key takeaway message: Be Authentic, Be Happy.

After all the food for thought, TM Juhi brought a fun round of Table Topics with a twist engaging not one speaker but two at a time. She ensured no one felt like they were put on the spot. Instead, each one could take hints from their partner and provide a different perspective on the same topic or continue with the thoughts of their partner. The creative Table Topics round ensured most of the guests could enjoy the experience of public speaking and not the perils!

The meeting was evaluated by TM Najla, who always motivates Qatar Mothers Toastmasters with her positive commendations and recommendations whenever she visits.

The meeting was also graced by the presence of District Club Growth Director, DTM Alar Mel Mangai, who joined as an Evaluator for the evening. Through her critical and valid feedback, we learnt how to evaluate to elevate!

This definitely was an impactful meeting put together by the entire team of Qatar Mothers Toastmasters, from EXCOM to role players, to members who were present to support the club, displaying the spirit of camaraderie that is being engineered one meeting at a time.