TMTC Newsletter 2022

COMMUNIQUÉ DECEMBER 2K22 CELEBRATING TOGETHERNESS

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1

Editor's Note

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President's Address

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Ex-Com Address

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New Arrivals in the club

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Moments Of Truth

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Life....

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Just do it for the Family..

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Can You Hear me ?

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Secret Ingredients

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You Are Rare

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It is Okay...

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First Day At Office...

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Art & Photography Photography by Saral Mehrotra Photography by Manju Jacob

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Painting by Reena Kumari

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Photography by Simran Lodhi Digital Art by Deepa J. Photography by Nayan Jain

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Painting by Mercy D'Souza Photography by Pravina Bhalerao

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Digital Art by Deepa Jilla

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Ice Breaker Speeches Inter Club Tall Tale Contest

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Photography by Shivani Maurya

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Level Completion Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Digital Art by Deepa J. Path Completion Triple Crown

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Awards DTM Award

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Ex-Com Award

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ISC and ESC Winners Club level Winners

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Area level Winners

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Inter Club Tall Tale Contest

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Unique Meeting Educational Session on ISC International Speech Contest

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Educational Session on ESC

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Evaluation Speech Contest

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Debate Contest

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Reverse Meeting

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Meme Corner

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Ex-Com Team Jan-Jun 2k23

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# Award Winners

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Fish Pond

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Hall Of Fame

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775th Meeting Celebration

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An Interview with DTM Raj

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Toastmasters Bingo

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Celebrating Togetherness..

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EDITOR'S NOTE Dear Reader Introducing you "Celebrating Togetherness", The 23rd Communique' Edition.

Though we are separated by geographical location but we are united by Toastmasters. This newsletter celebrates our moments of joy, learnings, achievements & togetherness.

"Individually each one of us is like a drop. Together we form an ocean" - Ryunosuke Satoro.

The Editorial team has worked hard diligently & put a lot of efforts to compile this edition of communique. I hope that you all will enjoy reading the newsletter.

Editor In Chief

Proof Reader Samruddhi Manekar

Simran Lodhi

Pravina Bhalerao

Shivani Maurya

Reena Kumari

Sankalp Singh

Shubham Kanade

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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

Sankalp Singh

PRESIDENT (July-Dec 2k22)

"Being challenged in life is inevitable, but being defeated is optional" – (Roger Crawford)

TCS Maitree Toastmasters Club is one such club which has been helping its members in enhancing their communication, interpersonal, leadership skills & reach full potential. It has been truly a pleasure to serve the club as the 26th President of the Oldest Club in Mumbai and District 98.

Our term started with a vision to enhance the quality of the meetings along with taking the legacy of our prestigious club one step ahead.

The term was filled with many events which made the term more engaging & amazing. Our first aim was to boost membership before the renewal cycle, hence VPM Ashwini, along with Treasurer Mercy, organised a membership campaign which saw more than 35 guests and converted 11+ guests to the club members.

Our second aim was to enhance the learning experience of members, hence we organised debate competition, invited many keynote speakers & conducted quality meetings. We also organised 2 contests in this term & made sure maximum participation and guidance was given to members by their mentors. As a result, the club saw many new members at top 3 positions. We also ensured to give judging opportunities to all members, which resulted in more than 10 members serving as Contest Judge/Chief judges outside the club.

We introduced the culture of releasing the pre-meeting promo/teaser video of the meetings & VPPR Simran did a phenomenal job, as she made sure to publish the posters & videos on various internal and external platforms to promote the club.

Her creativity & proactiveness truly helped in promoting the club with perfection.

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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

Sankalp Singh

PRESIDENT (July-Dec 2k22)

"Being challenged in life is inevitable, but being defeated is optional" – (Roger Crawford)

The term was packed with amazing events, however excom faced some challenges as well. As Roger Crawford said- “Being challenged in life is inevitable, but being defeated is optional.” Ex-com team collectively managed all the hurdles & continued organising quality meetings.

We achieved 5 DCP points within 3 months of our term & possibly will achieve 9 DCP points in total by the end of the term. This truly reflects the zeal & enthusiasm of excom & club members.

Throughout the term, Secretary Somani did great job in managing the administration of the club.

Treasurer Mercy has been a team person & voluntarily took up many responsibilities throughout the term.

Sergeant-at-arms Ashish, did a great job, as he has been one of the most proactive members of the club, always stepped in whenever someone backed out at last moment & played a crucial role in the meetings.

Our VPE Pravina demonstrated great enthusiasm & did a great job in conducting the meetings.

The team of Reena, Shubham, Shivani, Pravina and Samruddhi led by VPPR Simran, worked dedicatedly day and night to bring the coverage of the whole term through this Newsletter to us! Hats off to their efforts and sheer dedication.

This term has been great in terms of quality learning, grooming members, applying feedback, celebrating diversity and inclusion, leading from the front, consensus decision making and celebrations. I feel proud and satisfied that the gavel will be passed on to the powerpacked new executive committee and I am sure they will take the club to the new heights.

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EX-COM ADDRESS

Pravina Bhalerao

VP Education (July-Dec 2k22)

Unlike the other members, my time in Ex-com was brief. It was a pleasure to collaborate with everyone. All of the ex-com and club members were enthusiastic. As the VPE, I had a great time getting to know everyone better. In the process, I learned to multitask and made new friends. I've seen the ex-com team work hard to ensure that every meeting is a success. I would not have noticed otherwise. I've also been a part of the drive to plan out meetings and hope for the best Convincing members to take on roles, encouraging them to bring their best selves forward, and even noticing a new responsible side of myself. I hope our members are content and continue to attend meetings in the future.

As I discovered a new and improved version of myself, others may do so as well.

I was not confident enough to contest elections for VPM role solely because I am an introvert. But it was only after being VPM I discovered another hidden talent of me (being extrovert maybe!)

The most amazing part about this journey is that I got an opportunity to interact with so many TCSers ranging from freshers to experienced and I learnt how to network. The most important lesson was that I learnt how to handle rejections. Behind every success as a VPM was our ex-com team, Sankalp who is always there to support, Mercy who comes up with innovative ideas. Simran and Ashish were like backbone of excom who had solution in every difficult situation.

And of course, all members of the club who gave me this chance. It was a wonderful experience.

Ashwini Vaidya

VP Membership (July-Dec 2k22)

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EX-COM ADDRESS

Simran Lodhi

VP Public Relations (July-Dec 2k22)

I joined toastmasters to break free from the monotony of work and being a part of this amazing platform that helped me grow.

Being the VPPR at TCS Maitree toastmaster's club has been a splendid journey of learning from each and every members.

These experience have taught me and made me a creative person.

Being VPPR, I learnt a lot, creating poster's and videos for regular meeting and for the same asking all the members to share their photographs I learnt how to manage and complete task on time.

It was an overwhelming experience for me to work with supportive team members.

I made new friends and met new people throughout my amazing Toastmaster's journey.

My journey with Toastmasters began with a need to help me elevate my soft skills.

Being part of Toastmasters Excom team was a like a box of mixed chocolates! The experiences were sometimes nutty, crunchy, crispy, but mostly full of sweet memories.

As a Treasurer, I got the opportunity to work in tandem with my fellow Excom team members & foster new relationships with first-timers as well as maintain rapport with our existing members. The experience I gained, apart from the interaction, participation, learning , sharing was worth much more than the self paced learning. It helped me debate, ideate, brainstorm & enhance our routine meetings into making it interactive & resourceful for our members.

I loved the vibe & positive energy and learnt invaluable lessons from each of my Excom team members!

Mercy D'Souza

Treasurer (July-Dec 2k22)

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EX-COM ADDRESS

Somani Dash

Secretary (July-Dec 2k22)

Being the secretary of the club comes with a lot of responsibility. Not just you are responsible to capture the essence of the meeting, you are also practicing one of the key skills you are expected to hone while being in Toastmasters, i.e.

Listening. Carefully listening to speeches and and evaluations , you automatically improve your own speech writing and evaluation . Apart from this , being an excom member has helped me immensely as a leader. Just participating in meetings and help organize and plan meetings ahead helps you grow as a team and individual.

I'm extremely glad I took up this role as a secretary.

I went from being someone who was extremely lazy to attend the meetings, to someone who attended every single meeting.

And I'll always be thankful to the changes it has brought in me.

Being a toastmaster has many perks. You get to work alongside other members having a diverse range of talents and skills. One of those skills is being visionary which I learned from my fellow club members. You get to learn how to think out of the box and being an EXCOM member you get to implement it on a major scale.

It’s not toastmasters but the diverse learning you get from the members who also make joining toastmasters club a must.

To make most of this membership club members actively seek roles for upcoming meeting and be connected with their assigned mentor and most important “Enjoy being a Toastmaster”

Ashish Sharma

Sergeant At Arms (July-Dec 2k22)

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EX-COM ADDRESS

Simran Chauhan

Immediate Past President (July-Dec 2k22)

The executive committee of July-Dec 2022 was highly motivated, creative and self-driven. As I always mention my belief in Sir Sam Manekshaw's words, that, 'If you are going to be fool, be one quickly", which is true if we want to be a better version and, in this term, also, team has been able to practice receiving and implementing feedback for the growth of our club. As an Immediate Past President, it was a great experience watching the executive members leading from the front, their collective efforts helped the club growth.

I wish all the club members, the very best!!

Toastmasters Leadership Training Program Attended by Executive committee of the club

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NEW ARRIVALS IN THE CLUB

Pallavi Mane

Shubham Kanade

Deepa Jilla

Reena Kumari

Shaun D'souza

Yogesh Raut

Pravina Bhalerao

Anil Dagdale

Vinayak Yedage

Aaliya Ali

Mangesh Kauthale

Vasudev Kulkarni

Neeta Patil

Harshal Bafna

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NEW ARRIVALS IN THE CLUB

Shivani Maurya

Jagannath Digole

Snehal Nemane

Macchindra Naykodi

Avinash Singh

Moments Of Truth The Moments of Truth(MoT) For Jul'22 - Dec'22 Term was conducted by Immediate Past President TM Simran Chauhan on 27th August'22 in virtual mode. She divided the members in various groups and moved them into breakout room for discussion. One member from each group gave feedbacks and suggestions and final consensus proved to be that the club was in good standings.

First Impressions - 100% Membership Orientation - 92% Fellowship, Variety & Communication - 94% Program Planning & Meeting Organization - 90% Achievement Recognition - 84% Membership Strength - 100%

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Life...

Life is full of blessings.

Enjoy this to the fullest.

Human life doesn’t come easily.

Have to cross crores of lives.

Respecting your parents are blessings.

Making them proud is an amazing feeling.

Life is easy or difficult as you see.

Keep moving forward should be the goal.

People come People go.

Memorable moments always remain.

We learn from people.

Whether friends or unknown.

Lucky are those who get true friends.

Doesn’t matter If we lose some.

Keep promises of togetherness.

Life becomes difficult when we lose close friends.

Life is to explore new things.

To bring happiness to self.

Life is to build new paths.

And, to bring change in society.

Human life is rare.

Leave legacy to this mortal world.

Your value is not in your presence.

But in your absence.

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Have a good human nature.

Add value to humanity.

Develop Intelligence.

Bring Innovation.

Uplift people’s life.

Help them always.

Be there for needy ones.

You might be the only one.

Spread happiness.

Spread Smile.

Develop Ideology.

Be Inspiration.

You will be remembered.

By the generations.

Life is full of blessings.

Always make it worthwhile

-Raj Bharat

Just do it for the Family Just do it....Not for them For YOU Just leave it.... Not for them For YOU Just love it.....Not for them For YOU Just believe.... Not for them For YOU But care... Not for you For THEM...

-Simran Lodhi 11

Can you hear me?

A mother’s love endures through all – Washington Irving.

She was crying out loudly. Her skin bruised, all wounded, yet she did trust her children to listen to her cries. In despair, she could hear the harsh words reverberate, “Mother, give me everything you have. It is never enough.” “Child, your greed will kill you and your children too.” She tried her best to make him understand.“But, before that you will be killed”, he retorted back without any mercy. In his anger, he took out his enormous, powerful, speedy four-wheeler out on the country road.

She stood still as she saw him sped past. Her beautiful face was covered with the soot, smoke and fumes emitted out of his favorite roaring machine. Her heart ached when she thought about days gone by of a sweet young lad who played innocently in her lap. His hands and face were covered in the rain-drenched mud. His clothes had the sweet smell of her fragrance. As he grew up into a handsome young man, she was hopeful he would be kind and caring just like her. But he grew up to be otherwise. She made him realize his mistakes during his few months of lockdown.

Meanwhile, her skin was healing from the wounds he had inflicted on her.

She longed to see her loving, caring child back. He came back with a vengeance. She had never seen any other being as merciless as him. Even animals were better, they killed for food. But he destroyed and killed for his pleasure. He stomped into the field, hit her hard and stamped on her bosom, the bosom that once lovingly nurtured him.

"Can you hear me?” she called out in pain to the universe as he ordered the excavation machinery to continue with their job. Her cries fell on his deaf ears. The old banyan tree with the branches bowing towards her said, “I bow to thee, my mother Earth. Your children, the humans will never understand you till their cold bodies dissolve in your warmth for eternity” The clouds grew dark as if expressing their anger in support of her, (The ever-loving Mother Earth) and thundered as if chanting the Bhoomi Sukta excerpts (Atharva Veda 12.1) Yasyaam Samudra Uta Sindhur-Aapo Yasyaam-Annam Krssttayah Sambabhuuvuh | Yasyaam-Idam Jinvati Praannad-Ejat-Saa No Bhuumih Puurva-Peye Dadhaatu ||1|| Meaning: 1.1: (Salutations to Mother Earth) In Her is woven together Ocean and River Waters; in Her is contained Food which She manifests when ploughed, 1.2: In Her indeed is alive all Lives; May She bestow us with that Life.

“May we learn to love and respect not just our mother, but our Motherland and Mother Earth”

-Manju Jacob

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Secret Ingredients “Hey I have a lot of work to complete, and time is very less. That's my story at every weekend!!!😛 This thought provokes me to put more effort into any task. Putting more effort indeed improves your craft which in turn enhances quality of your work. But putting more effort is usually associated with the increase in number of hours for a task. While researching about “How to increase energy” so that I could invest more energy into your my task, I stumbled upon a study published by HBR org and to my surprise it was clearly hinted that in order to be more productive, we have to manage our energy not our time. It makes sense as time is a limited resource in our lives but our energy is a different story.

According to the research there are 3-4 main source of energy: 1. Body 2. Mind 3. Soul/Spirit Body includes working on your physic, eating healthy diet at regular intervals. Mind is about maintaining a positive mindset no matter what. It can be done by asking a simple question to yourself "Regardless of outcome of current situation what is the opportunity here?". While Soul is aligned with human spirit. Any individual can question himself/herself “What is the thing you want to be remembered for after you die?” for example “You don’t want to be remembered as the crazy partner who worked these long hours and made people around miserable.”

If you have made it till here I recommend you to give a read to this amazing HBR blog on “Manage your time not your energy”.

-Ashish Sharma 13

Those who sees beauty in everything, possess beautiful mind, Those, for whom only beauty matters, humanly they are blind, So what if you have scars, So what if you don't shine like stars, You are one of your kind, Beauty lies in one's soul & mind, So what if your complexion isn't fair, So what if this world discriminates, Brighten up the world with your power, Let the world know, how rare you are, Don't let your fire suffocate within you, Let the world feel the heat of fire which lies within you, Let the world witness, who really you are, Rare.. You are rare..

It is Okay

-Sankalp Singh

You are Rare

You are Rare

It is Okay...

It is okay to not be okay, It is okay to have flaws within you It is okay to make mistakes someday It is okay to cry your heart out It is okay to accept yourself as you are It is okay to think about yourself first It is okay to not be okay Because tomorrow will be a better Tomorrow...

-Shivani Maurya 14

First Day At Office...

New Normal, Masks compulsory, no social events.....this all were the things occurred till last mid year. Even all tend to be with the same situation day by day and made it a routine, so as I. Last Paper of Engineering, that too in virtual mode. We all knew how we passed to be frank.(Corona Batch as you all say......we don't mind it either).

Then comes the change of phase for each graduate student to grab a placement and get ready for that. I was in a similar condition and applied for various placement drives. Got into TCS, as ASE-Trainee.

Working from Home became daily routine spending time with family until there was a call by manager for joining office by 1st September 2022.

All the preparations went ON and there came the day, left home under mild rain early morning as it was around 150 kms from my place Nashik. I totally went berserk as I saw in a huge Hiranandani Dome in the form of TCS Olympus. Went inside with the excitement, got ID card without any hesitation(thankfully), started working in ODC. After some time, the technical glitches started happening which I was afraid of facing. Went to IS team for resolution, spent 1 hour there but issue was not solved.

Ultimately, took a leave that day as work was not going to be done due to the technicalities. So explored the canteen, cafeteria, club house and many more.

Connected with few friends, especially from different states in the ODC and enjoyed the first day even if it was a non-working day.

Basically, after accepting the new normal of WFH, this was a change of routine. Indeed it was hard for me, but the excitement and getting out of comfort zone, living in a new city was a challenge that I accepted and "Change is the only constant" in our lives.......

-Shubham Kanade 15

By Saral Mehrotra

By Manju Jacob

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

By Manju Jacob

By Saral Mehrotra

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The paintings are done on Canvas (a cardboard on which a special type of cloth is bended) and febric acrylic is used.

For portrait, different types of pencil (2H, 2B, 6B, 8B) and eraser were used.

The paintings are inspired from nature. I'm a nature loving person and I enjoy seeing sunrise and sunset, And that's what I try to portray in my paintings :)

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

Reena Kumari

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ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

Simran Lodhi "A Good Photograph is knowing where to stand" -Ansel Adams

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ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

Nayan Jain "Photography is the story I fail to put into words"” – Destin Sparks

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By Shivani Maurya

By Pravina Bhalerao

By Pravina Bhalerao

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

By Mercy D'souza

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ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

Deepa Jilla

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ICE BREAKER SPEECHES

Mayank Shukla

Snehal Mahadik

Reena Kumari

Pravina Bhalerao

Arpita Awasthi

Sanaya Juriani

Shivani Maurya

Shubham Kanade

Shaun D'Souza

Neeta Patil

Samruddhi Manekar 22

LEVEL COMPLETION

LEVEL 1

Simran Lodhi

Ashish Sharma

Mercy D'Souza

Pushpendra Pandey

Reena Kumari

LEVEL 2

Ashish Sharma

Simran Lodhi

Mercy D'Souza

Puspendra Pandey

Saral Mehrotra

LEVEL 3

Simran Lodhi

Ashish Sharma

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LEVEL COMPLETION LEVEL 4

Simran Lodhi

PATH COMPLETION

Simran Chauhan

TRIPLE CROWN

Simran Lodhi

Ashish Sharma

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DTM AWARD

DTM Raj Bharat

DTM Raj Bharat has achieved Distinguished Toastmaster Award which is highest level of Educational Achievement in Toastmasters.

EX-COM AWARD Power of two Return​Award Corporate Sprint Award Hello Smedley Award​ Corporate Sprint Award

Smedley Award Express club Award Power Up Award Hello Smedley Award 25

INTERNATIONAL SPEECH CONTEST WINNER CLUB LEVEL

Winner 1st RunnerUp

SANKALP SINGH

MERCY D'SOUZA

2nd RunnerUp RAJ BHARAT

EVALUATION SPEECH CONTEST WINNER CLUB LEVEL

Winner 1st RunnerUp SAIKUMAR IYER

MERCY D'SOUZA

2nd RunnerUp SOMANI DASH

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INTERNATIONAL SPEECH CONTEST WINNER AREA LEVEL

2nd RunnerUp SANKALP SINGH

EVALUATION SPEECH CONTEST WINNER AREA LEVEL

1st RunnerUp SAIKUMAR IYER 27

USD CHALLENGE INTER CLUB TALL TALE CONTEST

Smedley Speakers’ Society Toastmasters Club organized 6th USD Challenge, Inter Club Tall Tales Speech Contest on 4th December 2022, in the memory of their charter member- Late Umashanker Dev. 12 contestants from 6 different countries (Zimbabwe, India, Singapore, Nigeria, UAE & Indonesia) participated in it.

Toastmaster Sankalp also participated in it & won the first place. Congratulations to him for bringing the glory to the club.

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UNIQUE MEETINGS Educational Session on International Speech Contest TMTC organised educational session on International Speech Contest which was conducted by DTM Rupinder.

He talked about WHY should be clear for selecting a perfect topic for speech. He suggested to add personal experience & examples in the speech so that maximum number of people could relate with it. His main suggestion was that- speech should be delivered to change someone's life, not to win the contest. He suggested to re-write speech many times to get a perfect speech and practice that at least 10 times to get confidence in speech delivery. DTM Rupinder interacted with club members by responding to their questions, in which he emphasized the use of humor, vocal variety, pauses, and hand gestures for making speech more appealing & engaging.

International Speech Contest International Speech Contest (ISC) is the most awaited contest in Toastmasters because it starts from Club level and goes up to international level. To win an ISC is a dream of most of the speakers. As it is the dream of so many, we can assume the quality of speeches.

TMTC organised ISC at club level and had Contest Chair TM Prashant and Chief Judge DTM Gayatri. The bar was high! Every year the bar gets higher and higher with more enthusiastic members participating. Though the contest was held at club level, speakers prepared their speeches as if they were going to deliver them to the international audience.

The contest was full of inspiring speeches and learnings and we got club level winner TM Sankalp and runners up TM Mercy and TM Raj. TM Sankalp and TM Mercy represented the club at Area Level in ISC.

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UNIQUE MEETINGS Educational Session on Evaluation Speech Contest

TMTC organised educational session on Evaluation Speech Contest. It was organised to help members in learning the art of evaluation of any speech with the concept "Evaluate to Motivate" by D98 ESC Champion Sharon. She described different techniques of evaluation in detail. For better understanding, a speech was given by Test Speaker Mayank, who was further evaluated

by TM Mercy, TM Saral and TM Prashant .

All 3 evaluators were further evaluated by TM Sharon.

Session was full of learning and enthusiasm.

Evaluation Speech Contest Speech evaluations require you to be rigorously analytical for a very short period of time about a speech that you have just heard. It enhances listening skills of evaluators and also provides feedback to the test speaker for his/her improvement.

TMTC organised ESC at club level and had Contest Chair TM Ashwini, Chief Judge TM Shreenidhi and Test Speaker Rushabh. Each evaluator gave his/her best to evaluate the test speaker.

The contest was full of learnings, and we got club level winner TM Mercy and runners up TM Saikumar and TM Somani.

TM Mercy and TM Saikumar represented the club at Area Level in ESC.

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UNIQUE MEETINGS DEBATE CONTEST Debate is the most versatile form of communication that enhances mutual respect and the power of perspective. It makes us good speakers and even better listeners. TMTC organised a debate contest in which two teams Fearless Ninjas and Rebuttal Rebels were formed to debate on three topics "Social media harms work-life balance", "WFO is better than WFH" and "AI is a threat for Humans". There were 5 judges, who judged the whole contest. Both the teams witnessed great enthusiasm and the Fearless Ninjas, ultimately won the contest.

Winner: Fearless Ninjas- TM Bharti, TM Ashish, TM Mayank, TM Snehal, TM Pallavi, TM Sagnik, TM Anjali Runner up: Rebuttal Rebels- TM Shubham, TM Pushpendra, TM Utsav, TM Nikhil, TM Reena, TM Simran L. TM Shaun, TM Sanaya.

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Reverse Meeting is one of its kind where everything takes place in reverse gear. It feels like joining the dots in reverse.

MOM releases first, then agenda, followed by poster release at last, post meeting.

The role players' reports & evaluations are delivered first prior to the speeches which certainly test one's creativity & adds humor in the meeting.

And for the very first time, you may find Table Topics Master more nervous than TT speakers, as speakers get the liberty to speak on any topic they wish for & TTM need to guess the topic name for the speeches delivered in TT round.

Overall, Reverse meeting brings lots of fun, thrill, humor & attracts out of the box thinking which is thoroughly enjoyed by the members.

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FISH POND

Missing your Table Topic speeches & your presence in the meetings

Your evaluations are always awesome.

You are a great General Evaluator. Please! try to join more club meetings. We love your presence in meeting :)

You are great & an amazing multi-tasker. It was great working with you. Keep it up. great going 🙌🏻 One of the most sincere, humble & proactive person I ever came across.

You were the first point of contact when i entered the club and you made me feel welcomed😊. It was great knowing you and being friends with...keep smiling as always, our "happydent" smile of the club😂 As your smile you are a beautiful heart person. I still remember when you called me for explaining about toastmaster club. I was so confused at that time but the way you explain everything, I didn't think twice about joining TMTC and I think that was one of my best decision of my life. Thank you so much.🤗

Nice, Seeing someone with similar interest as me. I got a new friend with whom i could bond over kpop, kdrama 😂. .You are doing great job ...Keep up the good work "Uri President" !!

My wish is to listen you while taking up roles in meeting and delivering speeches. I hope you won't upset me :)

Keep joining the meeting. we miss you :)

You are so polite Person. keep joining meet regularly.

You play each & every role with perfection. Keep up the enthusiasm.

Keep joining meetings regularly.

It was always great talking with you.

Hope to see you someday, to discuss about your books with you 🙌🏻

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I love the way you add props in your speech. You are a very genuine person and the way you praise others, is so nice 🥰 and I must say you are a great rapper 😊 . Always keep growing and motivating us.

Thanks, Mercy, for being so nice to me and guiding me in this journey😊 Fan of your proactive thinking. I learned a lot from you. You are always practical and present minded. You are an effective problem solver and an inspiration to everyone.

A Big Fan Of Your Humble Attitude😁...Keep it up by enlightening and taking club forward with your valuable presence.

Request:- Please ignore my grammatical error here because I know there can be some errors :( I am really your big fan of your each and every talents. Your voice is just amazing. Your photography is at another level. I am not going to say about your grammar and evaluation because I am "Choti bacchi / Chota baccha"( 🤭 ) in those areas.

My three wishes are :- 😊 I want to be your mentee for grammar section.

At least once, I want to get evaluated by you.

I want to listen a song from you physically not virtually.

Your icebreaker speech was awesome.

You are so confident. The "lady don" of our club 😁 You talk so nicely. You talk like my elder sister. Keep joining the meetings. I love your presence in the meetings :)

When I joined the club, you really helped me a lot in my initial days in toastmasters.

The way you encouraged everyone to take up the roles, was really commendable.

You are very helpful person with pure heart❤️. Please join us again. :) We miss you :( After joining TMTC , you really helped a lot with taking up roles and motivation for the same. Somewhat missing that motivation to be frank. Hope you are doing well. Miss you In the club. Hoping to see you again.

I like your active participation in toastmasters. I really like your " Who am I ?" speech and I could relate to it . It was always a pleasure talking to you 😊

I love your Evaluations.

You are very calm and composed person.

My wish is to get evaluated by you, at least once.

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Working with you is an amazing journey. I never imagined that I'll get a friend like you in Toastmasters. You are an amazing person Keep shining 🌟

Love the way you host any meeting and involve everyone present. I still remember that Europe trip meeting that was really amazing. You are a very Calm person with a helpful nature which I personally felt.

You always appreciate and encourage everyone, especially those who are fearful and hesitate to try something new. I don't know much about you but whatever I've got to know about you since I joined this club is that you are a person with "GREAT HEART" ❤️. ....... Wait... Wait... Wait..... One more thing.... Always keep smiling ❌ Laughing 😂 , because laughter suits more than smile on your face.🤭.

Your positivity is infectious!!

You are senior to us but your guideline is always worth.

You are so kind person. keep growing girl ❤️ Your speeches have always been very inspiring.

You’ve been growing & improving phenomenally! I’m an avid fan of your portrait paintings. Would love to learn this art from you, please enroll me in your Art Attack classes!

Join meet regularly.Your communication skills are awesome It was pleasure knowing you. Hope to see you more at meetings 😁

Ghumna + Kaam = Saikumar 🙌 [An Allround Inspirational Person indeed] Backbone of the club.

No matter how much I praise you, it will be less. You are the most energetic, always active and most talented person.

You don't know what you have given to me, but for now, the only thing I will say, just because of you I started believing on myself, otherwise I lost myself many years back. You are really a true "GEM". I virtually connected with you many times and learned a lot, but my wish is to meet you physically, at least once in my life.

You are my inspiration. 😊 One of the most helpful person...the ultimate go to person.

You are the backbone of this club. Your calm and composed nature helps in solving problems effectively. Good idol for every club member.

You work really hard behind every meeting.Without you, the club wouldn't be the same. Keep up the good work !!

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I saw you for the first time in hybrid meeting. That day I got to know that you have crossed ENGLISH CHANNEL by swimming. I was totally shocked after knowing this. You are Great :) Please! join meetings of club. We miss you :)

Sam you are totally awesome. It was nice talking with you and hearing your story 😁.

Looking forward to witness your speeches

You are very calm and composed person.

The way you appreciate everyone for their work is great. The theme of the meeting you select, is always awesome and different.

Hats off for your dedication to the work.

KINDLY PROVIDE US MOTIVATION FOR THE SAME. 😊 One of the most polite and friendly member...keep it up!

Found a good friend in you. Thanks for making my toastmaster journey interesting!!

One of the most positive, creative & amazing person I've met so far. keep smiling. Stay in touch !

You are an inspiration !!! ❤️ Will miss you Past President.

I love your positive attitude and your motivation towards self-growth in toastmasters. Found a good friend in you! 😂

I love how calm and collected your speeches have been. I also love how environmental conscious you are and you spread message to love forest and trees..

Keep up the good work, our most active member of club as well !!

Your Table topic speeches are awesome.

Waiting for your speeches.

Great to see you joining the meetings & taking up the roles.

Looking ahead to witness your icebreaker speech.

Your story which you shared once in a meeting, was very inspiring.

Keep up your enthusiasm for learning & keep growing.

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HALL OF FAME TOASTMASTER OF MONTH JULY 2022 UTSAV JENA & NIKHIL GOSAVI

TOASTMASTER OF MONTH AUG 2022 MAYANK SHUKLA & SARAL MEHROTRA

TOASTMASTER OF MONTH SEPT 2022 REENA KUMARI

TOASTMASTER OF MONTH OCT 2022 SHUBHAM KANADE & PRAVINA BHALERAO

TOASTMASTER OF MONTH NOV 2022 DEEPA JILLA & SHIVANI MAURYA

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775th MEETING CELEBRATION

This year we achieved an expectational milestone of completing 775 meetings of TCS Maitree Toastmasters Club. What an eventful day it was. After years of patience, dedication and consistency, this feat was achieved. The excitement of achieving this milestone cannot be expressed in words. Executive Committee & club members had smile on the their faces & satisfaction in their eyes.

A month of preparation for 775th celebration meeting totally paid off, as we saw the members having fun and the best time of their toastmasters' journey (P.S. based on feedback 😉 ). 775th meeting celebration became more memorable with the presence of DTM Santosh and Himanshu. Their performances mesmerized everyone & brightened the already bright day. TM Shubham and TM Ashish didn't leave any space to add to the fun with the TMTC games & challenge rounds. Great Talent show put up by TM Mercy, Sankalp, Pravina, Shivani, Reena & Deepa. They made everyone feel the inclusiveness as well as uniqueness within the Club. Relieving each moment to charge for the future is all what we wish for the Club. Congratulations to us for achieving this milestone.

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AN INTERVIEW WITH DTM RAJ

Interviewee: DTM Raj Bharat

Interviewer: Reena Kumari

What keeps you motivated to be active in Toastmasters Club ?

There would be many reasons. It is a journey where goal and purpose keeps changing as time & journey progress. Initially when I started, I loved the positive and supportive environment in the club & in the Toastmasters community, that kept me motivated, that make me feel good. As time progressed, I got to know about, what are the things which we can achieve within toastmasters. So, I developed some goals for myself for being part of the club and I wanted to achieve those goals. So, those goals became my reasons in second stage of my life in the toastmasters and when those goals got crossed i felt that whatever we learn from society or each other, It is time to give back to others. It is a great platform where we can help other who are in need, with our best of ability. So, these are the reasons which keeps me motived and also motivate me to continue further.

How a member can get best out of his or her toastmasters journey?

Everyone has something to receive from toastmasters. It all depends on what they are looking for from this organization. If they are looking for communication skills development, they can achieve. If they are looking to develop some leadership & event management skills, like- organizing an event, leading a team, helping others in form of mentoring, they can achieve these aspirations. If they want to achieve certificates or trophies, they can achieve. If they want to know lots of good people in the surroundings then, they will get the chance to meet many people who are from different backgrounds, if they want to know about them, they can listen to their speeches because in toastmasters people shares their personal life stories, so they can know about other persons from their speeches so, there are lots of reasons a person can learn and benefit from this platform. They can develop themselves on social media platform too using learning those skills. So, there are many opportunities, it completely depends upon the person what he/she is aspiring for. But, it is sure that, using this platform people can elevate themselves to next level.

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AN INTERVIEW WITH DTM RAJ

How toastmasters help you in your professional life ?

I personally feel that I was having not at all confidence in speaking with the group of people. Group of people is a big thing. I was not at all confident to speak even to one to one because I used to feel that whatever I am going to speak is not adding value or any meaning to opposite person. So, this was my lower self-confidence initially. So, from this I got overcome and I felt good confidence in myself first. It was very important for me to feel good in myself first. As time progressed, I started feeling confidence in communicating with peers, friends or anyone and even I started feeling confident in different activities.

Regarding professional part which I feel, when I realize that my peers, my workplace friends are stared accepting my thoughts and I lost fear with communicating with clients, manager too. I started feeling confident. I lost those fears while communicating with them. Whatever thoughts came in my mind I started presenting in front of them and in this way, toastmasters helped me.

Why one should definitely experience an excom role atleast once in his/her toastmasters journey?

Members of the Toastmasters clubs learns a lot by receiving feedbacks, listening to speeches & taking up roles. They receive a lot of knowledge.

So, they are at the receiving end. However once a member becomes part of excom then that member learns and experiences what it takes behind to plan a club meeting. So, members learn a bigger picture to arrange meeting in the club once they become part of excom and this is the truth that if we see bigger picture, we understand the things better. So, as we raise ourselves as higher position or higher level, we are able to see bigger picture of any activity and it helps us in making good decisions for fellow toastmasters who are dependent on us and ourselves too. So, it is always good to serve and take leadership opportunities as club officer role or higher officer role to see the same things with bigger ideas.

Please, Give some words of wisdom to our other members also .

Consistency is most important. Trust is very important with fellow friends, with fellow toastmasters. Discipline is important and always having positive attitude even though you are facing a lot of challenges and always help everyone.

DTM Raj has contributed a lot to the club. He has served the club by being part of Ex-com and by mentoring many toastmasters. He has achieved Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) Award which is the highest level of Educational Achievement in Toastmasters.

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Toastmasters Bingo Cross out any squares that you have done...

Played with paper I have fainted in boats & the morning paper Airoplanes assembly

Got thrown out of the class

Did fake sign of parents to escape from punishment

I have bunked the class

Broke or set fire to something in chemistry lab

Got failed in an exam

Cried on my first day of the school

Studied one night before the exam

Got cellphone confiscated

Joined online meetings from bed

Has been a last bencher

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