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TOASTMASTERS CLUB
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Resurrection - The Essence of Success
Our members not only respect and follow the established ways of Toastmasters International, but also “think outside the box” and suggest ways of further improvement...
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Guruprasad Padmanabhan Governor - Division I, Toastmasters International
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TOASTMASTERS – A THRILLING RIDE Anuritha Suresh
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MY EXPERIENCE AS A TOASTMASTER Bertilla Gilbert
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YOU CAN MAKE A CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE! Lalitha Mohan
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MY JOURNEY AS A TOASTMASTER Jennifer Victoria
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A GREAT EXPERIENCE Antoniat Gabria
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TEAMWORK IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS Abishek Antony
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irst and foremost, I am humbled and privileged to serve Sysbiz Toastmasters Club in the capacity of President. The club which has a glorious past. I began my journey as VP-Membership which was my first step in Toastmasters and learned a lot from there. Before I joined the club there was always an element of doubt / fear in the mind while delivering a specific speech having a related objective in it. Today I feel confident. Thanks to Toastmasters International guidelines and the support of fellow toastmasters who mentored and guided me to overcome obstacles. With the amount of talent available in the club and coordination between the toastmasters, I am confident of club’s success. Having been recognized recently as Select Distinguished Club have made us self motivated and we are working hard to become President Distinguished Club. A stamp we want to stamp it now and every time. Our members not only respect and follow the established ways of Toastmas ters International, but also “think outside the box” and sug gest ways of further improvement. We have members who are always willing to come forward to take any responsibility a nd fill any roll that is being assigned to them. They are the bright blooms of Sysbiz Toastmasters Club. The strength of the club so far has been due to “Like mindedness” of all our members. I am confident that Sysbiz Toastmasters Club will go a long way in being branded as “The Toastmaster Club” in near future.
TM RAJKUMAR P S CC PRESIDENT, SYSBIZ TOASTMASTERS CLUB
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We are proud to mention that our Contestants Abishek / Lalitha as International Speech Speakers & Vignesh / Abishek as Table Topic Speakers fared well in the Area I2 Contest that was concluded last Saturday (7th March,2015). The moment of pride came when Vignesh Kanna was adjudged as “Second Runner Up in Table Topics Speech”.
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TOASTMASTERS – A THRILLING RIDE Anuritha Suresh
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
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oastmasters - The toast that happens in everybody’s life. This is a ride which gives you the feeling of happiness, excitement and fear. It’s exactly how we experience the thrill while we are in a ride. For the first time you feel nervous and your heart beats so loud that you could hear it near your ears. Later, your heart speaks to you that this fear is enjoyable and exciting. You learn many things in your toastmasters journey. Enhance the leadership and communication skill is the destination of Toastmasters journey. As a toastmaster, you could experience the feel of facing a big audience who have different perceptions and ideas. To reach them and convey the message that will impress them is the challenge. Toastmasters is a great place to make friends and meet new people. Organizations in general are great places to meet people, but the Toastmasters atmosphere facilitates it even more. The second reason Toastmasters is a great place to meet people is because there is mutually positive feedback between members. By giving and receiving positive feedback, rapport is established much more quickly. If you do decide to join a club with a high volume of new members I have found this to be even more true as everyone is trying to learn at the same time.
A Great Learning Experience Antoniat Gabria
The place where you can always gain abundantly without an end could be only our toastmasters. It taught me to be punctual and to convey my thoughts precisely which not only helped me to develop myself in toastmaster but also in my work. It was a great experience when I was the 2nd runnerup in the club contest eventhough I was not the winner it helped me to enrich my selfconfidence to speak before public.
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YOU CAN MAKE A CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE! Lalitha Mohan
“You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.”
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- John Ford
ongratulations on taking this first important step in improving your life. Every journey has a destination. Your journey through Toastmasters—from delivering speeches to acquiring leadership skills to mentoring others or even becoming a professional speaker—will lead to a place of experience and confidence from which you’ll turn goals into realities. No Matter how small or large our roles may be we are equally important to the Team.
From sweaty palms to cracking voices, speaking publicly can be terrifying, yet it is a crucial skill to have in the business world. We’d like to alleviate some of this stress by offering up some inspirational, informative quotes. These quotes are in no particular order, and the speakers range from well-known orators to presentation gurus. Some are serious, some are classic, and some are short and funny. Feel free to spread these around, write them in your journals, whatever you want! Enjoy!
MY JOURNEY AS A TOASTMASTER Jennifer Victoria
TOASTMASTERS’ CLUB HAS BEEN A STUPENDOUS FORUM FOR ME TO ARTICULATE MY IDEAS TO A BUNCH OF LIKEMINDED PEOPLE.
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here were times when my heart was just longing for a proper stage to exhibit my talent as a speaker. There were times when my mind was so restless for a platform to express the thoughts which were day by day burying inside of me. There were times when my soul grew dauntless to just revive the fading creator inside of me. That’s when I found this ebullient stage to showcase the thirst to reflect my opinions that I had on various subjects. Toastmasters’ Club has been a stupendous forum for me to articulate my ideas to a bunch of like-minded people. It just feels wonderful to be recognized as a Toastmaster. And I am really happy and thrilled to be part of this exuberant journey as a Toastmaster.
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Resurrection - The Essence of Success Guruprasad Padmanabhan Governor - Division I, Toastmasters International
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esurrection, or coming back to life is considered to be a miracle when discussed with respect to our personal lives. But in professional, political and social lives we see the concept of resurrection happening very often. A leader or a company or a programme or anything that is focussed to public for a linger tenure, tends to lose recognition in due course of time for various reasons. It is natural. But like the legendary Phoenix, returning to life, matters a lot.
their visits, decide to spread the message of Toastmasters and be instrumental in starting a club. With the newly spread enthusiasm and an array of visits by seasoned toastmasters to the new club and their motivating sessions, the new members start their fantastic journey, give their speeches, play various roles and seem to be enjoying for a while. Then, slowly and slowly, this becomes a routine, the same old meeting hall, same people, some speaking and some evaluating,
“OUR GREATEST GLORY IS NOT IN NEVER FALLING, BUT IN RISING EVERY TIME WE FALL.” - Confucius
Similarly such events occur in any Toastmasters club. Clubs are started with a team of enthusiastic members who, by seeing some of their friends’ success stories in Toastmaters or by their own experience in Toastmasters thru
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same quotes, same jokes, easy to guess table topics apart from which other pressures from the work front, project deadlines, crisis resolution, appraisal havocs adding to this changes in personal life getting married, new /broken relationships, health issues……. oh….the list is too long.
Like every other day, such things do happen. But the first axe falls on Toastmastering. The member decides that there are better things to do, priorities to attend than “wasting” sometime in toastmasters meeting in which he/she is not playing any role or giving any speeches. Continuous reminders from the VP-E for the next speech topic is too irritating as I have not even thought about my next speech. Member starts seeking for reasons to avoid meetings. Other members follow suit. Slowly and steadily the club attendance and finally, the club vanishes into oblivion. I have personally seen my club tending towards this a few years ago. Our club sailed through this period and grew up very well and now stands proud with a huge presence. I would briefly see the issues and their resolution. TEAM WITH FOCUS The charter team needs to share their experience with the new members and tell them the legacy of the club. They need to make all members feel “owning” the club. They shall realise that it is not just “pay and participate” sort of envi-
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ronment but more than that, an emotional bond between themselves and the club that helped them grow up. Senior members need to keep asking the new members of their own feeling about their transformation, incidents where they were able to perform better because of the TM experience and give them a chance to share with the audience, in the form of TT or a special talk during the meeting. We achieve two things: the member feels great and other feel motivated. PERSPECTIVE The club officers and mentors play a great role in helping the members identify their perspective towards joining toastmasters. This is most important reason why clubs fail. A new member joins a club with a sudden spurt of enthusiasm and energy because of a good meeting he/she witnessed or any other reason. Then slowly the member feels that further programs in the club are not that attractive. If you do not have a personal perspective for joining a TM club and you have joined just to see how things go further, sorry friend, you are bound to quit soon. So in you are a unhappy member discuss with your officers and mentor about your feeling and explain your specific needs. If you are an officer or a mentor, listen to all members and suggest various avenues they can pursue in TM to satisfy their aspirations. If this is done, members will never leave a club and will support the club like a strong pillar. Special Sessions How many of you have the depressing Monday syndrome? It is
nor because you hate your office, college or school, but because the routine is too boring. Agreed? This is why all top Business Schools conduct their programs in a completely different way. Right from the timings, hall, program structure and classroom sessions, everything has a variety.
the roleplayers came in an attire that represented Rajni in his various movies and I, as the TMOD changed 6 dresses to depict various Rajini movies is still talked upon after almost a year and a half. Remember, like any child, we are want a change from the status quo. Give it!
Implement it in your clubs too. Conduct theme based meetings, invite outside TMs for Educational Sessions, speech marathons, TT marathons, topsy-turvy(very funny) meetings, debates, outside the venue meetings……be creative to the core. The energy and enthusiasm you gain from one such meeting will last for atleast a month or two. One meeting that we conducted to celebrate Rajinikanth’s birthday in which all
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THERE IS POPULAR SAYING AMONG TOASTMASTERS THAT GOES LIKE THIS: “IF YOU GET OUT OF TOASTMASTERS WHAT YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF TOASTMASTERS, YOU WILL NEVER GET OUT OF TOASTMASTERS”
Remember software industry’s splendiferous growth happened only after the advent of Internet, which is nothing but a network of networks. Being connected is all that matters. Advice your members to widen their horizon in TMI by meeting other clubs, getting new friends, joining conventions, playing roles, and so on. Basically we are social animals. We need friendship and recognition. Honestly tell me, how many people recognise you, run towards you and say “Hi”(a big one) when your enter another club or Area, Division or District Level events? How many times you have tried to create new friendships in such places. If you can expand your borders by making friends with other TMs, your life never gets boring. I am proud to mention here that, to day, if I land in Srilanka, I am not going to feel foreign or alien at all. I have so many TM friends there. Friends, like any other activity we do in life, Toastmastering is also the one that can add value and a flavour to your life. It is upto you to reminisce, recognise and resurrect your life to become a better person, leader and a friend.
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Letz Rise People need to know that they have all the tools within themselves. Self-awareness, which means awareness of their body, awareness of their mental space, awareness of their relationships - not only with each other, but with life and the ecosystem. - Deepak Chopra
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truly believe Toastmasters, as a great tool for our self-awareness. Toastmasters Education Program is based on a proven curriculum that enables you to develop your communication and leadership skills one step at a time. This standard process was built in 1924 comprises of two tracks: Communication and Leadership. The two tracks are regularly upgraded to meet the latest standards and the newer version follows; Sysbiz associates may participate in both at the same time or opt for either Communication track/ Leadership track. You advance through each track by completing a series of manuals that contain projects and evaluation guides. There are many opportunities for Sysbiz associates to get awards and recognition
from Toastmasters International Headquarters at California, U.S.A. You progress by 3 L’s and also give back K.T’s as mentors. • Learning–each of us learn by doing; by giving speeches and fulfilling leadership roles, the more we practice, the more we improve • Leadership self-paced Program–learn best about leadership at your own pace and comfort level: by participating in club, contest, education sessions & conferences. • Listening– your communication improves by good listening &through honest and supportive peer evaluation, we grow and improve together • Later you give back to the mentees as a good mentor:-
• Mentoring–experienced members encourage, guide and support us in our goals and help us to achieve more than we thought possible Toastmasters conference are the perfect place to increase the visibility of your club in the district and portraying the strengths of your club. Maximum Participation will ensure maximum learning for your members as well as visibility. Let’s be a part of Sysbiz Toastmasters Club program. To be the best… …Let’s R.I.S.E together and give the principles back to work. R – Respect I – Integrity S – Service E – Excellence
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Vikram nagaraj
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TEAMWORK IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS Abishek Antony
“When each person contributes, the project value and quality also increases manifold.� Nobody is perfect. We all are different with different skills and different sensibilities and it is this difference that makes us all unique. Now, a team consists of different people who bring in different levels and varieties of expertise and therefore it becomes imperative for the team to work as one to give the best possible output. Team work is not only to get a work done but also helps in building confidence, spread camaraderie and equip for life and social skills. Since a group is made up of a heterogenous set of
people, at most time the level of contribution of each member may vary. This does not depreciate the value of contribution but rather helps in producing the overall output. When each person contributes, the project value and quality also increases manifold. And since not one person is an expert at everything, it greatly helps to get inputs from respective field experts. As a team your work is analysed by various people which helps in getting feedback and make necessary alternatives and solutions. Thus only by teamwork can a group achieve best possible output.
MY EXPERIENCE AS A TOASTMASTER Bertilla Gilbert
Toastmasters has made me better at handling various situations or problems which were not anticipated.
Toast masters has given me an opportunity to constantly challenge my self to become a better speaker. Toastmasters has made me better at handling various situations or problems which were not anticipated. I have also learned to take up responsibilities and many other valuable principles which i can take back to my professional as well as my personal life.
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SYSBIZ TOASTMASTER CLUB Office-Bearers of Sysbiz Toastmaster Club
PRESIDENT RAJKUMAR
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT SANDEEP
VP - MEMBERSHIP LALITHA MOHAN
VP EDUCATION & TRAINING ANURITHA SURESH
VP - PUBLIC RELATIONS ABISHEK ANTONY
SECRETARY JENNIFER.J
TREASURER ANTONIAT GABRIA
SRG @ ARMS BERTILLA GILBERT
We would like to congratulate our dear Toastmasters TM Rajkumar and MTM Jennifer for completing their CC10 in presence of Division Governor-I Guruprasad Padmanabhan.
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TM SANDEEP SHUKLA is presenting a toast from Advance Manual ‘Special Occasion Speeches’. This Toast was done in honor for the resurrection of Sysbiz Toastmasters Club FY2015. The toast was done with flair and the audience served as the “guests” at the toast. The glorious past of club chartering –to- the mentoring story was laced with anecdotes & quotes. You can have a glimpse of the charter pictures in this newsletter. Speech time duration: 3-5 minutes
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LOOKING BACK 2009 1ST OTP SESSION
STC-50 -6 MARK BROWN WORLD CHAMPION SPEAKER
STC CELEBRATION 2010WITH OUR 1ST PRESIDENT TM RAJIV RAYMOND GABRIEL & OUR CLUB MENTOR TM RAVI BASKARAN
2011 - TM CRUISING
2012 -75TH MEETING
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MAR 2009 HAPPY CLUB CHARTERING @ MADRAS RACE CLUB
SYSBIZ 1ST EXE COMM - MAR 2009
TMI CLUB CHARTER CERTIFICATE
BY GUEST OF HONOUR DTM BALRAJ, NOW THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENTTOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL
MARCH 2009
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2015 The Sysbiz Toastmasters Club Team
L-R Standing: Abishek Antony, Krishnakumar Kolakalakannan, Vignesh Kanna, Jayaram, Vikram Nagaraj, Sandeep Shukla, Anand Raj, Rajkumar PS. L-R Sitting: Saranya Namburu, Manasa, Bertilla Gilbert, Varthini R, Antoniat Gabria, Lalitha Mohan
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