NEWSLETTER OF THE MANAMA TOASTMASTERS CLUB. CLUB 2916, DISTRICT 20
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From The President’s Desk It is with a tinge of sadness that I present this final note from the President’s desk as the term for the Executive Committee from July to December 2012 is coming to an end.
ATMB Kishore Babu President July – December 2012
True to the tradition of Manama Toastmasters Club, we have yet another new President for the next term from January to June 2013. Thank you TM Bharat Patil for your courage and grace to accept the mantle of President. Personally, it has been a wonderful learning experience to serve the club. I am proud to have a strong and committed Executive Committee who have stood by me. Each of us took up a role on the Executive Committee, some of us with trepidation about what was expected of us and others with enthusiasm. In the end, we all gleaned a great deal about responsibility and leadership. http://www.manamatoastmasters.blogspot.com
I also thank you all my fellow Toastmasters for your guidance and mentoring us during this journey along with your timeless sacrifices given to the club, thus helping us achieve another successful term. Finally, I would like to wish the newly elected Executive Committee a successful journey in their term. My only advice to them is to seek the counsel of our experienced and senior Toastmasters for they can always be depended upon and will always be there to give a guiding and helping hand.
May the incoming Executive Committee keep up with the traditions of Manama Toastmasters Club to keep the banner flying high. Long live our Mother Club!
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July – December 2012
Table Of Contents • Definitions • Manama Toastmasters Club Meetings & Events • Manama Toastmasters Club Updates • The
Untouchable
But
Deeply
Felt
Component Of Public Speaking by TM Claire Cosgrove • Toastmaster Of The Month • Book Review – Jeffrey Archer’s Paths Of Glory by TM I Joel • Someone Is Waiting For You by TM Laxman Singh Rathore • Joel’s Law Of Inevitability by TM I Joel • 4 Characteristics Of An Influential Speaker According To Dr. Gary Genard submitted by TM Claire Cosgrove • Editorial From V. P. Public Relations
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Definitions Caprice (noun)
Definition : A sudden unpredictable change, as of one’s mind without apparent or adequate motive; or the weather. Example : Does she turn, thought he, thus, from one to the other, with no preference but of accident or caprice?
Ingenious (adjective)
Definition : Clever, inventive and original
Example : His ingenious idea made it possible to double production at no extra cost.
Definitions Intrepid (adjective)
Definition : Extremely brave and showing no fear of dangerous situations. Example : He was an intrepid explorer who probed parts of the rain forest never previously attempted.
Conspicuous (adjective)
Definition : Something clearly visible, obvious or showy. Example : The red Ferrari was conspicuous among the parked cars.
About Success‌..
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Date
03 November
10 November
17 November
26 November
Meeting No.
2387
2388
2389
2390
Theme
E V A L U A T I O N
Smile
-
Be Thankful
TM Ammar Madan
TM Laxman Singh Rathore
TM Chris Noronha
TM Hannah Karanja
TM Sayam Bashir
TM Manal Al Matrook
TM Claire Cosgrove
TM Claire Cosgrove
TM Mohd Iqbal Butt
TM Krishnadas
Guest - Ahmed
TM Claire Cosgrove
Master of Ceremonies Best Speaker
Best Evaluator
CONTEST Best Commentator Date
01 December
08 December
15 December
22 December
29 December
Meeting No.
2391
2392
2393
2394
2395
Theme
Ralph C. Smedley
Wishes For The New Year
TM Melissa Almeida
D E B A T E
Festivals
Master of Ceremonies
S A G M
TM Mobin Mathew
TM Chris Noronha
Best Speaker
TM Ahmed Al Akber
TM Edmore Mleya
TM Hannah Karanja
Best Evaluator
TM Waleed Noaman
TM Sheela Pai
TM Manal Al Matrook
Best Commentator
CC/CL Abdul Rahman Al Awadhi
TM Laxman Singh Rathore
TM Krishnadas
It is resolved that animals should not be held in captivity
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- David Brinkley
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03 November 2012 Winner – TM Azad CK
2nd Place – TM Waleed Noaman
3rd Place – TM Claire Cosgrove
The contestants of the Evaluation Contest
10 November 2012
Master Of Ceremonies – TM Ammar Madan
Best Speaker – TM Hannah Karanja
Best Evaluator - TM Claire Cosgrove
Best Commentator – TM Krishnadas
17 November 2012
Master Of Ceremonies – TM Laxman Singh Rathore
Best Speaker - TM Sayam Bashir
Best Evaluator - TM Claire Cosgrove
Best Commentator - Ahmed
26 November 2012 Best Speaker TM Manal Al Matrook along with President TM Kishore Babu and Master of Ceremonies TM Chris Noronha
Best Evaluator - TM Mohd Iqbal Butt
Best Evaluator - TM Claire Cosgrove
30 November 2012
The fun-loving members of the club
TM Guraz Wankadia takes on the falcon
Everyone got to know a little more about each other
The hunt for the elusive cheetah is on
Exhausted…but a good time was had by all
Till the next outing….
01 December 2012
Master Of Ceremonies – TM Melissa Almeida
Best Speaker - TM Ahmed Al Akber
Best Evaluator - TM Waleed Noaman
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15 December 2012
Debate Debate Moderator – TM Ratindernath
The two teams at loggerheads
The Winning Team
(Judges Choice) Best Debater TM I Joel
(Audience’s Choice) Best Debater TM Hannah Karanja
22 December 2012
Master of Ceremonies – TM Mobin Mathew
Best Speaker - TM Edmore Mleya
Best Evaluator - TM Sheela Pai
Best Commentator – TM Laxman Singh Rathore
29 December 2012
Best Speaker – TM Hannah Karanja Best Evaluator – TM Manal Al Matrook with Stand In President TM Sheela Pai and Master of Ceremonies TM Chris Noronha
Best Commentator - TM Krishnadas
Birthday And Anniversary Celebrants For October, November and December
Thank You From The Executive Committee – July to December 2012
I found the answers in my room.
1.
Our sincere condolences go out to our V. P. Membership AC-B/CL Sheela and her husband Santosh on the sudden
demise of Santosh’s mother. We know that no words can help ease the pain and loss that they are feeling. . Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time. 2.
Toastmasters Abdulla Mian & Armina Lailah Sharif welcomed a beautiful baby boy into their lives on 25th November 2012. Hearty congratulations to the lovely couple from all of us.
3.
Toastmaster Rashid Ahmed Moosa has found his soul mate & will be getting married on 30th December 2012
in India. Wow! What a grand way to start a new year! We wish them both much happiness & lasting love in their life together. 4.
Toastmaster Mariam Jacob is rejoicing the arrival of Dr. Aley, her gorgeous daughter (based in Settle) to Bahrain after 5 long years. This is indeed a special Christmas for mother & daughter. We wish them Merry Christmas & happy holidays as they continue painting the town red.
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& Thuraya Juma Madhavi Tiwary Zakaria Sulaiman Khalid Amin Sadaf Gill May Abdul Aziz Edmore Mleya Clement Vinayak Azad CK
Joel Indrupati and Joyce
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- Dr Claire Cosgrove We all know that words are ideas expressed usually through the stringing together of words to represent
an idea. Neither the words nor the ideas are tangible. But they do convey the meaning from the speaker to the listener. But there is something even more intangible that is a significant part of public speaking. And that is speaking from the heart. Again, English is a confusing language, as our President Kishore Babu has endeavoured to enlighten us about all throughout his term in office. We all know that our heart pumps blood around our body. Nevertheless, we still refer to and reference our speaking as coming from the heart. Indeed, it is intangible and untouchable.
We all know what it means to speak from the heart when we witness it, when we see it, hear it and most importantly feel it. And this is a pinnacle that all motivational and inspirational speakers aspire to. But in fact, it should be a goal for every speaker whether
new and inexperienced or a well seasoned presenter. So how might we achieve this intangible quality which although untouchable is in fact is very much a touching thing when achieved. Here are some recommendations on how to speak from the heart, just as many renowned singers sing from their heart or musicians play from their heart or artists create from their heart. First and foremost, we are told to practise, practise and practise some more. Good advice. And what are we achieving by all this practice. We are not memorizing our speech but internalizing the speech. Making it become a part of our being, our thinking. In doing this, we begin to believe in what we speak.
We speak with authority. We live our message.
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Learn to associate your message with your emotions, your feelings. In other words, permit your feelings to embrace your message. If you are telling a story, retelling a life experience, relive the moment rather than simply tell the moment. I am not saying to you
to be all tearful and crying, but if you want the audience to feel what you feel, you have to express what you feel. Let them experience the joy, the frustration, the sorry, the pain, the jubilation. Let’s think of it as a problem shared is a problem halved, a joy shared is a joy multiplied. If you embrace your message with your whole being, you will not need to draft and write out your speech according to a structured outline. Nor will you need to include cues for when to raise your arms in the arm or pull out your handkerchief or tissue. This will all happen instinctively.
Like many things in life, we need to open up and allow ourselves to be vulnerable. If we do not open up, others cannot step in to embrace and support you. Speaking is not just about speaking words as ideas and thoughts but about speaking from the heart
to touch the heart of others. Then you will have success as a champion speaker! Summary Points Practice your message Internalize . . . Believe in . . . Live . . . Relive . . . Be emotional with . . . Open yourself up to your audience Tell your story Be the champion!!!
Monthly ManamaToastmasters Award
TM Hannah Karanja
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Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don’t quit. – Conrad Hilton
Book Review By TM Joel Indrupati
Paths Of Glory written by Jeffrey Archer The
master
story-teller
hasn’t
lost
his
touch.
In this work of his, of 2009, Jeffrey Archer regales us with the wonderful story of the British mountaineer, George Mallory - a character that he builds in such a way that we cannot but admire. Our love for this protagonist will just keep increasing by each chapter. And, as readers, we become so captured and so enraptured by the glowing spirit of this determined man, that despite insurmountable odds, we want him to continue chasing his dream. We soon begin to hope - in fact, desperately hope - that he will succeed. To the end. To the very end.
But, what is George’s passion? He wants to climb and reach the pinnacles of success, in their truest sense. The snowy summits and the coarse crests. He cannot resist the Alps, and the Himalayas. But in the 1920s, when neither transportation nor communication technology could aid
him - though oxygen cylinders had just made an entrance – it is a big struggle to get funds arranged, let alone climbing up the steep slopes of
icy mountains.
Only after mid-way through the book did I realize that it was actually the “true story” of George Mallory. So, I was tempted to do a little research on Google, and was shocked at the enormous and colossal research that the writer must have done - into the real life of George Mallory, his family and his friends. Before coming out with this work of fiction. Even though many people may know the actual end of
this amazing story. The mystery behind whether he has achieved it or not, will keep you riveted to the book.
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The story is traced along the historical happenings of the early 1900s. We’ll see his life in the backdrop of the First World War, the freedom struggle in India, the US and New York’s rise, and the Cambridge-Oxford education. It is all very well-brought out in the truest and inimitable
Jeffery Archer style. Yes.
George
determination
Mallory’s and
his
is
a
unique
die-hard
story.
His
passion
for
mountaineering. His studies, his friends, his inspirations. His likes and passions. His dislikes and detests are woven very
well
into
this
captivating
narrative.
It is certainly a great read for all lovers of adventure stories. My verdict? Five Stars! (But then, perhaps I am biased. By my long-term adoration for Jeffrey
Archer’s writings. I think I've read almost all his books – my first book of his being Kane and Abel, which I had read when I was just fresh out of high school in 1983. And he still is very good at story-telling. I hope he will live long to write more).
Isn’t How Far You Have Got, But The Distance You Travelled From Where You Started.
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By TM Laxman Singh Rathore ‘One Death Every Five Days,’ these
were the headlines a few days ago in the Gulf Daily News. A total of 56 people have died in accidents since the start of 2012, compared to 45 throughout the whole of 2011. Traffic Culture Director Major Moosa Al Dossary said carelessness was a major factor in many fatal accidents. In Japan, a study was conducted on the usage of seatbelts in fatal accidents, and they found that in 74% cases of fatal accidents, the occupants were not wearing the seat belts.
The most common excuses for not wearing seatbelts were : • I am driving at a slow speed. • I am only going a short distance. • It wrinkles my suit. • It’s uncomfortable. • A seatbelt will trap me in the car if I crash.
How much the force can your arms and legs withstand when a car brakes? Both arms can only stop a force of 50kgs while both legs can handle a force of about 100kgs.
These amounts are
equivalent to the forces felt in the collision at the speed of 10km per hour. The speed normally we travel is much more than this speed. Vehicles have two kinds of safety requirements, the first is active safety, which involves preventing accidents before they occur,
and the other is passive safety, which involves preventing vehicle occupants at the time of accident. The driver and front passenger can be killed or seriously injured by the inflating airbags if they do not wear the available seat belts properly. Do You know the Technical Name of an Air Bag?
SRS Air Bag - Supplement Restraint System It will deploy only in collisions in 30 degree left and right to the centre, it will not deploy in nonfrontal collision such as partial side collisions,
side collisions, rollovers and rear end collisions. The seatbelt acts as the sole restraint system. Approximately 1.2 million people are killed each year in road crashes worldwide.
-95% of these death occurred in middle and lowincome countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe. Data suggests that this trend will continue and by 2020 road traffic deaths will increase by 83% in low and middle income countries. A common cause of death and injury to children
in motor vehicles is being crushed by adults who are not wearing safety belts. Research
Analysts
at
JAMES
MADISON
UNIVERSITY, USA report that motorists can
increase safety belt usage by example and verbal reminders as nine out of 10 people buckle up when asked. Your family and loved ones at home are waiting for you. Do you want to reach home to them alive and in one piece ? If you do, then wear your seatbelt!
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The oddity of life is that we are often mocked at, by circumstances. But we should just take them in the stride, as God's sense of humour. Here's my little compilation of some things I feel we all encounter.
Law 1 : When you switch queues to join a faster moving one, the one you left will move faster than the one you joined. Law 2 : When you are driving at leisure and not in a hurry, all the traffic lights will turn green and the roads will suddenly become free-er.
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Law 3 : When you accidentally drop a rolling object, it will always be on a sloping surface that rolls the object into some inaccessible place. Law 4 : When you have a special meal to cook, or have special guests over for dinner, the cooking gas will get over that day. Law 5 : When you scribble an important phone number on a little slip of paper, you will lose it when you need it. And you will suddenly find it after its usefulness has expired.
Law 6 : When you wear a dress that you don’t want a certain person or group of people to see you in, you will bump into that person or group somewhere.
Submitted by Dr. Claire Cosgrove
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You have had my heart since hello. Nothing will ever change that. Not distance, not time, not space. Nothing will ever take my heart away from you. This is how I felt ever since I joined Manama Toastmasters in 2009 and what a journey it has been! Who would have thought that three years later, I would undertake the role of Vice President Public Relations? Certainly not me! At the end of this tenure, I must say it
has been an experience. I thank all of you who have supported by in one way or the other, either by offering suggestions or contributing articles towards the Horizon. It has been a term that serves to remind us of greater goals to aim for the next term. With a pinch of reluctance and reminiscence, we are drawing the curtain to a close on a fun-filled time of running the Manama Toastmasters Club, while we pull the veil off
our brand new team, featuring new
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I wish the Incoming Executive Committee a successful and memorable term. Our next Vice President Public Relations TM Edmore Mleya and his team will take over the responsibilities for the next term. Please continue to
lend your unrelenting support to them. Some say, 'The pen is mightier than the sword'. We, at Manama Toastmasters, believe that our tongue is even mightier than the pen. In this New Year, let us seek mastery of it together! "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." – Dr. Seuss
Chris Noronha Outgoing V. P. Public Relations July – December 2012
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Toastmasters International
• Toastmasters International affiliated. • First Toastmasters Club in the Middle East. • Helps you become confident and comfortable in speaking to an audience. • Improves communication & leadership skills. • Cordial & friendly atmosphere.
• Non-profit Organization. • Over 250,000 members in 106 different countries. For further details on Toastmasters please visit http://www.toastmasters.org
For a memorable experience of a lifetime, please visit us as a guest. When? Every Saturday What time? 7 – 9pm Where? Crowne Plaza Bahrain
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