24 Apr 08, 10th Chapter Meeting@Tampines

Achievements:

Advanced Communicator Bronze
Ong Lye Sum (VPE1, ITE TMC)

Competent Leader
Theresa Groyon (President of ITE TMC)

Best Prepared Speech Speaker: Yeo Poh Lian, CL (IPP & Treasurer, ITE TMC)
Best Evaluator: Linda Lam, CL (IPP & VPE, Civil Service College TMC)

Word of the Day
Procrastinate, Procrastination ---> by Language Evaluator, Cher Khim (Toastmasters Club of S'pore).

CL Projects
1) "Closing the Sale" by Theresa Groyon
Her opening powerpoint slide had an eye-catching picture with a message..................
Being her 2nd CL, she has achieved Competent Leader award.
2) "Mentoring" by Velkumar
Shared the roles & responsibilities of Mentors. Used personal examples about his mentors & his role as a Mentor.

Prepared Speeches

1) Agnes, P4 (Title: A mouse trap)
Morale of the story was, while being threatened or at risk, you unknowingly might be a vital threat to another person.

2) Poh Lian, AP4 (Title: Story of Solar System) Dramatically taught recalling the planets in solar system using Tony Buzan's memory methods.

3) Lye Sum, AP5 (Title: Tips to be an Expert Complainer)
In a humorous way, he taught us how to be a 'king' of complaints. He used the acronym to organise his speech.
C - Condition
S - Stay Negative
I - Ignore the facts
C - Compare past & present
R - Responsibility
His 10th Adv speech project -> Earning the title Adv Communicator Bronze.

4) Siva, AP4 (Title: Toastmaster of the Year) Presented Lye Sum with the District Toastmaster of the Year award (used a prop), explained process (Club submits to Area, Area -> Divn -> District), spoke on his contributions, etc.

Project Evaluation
Jaya (Tampines West TMC), Vincent (ACCA S'pore TMC), Rebecca (Brilliant Adv TMC) & Linda Lam (Civil Service College TMC), gave their valuable project evaluations.
Rebecca started off with her evaluation of Lye Sum's speech on how she had to evaluate a 'negative' speech, a contrast.
Linda Lam used the following acronym to evaluate Siva's speech:
P - Purpose of award
R - Reasons for the award
I - Individual (winner)
S - Sincerity
M - Metaphor (to describe what the winner did)

Language Evaluation

Cher Khim gave an evaluation on creative use of language (metaphors, alliteration, paradox, etc) & touched on pronunciation, stresses. On his left is his fellow Club member, Aloysius (Role: SAA), & Siva (Role: TME).

We had Hui Hiang & Wei Lin both from ITE College East as guests who had an enjoyable evening. Beside them are Beng Kee (Role:Timer) & Velkumar (Role: Ah Counter).

Thanks to Kay Chuan who bought food & souvenirs for visiting Toastmasters.

Siva, VPE2