Braddell Heights Toastmaster Club 1

That evening was marked by many first timers. Let's dive straight into the chapter meeting and see how well the first timers did. Yung Chin (above) was Sergent At Arms (SAA) for the first time. He did a great job in facilitating the activity. Katie, on the other hand, also a first timer for Toastmaster of Evening (also known as Emcee for the night) had done it brilliantly in introducing the respective speakers, evaluators and appointment holders. Despite being her first time, she spoke confidently and naturally. Our President, Alvin, was not around for the evening. Vanessa, our Vice-President Education took over as acting Club President for the night. She gave an inspirational opening speech about her experience in the contest and how members should take advantage to learn from the usual chapter meetings. Moving on to the prepared speeches, we had 3 speakers for the night. First up was Ying (below), she did her Project 2 and shared about an inspirational story on how a...

It's been 3 months since the last update, much apologies for that. During this period, we still continue to meet up every first and third Tuesday of the month . As such, do join us if you want to improve your public speaking and communication skills. Mike (right) mingling with members. Ben Ong (second guy on right) mixing with members. We are certainly proud that evening that our members are slowly returning after their hectic work schedule. We had a great crowd of members that evening! That evening was Bernard's first attempt as SAA & TME (aka emcee for the night). He did a fine job breaking the ice for the new members and facilitated the evening's program with ease and confidence despite being the first time. Kudos for the preparations! Vincent giving the opening address. Vincent took on multiple roles that evening, serving as acting Club President for the opening and closing address, Table Topics Master, Grammarian and cameraman (most ...

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Indeed, this quote rang true for the meeting that evening. Let's take a look at what happened this evening. The Prepared Speech segment, we had a total of 3 speakers. The first speaker was Bernard Kok. He just joined us a month ago and was doing his maiden speech this month. As they said, "strike while the iron is hot" and Bernard seemed to be doing so. The second speaker was Yong Chin. He's also doing his first maiden speech. The third speaker was Melissa about how to relax and wind down in a fast pacing life. Alvin, our club President, was the timer for the first time as well. In Toastmaster, regardless of your position, we provide a conducive platform for all to learn regardless of your position or background. The special training that evening was conducted by Vincent. He shared about tips and framework on how to make statistics interesting so people can remember and basics on good powerpoint present...

This is the first meeting of the month. It felt like a while since last month; our second meeting in October coincided with a public holiday. As many couldn't arrive on time due to the heavy downpour, the meeting had a little change in program.  We had table topics first instead as our first item of the evening. Our two guests (above) giving a shot at table topics.  Chiew Ping attempting table topics.   Jeffery, a visiting toastmaster, having fun.   Henry, a member, also trying out.  Gerald, the last contender for the evening.  Following next is prepared speech. This is where speakers who had spent precious time & effort to prepare their speech present their masterpiece to us. First up is Zaki, a visiting toastmaster. His speech was very entertaining, light-hearted and enriching. He had embedded message within this humourous speech, be your own self instead of following others. He was also...

This evening's chapter meeting is one filled with pride, joy and happiness in the air. That's because we've received our official ribbon from Toastmasters International for the recognition of President Distinguished Club award.    Our President holding the official ribbon from TI. Of course, we must not rest on our laurels. We continue to work hard preparing for next year too. We have a total of 3 speakers for the evening.  Christina, kicked off the meeting. She explained the overview of the Toastmasters to new guests and led the audience on to the program of the evening. First up is Melissa; she just joined us last month and this is her maiden project. Despite her being fearful of public speaking, she had overcome her fear by taking it one step at a time. The trembling was obvious to the front people, but she kept her nerves and continue speaking. A tremendous attempt considering that she didn't hide behind the lectern like I did when I was doi...