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Club No. 858173

Division C, District

Mission of

Toastmasters To provide a mutually

supportive and positive

learning environment

in which every individualmember has the

opportunity

to develop oral

communication

and leadership skills,

which in turn foster self-confidence

and personal growth

DECEMBER 2010

At the outset, I will like to wish each one of you a very happy new year. Hope you all

have the most amazing time and attain everything you set yourself for.

In this issue, Club President Malkiat Bindra shares his vision for the club, DTM RituArora shares her expertise on what not to do while preparing a speech . Secretary Sangeeta shows the best dress

code possible, SAA Vikas Malik talks about the resolutions which do not change every year. In the ‗Hyde Park‘section we invited some thoughts on having a separate tabletopic evaluator. Read about a brand new toastmaster,

Sushant Kakkar, in the ‗Know Thy Toastmaster‘ section.

I will also like to inform the members that our club has completed five years of existence this month and a certifi-

cate for the same has been also displayed in the newsletter, I will always be open to feedback (if any). Hope youhave a great time reading it!!

Akhil Sood

The Editor’s Note

Newsletter of the JPKU Toastmasters Club, New Delhi

Vol. 4, Issue 5; December 2010

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Decem2 CONTENTS

PRESIDENT SPEAKS Page 3

Presindent shares his thoughts about the club

The Da Vinci dress code

Page 5

-- Sangeeta Malik

Know Thy Toastmaster P

Let’s get to know the latest addition to our fam

Sushant Kakkar

The Hyde Park Page 11

Improving the attendance in the meeting Vikas Malik,

Sanchit Aggarwal

Best of the Month Page 13

Find out our star performers week by week.

Meeting Theme Of The Month Page 7,8&9

Toastmasters of the month and meeting themes- DTM Ritu Arora

-Aneesh Jain

-Akhil Sood

Club Contact Details Pa

Acknowledgments Pa

Gone in Five Page 4On yet another checklist before speaking

- DTM Ritu

The Resolution Page 6

-- Vikas Kumar Malik

Certification Of appreciation

Page 12

--Malkiat Bindra



4 Gone in Five!!!

How many times have you been a spectator at a

contest and thought, ‗hey, I could have done

that‘ or ‗I could‘ve won‘. Most people fall in

two categories, winners and losers, mostly and.

Jokes apart, here are the sure shot tips of losingany contest. In my 4 year stint with toastmasters

I have made a sort of a record of losing contests.

No, I don‘t think I qualify for the Guinness

Book of World Records yet, but I have lost more

contests than most people, and here‘s what I

know.

When Chendil shoved me into my first toast-

masters‘ contest, he asked me ―What have you

got to lose?‖ I didn‘t know the answer then, but

now I am wiser. The contest to begin with, but if you wait until you definitely win, you will never

enter. The best way of getting better is to be bad,

besides you get a lot of sympathy, popularity, and experience. You also get to be Ar-

nold Schwarzenegger, and can do your best ―I‘ll be back.‖

Here come 5 golden rules, a list of things you can do to ensure you lose the Contest,

the trophy and a lot of body weight, by crying mostly:

RULE 1: The Sieve Principle:

What the audience hears is not what you meant. What gets sieved through is com- pletely different. The message you want to convey gets lost because of information

overload, too many parameters and an absolute lack of transitions. This is a must. No

one must know what you intend to say. Never have a clear message and resist the urge

of repeating your message.

RULE 2: The Jargon Principle:

Jargon will make you feel included, and your listener feel excluded. It‘s like a priva

joke with yourself and the audience has no clue. It also proves you are the anointed

brethren, an excellent opportunity to show off, and confuse the audience.

RULE 3: Avoid Recording:

Do not let anyone record your speech, and do not attempt to record it on your own.

Even if your new mobile phone comes with a 12mp camera and a brilliant recordin

feature. Are you kidding me, by recording, you are giving people an opportunity to

view your speech and help you improve it. Also, you get to see how you did, your k

strengths, and your weaknesses and points of improvement. Prime rule of losing a

contest, recording is a strict NO!

RULE 4: Hijack:

Never use your own stories or experiences to make a speech. Plagiarise; hijack som

one else‘s story/ experience or material. Something you read recently on the interne

common joke, they work wonders in getting you disqualified. Even if no one protes

rest assured some of the judges will have heard it before and you will lose marks fo

originality.

RULE 5: Humour Leads to Tumour:

...especially when you want to lose a contest. It‘s okay to have a bad sense of humo

You see, humour gets your audience hooked, so avoid being punny. Even if you are

naturally funny, avoid it like plague, and yes never smile or laugh.

One person wins the World Championship of Public Speaking every year, the rest f

teen thousand contestants lose, so you‘re in good company. Learn how to lose a

speech contest in 7 minutes by following these 5 golden rules. See you at the

next contest season, I‘LL BE BACK !

DTM Dr. RITU ARORA

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The Da Vinci dress code5 Decem

―Why not?‖ said a young man, ―Do we all dress up appropriately to enhance our

appearance and personalities? Do we give ourselves that extra edge to make our-selves more effective? Dressing right is more than just putting few pieces of cloth-ing together.‖

―Saying that dressing well is not important is just like saying a good birthday cakedoes not require the icing?‖Another young girl added.

Well, I have often asked this question “Do clothes make a man?” We are all

aware that all that glitters is not gold. It is the inner personality that matters …the

outer appearance, jewels and diamonds may attract for a few seconds but the inner strength, character and personality matters the most.‖ But can you imagine Ami-

tabh Bhachan sitting in Kaun Banega Crorepati and wearing the casual rugged

jeans with ragged appearance, a faded unkempt shirt and bathroom slippers …

dragging his way up to the platform?

On second thoughts I do agree that clothes do send a powerful message aboutour economic status, occupation and values. Above all, they affect the way others

perceive us and the way we feel about ourselves. .

Clothes that don't fit well can make a person look uncomfortable, unkempt and

disorganized.

Clothes are overtly casual, worn or wrinkled, may make others think that one does-n't care enough about himself or herself. It leads to a thought that if you don't care

enough to look professional, you won't do professional work.

People with good clothing sense generally reflect more confidence and capture at-

tention easily.

Dress well to feel good. The days when we dress up in clothes and colours that we

perceive as suitable to us, we not only feel but also exude confidence.

So what does it mean to be in a dress code at

Toastmasters?A well groomed appearance that is comfortable with a

professional feel about us.Spotless polished and an immaculate look.

Professional/conservative shoes do add a class to a per-son.

Even casual clothes jeans and T shirts worn with a taste

of aesthetics add a special look to your personality .

Not to forget… a big no to strong perfumes, co-

lognes….and of course a bigger one to body odours aswell.

Minimal jewellery ladies…nothing worse than dangling

earrings to distract the attention from your speech.

How do we dress up?Dress up for your own for individuality, with an individ-

ual expression, create your own style, and give yourself

an extra added cache.

Dress up for success. You will never get a second chance

to make the first impression.Dress up for professional touch. Whether we like it or not

40% of rejections in jobs are due to the outward appear-

ance.

Dressing well also includes good grooming. ..Cleanhair… hands with nails cut…fresh breath…

And don‘t forget an important positive image to go along with your attire. Most importantly,

You don‘t need to spend time but a thought to dress up well.

Clothes don‘t need to be expensive but need to enhance your persona.

Also, you don‘t have to follow the brands but you should be a brand in yourself

By Sangeeta Malik



Resolution6 Decem

Resolution to renew all my old resolves,

And add a few that are new.

Resolution to keep them as long as I can,

What more can I do?’

The tradition of the New Year‘s resolutions is ancient and goes all the way back to 153BC. Janus, a mythical king

of early Rome was placed at the head of the calendar. With two faces, Janus could look back on past events and

forward to the future. Janus is the ancient symbol for resolutions and first month of the year is named after him.

At midnight of December 31, Janus is looking back at the old year, its mistakes, its shattered promises, joyousmoments and simultaneously is looking ahead at the new upcoming year with the hope to get over all past short-

comings and starting with a new beginning.

New Year's Time is a time of celebrations and a time to make promises - promises to myself. But we are notstrangers to these resolutions; actually we make them on daily basis. The urge to 'do better next time', is always

there and in all those broken resolutions, it is only this urge which is constant.

But, there is a way out for making quality New Year resolutions. I discussed with a friend how to make sure that this year I shall stick to my resolutions. Here are few tip

1. Be Specific: Vague goals like better health will not help. Resolution must answer better when? Better how? And most importantly better why?

2. Don't go over the roof: Most resolutions fail because we dream too big. Rather, if we dissect those big dreams into small baby steps with timelines attached with ethem. It will look more achievable and hence more effective.

3. Don't overwhelm with thousands of resolutions: Dont' try to do EVERYTHING all at one time. Rather make it a commitment to focus only on top 3 of your long

to-dos. Commit yourself to your plan for at least 20 days (3 weeks) to make it part of your habit or daily routine.

4. Don't give up: The day we miss on our resolved commitment, we give up on it and put it aside for the next year. Rather take it easy and restart it again tomorrow .

May this New Year bring you many opportunities your way, to explore every joy of life and may your resolutions for the days ahead stay firm, turning all your dreams in

ality and all your efforts into great achievements

By Vikas Malik



MEETING THEMEs OF THE MONTH contd..8 Dec

Aneesh Jai

The moment, I sat down to write this article (as always at the eleventh hour), every word I spoke during the meeting on December 11,

2010, came back to haunt me. Unsurprisingly, the preacher was not one of the followers. All the talk about planning and sticking totime-lines, seemed like useless mumbo- jumbo, and all that remained was yet another ‗last minute scramble‘.

The preparations for the meeting on December 11 started perfectly on time. Most of the meeting roles were taken up in the meeting

on December 4 and a few others were auctioned off in the following couple of days. Life seemed to be moving as per plan, but whowould have guessed this was only the lull before the storm? The first scheduled speaker backed out the day the draft agenda was

floated. The other three followed suit within a span of two days. By the day before the meeting, despite all the planning, all the sched-uled speakers had cancelled their speeches, the Toastmaster was still not ready to face the crowd and the Table Topics Master had

gone missing, and thus began a last minute scramble to find the role players for the meeting with the theme – Last minute scrambles.

Somehow, by some divine intervention, everything fell into place at the last moment! Two members stood up to deliver speeches, the

Toastmaster gained enough confidence to face the crowd and a Table Topics Master was found…

We do not live in the most punctual nation of the world. Delays are a common sight and last minute scrambles for meeting strict

deadlines are an accepted reality. Wedding ceremonies usually run late by two hours, while business conferences by only half an hour.

Construction of roads and bridges usually takes ten years more than the allocated time, if in case they ever get ready. We as a nationhave learned to accept these minor delays and take them in our stride. It helps that as individuals we don‘t have much faith in plans

and even lesser in ensuring their implementation, so either we are extremely comfortable extending deadlines or taking part in last

minute scrambles, burning the midnight lamp and somehow getting the work done.

Some might argue that these last minute scrambles make the entire process of working more interesting. I couldn‘t agree more! Some others

might argue that these last minute scrambles test your attentiveness and intellectual capabilities to the limit. I totally agree! But what aboutgetting the work done on time? Or what about delivering work of a certain minimum quality standard?

The last minute scrambles cannot be totally done away with, like in the case of getting the role players for the December 11 meeting, but

certainly better planning and sticking to time-lines can ensure that the construction of roads and bridges doesn‘t go on forever .

We had two speakers – Sushant and Ritu, during the meeting on December 11, and both of them were equal to the task. Akhil tried out a

nouveau Table Topics style, forcing the speakers to debate on the impact of last minute scrambles. Akhil also doubled up as t he General

Evaluator for the meeting. In the end, both Ritu and Sushant were voted the best speakers, Aneesh was voted the best Table Topics speaker

and Ritu walked away with the award for the best Evaluator.



MEETING THEMEs OF THE MONTH contd..9 Dec

Akhil Sood

I was a sixth grader and my geography teacher had cut one mark in my first term examination because I had invented a new spelling of

mountainous. Such was the focus on using the correct language and spelling that even a geography teacher could reinforce her superiorityover English. Today, it seems as if a hundred years (if not a thousand) have passed since that precise moment. Those were the times when a

mobile phone was the most ultimate symbol of luxury. We all understand the fact that we have got busier than ever before and there is no-one in the world who can be slightly as busy as we are and that unsatisfied desire to save time along with the invasion into the luxury pro-

vided by a mobile phone has invented a new language ―SMS- lingo.‖

How do you feel when you are looking to recruit and the person answers a simple question

Q) How did you come to know about my company?

Ans Threw mah cosin who told me abt u

The person meant through but he has been using threw in sms and he had never been corrected. Its his fault, yes but he has been soaked in an

environment where language and grammar are unheard of and its going to ruin the generation unless we keep a check on it. The incorrigible

youth have to be made aware of the flaws and dangers they are creating for the language in general and the only feasible way is to dissuade

them form using such kind of languages or atleast stop the practice of getting this lingo to more formal modes of communication.

The theme of the meeting was decided to be SMS lingo and Akhil Sood was the toastmaster for the meeting. As toastmaster was late to the

meeting, his role was taken over by President Malkiat. There were three speeches during the day. Sushant talked about preventing disasters,

Sanchit guided the audience in choosing the right mobile for them and Akhil convinced them to donate blood. DTM Ritu Arora brought in a

new face of table topics as she gave a famous name to the speakers and the speakers had to give it to audience by describing the works of the

person they impersonated. Akhil walked away with the best speaker, DTM Deepak Menon got the best tabletopic speaker and Ritu Arora gotthe best evaluator award.



DecemKNOW THY TOASTMASTER10

Sushant Kakkar was born and brought up in Delhi and did his schooling from LPS, Hauz Khas. He pursued Bachelor‘s

in Electrical Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering and graduated in 2007. He is working as a field man-ager in Schlumberger Ltd, an oilfield service company and is currently on a leave of absence and preparing for MBA ex-

ams. He developed an interest in traveling after joining Schlumberger, and has visited almost the entire North East, and 5

more countries in the last 3 years. His hobbies include embedded electronics, traveling, watching cricket & enjoying the

latest movies.

Q1: How did you react when you first heard about toastmasters and

how do you react now?

My first reaction was not at all an enthusiastic one. I thought of toastmasters

as just another club where people meet to discuss their problems etc. But

my first meeting was an eye opener. Toastmasters is an excellent platform

for anyone trying to get rid of the stigma, the nervousness & the low confi-dence he or she experiences while addressing a crowd or handling tough

situations or speaking impromptu.

Q2: What is Sushant passionate about?

Well, you may call me a nerd, but my passion, though affected by many

other activities that have taken up my time in recent years, was developedduring my engineering days. After successfully developing a few buzzer

systems for quiz competitions during college fests, I found a huge interest in

embedded electronics. I lead a team to develop a joystick controlled elec-

tric wheelchair with 1/4th the cost of the one available in the market. I held

several workshops to promote interest in students on embedded electronics.

So, if you have a microcontroller giving you a problem, I will be more thanhappy to help.

Q3: Finally the guy had the courage to present the rose on the last dayof school!! Share some more courageous acts you had.

Haha. Well except for the rose, almost all my so called ―courageous‖ acts

have happened because I didn‘t have any other choice. One particular incident, that made me realize what all one can achieve by

just acting courageously in the face of disaster, happened in early 2009. One

of my client‘s oil Well had become unstable. We were

called in and I was the lead engineer responsible for the

operation. I was scared as hell, but my job required me toset up protocols of safety measures and use explosives to

control the well.. Well after around 10 hrs, the well was

brought under control and the field was saved. This inci-

dent made me stronger as a person.

Q4: What are the goals that you want to achieve through toastmasters?

My primary goal through TM is to become a competent communicator. I have long

the importance of being able to deliver a perfect speech

Q5: Any suggestions about the general procedure of meeting and what else wo

like to change?

I really like the current TM format – prepared speeches, table topics, joke/word of evaluations etc. After delivering only two speeches, I feel I have already overcome

my fears.

If I were to suggest some change, I would like to see a section on ―prepared

acts‖ by two or more people. This may help them improve on their Voicemodulation & body movements, which I feel are the most challenging to

overcome.



DeceCertificate for completing five years12



DeceBEST OF THE MONTH13

Here come

the

re-

11th December: Sushant Kakkar and Ritu

Arora

18th December : Akhil Sood

4th December :Nitya Ranjan

11th December: Ritu Arora18th December : Deepak

4th December: Rahul Soni

11th December: Aneesh Jain18th December : Deepak Menon

Here come

the

results!!!



DeceCLUB CONTACT DETAILS14

Our Executive Committee

Malkiat Bindra: President

[email protected]

Aneesh Jain: Vice President, [email protected]

Jyoti Narula: Vice President, Membership

[email protected]

Kanu Shree: Vice President, Public Relations

[email protected]

Sangeeta Malik: Secretary

[email protected]

Vinay Jain: Treasurer

[email protected]

Vikas Kumar: Sergeant-at-arms

[email protected]

Venue of Meetings

Vivekananda Vihar, Opposite J.P., Kapur & Uberai, Chartered

Accountants, LGF C-4/5 Safdarjung Development Area,

New Delhi — 110016.

Time of Meetings

Every Saturday, 12:30 p.m.

Whom to Contact

For all queries, please contact:

Malkiat Bindra: +91 9811064605; [email protected]

Aneesh Jain: +91 9971119361; [email protected]

Akhil Sood: +91 9810820409 [email protected]

Sangeeta Malik : +91 9818051336 [email protected]

Vikas Kumar: +91 9560690622 [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]










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