tmbtc december 2013 newsletter

TMBTC Oct - Dec 2013 Newsletter Issue 4

“Our life is EASY to live, if shared with compassionate PEOPLE”

A couple of interesting incidents were witnessed in the Toastmasters arena. To give you a recap,

it was contest season in our Toastmasters district.

We had the semi annual district conference, “Reverberation 2013” hosted in Bangalore this year. I have compiled the summary of events

and experiences of Toastmasters while taking roles for the first time

during these events. We have articles which talk about passion,

learning, hobbies and much more.

Thanks to all the Toastmasters who contributed to this newsletter in

spite of the festive spirits!

Hope you enjoy reading this edition !

By TM D Balaji, CC

F R O M T H E E D I T O R ’ S D E S K

TCS MAITREE BANGALORE

TOASTMASTERS CLUB (TMBTC)

DISTRICT 82 - A, DIVISION D, AREA 4

VIGNETTES @ TMBTC

TMBTC Achievements since July 2013 !!!!

1. Added 18 new members to our club!

2. Club Sponsor and Mentor for FAI Renaissance Toastmasters Club (03572259), the corpo-

rate club of First American (India).

3. Awarded "Smedley Award" for adding five new, dual or reinstated members during August

and September

4. We have completed 6/10 DCP points and aiming for 10/10 !

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

P ‘ E S I D E N T S M E S S A G E

E X P E ‘ I E N C E S @ ‘ E V E ‘ B E ‘ A T I O N

L E A ‘ N I N G S F ‘ O M C O N T E S T S

O U ‘ T O A S T M A S T E ‘ S A B ‘ O A D

A P P L Y I N G T O A S T -M A S T E ‘ S A T W O ‘ K

T A L E N T C O ‘ N E ‘

S E L F I M P ‘ O V E M E N T

B E I N G H U M A N

N E W M E M B E ‘ S @ T M B T C F A M I L Y

N E W C L U B O F F I C E ‘ S

C O N T A C T U S


It was on July 1st 2013 that I took up the post of President of TMBTC, one of the popular and respected clubs in the Toastmasters fraternity. What looked like an herculean task then, proved out to be the best experience of my life that I will cherish forever ! Personally, it has been a wonderful experience to serve the club. Toastmasters is indeed the place where leaders are made and I can confidently say that I have evolved as a leader and a better human being! I would like to congratulate and thank all our club officers Ekanto, Ganesh, Balaji, Mahesh, Santosh, Manish, Adithya and Deepak for their amazing support, dedication and commitment. We are proud to say that TMBTC has already achieved 6 goals out of the 10 Distinguished Club Program (DCP) goals in this term. With 4 more goals to achieve in the upcoming term, there is nothing that can stop TMBTC from grabbing the Golden Gavel + this time. Congratulations to each and every member of TMBTC who has made this possible! TMBTC also played a significant role and made its presence felt at Reverberation 2013 as well as the division and area con-tests. Kudos to all of us ! Special thanks to our Immediate Past President Natasha, who has guided and mentored us throughout this journey and helped us in achieving a successful term. Finally, I would like to wish the newly elected officers a successful journey in their term! We have a new year, a new term, a new beginning and new dreams ahead of us. We will continue to stand by our club and strive to take it to newer heights ! TMBTC rocksss ! TMBTC wishes all of you a very happy and prosperous new year 2014 ! Happy reading !! By TM Manjeera

F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T S D E S K

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

“ TMBTC wishes you all a very

happy and prosperous new

year 2014 ! ”

M O M E N T S F R O M C L U B L E V E L C O N T E S T


Ever since I joined TMBTC, the most awaited events every year have always been the semi annual

and annual district conferences, Reverberation and Ovation. My journey began with Ovation 2012

(Sri Lanka), Reverberation 2012 (Kerala) and Ovation 2013 (Chennai) and the latest pit stop Rever-

beration 2013 (Namma Bengaluru).

Attending just one of these conferences opens the doors to the magical world of Toastmasters, the

world very different from what one finds in usual club meetings. I remember at Ovation 2012, I

didn’t know anyone. But when I left to return home, I had 500 odd new friends out of which many have become my close friends. I have a lot of precious memories to treasure from all these trips.

And most importantly I remember that at each of these places as guests, we were treated like

royalty and made sure it felt like home by the hosting Toastmasters.

So when it was our chance to host Reverberation 2013, it was time to pay back the hospitality we

received. I was given an opportunity to head the Marketing team for R-13 and my job started six

months before the conference date. As months passed, we saw our ideas materialize and the in-

ception of our little small spark transpire to more luminous depths. Nothing can match the happi-

ness I felt on Nov 23rd and 24th. To summarize them:

1. Blocking everything else in the world,for those 2 days I belonged to the world of Toastmasters.

2. I was ecstatic to meet all my Toastmaster friends from different clubs and cities.

3. In my head I had two aims – The entire conference had to be a BIG Bang like we promised

and we had to be the perfect hosts!

All of the Toastmasters from Bangalore joined hands and united to put on a fabulous show. We

ensured that we were the perfect hosts and no matter what rain or sun, we were there with a smile

on our face to help everyone! We had our share of lessons to learn from, be it good or bad, but like

they say, nothing is fun if there is no learning from it at the end of the day.

As 24th November came to an end, I felt an internal sense of satisfaction and was overflowing

with happiness. But as the day ended and I bid adieu to my TM friends, I told them “see you at Ovation 2014 where ‘Paradise is calling’ in the land of Goa!!!”

By TM Natasha Rajasheaker, ACB, ALB

Over 600 people from the four regions of District 82 came together on the 23rd and 24th of No-

vember to be a part of ‘The Big Bang’, Reverberation'13. Pulling off an event of this magnitude requires enormous team effort and time. Being a part of Toastmasters gives one the passion and

motivation to do so. Reverberation gave people, belonging to different backgrounds, an opportuni-

ty to work together as a team, do tasks they had never done before and gain new experiences. The

enthusiasm of the team was infectious, any small help was heartily appreciated, all enjoyed the

task they performed and basked in the sheer pleasure of doing it.

It was then that I realized, Toastmasters is like one big family where everyone is eager for every-

one else to succeed and no one is too big or too small to perform a task. All you need is genuine

willingness to learn and deliver and opportunities will come knocking at your door.

By TM Adithya V

F R O M A T T E N D I N G T O H O S T I N G E V E N T S ! ! !

O N E B I G B A N G L I T B Y M A N Y H A N D S !

“see you at

Ovation 2014

where ‘Paradise

is calling’ in the

land of Goa!!!”

EXPERIENCES AT REVERBERATION 2013


EXPERIENCES AT REVERBERATION 2013

MOMENTS AT REVERBERATION 2013 !!!

I always read in books and articles about BIG Bang but never thought I would be a part of one,

some day !

Super enthusiastic, ever smiling and extremely hospitable is what I can summarize the least about

the crew of Reverberation 2013. Yes they were caught up in an extremely busy schedule, but none

EVER made me feel so. They were there when I had any doubt even if it was as silly as asking for

the lunch venue ! I never felt I was just 2 months old to Toastmasters thanks to the extremely sup-

portive crew of Reverberation that made sure I had plenty of learning to be carried home along

with an experience of a lifetime. I am 10 times more confident than I was 3 months ago.

# Big Bang effect !

By TM Achala Bhat

B I G B A N G E F F E C T !


MOMENTS AT REVERBERATION 2013


October doesn't only get season of winter to Bangalore but also the Toastmasters contest season!

I know champions at Toastmasters who usually have more serious strategies than what Reserve

Bank of India would have to curb inflation! And Toastmasters who fail to make such strategies,

participate in TM Evaluation contest!

2013 gave me chance to participate in the club level Evaluation contest, then Area and then the

Division D! Yuppie! It was huge fun climbing the ladder.

In this article, I'm trying to share the mistakes that I did or saw people around me doing , during

various contests at Toastmasters! With a hope that you don't repeat them, learn from them and

bring the highest tittle to our club during the next contest season! Lets call it, tick a tick! Treat this

as a checklist of mistakes and tick it when you DON’T do it while participating in any contest.

1. Being unprepared : So the day of the Division contest arrived and unlike other Evaluation con-

testants I was clueless about my strategy! Being unprepared is a sin!! Ofcourse we learn every time

we stand on the stage! But that learning is fruitful only when we prepare ourselves accordingly

when we step on the stage next! Being unprepared makes us feel overwhelmed with thoughts.

2. Unorganised notes : My usual problem with evaluation is that I write too many points and try to

tell all of them! Here we learn a very important lesson not just about contests but also about day to

day life. We all have many problems at hand. Our kitty is always full. But the winner is who learns to

pick the most important ones first! In short prioritize the problems.

3. Thinking too much of the opponents : First thing, they are NOT opponents, but co-contestants!

This is a lesson I learnt from my co-contestant long back. During my initial days at Toastmasters, at

one contest, I met a contestant, who got seriously worried seeing another club's champion as her co

-contestant! The co-contestant was very well prepared and had even jotted down points. But during

the preparation time, when all Evaluation contestants sat together, the co-contestant wasted most

of the time in observing the champion trying to gather last minute tips etc. Believe in yourself and

your preparation and just give it your best try ever without thinking about the outcome!

4. Result orientation : Yes you read it right, I believe its a mistake! We have this goal in our apprais-

als all the time! But I would say, for a creative and learning field like oratory, result should be the

side-effect not the sole objective! Effort and self belief should be the ultimate goal! So dont concen-

trate on how can you defeat the co-contestant or win, think how best you can present yourself in

front of the audience!

5. Most important tick ! The ace of mistake is disrespecting the tick of the clock! The timer cards

are the most helpful thing any contestant can ask for! If our kitty is full of points, we tend to ignore

the green and wake up at yellow and start wrapping by red! Which is utterly wrong! The tick of time

cost me the champions trophy! So dear readers, hold on to your urge to present that one "more"

important point! And respect the time!

Lastly, contests are our true testers. They might not give you any certification which can adorn your

resume but they give you the most memorable thing an orator should expect, the deafening ap-

plause of the audience!

By TM Neha Vishwas Jagtap, CC, ALB

T I C K A T I C K . .

“The tick of time

cost me the

champions

trophy! Let’s

respect time at

TM contests”

LEARNINGS FROM CONTESTS


I joined Toastmasters in May 2013, my primary objective was to grow as an individual. I was fairly

convinced that this exposure will add another dimension to my personality and found my excite-

ment totally justified as I immersed myself into the hues and colors of Toastmasters in the follow-

ing three months treasuring every moment.

The renowned annual “Humorous Speech” contest of Toastmasters came knocking then and I really thanked my stars that I’d be able to witness such an exciting contest where every club in the district chose its best humorous speakers and the screening would get more and more selective

as contestants progressed from Club to Area to Division and finally to the District level.

Now it’s not a queer understanding that making the audience laugh is arguably one of the hardest speaking tasks and I was geared up to witness the event sitting in the audience, ready to laugh

my guts out. And then came the shocker. My president walked up to me and said ‘Manish, I want you to participate in the Club Contest’. My instinct said ‘She must be crazy’. How will I present a humorous speech when my only experience in life of making people laugh was by telling them

tacky jokes?

But then the support system of the Club triggered and everyone seemed to encourage me to par-

ticipate. I recalled my objective of joining the club and told myself- ‘what the heck…let’s do it. If nothing more, it’ll be another experience added to life’. So I worked real hard on my speech and arrived at the club contest and sure enough, delivered my supposedly funny speech without many

hiccups. I had felt the adrenaline rush and was glad that it’s over. But then, the results were an-nounced.

Drum roll please; I had qualified for the Area level. I felt like my head and my ears were not in

sync anymore. But the resounding applause confirmed it for me. As I walked up to receive my

award, it dawned upon me. Upon me now rested the responsibility of representing one of the most

recognized and respected clubs of our district. I felt overwhelmed and excited at the same time.

Sure, I was happy to have won but the real perspective came from the sense of responsibility.

As any accomplished person would tell you, one never really grows until one has carried out seri-

ous responsibilities sincerely and this realization made me grow a little. Yes, Toastmasters magic

was working. Over the next few weeks, I was humbled by the unconditional support I received from

fellow members on my preparation. Fostered by TMBTC I finally delivered my speech at the Area

level, I could tell from the audience’s response I did a good job.

I did not win, but more astonishing was my realization …IT did not matter. What mattered was the satisfaction of having taken the right step…

I am GROWING, so is my self confidence.

“Self-confidence enables YOU to take great undertakings in LIFE”

By TM Manish Singh

H U M O R O U S S P E E C H F O R T H E F I R S T T I M E ! !

“I felt like my

head and my

ears were not in

sync anymore.

But the

resounding

applause

confirmed it for

me.”

LEARNINGS FROM CONTESTS


OUR TOASTMASTERS ABROAD

It was my first visit to USA and Santa Clara was a whole new world to me. As days passed by, I be-

gan missing TMBTC which I used to attend religiously every Wednesday. I searched for other Toast-

master clubs in the vicinity and found that most of them had their meetings at inconvenient times.

After a few days, a colleague told me about the existence of a club in the location where I was work-

ing. I was ecstatic when I heard this news and when I attended that club meetings, it felt like HOME.

Yes, I can still remember that feeling, I was so relieved that in an unfamiliar country this place was

something which I was very familiar with!

The meetings in this club - "Toastmasters Insiders" were the same as that in TMBTC. The speakers

are excellent and there is always something to learn in Toastmasters. From Toastmasters Insiders

club, there a few things that we can learn and try to incorporate in our club meetings :

1) The meetings here are punctual to the second, irrespective of how many people are there in

the room.

2) When the speaker uses the "Word of Day", the audience claps to show their appreciation.

3) Along with the prepared speech speakers, the table topic speakers too are evaluated on the

content delivered.

However, an important element missing at Toastmasters Insiders was Fun, yes, “Fun”. At times, the meetings here are just a drag, but that’s not the case with our club. We have loads and loads of fun in our meetings. I strongly believe “Fun” is the most important thing which bonds us all in TMBTC during the meetings and after the club meetings.

I also had an opportunity to visit the Division F (District 4) conference for the Humorous speech and

Speech Evaluation contest, where I was completely surprised to meet a past member of our club

‘Kavitha’ (past VP-Ed of TMBTC). I was overjoyed to know that she was a contestant in the Evalua-

tion contest. The contest was tough and Kavitha secured the second place in the Evaluation con-

test. Throughout the conference I kept recollecting all the good and fun memories of my experience

at the Division conference I had attended back in Bangalore.

To sum it up, our club TMBTC has grown leaps and bounds with now a prominent presence in Ban-

galore. There is always something to learn from other clubs and I feel incorporating such learnings

in TMBTC will help it scale higher.

It is worth mentioning again that “Fun” is the one element which bonds us all in TMBTC forever.

By TM Santosh Raj Pandiri, CL

T O A S T M A S T E R S I N S I D E R S C L U B @ U S A

“Fun” is the one

element which

bonds us all in

TMBTC forever”


APPLYING TOASTMASTERS AT WORK

Your boss asks you to take on a new project, and your first thought is: “There is just no way.” Maybe it’s because you’re already juggling three projects near deadline, or maybe you fundamentally disagree with his strategy.

The trick is to push back more diplomatically — getting your point across without actually using the word

“no.”. Let’s see how !

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Situation: You Truly Don’t Have the Time

Instead of: There’s no way I have time for that.

Try: Could you help me prioritize my project list?

While, “No, I don’t have time,” seems like a perfectly legit response when you’re up to your elbows in other work, it can also make your boss question your ability to capably prioritize and execute the tasks

that are on your plate.

So, this is the time to remember,

“Show, don’t tell.” Respond to your boss by saying, “Could you help me prioritize my project list?” In that meeting, lay out what you’re working on, how long it’s taking, and what you would have to delay or stop doing in order to take on the new task.

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Situation: You Disagree With the Strategy at Hand

Instead of: I don’t think that will work.

Say: Can I throw out another idea?

“Can I throw out another idea?” Your boss can say “yes” or “no.”. If your boss says “yes” he/she has wel-comed you to contribute a new approach before you even start, which means he/she is more likely to

consider it.

If he/she says “No — this is the way we’re doing it,” you know she’s serious about the proposed strategy, despite your reservations.

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Situation: You Just Don’t Want To

Instead of: Ugh. No.

Say: Sure (Usually)

That said, you can still say “no” if the task will distract you from your other projects (see situation 1) or if you are disproportionately the one asked and feel as though you’re being taken advantage of.

By speaking clearly — but without the letters 'N' and 'O' — you’re finding a way to get your point across without making your boss get defensive. That way, you keep the focus where it should

be (that everyone wants the best results) and won’t get caught up in who decides how things are done.

By TM Alok Kumar Thakur, CC, CL

H O W T O T E L L Y O U R B O S S ' N O ' — W I T H O U T S A Y I N G ' N O '

“The trick is to

push back more

diplomatically —

getting your

point across

without using

the word NO...”


“Oh he is so talkative! “, “Oh my god he has a really bad temper!”, “Wow his concentration is amaz-ing” … Well we have all heard people talking about other’s personality traits. But what if I tell you, it doesn’t take someone to tell you about your own personality, instead your own handwriting will reveal it by leaps and bounds!!! Surprised?? Well don’t really be, I have loads of such surprising facts for you as the article unveils.

What is it? Graphology - the study of handwriting and handwriting analysis - is now an accepted

and increasingly used technique for assessment of people in organizations. Handwriting analysis is

an effective and reliable indicator of personality and behavior.

Snippets of this amazing science:

The way alphabet “t” is written reveals nearly 27 different things about the person!!

The pressure with which a person writes can talk volumes about his emotional responses.

Forget the writing, even the margins you choose, that is the spaces you leave up, down, right

and left when writing on a plain paper all have a definite meaning which reveals more about

you!

I am sure this article has stirred an interest in you to know more about this. Your handwriting will

no longer just be a few lines scribbled on a paper but will be of prime importance in understanding

more about yourself.

Get in touch with an Handwriting analyst and get your Handwriting analyzed.

FYI: The nearest Handwriting analyst is just around the corner @ TCS Dhara ;)

Your brain guides your hand. Everything put on paper is a result of a two-way circuit between your

brain and the motor reflex muscles of your hand. Thus, your handwriting becomes a Polygraph or

Oscilloscope read-out of your "complete self." To you, it's just handwriting, but to a handwriting

analyst, it paints a picture of the person "behind the pen."

By TM Shubha Bhargavi

I discovered the bibliophile in me when I was alone in Hyderabad. Bibliophile is someone who

loves and usually maintains a collection of books.

In less than an year, I bought more than 30 books. When I meet a like minded reader or a biblio-

phile, the very obvious questions we ask each other would be “What books do you have? What books did you finish reading recently? I am interested in that book, would you mind sharing it with

me for a month.?”.

I started sharing books and felt the need for a software or website that fits the needs of bibliophile.

I was not satisfied with existing stuff. The engineer in me wanted to create something of his

own and thereby promote the habit of reading.

Bookstoc.com was born. It’s a personal library manager. It’s something that keeps me busy at my leisure apart from Toastmasters related work.

By TM D Balaji, CC

H A N D W R I T I N G A N A L Y S I S

M Y H O B B Y P R O J E C T — T R I B U T E T O B I B L I O P H I L E S

“nearly 100

different traits

can be revealed

by your

handwriting !!!!

A handwriting

analyst is just

around the

corner @ TCS

Dhara”

TALENT CORNER


" Lost time is never found again "- Benjamin Franklin

Time is the most precious resource on earth. It is the most valuable thing people have. It is perish-

able, it is irreplaceable, and it cannot be stored. People compare time with gold but it is a wrong

notion. The value of gold fluctuates from time to time but the value of time will never fluctuate.

Even 1000 years ago, a day consisted of 24 hours per, 60 minutes per hour and 60 seconds per

minutes. Still in the 21st century, a day consists of 24 hours. There is no change in the value of

time. There is no precious asset on earth rarer than time. Hence, don't compare time with gold.

Every person has 24 hours per day.

Why do a few people succeed in their pursuits and others fail? Successful people utilize time in a

more effective manner than unsuccessful people. They priorities activities and allocate time on the

basis of importance. Time can only be reallocated from activities of lower value to activities of

higher value. All work and accomplishments require time.

Your ability to think and prioritize activities is the most valuable trait for the smoothest flow of life.

"Wise time management is inseparable from high quality life."

It is a fact that life means time and time means life. God has given us this wonderful life to live

happily and achieve life goals but not brood over failures. Time is absolutely essential to develop

important relationships in life. Life itself is time and hence life without time has no value.

We all grow in time, live in time and ultimately, perish in time. There may not be an exact defini-

tion of time, but we all know what it is and its great value in human life. A man has a lot of wants.

We all want fame, success, money, happiness, love, relationship etc. There is no end to our de-

sires. Never curse time for not giving you riches; we have to extract riches from time. But those

who forget the value of time may find to their utter dismay that it will be harsh on them later. Man

may neglect time and misuse it but time doesn't wait. It may be a fantasy that time may take re-

venge on us so utilize this precious recourse carefully.

Time will never forget us though we may forget it. Time reciprocates. if we use it in a wise manner,

it gives us happiness otherwise it pushes people into troubles.

By TM Vandana Chauhan

T I M E I S G O D , N O T G O L D . . .

“Always

remember, if

YOU’VE lost

time, you’ve lost

EVERYTHING.”

SELF IMPROVEMENT


BEING HUMAN

Often we talk about ‘Unity in Diversity’ in our country. Diversity in terms of language, religion, traditions and cultures. A train journey of mine from Bangalore to my home town, Saharanpur in West UP, gave

me an insight into how deep this new criteria divides us. I was going home to celebrate Diwali with my

family. This was the first time in my life I was travelling such a long distance by train. So I was quite ex-

cited about the journey and boarded the Rajdhani Express from Bangalore to Delhi. I occupied my seat

which was in the 3rd AC compartment and was looking forward to a memorable journey. The compart-

ment was soon full but nobody even bothered to greet each other or share a smile. Everyone ate their

dinner quietly. I wondered, was this the supreme height of fine ‘culture’ of a city dweller or the spreading indifference. Once or twice, I tried to start a conversation by commenting on the taste of food but went in

vain. As time passed, one person spoke to me, but to my sheer disappointment, he asked me when he

could open his middle berth !

Night passed. A new day began. I thought now I’ll start a good conversation and engage everyone. After breakfast, I started chatting with the middle berth guy regarding his whereabouts and where he was

going. He gave me crisp answers. In return I expected to be asked the same questions but the conversa-

tion went cold. The whole day passed just like that. The silence of the compartment was only broken by

the passing pantry boys or an occasional Sorry, Thank you and Excuse Me getting exchanged for petty

reasons. Finally Delhi came and this put an end to the boring journey. I had to catch another train to

Saharanpur. This journey was a smaller one, around 3-4 hours. I had no excitement left for this journey

now. I was only eager to reach home.

I hopped on to the second train. When I reached my seat, I saw a lady with a kid sitting there. Instantly

and impulsively, I asked her to vacate the seat as it was mine. The lady seemed to be from a well-to-do

family but not quite educated. I asked her why she didn’t have a reservation. She told how her plan was last minute and that her journey was not a long one. After an hours ride the general compartment was

full beyond its capacity. I felt sorry for my behavior and apologized. She was surprised and said that

there was no such need. Soon some more people came and started occupying their seats. No one

looked highly educated. The people soon started talking to each other. The environment became lively.

The child in the lady’s lap started playing with the man sharing the seat. I also got engaged in conversa-tions with them. The lady had several things to offer to eat, like fruits and biscuits. The first piece went to

her child, the next came to us. At every successive station, more people boarded. Soon I forgot that the

whole seat was mine and I was sharing it with 2 other people. Everyone seemed interested in talking to

each other rather than being glued to their phones or laptops. What a difference in the crowd as well as

environment as compared to my previous journey. And these were the people who were supposed to be

uneducated and not so ‘civilized’. I lost track of time and when the journey came to an end, I was longing for more.

Finally when I reached home, I was rejuvenated and then it dawned upon me how diverse my two train

journeys were. I felt altogether I had come to a new country, which we call as ‘Bharat’, leaving behind the one called ‘India’. Here people care for each other, they are interested in you. You have so many people around to share your grief as well as happiness with. When our education was supposed to give

us a broad outlook towards life, why has it made our approach so narrow? When we move from our

small houses, lanes and shops of our hometowns towards the big buildings, roads and malls of our met-

ros, why has our hearts become so small on the way? If we are really more civilized and properly educat-

ed, then we should have more humanity, shouldn’t we? Then why does it appear to me that our metros or big cities are nothing but ‘concrete jungles’? Quite some food for thought!! Think, maybe an answer will come from within your conscience.

By TM Ashish Jain

A J O U R N E Y F R O M I N D I A T O B H A R A T

“Everyone

seemed

interested in

talking to each

other rather

than being glued

to their phones

or laptops.”


A WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEW

MEMBERS !!!!!!

FAREWELL TO OUR BELOVED MEMBER

ARUN KATTI (CC)

Shubhabhargavi Hs

Nutan Garla

Sriram KJ

Vinod Das

Ashish Chandak

Arun Kumar Reddy

Krishna Prashanth

Amit Chaudhary

NEW MEMBERS & FAREWELL !!

MISSION OF TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL :

We empower individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders…!

DISTRICT NEWS :

For more info log onto : http://www.d82.org/news/breaking-news

http://www.d82.org/news/breaking-news


Welcome our new club officers (For the term January - July’14)

PRESIDENT VINOD DAS (ACB,CL)

VP EDUCATION MANISH SINGH

ASST VP EDUCATION ASHISH CHANDAK

VP MEMBERSHIP GS GANESH (CL)

ASST VP MEMBERSHIP SAMUEL

VP PUBLIC RELATIONS D BALAJI (CC)

PR TEAM MAHESH, KRISHNA PRASHANTH,

SHUBHA, ACHALA, VANDANA

SECRETARY ASHISH JAIN

TREASURER ADITHYA V

SAA SHUBHA

1) Installation ceremony of new officers ( January - July 2014 )

2) We are just 10 meetings away from reaching a new milestone… the 200th meeting !

3) Officers Training Program

4) Judges Training Program

5) Educational sessions on roles and club procedures , how to

select a speech topic and how to make your CC and CL journey

interesting!

6) Contest season will return with the International Speech contest

and the Table Topics contest.

EVENTS TO WATCH OUT FOR IN THE UPCOMING TERM !

NEW CLUB OFFICERS


On Social Forums :

Knome group on TCS Ultimatix :

https://knome.ultimatix.net/communities/6582-tcs-maitree-bangalore-toastmasters-club

Join our group on Facebook :

https://www.facebook.com/groups/tmbtc/

For any club related information & queries, kindly contact :

Vinod Das ( President ) - [email protected]

Manish ( VP Ed ) - [email protected]

Ganesh ( VP M ) - [email protected]

You can find us @ :

We meet every Wednesday from 5:45 pm - 7:15 pm at Dhara building, GR Tech Park,

Whitefield (just after ITPL), Bangalore.

Join us for learning and growing with fun @ our meetings!

CONTACT US

Send us your suggestions by mail to our VP-PR and Chief Editor of our Newslet-

ter — D Balaji. Feel free to communicate !

Contact Details : [email protected]

Our Editorial Team

Balaji

Natasha

Manjeera

Adithya

Vandana

Ashish

Samuel

Shubha

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