eloquence - newsletter # 3 of 2015-16 term (mar 2016)

March 2016 Eloquence 1

March 2016


Publisher

TM YOOSAF VANNARATH

Editor TM SANDEEP KINGE

Editor Support

TM TONSE SATISH RAO


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Excom 2015 - 16 5

The Editor’s Desk 6

President’s Message 7

Area 28 Director’s Message 8

VP Education’s Message 9

Welcome New Members 10

Achievements 11 - 14

DCP Status 15

Past Presidents 16

Self Mastery 17-19

The Parts of Speech 20

Induction After Induction 21

Memories from Club Contest 1 22-23

Memories from Club Contest 2 24-25

Special Session with DTM Aditya Maheswaran 26-27

Glimpses from Area 28 Contest 28-29

Winners of DTM Club in Area 28 Contest 30

House full in Area 28 Contest 31

Toastmasters Mobile App 32

TAC E and DTAC 2016 Registration 33-34


Executive committee 2015-16

TM Abdul Nassar P

VP - Education

TM Yoosaf Vannarath

President

TM Rangamani Ravi

VP - Membership

TM Subair Pandavath

Imm. Past President

TM Rashid Ahmed

Secretary

TM Sandeep Kinge

VP - Public Relation

TM Kamarudeen N K

Treasurer

TM Raed A Abdeltwwab

Sgt. At Arms


Dear Members,

Thank you very much everyone of you for providing your articles, messages, poems

and personal achievements from time to time. Your overwhelming response on Face-

book updates motivates me further to keep you up-to-date.

With the Area 28 contests, you all again raised the flags of Doha toastmasters further

high. Congratulations to all the club and area level winners and all the best to the win-

ners for the Division level contests.

After the club and area contests and after the March end, its time to set your yearly

goals at corporate level or in our companies. Similarly, we need to set goals for the next

term of the toastmasters club, area, division and district. We all have heard that “Little

Drops of Water Make A Mighty Ocean”, it is applicable here too; our personal and

club level goals helps to grow the division and district too. So, let us take some time

out and set our personal goals along with the club goals to grow together.

Best Wishes!

Regards,

TM Sandeep Kinge, CC, ALB

Vice President Public Relations

Editor’s Desk


President’s Message

Dear Toastmasters,

Congratulations to the area contest winners!!!

Also congratulations to all the members of Doha club for achieving the perfect 10 DCP.

A Toastmasters club’s performance is monitored by the DCP achievement and Doha Toast-

masters achieved perfect 10 in January itself just within seven months into the Toastmasters

term. Congratulations to all the members and thanks to all those who have contributed to

this achievement!

The past three months brought our memorable events which will be marked in the history of

Doha club. The club contests, the biggest and lengthiest club contest in Qatar with more than

10 participants in each category which cannot be seen even at Division level contests and the

judges were struggling to pick from the best of the best. The visit of DTM Aditya Maheswa-

ran, first runner up of world championship of public speaking, to our club was another mem-

orable day in Doha Toastmasters. The sweep victory in area 28 contest by winning first in all

the four categories by our champion speakers, International speech, Table Topic and humor-

ous speech by TM Deepak Shivankar and Evaluation contest by TM Sunil Kumar Menon

was another great news for Doha Club. Let us congratulate all the area contest winners of

Doha Club even though few of them represented other club and area. Support them and wish

them all the best for Division and higher level contests. Doha club is growing every day by its

member count, quality meetings and other achievements. The support and guidance of our

senior members and advisors for the growth and achievements of our club are commendable.

Let us continue our journey to conquer many more heights and I request each of the mem-

bers to be part of this wonderful movement.

“Don't wait for opportunities to come to you, go and create them for yourself”

I urge all the new members to sign up for meeting roles and also take up challenging leader-

ship roles in the club executive committee. Eloquence which is published every quarter helps

us to get an insight about Toastmasters and takes us through the journey of toastmasters’

achievements and all the events conducted in Doha Toastmasters Club. Newsletter also helps

new members to get accustomed to the dealings of the club. It is a platform where you can

sharpen the art of writing and showcase your creativity. Requesting everyone to contribute

and be a part of this newsletter. I am sure you will enjoy reading this month’s issue.

Wishing you all a successful learning experience ahead.

Regards,

TM Yoosaf Vannarath, CC, ALB

President


Dear members of Doha Toastmasters,

Please accept my sincere and hearty congratulations for this great effort. I

am confident that this newsletter will showcase your innovative ideas, in-

spire members to involve and excel themselves.

Friends, what is so special about Toastmasters? They are always ready to sacrifice personal

commitments, take up roles at very short notice, and make Toastmasters' meetings interest-

ing.

As you are aware, the Area 28 Speech Contest 2016 was conducted on Friday, 11th March

2016. It made me believe that “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong” as I had never

experienced such issue earlier. Like any normal day, I was just relaxing on the day before the

Area Contest as I was pretty sure that all arrangements have been made for the contest. At

10.45pm, I got a phone call that the Venue for tomorrow’s Area 28 Contest is not availa-

ble. Imagine my plight. I got angry with the person who conveyed this message. I argued

with him for a while and slowly realized that my anger and anxiety is 'irrational' and that

may not help. Immediately, I spoke to my Contest Manager, he said let's face it. I told my-

self, cool down and start working for an alternate venue. At 12.30am, midnight, we could fix

the new venue for Area 28 Speech Contest. Thanks to my fellow leaders, especially, Contest

Manager, President of Doha Toastmasters and Chief Sergeant at Arms whom I had to woke

up; and seek their help to ensure Area 28 Speech Contest gets carried out without any has-

sles. It was the culmination of great team work of my fellow leaders from Division E & Q,

Area, all members of the club, the event was successful.

Many of us choose to hang on to things that hurt us some times, anger us, made us feel sad

or depressed. If we choose to hang on to them, we will never move forward and we could

even cause physical or medical damage to our bodies. To prevent this from happening, we

need to let it go; but no one really tells you how to let go and move forward. We need to find

a way.

As leaders, we should instill faith, respect, and trust among our team members. Always con-

vey a strong sense of mission to team members. Enable them to think about problems in new

ways. Communicate in a way that forces the teams to rethink ideas that they had never expe-

rienced or questioned before. Take responsibility for actions and accepts responsibility for

mistakes. I am sure success will always follow us.

Regards,

TM Dinesh Kumar A K, ACB, ALB

Area 28 Director

Area—28 Director’s Message


Dear communicators,

Have you ever tried the powerful communication tool called story telling

technique at your work place? If you observe your role model leaders at

your office, you will notice that they always use the technique of storytell-

ing for effectively communicating their messages . They always connect with their audience

while communicating and also they make an impact each time they speak by presenting their

message as a story or supporting with a story or anecdotes.

Being finance professional, I used to make many presentations with boring charts, numbers,

and tables. And, I sadly noticed that no one was remembering those figures and statistics

when I flip the slide to next page. Recently, I started experimenting with the story telling tech-

nique to support the numbers. For example, when the receivables are collected 99.99% on

time, I supported the figures with a story something like ‘Mr. Joe, sitting at the corner office

of X floor tirelessly ensured that all our accurate invoices are reached our customer’s office on

time with all supporting documentation, ensured those numerous follow up phone calls,

though our phone bills rolled over to many pages, until Mr. Joe got the confirmation of pro-

cessing of our payment with good value of due date, Mr Joe also didn’t go sleep until his eyes

see credit of funds received in our bank statement…..

When I used the story telling technique and presented the characters who worked hard be-

hind the scene to achieve those numbers as heroes, management started remembering those

numbers and also recognized my team’s hard work in generating those numbers.

Dear toastmasters, being invested a lot of our time efforts and hard work in our journey as

toastmaster to learn the skills of communication and leadership, why don’t we practice those

skills we learned in our real life for our own benefits? Good luck to you all.

Wishing you all the best,

TM Abdul Nassar P. ACB, ALB

Vice President Education

Vice President Education’s Message


Welcome New Members

Jasil Abdulla

Anup Chandran Nair

Nadia Rouif

Niloufer Priyadarshi Samal

Savitha Urwa

Srikanth

Dinesh Kumar


Home Club of TWO Area Directors


Competent Communicator

TM Anu George & TM Sivakumar Raju


SELF-MASTERY

What do you think when you hear the term “self-

mastery” ? You might be thinking of someone who has mastered in Mar-

tial Arts ? a kungfu monk somewhere in a forest or hill top ? Who is very

calm, focused and in control of all times. Or, maybe someone you ad-

mired to have their lives planned , achieved their dreams in spite of ad-

verse circumstances and in full control of own future.

Do you show these traits on a regular basis ? Are you feeling control over

your career, life and goals ? Or like majority of people, feel that you

should take more control of your actions and emotions? Let me share

with you some tips which might help to develop Self-Mastery Skill.

1. Goals

Self-mastery starts with a vision of how you want your life to be.

Think about people you know who have incredible self-discipline.

Chances are that they know exactly where they want to go in life, and

this vision gives them the strength to get there.

This is why it's so important to start with a clear vision of your short-

term and long-term objectives. Learn how to set personal goals, and get

into the habit of moving towards these goals every day. The clearer you

are about what you want to achieve in life, the easier it is to move for-

wards calmly and confidently.

2. Attitude and Emotion

Your attitude and emotions play a major role in self-mastery. Those who

show strong self-mastery don't let their emotions control them - they

control their own emotions.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power”

-Lao Tzu


Focus on something positive every day. Be grateful for things, even if

these are just things like that fact that you do a job you enjoy, or that the

weather is beautiful on your drive to work. Having gratitude and a posi-

tive outlook will set the tone for the rest of your day.

Being able to manage and control your emotions helps you build emo-

tional intelligence. This is your awareness of others people's needs and

emotions, and your knowledge of how your own emotions affect those

around you. Those who have good self-mastery are always aware of oth-

ers, and they work hard to make sure that their emotions don't negatively

impact other people.

3. Willpower

Think about how many times you've set a goal and, for one reason or an-

other, never followed it through because of lack of willpower or self-

control. It's happened to all of us, and we probably felt ashamed or dis-

appointed that we didn't achieve what we wanted.

Willpower is an essential part of self-mastery. It's what pushes you for-

ward to take action, even if you're feeling scared or hesitant. Willpower

is also what keeps you moving towards your goals in the weeks or

months ahead.

To boost your willpower, make sure you have both rational and emotion-

al motives for what you want to achieve. For example, if your goal is to

stop surfing the web in work time, a rational motive could be that it's

against company rules, while an emotional motive could be that other

people will lose respect for you when they see that you are not working

hard.

4. Focus

Improving focus is also key to self-mastery. For instance, how much time

do you waste during your day? How much time do you spend on the In-

ternet, TV? What could you accomplish if you fully used the hours avail-

able to you?

Start by working on your concentration. Focus on one task at a time, and

slowly increase your level of focus.


At first you may find that you can't concentrate on a task for more than

one hour at a time, before you get tired and distracted. Try to increase

this to two hours by adding 15 minutes of focused work every day. This

will allow you to strengthen your focus to two-hour stretches - and then

even more, if that's what you need to get things done.

To sum up, achieving self-mastery takes time and hard work, but it's def-

initely worth the effort.

It's best to work on one or two areas at a time. Start by identifying your

life and career goals. Then, focus on maintaining a positive attitude dur-

ing the day. Also, try not to let negative emotions impact anyone else.

Other strategies, like building your willpower and strengthening your fo-

cus, will help ensure that you keep moving forward toward your goals -

while further building self-mastery.

Penned By

TM Abdul Nassar P, ACB, ALB

Vice President Education


THE PARTS OF SPEECH

Every name is called a noun,

As field and fountain, street and town.

In place of noun the pronoun stands,

As he and she can clap their hands.

The adjective describes a thing,

As magic wand or bridal ring.

The verb means action, something done.

As read and write and jump and run.

How things are done the adverbs tell,

As quickly, slowly, badly, well.

The preposition show relation,

As in the street or at the station.

Conjunctions join, in many ways,

Sentences, words, or phrase and phrase.

The interjection cries out, “Hark!

I need an exclamation mark!

-TM Bhadrik Shah


New members are officially Inducted as and when

they join the club. This is the third Induction in the

current term 2015-16.

So far, we have added 25 new members and few more

are joining in the upcoming meetings in this term.


Winner—TM SingaRaju

1st Runner up—TM Rangamani Ravi

2nd Runner up—TM Anil Nair

Test Speaker

TM Wilma


Winner—TM Deepak Shivankar

1st Runner up - TM Nisamudheen S A

2nd Runner up—TM Chandrashekhar Dudhe

Group Photo


Winner—TM Deepak Shivankar, 1st Runner up—TM SingaRaju,

2nd Runner up—TM Nisamudhen S A

Winner—TM Deepak Shivankar

1st Runner up—TM SingaRaju

2nd Runner up—TM Rangamani Ravi


World Champion Speaker

1st Runner up

DTM Aditya Maheswaran

President receiving DTM Aditya to Doha club with a bouquet

Memento presented by Ex-Com to DTM Aditya

for visiting the club

Ex-com and Advisory members with DTM Aditya


DTM meets & greets DTM

DTM Rajeshwar

Presenting Gift to

DTM Aditya


Humorous Speech Contest Winners

Speech Evaluation Contest Winners


Table Topic Contest Winners

International Speech Contest Winners


Toastmasters

Mobile App


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MISSION OF THE CLUB The mission of the DOHA Toastmasters Club is to pro-vide a supportive and positive learning experience in

which members are empowered to develop communica-tion and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-

confidence and personal growth .

A TOASTMASTER’S PROMISE

To attend club meetings regularly

To prepare all of my speeches and leadership projects to the best of my abil-

ity, basing them on projects in the Competent Communication and Leader-

ship Program manuals, Advance Communication manuals or competent

leadership manual

To provide fellow members with helpful and constructive evaluations

To prepare for and fulfill meeting assignments

To help the club maintain the positive, friendly environment necessary for all

to learn and grow

To serve my club as an officer when called on to do so

To treat my fellow club members and our guests with respect and courtesy

To bring guests to club meetings so they can see the benefits Toastmasters

membership offers

To adhere to the guidelines and rules for all Toastmasters educational and

recognition programs

To maintain honest and highly ethical standards during the conduct of all

Toastmasters activities.

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