Experiences from the August 4th Meeting
Dolly Yeo, Raintree’s most experienced Toastmaster shares her experience in August’s 1st formal meeting on 4th August (monday)
Hi President Tim & dear members
For those who missed this interesting meeting, I would like to share my experience.
For those who don’t know, a lot of preparation has gone into getting the program up and going. Great job Ming Chern! & the EXCO. We miss you Mavis.
Thank you very much for your encouragements for my Advance Project 1 “Straight Talk”.
I sat upright on a chair with a desk and a camera right in front of me. My presentation was flashed onto the wall behind me. This interesting project is a 3 mins. editorial where I talk straight into the camera, subtly looking into my notes like a newsreader in the T.V.
I do research on an issue that is current, give my opinion. With only 3 mins to put my message across I had to be succinct and specific. Thanks to the very attentive Brian the timer whom make sure I know when to stop….he was more anxious than me…. helpful and mindful – thanks!
I enjoyed our Immed. Past President Rachit’s evaluation using the same sitting position and looking into the camera as well. Looking at him and listening to his evaluation, gave me a fresh perspective of what I could do better. You are great! Always so spontaneous and creative. Senior member like me needs a lot of encouragements too! Thank you Rachit
President Tim gave a colourful mind mapping workshop and it is a fantastic refresher for me. We had so much fun when she told her stories……again…..
As if not enough, Ben had stories to tell too……on the spot - for his Advance Project, more colourful.
Guests cleaned up the table topics hidden by Irene in a black bag, the environment was cleaned up in a jiffy … Our new member Mayank went home with the Best Prepared Speech ribbon! Well done!
Next month I will be doing a talk show as a guest and Rachit the Host! Come on down members!
Thanks!
Dolly Yeo
From Rachit, Immediate Past President - Just a quick note, after the meeting some of us got into a car and drove around the city looking for food and drinks. That was followed by two more hours of eating, drinking and being merry - thanks to Ben for buying dinner for the hungry souls, Ming Chern for driving us around and Brian, Janjaree & Tim for their company!
And thanks to Dolly, our members and our guests for dropping by and making the evening so much fun! I had just flown in that morning from a long trip, but the meeting made my jetlag disappear!
Our next meeting is on 16th August and there’s going to be a training on voice, vocal variety & control by me (Rachit) … the workshop and the rest of the meeting is free for members … for non-members, please contact Ming Chern (ming@risingimstar.com) to reserve your place!
