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DISTRICT 92 KARNATAKA & KERALA

November 2019 | Edition 6 | Volume 5

Kaleidoscope | November 2019 DISTRICT 92 KARNATAKA & KERALA

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What’s Inside?

DeJavu

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Prefects

Geetha

Prasanna, DTM

Piyush

Mehrotra

Azma

Sheikh

Neeta

Bhat

Vineet

Sinha

Soujanya U


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Principal’s Desk

Dear Toastmasters,

Have you ever wondered what makes this program successful for an 18-year-old as well as for an 80-year-old?

Have you ever wondered why people across age, gender, religion, culture, nationalities and thought processes find value in the idea of Toastmasters? Well, the reason I believe is because we all have a child within us.

Does it not sound astonishing? Let me elaborate. If you look at a child, a child is someone who grows by leaps and bounds in the formative years. A child's vocabulary increases manifold in the formative years as compared to an adult. A child is not bothered about whether he or she is being judged. They just come out there, enjoy and make friends with those who help them. They have an open mind and a willingness to learn from everyone around them.

Friends, as Toastmasters, each one of us is like that child described above. When we come to Toastmasters meetings, we forget about our workplace, situations at home, personal or even financial challenges and just come to the meeting and enjoy the company of fellow Toastmasters.

With a child-like enthusiasm, we become a better version of ourselves and we take ownership of our own journey. And, so long as we have the curiosity, I am sure each one of us would keep coming back to Toastmasters. Those who believe that they have grown to an adult, exit Toastmasters, but those who manage to maintain their childlike curiosity, they continue to thrive at Toastmasters.

I urge you to discover, rekindle and realize the true potential of child in you as a Toastmaster.

District Director

Raj Kumar Bansal, DTM


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Vice-Principal: Academics

"Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional" – Chili Davis

I believe that retaining our child-like wonder, spirit, and zest for life is what makes us really alive. All too often life has a way of deadening us with the monotony of routine. I try to make an effort to enjoy the small things in my life which I would otherwise have considered mundane.

How can we retain this child within us in our busy multitasking networking lives? These are things that have helped me see beauty in the everyday business of my life.

- Approach each day with a sense of joy and gratefulness

- Learn to enjoy the routine of small things in life – for eg. Perfectly ironing that shirt, the tasty chutney you made today, the lift that you get listening to your favourite song

- Being happy is an attitude, I tell myself every day, learn it! :)

Program Quality

Director - 92 A

Chimmu Kutty, DTM


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Vice-Principal: Academics

Many times I have heard phrases in Toastmasters meetings such as ‘unleash the chid in you’, ‘have child-like inquisitiveness’, ’find the child in you’, etc. At some point, I felt it’s kind of cliché and my mind used to switch off or get distracted when such phrases were used.

However, a few months ago, I attended a session from our past District Governor DTM T K Ramesh and the session was filled with several humorous anecdotes, one liners, stories where even a saint dances with delight. I have fallen out of my seat on several instances during the course of the speech, tears rolling out of joy and I can never forget that.

To top it all, one of the photographers captured the moment where I was laughing from ear to ear and shared it in the group. There were no inhibitions, no stress, just a laugh with happiness like a child. I saw a child in me at that time.

I reflected on that incident and believed that the child in you can be brought out in many ways, but one sure way of unleashing would be by the power of humour. Using humour at right instances would help you to influence your audience by making them laugh like a child. Message can be conveyed in a subtle way followed by that lighter moment.

Now extending this logic to our professional or personal life, can we make the people around us to laugh or relax using the right amount of humour which can help bring out the child in them?

Do you know the recent addition in Pathways, Engaging Humour has got several supporting resources and options to develop your Humorous speaking skills?

Get ready and deliver your next speech, we are waiting to unlock the child in us once again, because of you!

Program Quality

Director - 92B

Boopathy Sankar, DTM


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Vice-Principal: Admissions

Raising two children at home has made me realize the most important quality of a child. Curiosity. It's so amazing how both my children look at the exact same object and ask totally different questions about it (sometimes, too many questions) ! One other unique trait in children is enthusiasm. How they squeal in delight when they touch a puppy, or dance in the rain, or get a new toy from their grandparents.

These same two traits seen in children, are important for us (adults) to sustain interest in anything that we are passionate about. Do you have that child-like curiosity and enthusiasm still alive in you? Have you come to a Toastmasters meeting, curious to know how the weekly roles you take will turn you into a better person? Have you been curious to find out what feedback you will receive for the speech you delivered with all your heart and soul?

The way you enthusiastically perform your roles, or motivate the other club members will go a long way in making the Toastmasters meetings fun and for great member experience. After all we learn best in moments of enjoyment!

Club Growth

Director - 92 A

Vanitha Rangarajan, DTM


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Vice-Principal: Admissions

The child in me loves to immerse himself in a sea of nostalgia, as I surf through life. It serves to entertain, educate and also bring forth the best memories that we have had. In this edition, as we immerse ourselves with our inner child, I am taken back to the first meeting that I had attended in Toastmasters as a guest, back in 2012, at Infosys, Mangalore, and I was immediately taken in by the enthusiasm of all members, and most importantly, Table Topics!!!! The childlike eagerness to participate, fuelled by the uncertainty of Table Topics was something that kept me coming again and again, for that elusive Table Topics Certificate!

Today, as we head into December, we are sure full of memories that we have made in the year, and this would sure bring forth some amazing Toastmasters memories of the year and the years gone by. And I would ask you, as a member, what was that first thing you felt in Toastmasters that made you come back again and again? What

keeps you as a Toastmaster and the child within you forever gushing forth? As you reminisce, introspect whether we are giving our members the same feeling of home that we have come to give to Toastmasters! Let's work towards building that exclusive experience for our guests and members, and let's excel in the love that we share in Toastmasters!

Thank you for being a part of our journey, thank you for being a part of this District. You make us better every day.

Club Growth

Director - 92B

Sagnik Biswas, DTM


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Art Director

When I was a child, I wanted to grow up quickly. Adults seemed to know everything, they had all the freedom to do what they want. They did not have to ask for permission. So you can imagine my disappointment as I grew up and all my theories were disproven.

Years later, I now look at childhood through the eyes of my daughter. And the biggest lesson I learn is to be fearless. Fearless to change. Fearless to unlearn. Fearless in discomfort. And as an adult, I realize my biggest strength is the freedom to make choices. Freedom to explore my potential. Freedom to learn and grow.

My favourite quote by Marianne Williamson- “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”

Public Relations

Manager

Geetha Prasanna, DTM


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Forte 2019 Needed direction on how to go about participating and judging in the upcoming contest season? Forte’19 was the place to be!

JTP and Forte are District 92 sponsored PQD initiatives where Toastmasters meet to learn the nuances of contest preparation, contest management and contest judging. It is a day-long workshop where District leaders, veteran Toastmasters and past contest leaders train and share insights on every possible aspect of International Speech Contest, Evaluation Contest and Table Topics Contest- be it for participation, preparation, execution, presentation, selection or judging. Forte and JTP was open to all Toastmasters and was attended by hundreds from across the divisions of Bengaluru, Mangaluru and Kerala.

Forte at Kerala was held on 3rd November at Le Meridian, Maradu, Kochi. Toastmasters of Division G, H and P came from the lengths and breadths of Kerala and spent their Sunday well by lending their ears to what the seasoned speakers had to say. Sessions touched upon topics like training for the judges, art of evaluation and International Speech Contest. Speakers were District 92 Chief Judge- DTM Nirmala Lilly, District 92 Director- DTM Rajkumar Bansal, CGD- DTM Vanitha Rangarajan, PQD- DTM Chimmu Kutty, District 92 International Speech Contest Champion- TM Saveen Hegde.

Forte at Mangaluru was held on 10th November at MSNM Besant Institute of PG Studies. Enlightening sessions were held by DTM Dr. C.K. Ballal, Chief Judge- DTM Nirmala Lilly, PQD- DTM Chimmu Kutty, TM Chentill Kumar, CGD- DTM Vanitha Rangarajan and DTM Bharathi Shevgoor. The sessions spanned across a variety of topics ranging from participation in International Speech Contest, Table Topics and evaluation to Judges Training. The speakers managed to provide a fun and fruitful learning experience for the attending toastmasters of Division F.

Forte @ Kochi

Forte @ Mangalore


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Forte at Bengaluru was held on 17th November at NetApp. Educom ensured that top notch and peerless sessions were rendered for the attendees which will be effectual in contest preparation, contest management and contest judging. Session on Judges’ Training Program and Contest Preparation workshop was taken by District 92 Chief Judge- DTM Nirmala Lilly. She explained all the elements present in contest judging and contest management with anecdotes. District 92 Director- DTM Rajkumar Bansal creatively presented a scene wherein he was engaged in a conversation with Toastmasters International President-DTM Deepak Menon. To top it all off, there was amazing and Avant Garde sessions on 'Table Topics Contest' by DTM Rajdeep Manwani, 'The Art of Evaluating a Contest Speech' by DTM T K Ramesh and 'International Speech Contest' by DTM Prathima Madireddy. DTM Chimmu and DTM Boopathy gave the PQD addresses wherein they brought forth their views about the significance of Forte and how this event has created noteworthy impact in the way Toastmasters have judged and managed contests. DTM Vanitha and DTM Sagnik delivered the CGD addresses where they enunciated diverse aspects of contesting and judging. They educated the attendees the prominence of wit and stage presence, shared their own growth hacks and encouraged Toastmasters to participate in forthcoming contests. The attendees were filled with awe and enthralled by the technique and approach used by the eminent Toastmasters who took the sessions. Their insightful thoughts, prolific language, humour made left indelible impressions in one and all. Forte truly represented the epitome of the ethos and views we cherish in Toastmasters.

Forte @ Bangalore


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A Glimpse of D92 Gavel Clubs Gavel clubs are a way of providing the Toastmasters experience to groups who are less than 18 years of age. These clubs have the same benefits as a regular Toastmasters club in enhancing communication and leadership skills. District 92 has very enthusiastic and highly talented young members in our Gavel clubs. The list of 9 registered gavel clubs in our District are as below.

• CHRYSANTHEMUM GAVEL CLUB Chartered in 2014, this gavel club has children aged 10 to 16 years. Toastmaster Dr Chaya Nair, is the counsellor of this young speakers club. She strongly believes that communication skills imparted at a young age will make them confident, bringing out the best leadership qualities in them. This will have a huge positive impact in their career too, she says.

Meeting day: Every Sunday Timing: 4:00pm to 6pm Venue: Shobha Chrysanthamum Apartments, Thanisandra, Bengaluru Contact: TM Dr Chaya, +91 99003 66833 • BEECHI GAVEL CLUB Beechi Gavel club's inception is a vision of its counsellor, Toastmaster Ullas. The club has 25 kids, and the club is active since 2017. The age group of the children of this club is 10-17 years. According to the counsellor Toastmaster Ullas, this club is a great platform for the kids to experiment and learn at a younger age which he did not have exposure to.

Meeting day: Every Saturday Timing: 5:00pm to 6:15pm Venue: Beechi #641, Opp.Chairman's Club, Kodigehalli Main Road, Sahakarnagar, Bengaluru Contact person: TM Ullas, +91 98452 64304 • DHWANI GAVEL CLUB Dhwani Gavel Club has youth between ages 8 to 18yrs. The Dhwani Gavel club was founded by Toastmaster Dr Sandhya Ramanujam who is the counsellor of the club along with Toastmaster Naina who supports the cub.

The gavel club helps kids overcome nervousness, improve public speaking skills, enhance leadership qualities, handle and give evaluations, become more outspoken and confident and develop impromptu speaking skills.

Meeting day: Every Sunday Timing: 4:00pm to 5.30pm Venue: Saama Wellness Centre, Srinidhi Towers, 3rd floor, Opp Shoppers Stop, Bannerghatta Road, JP Nagar, Bengaluru Contact: Naina J Nathan, +91 99450 39710


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• THE YOUNG LENGENDS GAVEL CLUB Chartered in 2019, this club has children of the age group 8 -17 years. This Gavel Club also conduct educational sessions once in two months on various behaviourial skills as well. DTM Kadiravan Pethi is the counsellor of this club. He enjoys working with youth as he sees them as leaders of tomorrow. ‘Catch them Young and Watch them Grow’ is the dictate he follows.

Meeting day: Every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month Timing: 3:30pm to 5pm Location: 2nd Floor, Sherlock's, Coles Road, Frazer Town, Bengaluru Contact: Suma, +91 99001 95270, [email protected]

• PSN BLOSSOMS GAVEL CLUB PSN Blossoms Gavel Club is the dream child of PSN Toastmasters club. DTM Mani, the counsellor of this gavel club, strongly feels, the importance of leadership, public speaking and communication at a tender age. This gave him the motive to start this club in the month of August 2019. As of today, the club has 24 kids. Meeting day: First and third Sunday of the month

Timing: 2:00pm to 4:00pm Venue: Golden Blossoms Apartments, Kadugodi, Bengaluru Contact: DTM Mani, +91 82851 67175

• ADARSH GAVEL CLUB This gavel club is known to conduct inter-gavel club speech contests. A registered gavel club close to two years now, the club has 30 registered members of age group 10 to 16 years. Toastmasters Rajesh Prabhu, Sudhanshi Panigrahi and Anjali Managoli manage this club.

Meeting day: Every Sunday Timing: 9:00am to 10.30am Venue: Adarsh Palm Retreat Apartments, Phase 3 Clubhouse, Near RMZ Ecoworld, Devarabisanhalli, Bengaluru Contact person: TM Anjali Mangoli, +91 98866 26848

• WORDS OF WHITEFIELD This is a newly registered gavel club located club at Whitefield of Bangalore, with 23 kids of age group 13-17 years. According to the club's counsellor Toastmaster Vinod Das, public speaking is an essential skill in today’s world, something not focussed on in the academic curriculum. This was the main motive behind starting this gavel club. The club is dedicated to provide young adults a platform to hone their public speaking skills.

Meeting day: Every Sunday Timing: 3:00pm to 5:00pm Venue: Gopalan National School, Mahadevapura, Bengaluru Contact: TM Vinod Das, +91 90085 77668


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• GAVEL CLUB OF KOCHI Developing our society is in our hands and the best way to do that is by developing today's children, believes the counsellor of Gavel club of Kochi- DTM Sreekumar.

This club started in July 2019 and has already seen active participation from all it's members.

Meeting day: Timing: 4:30pm to 6:30pm Venue: House no.KRRA 39, Thrikkovil Temple lane, Kannanthodathu road, Near Changampuzha metro station, Edappally, Kerala Contact: DTM Sreekumar, +91 98462 25343

• PRERANA GAVEL CLUB

This is a gavel club from Kerala with more than 30 registered members.

Meeting day: Second and fourth Saturday of the month Venue : Near Changampuzha metro station, Edapally, Kochi Contact person: TM Sunil Joseph, +91 98462 25343


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Division Highlights Division D

• Open house at Koch Toastmasters by Aniket Amdekar - 20th November.

• Education session on pathways at Unilever by Raja Vudatala - 20th November.

• Education session on Speech Development at Toast@GE by Nithila Henry - 22nd November.

• Rendezvous at Wipro Articulators. Clubs participated: Collins Bengaluru, Express2lead toastmasters and Wipro Articulators - 13 November.

• Education session of Evaluation by Abhinav Kashyap at Qonverse - 16th October.

• Brigade Talk'ys celebrated 5th anniversary on 22nd November

• Palm Meadows Toastmasters club chartered.

• Education session on pathways at Palm Meadows by Akshay Kaore on 16th November.

• Education session on Transformation through Toastmasters at Brigade Talkys By Padmanabh on 14th November.

• Express2Lead Toastmasters Club achieved 9 DCP points.

• NetApp Toastmasters Club, PSN Toastmasters Club, Unilever ETS Toastmasters Club have achieved 7 DCP points.

• Collins Bengaluru Toastmasters Club, Caterpillar Bangalore PSN Toastmasters Club and Flowserve Speak 2 Serve have achieved 5 or more DCP points.

• Hosted Forte at Netapp on 17th November for all divisions in Bangalore.

• Region 13 Advisor DTM Brillian S K and Club Growth Director DTM Sagnik Biswas visited Hoodi Toastmasters Club on 30th Nov.


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Division Highlights Division E

• Dhwani Toastmasters hosted Division E’s second meet named “Hysteria” on 10th November 2019. It featured an Improv-Humorous contest which included 3 spoons of humour, 2 spoons of table topics and 1.5 spoon of storytelling.

• NMIMS Bangalore Toastmasters Club hosted 1st Area E4 meet on 16th November 2019 in which 5 clubs (IIMB Orators, Ripplers, Transcend Toastmasters, BTM Toastmasters and NMIMS Bangalore Toastmasters) of Area E4 participated.

• TM Arvindh Sundararajan, TM Shylaja Sampath, TM KVM Kishore and DTM Deepak Justin delivered ed sessions at LKQI Speechcraft.

• A successful demo meeting was conducted at Begur Toastmasters on 24th November 2019.

• Clubs from Division E that won Smedley Award are Dhwani Toastmasters, Transcend Toastmasters, Lead India speaker club, IBC Titans Toastmasters, Ora*tors, IIMB Orators, WeSpeak Toastmasters.

• NMIMS Toastmasters and CMS Toastmasters will represent Division E in Emparch finals after securing top 3 positions in Emparch Zonals.

• DTM Tony Francis and TM Ravi delivered education sessions at IIMB Orators Club.

• Debate contest was conducted at LKQI Toastmasters on 22nd November 2019. DTM Rajdeep Manwani delivered a special session.


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Division Highlights Division F

• Division F conducted Forte for its members on Nov 10th at MSMN Besant College where members enjoyed Training on Being a contest Judge by DTM DR CK Ballal and giving Effective Evaluation by DTM Bharathi Shevgoor. Members also enjoyed the education session by DTM Chendilkumaran. District PQD, CGD and District Chief Judge were present to support the program. Training sessions for LEAD members also ran parallel conducted by DTM Chimmu.

• Division F conducted Division Premier League on Nov 24th, an half a day program where members participated in a division level Tall tale and Table topic contest.

• Young Leadership Program was conducted by Mangalore Toastmasters Club in Chinmaya School.

• Series of Joint meetings took place among the clubs in the division.


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Division Highlights Division N

• Newly charted club, Tredence Toastmasters club, dated 21st October.

• Caterpillar RMZ celebrated their 350th milestone meeting, 22nd November.

• SCB BTP Toastmasters Club celebrated their 25th milestone meeting on 28th November.

• TCS Maitree Bangalore Toastmasters club and TCS Maitree ITPL Toastmasters Club conducted a joint Open House and a talk by TM Pranab Singh on "Good Communication, Happy Customer" , on 20th November.


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Division Highlights Division O

• Zinnov Toastmasters Club and MCC Toastmasters Club were awarded Smedley Award for 2019.

• Division O was represented by TM Kartik Nellutla, TM Sindhuja Nanduri and TM Vineet Sinha in CGD Workshop and Leaders Conclave held on 1st December.

• This was the moment all members of Zinnov Toastmasters Club were waiting for! ZTC reached it's new milestone on 29th November 2019 when it completed 100 meetings. The milestone meeting turned out to be a grand celebration filled with lots of learning, fun and stories. Events which were lined up to make the 100th meeting memorable was a motivational & humorous session by TM KVM Kishore, a fun filled table topics session, the President & Area Director address, felicitation & recognition. Not to miss the yummy snacks at the end of the meeting.


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DeJavu DeJavu was the first joint Division event in District 92 for this year hosted by Division D and J. The event was hosted by Qonverse (Division D) on September 21st 2019. We witnessed the togetherness of 38 clubs which are part of Division D and J.

The event was attended by more than 150 members across Bangalore. The event kickstarted with the insightful and valuable education session on “Feedback that works” by Chandramouli Godhandaraman, DTM. Apart from sharing the new perspective on feedback, he also shared interesting tips and tricks when it comes to feedback.

It was followed by the excellent line up of 16 speakers from both divisions who delivered fantastic speeches from pathways to complete their levels and grow in their Toastmasters Journey. The speeches were also evaluated by experienced toastmasters across the District to ensure that the members take home a memorable experience.

DeJavu gave an opportunity to its members to interact with fellow Toastmasters from 38 different clubs and leaders who graced the occasion.more than that the event provided a platform for 16 toastmasters to complete their milestone.

We had 7 Toastmasters completing Level 1, 3 Toastmasters completing Level 2, 3 Toastmasters completing level 3, 2 Toastmasters completing CC and 1 Toastmaster completing his ACS.

It was a fruitful session as the members had good experience of hearing from the toastmasters outside the club and getting evaluation outside their club which helped them to come out of comfort zone.

The Organising committee containing the Division Directors: DTM Karan, TM Anirudha, Area Directors: TM Niket Dixet, TM J Anto Arokia Nithyaa, TM Bhamathi, TM Meghala Devi, TM Abhinav Kashyap S, TM Mallaiah YB, TM Aarushi Arora and TM Debadutta rath gave their best to make this event successful.

Special thanks to the host club Qonverse, who made this possible by giving the venue and the all the support for conducting this event. Last not the least, the relentless efforts of the event chairs TM Bidyut Dutta and TM Aarushi Arora, the program chairs, TM Bhamathi and TM Abhinav Kashyap S, the registration chairs, TM Mallaiah and TM Meghala devi and PR Chairs TM Niket Dixit and TM Debadutta rath resulted in a flawless event which benefitted lot of members from Division D and Division J.

In one word, DeJavu was indeed a Blockbuster, and we look forward to many more collaborations, growth, networking and to top it all, a lot of fun and delicious food!


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New Classmates

Club #7559732

Palm Meadows

Toastmasters Club

Area 1, Division D

Club #7527118

Asiet Toastmasters

Area 3, Division H

Club #7683956

Petrocil

Toastmasters Club

Area 1, Division H

Club #7679326

Litmus7 Kochi

Toastmasters Club

Area 3, Division G


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