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Club No. 858173

Division C, District

Mission of

ToastmastersTo provide a mutuallysupportive and positiv

learning environmen

in which every individ

ual

member has the

opportunity

to develop oral

communication

and leadership skills,

which in turn foster

self-confidence

MARCH 2011

The Editors Note

Newsletter of the JPKU Toastmasters Club,

New Delhi

Vol. 5, Issue 3; March 2011Images

Staying in Delhi we all know the importance of the spring season. This month, just like thespring, we have a lot of interesting things in store for you.We have Articles from International Speech Contestants of our club, take of a teacher aboutimportance of communication and regular feature theme articles.Apart from many interesting articles, we have three Know thy toastmaster two from newmembers and one from a reinstated toastmaster. Also we have our very own Hyde park sec-tion.Hope you have a spring time reading this months newsletter

Nitya RanjanVice President Public RelationsJPKU Toastmasters Club


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M2 CONTENTSToastmasters Benefits Page 3Message from LGM & President Page 4

Toastmaster of the Year 201011Page 18

Unleash Your Potential Page 5The Expert Way to fine tune your speech

- Deepak Menon

The Day I Reached The Stars Page 9The division conference through a contestants eye

- Sanchit Aggarwal

Communication Page 6The War of Words

- Sumit Dora

Speaking to Connect Page 8Confessions from a teachers mind

- Sangeeta Malik

Training Ground Page 7A training without guns and grenades

- Akhil Sood

My Story Page 10The journey of purpose and appreciation

- Sumit Dora

Know thy toastmasters Page 11, 12 and 13Lets get close and personal with our new members of the club

- Rahul Mittal, Nripen Mishra, Goonjan Mall

Meeting Theme Articles Page 14,15 & 16Another chance to express the thoughts

- Akhil Sood, Rahul Soni, Goonjan Mall

Hyde Park Page 17Thoughts of members over 300th Meeting Celebrations

Club DCP Report PImportant Announcements P

JPKU Through Camera Page 19 & 20Area & Division Level Contests, Nityas Birthday, DinnerParty,

Best Of The Month PageFind out our star performers week by week

Club Contact DetailsAcknowledgements


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Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that

teaches communication and leadership skills through a worldwide network of

clubs. The organization currently has more than 260,000 members in over

12,500 clubs in 113 countries. Since its founding in October 1924, by Ralph

C. Smedley in Santa Ana, California, the organization has helped more than 4

million men and women lead and communicate with poise and confidence.

Today, organizations around the world recognize the value of incorporating

Toastmasters training to help employees improve their communication and

leadership skills.

3 ABOUT TOASTMASTERS

JPKU Toastmasters Club is one of the leading community toastmasters club

in New Delhi, India. It was established on 2nd December 2005. It is located

in Safderjung Development Area. We hold meetings every Saturday at

12:30PM. Drop in to know more.

FeaturesWe Have ...

BenefitsIt Will ...

ValueWhich Means ...

Workshop-based communication skills

training

Improved communication

skills

Better teamworkImproved morale

Increased productivity

Company-sponsored training programOvercome anxiety and fearof public speaking

Self confidenceCareer advancement

Weekly meetingsReinforce lessons learnedcontinually

Skills learned are used and rtained

Opportunity for leadership roles Improved leadership skillsImproved management andcreased productivity

Low cost/very economicalWelcome everyone to benefitfrom the program

Great return on investment

Mutually supportive training environ-ment

Enhances teamwork and mo-rale

Decreased turnover and im-proved customer service

Prepared speechesTrain employees/person howto structure presentations formaximum effectiveness

Effective meetings and bettecommunication with custom

Table TopicsTeaches how to think fastand react to crises

Enhanced confidence and punder pressure

Critical evaluationsImproves ability to coachand help teammates

Smoother team functioningbetter performance

A key benefit for all employeesEnhance your job satisfac-tion and career

Employee retentionCareer enhancement

Meetings are kept lively and funImprove enjoyment of yourjob

People who enjoy themselveperform better

Opportunity to meet fellow employeesfrom other areas of the company/Peoplefrom other professions

Enhance diversity and team-work

Improved productivityLess absenteeism

Work at your own pace

Adapt with flexibility to em-

ployee/company schedule

No disruption or loss of pro

tivity

Training on how to properly conduct ameeting

Improve quality and resultsof meetings

Increased productivity and mrale

Active participation in the trainingAssist employees to learn bydoing with help from fellowclub members

Better teamwork, morale anproductivity

Leadership development programsDirectly improve leadershipskills

Reduced churn and bettermanagers

Features/Benefit/Value ChWhat is Toastmasters

About JPKU Toastmasters Club

No of Toastmasters Club: 12,500+

Worldwide Membership: 2,60,000+

Women Members: 130,000 (52%)

Members with College Degree: 205,000 (82%)

Industries in which Toastmasters are employed:

50,000 (20%) Sales, Consulting, Self Employed

45,000 (18%) Management

37,500 (15%) Government

37,500 (15%) Finance & Insurance

30,000 (12%) Education

Toastmasters Facts


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After Fantastic February and Marvelous March, April began on

astounding note. India is the well deserving winner of Cricket

World Cup and our enthusiastic members have not left any stone

unturned to write some unforgettable stories in Area and Divison

Contests.

JPKU Contestants managed a clean sweep in Area C2 Interna-

tional Speech Contest held on 13th March 2011. Sanchit Aggarwal

and Akhil Sood secured first and second position in Area C2 In-

ternational Speech Contest. Nitya Ranjan emerged as winner in

Area C2 Table Topics Contest.

Carrying on with the success at Area Contest, JPKU winners contested in the f

of Titans at Divison C contest held on 03rd April 2011 in Fortune Institute o

tional Business. Sanchit Aggarwal emerged as the Second Runners Up in In

Speech Contest. On the other hand, Nitya conquered the Divison Table Topi

and made JPKU Toastmasters proud. Wish her every success at Ovation 2011

in Mysore from 12th to 15th May 2011. I urge all of you to be part of this ga

combined District 82 to experience the best, to cheer for our club and testimon

cation of District 82 into two separate Districts.

JPKU Toastmasters club inducted five new members in the month of Fe

March 2011 and is eligible of Talk Up Toastmasters Ribbon from Toastmaste

tional. I am sure variety of profile of the club members will ensure quality i

during the meetings.

But this is not enough, there is still more to be achieved and I on behalf of EC

constant feedback and support in the path ahead. Our 300th Meeting is neaneed your support in making it a grand success.

Regards,

Vikas Kumar

PresidentJPKU Toastmasters Club

4 LGM & PRESIDENT SPEAKSCommunicate and Lead

The # 1 fear in the world is not dying, but public speaking. Yes,

more people are afraid of being asked to speak in public, than they

are of death. Yet, it remains the biggest irony of life as in todays

globalized world, communication has become a basic necessity for

survival. One has no choice but to master this skill, if one has tosurvive and thrive. Whatever the industry, profession, role or level, a

person has to have at least a basic level of speaking abilities. All

work today is team-work. And teams become effective when the

members communicate. Surveys reveal that just about 25% of our

students are employable. And the basic employability skill is the ability to effectively com-

municate in the language of choice. In short, people who communicate effectively, get

ahead in life.

Dear Members, membership in Toastmasters is never static, members keep on moving for

various reasons be it personal or professional. Most of you are new, who have been withthe club for less than a year. At present we have about 30 clubs in the National Capital Re-

gion of Delhi. Let me take you about 11 years back when we had only 1 club i.e. Toast-

masters Club of New Delhi. Some of its members thought of helping others by branch-

ing out and that is how we got our JPKU club.

One of those leaders who helped form our club indirectly helped us to develop effective

oral communication. Let it not stop here, we should also spread the word around and en-

sure that we are able to touch one life, add one member to the club.

Lets Communicate and Lead. Lets achieve greatness together.

Happy Toastmastering!

Vinay Jain

Lieutenant Governor Marketing - District 82N


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You have a speech to deliver at your Clubin the next meeting. You have worked hardat selecting a speech topic, doing researchfor it and then, painstakingly, writing it out.

You have discussed your speech with yourmentor and your mentor advises you to re-hearse your speech. Each time you re-hearse, you miss some portion of your

written speech and you have to refer toyour notes to get the words just right. Fi-nally, you feel you have rehearsed it oftenand are reasonably assured that you will re-member the speech as you wrote it.

The day of the speech dawns and the activity of butterflies in your stomach, multiplies.You feel queasy and somehow will yourself to go through the speech. After all, you are

a Toastmaster! You arrive early for the meeting, run through the notes once again just toreassure yourself that you remember every word and every nuance of the speech. Youare flooded with best wishes but at this time all you want is the meeting to get startedand the Toastmaster to invite you to speak.

Sure enough, it is your time to speak. After a glowing introduction by the Toastmaster,everyone is waiting with anticipation. You step up smartly (not that you feel very smart)and start speaking. You race through your speech, fearing that if you slow down, youjust might forget. Mid way into the speech, horror strikes. A word that you wanted touse, which conveyed all that you felt needed to be communicated, suddenly eludes you.

You fumble, you use a filler but, despite all the practice, your brain just refuses to re-call that crucial word. You somehow manage to move on and complete the speech but

feel that the impact, as you had planned, is gone. Dejected, you step back to your seat.Your evaluator commends you for the structure of the speech, the meticulous researchand vivid wordplay. She recommends more energy in the latter half of the speech andsuggests that perhaps you could have rehearsed a little more. You wonder if any morerehearsing would have altered the outcome. We have all, at some time or the other, faced

this situation while presenting our speeches. If not, stopreading beyond this point as this article is not for you!

So, how can you overcome your reliance on the written

word and learn to speak with confidence? The threesteps described below worked for me. However, you may

wish to experiment and explore other options before de-ciding which is best for you.

The first step is to recognize that the written word isa leash around your neck. The moment you forgeteven one word, the leash stretches and threatens tochoke you and prevents you from speaking further.

The second step is to discard this leash. Do not write out your speech or at the whole speech. Just jot down the structure and the main points of your speecbulleted list for the sub-points, anecdotes, examples and statistics that support t

points.The third step is to rehearse your speech. Flesh out the points that you havdown using words that you feel comfortable with. These will be easy for you and for the listener to understand. You must use a stopwatch while rehearsing tthat you finish your speech on time. Each time you rehearse, the speech will bdifferent but each time it becomes a little better. Polish it until it is ready for ttake.

Now that you have avoided writing your full speech, you can relax and be moreneous while presenting your speech. Your delivery will improve and you will nev

You have freed yourself from a self-inflicted yoke. Remember that even if yosome portion, only you know about it and not your audience. Do not fret abou

smoothly move on to the next point. You will feel more confident at the meewish for more speech slots to develop your new found freedom!

Its now time to unleash your potential!

M5 UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIALDTM Deepak Menon is Immediate Past District 82 Governor and has been nominated as Region 13 Advisor for 2011 - 12 term. Professionally, Deepak is a Partner ofpur & Uberai, Chartered Accountants firm in Safderjung Development Area.


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As living beings we need to interact with our-selves and the environment around us. Thusthe urge to connect internally and externallygave rise to different forms of communication.

It includes everything from audible, visual andintuitive modes. In todays world with help oftechnology, we have been to broad base ourcommunication to a larger audience, reduce de-livery time and made it interactive.

Communication has been the very basis of human progression. From the time a child isborn to the time people forget about the dead soul, communication helps the being in

various ways. Here are some

The first and foremost is expressing emotions, through words and gestures. Later ittakes complex forms such as art, craft, painting, music and dance. As we start express-

ing we begin to disseminate information and share ideas. Today thanks to social net-working sites, we have been able to harness this ability and reach out to the world forreactions, comments and suggestions. Further as we continue to disseminate informa-tion, we build relationships that facilitate dialogues, a feeling of community belonging-ness. Communication in a relationship can take forms like intuition and mutual under-standing. It doesnt matter what you say or do, ultimately its how you make a person feelleaves an impression and creates a bond between individuals. In India, you cannot dobusiness if you do not have good relations (read contacts). So communication can helpdevelop a community and also make money.

The western world has primarily focused on external communication for heightenedawareness, while eastern philosophy suggests that internal communication is the key to

higher forms of consciousness. Internal communication includes how we deal with ourthoughts and beliefs. Praying to God is part of internal communication to strengthenour beliefs and passing all the unprocessed information collected to the almighty. Itslike if you dont have enough space on your laptop drive, you transfer it to server.

All in all, communication in our day to day lives isthe key to growth. Having said that, it is not easy tocommunicate the way we want or to the people we

want. There could be a number of barriers that

hamper our ability in this field. Lets take up the firstone, people are often misunderstood because ofchoice of words, tone and expression. There is aquote The meaning of the message is the re-sponse you get. Style of communication is a multipurpose tool. It can be used in a way that would putyour audience to sleep (most of our professors aremasters in this) or it could ignite fire in the heartsof people so as to die for a cause. Other set of bar-riers that prevent us from communicating effec-tively include language, cultures, gender and finallyour own courage to speak up.

Another aspect of communication is debate in more formal terms and arquoted informally. As Toastmasters we have all heard healthy debates and contin our day to day lives, thanks to inflated egos, fifty percent of communicationment. We just dont agree to another viewpoint. There is a funny story on comtion between two greatest creations of God. The title is The Silent Treatmentand his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other thtreatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wifehim at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be thebreak the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, 'Please wake me

AM .' He left it where he knew she would find it. The next morning, the man w

only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was ago and see why his wife hadn't wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paperbed. The paper said, 'It is 5:00 AM . Wake up..' Its clear never challenge a wom

argument, she can win it without speaking.

M6 COMMUNICATIONSumit Dora is a commerce graduate from Sri Ram College of Commerce. His first job was at NDTV as business reporter. Alonhis job, he completed two levels of CFA, USA and is currently working as a Knowledge Specialist with McKinsey & Company.


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Years and years earlier, The moment I heardthe word training and I could only think aboutguns and grenades. I had always associated it

with the militants In Kashmir. Today, the dy-

namics of the changing world has reshuffledmy thoughts as much that the militants donteven feature in my ideas, after listening thesame word training. We all have undergonedifferent training therapies at both personaland professional levels but the latest work-shop I attended was completely different.

To begin with, it wasnt organized at a swanky hotel. Wait a minute, as I just remem-bered, everything related to the training was miles from being called organized. It tookplace at the residence of our club president Vikas Kumar. The training timings werepeculiar. It did start on weekend but it was post dinner. The person addressing the audi-

ence was a trainee and the audience was the trainer. The trainee had to show the stagepresence and there was just two people watching him, placed comfortably in each cor-ner. The only sophisticated technical devices used in the entire session were mobilephones and television. The phones were used to make calls, send messages, sometimesto time the speeches and make videos whereas the poor television was just there toshow us the last three deliveries that Ashish Nehra bowled to Robert Peterson, Well itcould be the last three deliveries he ever bowled in an international match.

Every time one of the trainers moved, the trainee was distracted and he had to make afresh beginning. The moment the cameraman looked up over the camera, the trainee

was dead. May be he had committed the crime of his life whereas it was just the casethat the cameraman was relaxing his neck muscles. The speeches were repeated so many

times that all three of us knew both the speeches well enough. It was like watching athrilling murder mystery again and again and sit through it with most innocent looks

when we knew the climax pretty well. All it took was three hours of hard work eachnight after dinner to get the nod from our President and the other trainer. It meant we

were ready for the contest and when we retired to bed, the only concern we had was

nothing related to the speech, butthe question was will we get up intime and reach the venue and gladly

we managed to do it.

Tough it was, But that was the way

Sanchit and I prepared for the Area

contest and since we both won, there

are no complaints. Considering the

phenomenal success rate we

achieved, we are back to our training

ground, just in time for the division

contest. Feel free to join us there, we will do well with some more trainers.

M7 TRAINING GROUNDAkhil Sood is Vice President (Education) of the club and is known for his meticulous planning and enthusiastic approach towards everything. Professionally, he is an eneur and runs his own coaching academy in Faridabad Area. He is very passionate about Cricket.


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Raise your right hand, said the teacher. Theright hand is the one with which you write.

The student raised her left hand and said Thisis my write hand .I write with it.A good

teacher speaks but a great teacher communi-cates and connects.

How many of us still recollect those Armchair Teachers? I can still visualize them sit-ting behind the table, acting as a superior be-ing, letting out a volley of words, transmittingan array of facts, and shooting out wisdom of

knowledge accumulated through years of repeated voyages through the leaflets ofbooks.Going down the memory lane, I do remember a handful of them who were a classapart. What made them special was that they knew how to talk so that the kids listened

and to listenso that the kids would talk.

Do this project by Friday the teacher commanded. Fifteen of forty students failed todo it. The teacher said, the students heard, but the communication failed. It just endedin an illusion or an imitation of communication. Proper Communication occurs only

when it produces the desired results. If the speaker and the listener move forward to-gether then the learning can take care of itself.

For students,Communication may be subject specific, or may help expanding their vo-cabulary, may be to enhance their value, or interactions with others, but one thing is cer-tainTeachers talk can bring about a positive or negative influence on their littleminds. They may be growth stimulators or growth inhibitors .Their impact on masses is

massive. Their body language, intonation, expression are all part of the communicationimpacting a whole being of the future generation. On the flip side, lack of communica-tion can turn people with remarkable knowledge into virtual disasters and failures.

Just close your eyes and imagine a teacher whose passion and enthusiasm reflects as sheunfolds a new topic. She uses voices that ebb and flow as the new story opens up. There

is an element of surprise as she steps into a new realmof knowledge. A mystery unfolds as the facts are dis-covered, and as the day progresses the effective com-ponents of communication emerge victorious with

desired results at the end of the day.

Such an important aspect is not dealt in the regularB.ed. and the other teacher training courses. I wishthey could all have a toastmasters training to helpthem to evolve as an effective speaker by speaking in aclear, concise manner using short simple sentencesand express themselves with good body language, im-pressive pauses, phrases, words and voice modulation.

And above all Enable the teachers to speak to in-dividuals in a group and also speak to a group as

they are an individual.

M8 SPEAKING TO CONNECTSangeeta Malikhas been the past Secretary of JPKU Toastmasters Club. She is a Teacher by profession and is employed with Delhi Public School, Vasant Vihar which itigious school in South Delhi.


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I am not a very old member of Toastmastersclub. Its been only 8 months since I startedmy journey at JPKU Toastmasters club. Ithas been a ride, which never had any lows. Ihave just gone higher and higher. My lasthigh was Division C contest. It was a newkind of experience altogether. Best of thebest were present there, and I was participat-ing. A room filled with toastmasters fromPunjab, U.P and of course Delhi.

For every participant it was a challenge. Itwas the time to face the crowd; to look into the eyes of people and speak; toconvey their message to every person sitting in the room. I dont know about

anyone else but I was nervous. I had never faced such a big gathering before.Chits were picked and I was speaker number 7. Contestants started speakingone by one. Each one had the message better than the other; unique than theother. I started shivering more as the time passed. Finally when I was called, Ifelt as if the time had stopped. I could just feel everyone looking at me. All ofthe nervousness went away in a flash, when I heard the applause, climbing thestairs of the stage. I think I did okay presenting my speech. I was happy whenthe speech ended, people applauded again and I was back on my seat.

Apart from International Speech Contest there was also Table Topics contest,and I sincerely thank god that I was not participating in that contest. It was

not possible to win that day from Nitya. She has always been an excellent Ta-ble topics speaker but that day she was on a roll. She delivered such an ex-traordinary speech that by the end of her 2 minutes, everyone knew that todayshe will walk away with the 1st prize.

Finally, it was time for the results. Fortable topics, Nitya, as expected, baggedthe 1st prize. But for the internationalspeech contest, it was a tough race.

There were some excellent speechesdelivered that day. My mind was full ofpermutations and combinations. I wastrying to picture myself in the top 3places but it was not easy. Finally, 2ndrunners up award was declared and it

was me. I couldnt believe it. For thefirst 5 minutes, I was not even surethat I was awake or asleep. That was

one of the finest moment of my life.

Somehow, I won that day; not the first prize, nor the place in the next l

contest but an acknowledgement that someday I will be a good speaker

M9 THE DAY I REACHED THE STARSSanchit Aggarwal is present Sergeant at arms of JPKU Toastmasters Club. He completed his graduation from NSIT Delhi. He is a gadget freak and loves reading abonology. He works as a Technology Consultant with Abus Security Center, which is a video surveillance firm.


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Scared of speaking, far from preaching,always found himself as the audience ina meeting

So content in life,had always adhered to his mother,teachers and wife

Long ago he had forgotten,his ability to frame opinion and expresshad rotten

But like a candle wicking in a stormstood this desire to speak, influence

and perform

Who on the earth was willing to help this guy,all he could say..Can I try?

Forget addressing a crowd,he could not speak out loud...

His early mentors shook their headsRethink your desire...for you lack that fire

Then came Toastmaster, it was an elevatornot only to go up but to move faster

Today the guy stands in front of you roaring like lion,

for he has been moulded like hot molten iron.

Proud to be a Toastmaster,,now he can stand for a causeand the audience doesn't miss an applause

Toastmasters had transformed his lifefor it had offered a stage not so high,yet enough to make elephants fly

M10 MY STORYSumit Dora


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Q1 How did you get to know about toastmasters? How is the journey sofar?

I learned about toastmasters from Poonam Jain. The journey so far is excit-ing. This provides a forum to meet wonderful people and hone communica-tion and leadership skills.

Q2 Working with TCS has made you travel far and wide. Please sharethe best trip you had

Working with TCS and previous firms have certainly made me travel. I haveover 2 million flying miles under my belt. Best or rather most interesting trip -Flight from West Palm Beach, FL to Altanta, GA takes 2 hours but for one ofmy trips I ended up spending over 12 hours - 2 hrs of flying from West Palm

Beach to Airport over Altanta, 1 hr circling over Altanta (due to bad weatherflight could not land), 1 hour fly back to Greenltalville, SC (as flight finallycould not land in Atlanta due to extremely bad weather) and finally rented acar and drove 8 hours to reach Altanta. I was supposed to reach home in Al-tanta at 2 pm but reached at 2 am instead.

Q3: What is Rahul passionate about?

Passionate about everything that I do. Can't survive without it? It is a blessingas well as curse for me.

Q4: Its 9 months for 2012 and the first signs are showing. What is yourtake on this?

First signs are usually a false alarm.No need to worry. I will rather advisenot to spend your whole wealth, we

will survive.

Q5 What are the areas where toast-masters can help you?Being a consultant, communication issomething which is my bread and but-ter and Toastmasters can definitelyhelp me in enhancing it further along

with honing my leadership skills.

M11 KNOW THY TOASTMASTERRahul Mittal is an engineer by education and a consultant by profession, He is currently working with TCS. Lets hear fromthe horses mouth...


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Q1 What brought you to Toastmasters?

Evan Esar said Publicspeaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. However, that is exactly the kind of speaker I want to avoid becom-

ing. Public speaking has always given me jitters, more so when it is impromptu. I haveparticipated in debates, and have been giving presentations. And havent done too badlyat either, but I want to be better and not only at speaking but also learn about stagepresence, audience appreciation, and delivering content and concepts in a distinctivestyle of my very own.

And, the best way to overcome thy fears is to face them head on. It has been just

around one month since I joined the club and despite attending just 4 meetings, I feel a

difference.

Q2 How will you like to sum up your experiences at Toastmasters?

My perception about Toastmasters has changed over the last month. Like most othermembers, I joined the club to hone my public speaking, leadership skills blah blah blah.

But frankly speaking, it has been much more fun. Here, you learn but not in the conven-

tional way.

Q3: Tell us something about the Nripen whom we dont know?

With me what you see is what you get. I love challenges and tend to get bored when

things get monotonous. New roles and assignments keep me going. Rest I would reveal

in my Ice Breaker speech.

Q4: What is Nripen passionate about?

The title song of Hindi film legend Raj Kapoors movie Anadi very aptly puts every-thing in one phrase: Sab kuch seekha humne, Na seekhi Hoshiyari; Sach hai Duniya

walon ke hum hain anari But jokingaside, I am always very puzzled whenthis question pops up. From what Iunderstand Passion is something

which you absolutely love doing. Myhobbies/interests have changed radi-cally over the years. I have experi-mented with lot of new stuff, trying tofigure out the right combinations. Buton a second thought, despite all theconfusion and chaos- reading books,power system markets (yes, I am an in-

veterate geek) and soccer are a fewthings that I have always loved doing

Q5:Any Closing Remarks?

For me, the one thing that makes Toastmasters stand out is its incubative and eenvironment. Whether it is a role play or table topics or prepared speeches, evgets an opportunity to participate and learn at every step. The positive and consfeedback which is an integral part of the mission as well as style of functioningclub, are commendable indeed.

M12 KNOW THY TOASTMASTERNripen Mshra is an engineer and is currently working with POSOCO (Power Grid Corporation of India Limited). Lets getclose and personal with him.

We are all apprentices in an art, where no oever becomes a master

-Ernest Hemingway


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Q1 What brought you to Toastmasters?

Ah! It's the usual suspect. I was very scared to even stand up in public and even speakout my name. Whereas, my dad is a great public speaker. He kept on pushing me hard to

go on to the stage and speak. With a will to overcome the fear and someday be like mydad I decided to work on public speaking. If you start working on public speaking, ob-

viously the first thing you come to know about is Toastmasters. I googled, read a coupleof blogs and went to the toastmasters website. And it was that very day, I decided to bea part of this revolution.

Q2 You are a reinstated Toastmaster. How will you like to sum up your experi-

ence at Toastmasters so far at Bangalore Toastmasters Club and then at JPKU

Toastmasters Club?

Well, you cant compare the two experiences. With an average attendance of over 80people, Bangalore Toastmasters Club is the Granddaddyof all toastmasters clubs in theDistrict. And I have been very fortunate to start my Toastmasters journey at BTMC.

JPKU on the other hand is the friendliest club. The experience at JPKU so far has beenfantastic. In fact, I get up on a Saturday morning only to come for JPKU meetings tomeet friends and have fun! Cheers to JPKU. Cheers to us!!

Q3 Tell us about your professional life and importance of effective communica-

tion there?

I work in a consulting firmBain and Company. Do I now have to say anything abouthow important communication is?

Q4: You seem to be a great table topic master. So where is that you design these

topics?

I have a simple three step recipieThink about a basic theme or style oftable topic say, two person role play

Research (This essentially meansGoogle. And remember, I am a cham-pion in Googling!)Mix it, shake it and twist it. Add somered chilies. And enjoy a good sessionof table topicsserved red hot!!

Q5: Team SRK or Team Aamir?

I am a perfectionist. And I admireAamir.

Q6: Any suggestions for us?

Just onecontinue what you are doing. And I am sure, JPKU will scale new heig

M13 KNOW THY TOASTMASTERGoonjan Mall is a passout form BITS Pilani and is currently working with Bain & Company and has just joined the club af-ter a stint with Bangalore Toastmasters Club. He is passionate about chess, cricket and entrepreneurship .

"I dreamed a dream in time gone byWhen hope was highAnd life worth livingI dreamed that love would never dieI dreamed that God would be forgiving

Then I was young and unafraid

And dreams were made and used and wastedThere was no ransom to be paidNo song unsung, no wine untasted"

- Les Miserables


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Let me take you back to an age which you all loved, when you were toddlersand the only thing you loved was toddling. A couple of years later, when yourparents decided you had enjoyed enough and the time was apt for you to plantthe first seeds of learning. Next day, before you can realize, you find yourselfin a play school and the first reaction you had was never to let your parentsleave. You didnt want to be left out but you are too small to make an impactand you had to undergo the tortuous week by feeling the agony of your par-ents leaving you deserted. A week later, however, the story takes an unprece-dented U turn. You dont feel the agony, You are comfortable in your sur-

roundings, the first learning have been imparted, your first love has just takenshape. It was the colors, yes those joyfully bright and attractive colors whichindulged you for the most of your day there. There was no shortage of paperthen, no lack of willingness to color. No wonder, why we find most of theplay schools in the brightest hues.

Colors have seized a significant po-sition in our daily lives. We havebeen attracted to colors always andthat made the festival of Holi spe-

cial and appealing. Each of us de-cides his favorite color. Each de-cided color meant something in lifeand the first traits of your personal-ity are drawn. The colors keep fad-ing as we grow up. One day youconquer everything, the next dayreceive everything which you didnt deserve the previous day. Welcomeors of life and they come with a warning that they change without theest notice. I urge each one of you to take a stand and dont let thesefade away. The brightness is important and please try to make it stay.

The theme of the meeting was colors of life and it was decided to ke

the theme in accordance with the festival of Holi. The meeting had on

speech by Akhil Sood and it was subjected to a panel evaluation, lead b

chit Aggarwal. The tabletopics round was conducted by Vaibhav Vash

and tested the present guests and members alike. It was a good fun mee

M14 MEETING THEME ARTICLESColors of life - Akhil Sood

The color of truth is gray.

- Andre Gide


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Why was Communication chosen as the theme of the meeting? I will begin to answerthis with the Quotation I started my speech with and that is the basis for the theme.

The Single Biggest Problem in Communication is the Illusion that it has taken placeGeorge Bernard Shaw.

All through my life I kept wondering communication is all about reading and listeningto whatever suits you. It was only in the last few years of my life I have had to unlearnand relearn lots of things about communication. As a concept, communication is a

work in progress. No one can ever say that I am an authority over communication. Onecan master a particular aspect of it, but to master the whole of communication and sur-

vive in this imperfect world will be a real challenge.

We all travel every Saturday and fight our fears to stand in front of our fellow membersto gain that extra bit of confidence which will result in better articulation of ourthoughts when we step out into the world. Every time I have an important meeting

coming up, I try to keep it after Saturday so that the extra confidence I gain by partici-pating in the meeting helps me sound and appear confident in front of the stakeholders.

We had two Ice breaker speeches lined up for the meeting out of which only one mate-rialized. It takes a lot of courage for one to step forward, drop all the inhibitions, becandid and yet maintain composure while delivering your maiden speech. That is whenone realizes that we all have a long way to go in order to assimilate our thoughts andpresent them in the best possible manner. During the first speech, holding onto nervesis all that non verbal communication is all about. Little does one realize that Non VerbalCommunication constitutes 70% of our verbal message. It is during uncertain momentsthat our body language conveys more than our words do. Situations and Events eruptout of nowhere and a near perfect response is expected out of you. How do we ensure

that we dont crumble and say what is to be said? That is the art of thinking on our feet. That is where the real aspect of Communication as per me comes to the fore andsweeps us off the ground.

All said and done, what is Communication? An easy assimilation is that Communicationis 20% of what one knows and 80% of how one presents it. Participants say what theyhave to say, have they been able to convey the desired meaning? Have they been able to

motivate and move one towards taking action? Can theirwords help us fight the inertia that is making it difficult forus to take the leap towards greatness? Well all that is at-tended to during the evaluation session which comprises ofthe listening section. Whoever said Communication is allabout talking and not listening? We start with the end inmind, waiting for effective evaluation to help us become bet-ter and effective communicators.

M15 MEETING THEME ARTICLESCommunication - Rahul Soni


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Kill the Kangaroos. Kill the Kangaroos.This is what the entire nation wanted from the Men inBlue. And what did we do? We slaughtered the yellow Kan-garoos.

What next?Its time for the granddaddy of all matches. Its the ultimatearch-rivalry. Its Men in Blue v/s Men in Green. Its India

v/s Pakistan. On Wednesday, the world will stop!And, the world did stop. Even Gods had their eyes fixed atthe PCA Stadium in Mohali.

Two very interesting things happened that day:1.) India thrashed Pakistan. A splendid demonstration of will, skill and passion by us.2.) Yours truly witnessed the match from the stands of Mohali. J

Yes! I was a member of the Blue army. An army of 40,000 tri-color bearers, being ledby 11 championsthe Indian cricket team.

The experience was electrifying. That feeling was un-imaginable. It was awesome!Let me take you through my world.

Before I got the tickets:Ah! Whats the point of going to a stadium to watch a match?Its just too much trouble. And, you will miss the details. I am very happy to watch thematches on TV. With replays. And commentary. My comfortable beam bag, cold drinksand chips! What else do you need?

Then I got an email. It readCongratulations! You have been selected in the ICCCWC 2011 Ticket Public Re-poll Ballot for Semi Final 2-Mohali

Now I have the tickets: I was jumpingwith joy! I cant wait for 30th March. My leaverequest to my manager readSir,I got tickets for the Mohali match. I have to go. Kindly approve my leave on 30th March.Thanks!Goonjan

PS: On 30th March, either I am on a vacation or I am sick! JPPS: Please please please approve!

During the match: I was on the 7th heaven. To see the God him-self at arms-length, playing his classic straight drives and coverdrives was the experience of a lifetime. The magic, the madnessand the Mexican waves in the stadium were mesmerizing!

Post match: I was the most satisfied man on Earth. We won! I hadtears in my eyes. Everyone had! The euphoria was just un-ending!

This entire episode had me thinking. They saywe are a cricketcrazy country.But, are we? Na! I dont think so. We are an India crazy country. And, will alwaysdia crazy.

We love India!Go India! Go!!

M16 MEETING THEME ARTICLESGo India Go - Goonjan Mall


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M17 The HYDE PARK - 300th MEETINGThe Hyde Parkin London is famous for its Speakers Corner, which allows anyone and everyone to speak on a topic for as long as they can unless the police finds it o

and the Hyde Park police has had a history of being offended very rarely even on sensitive issues. As a salutation to the freedom of expression, we bring Hyde Park

don to our newsletter, and invite everyone to publish their comments on a certain topic, which for this month is: Ideas for JPKU 300th Meeting Celebrations"

We can make 300 as our theme and contribute to learnings from the movie 300that can be applied in a Toastmaster situation. Top of my mind, here is what I

think

Learnings from the movie1. Know your surroundings, and choose the battleground that most suits yourstrengths2. The gods arent always right, do whats best for yourself, above all else.Keep your skill set sharp, cause you never know when you might have to defendyourself.

Applied to Toastmaster situation Know your audience and select the topic and style that depicts you rather thancopying someone else's

Mentors or Best Speakers are not always right...Develop the art to trust yourgutBe ready with a joke, anecdote or a witty one liner...You never know when Ritu

will call you on Table Topics

Sumit Dora

300th meeting is an occasion of pride as well as joy. It should be a perfect fit b

systematic meeting and a fun filled party. I think the meeting can start with 2-3

taken by senior members and then we can have a small table topics session. Ionly help our guests to better understand Toastmasters but it will also show th

excellence we have in our clubs. Rest of the evening can be like a normal p

dance and music with around 80-100 people.

The 300th meeting has to be special. So weshould have a party-cum-meeting.

We should focus the meeting on our achieve-ments as a club.Also it should be open for everyone in the NCR.the meeting should have celebrations as its theme

Nitya Ranjan

It has to be a grand celebration and hencespecial meeting1) Masquerade Ball2) Dinner and dancing3) A day trip to some nearby place

(Nimrana) and back4) Color Theme (All members in same color)

Sanchit A

Ritu

1. 300 Rs per person for the tions :)2. Lets Donate 3000 - collecthat day and make that as miEveryone speaks one joke ea

Sameep

Meeting on Ho-Ho Bus In-house Jam session.

Interclub celebrations

Akhil Sood
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M18 TOASTMASTER OF THE YEAR 2010 - 11

Vikas Kumar is currently President of JPKU Toastmasters Club. He is a Graduate fromDelhi College of Engineering and Post Graduate from Indian Institute of ManagementLucknow. He is currently working with Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. He

received Division C -Toastmaster of the Year award for 2010-11 for being themost helping 'non-District official' across clubs and areas in Division C

JPKU Toastmasters and 50 others like this

Paramveer Nain Vikas is the sturdy pillar of JPK

masters Club.

Sanchit Aggarwal Mr, Malik,, Mr. President, Mmaster of the year for division C, Mr. Superman.

Nripen Mishra The hand that is rocking JPKU ising the Division C. He has taught us to speak as taught to leap!!

Sameep Taneja A bright, young and energized Tter

Akhil Sood Vikas won the award, we are all happwill be happier if you give a party.

Nitya Ranjan Vikas epitomizes un "ORGANISAand he supports "PRINT EVERY DOCUMENEARTH movement.

Sangeeta Malik The meeting in which Vikas is sent, shall not be counted.


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M19 JPKU THROUGH CAMERA - Contests

AREA - C2 International Speech & Table Topics Con-test

13th March 2011NDIIT, Kalkaji

Division - C International Speech & Table Topics Con-test

03rd April 2011FIIB, Vasant Vihar


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M20 JPKU THROUGH CAMERA

Nitya Ranjans Birthday Celebrations

Dinner Party


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results!!!

5th March: Akhil Sood12th March: Akhil Sood

5th March: Vikas Kumar12th March: Vikas Kumar5th March: Mala Malhotra12th March: Nitya Ranjan

19th March: Pranshu Arora26th March: Vikas Kumar andGoonjan Mall

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results!!!

M21 BEST OF THE MONTH

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M22 CLUB DCP REPORT

JPKU Toastmasters Club has achieved this milestone onceagain. Congratulations to all members of the club.

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M23 ANNOUNCEMENTSApril Renewals:Renewals for next term (April 2011 - September 2011) are due. Pleasepay your dues as soon as possible to any Executive Committee mem-ber. This will help our Club achieve Golden Gavel Award.

Ovation 2011Annual Conference of District 82 will be held in Mysore from 12 - 15May 2011. Register for the event and be ready to have a life time ex-perience in Mysore. (For Details: http://www.ovation2011.in/ )

300th Meeting

JPKU Toastmasters Club will celebrate its 300th Meeting on 28th May2011 (Saturday). We need your help in ideas for the event, organizingthe event and participation in the meeting.Akhil Sood and Sumit Dora are the MCs for the same.

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JPKU TM Calendar - April 2011Meetings:April 2, April 9, April 16, April 23, April 30Please contact Vice President (Education) - Akhil Sood( [email protected], 9810820409) to grab the roles for the nextmeeting.Special This Month:April 3: Division C Conference


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Club No. 858173

Division C, District 82

Always Ahead!

Copyright JPKU Toastmasters Club, 2011

No part of this newsletter maybe printed or reproduced out intimating the JPKU Toastmasters Club. All enquirierequests should be directed to the clubs public relations mittee at [email protected].

I would like to extend my gratitude to everyone who contrib

the newsletter. Thanks to Deepak, Vinay, Sumit, Akhil, RahuSangeeta and Sanchit for their support. Finally, I would like cially mention the names of Rahul Mittal, Nripen, and Goontheir prompt contributions.

Images is published on the last day of the month. All contors are requested to send in their entries to jpkutm@gmaiby the 25th of the month.

Important Links:

JPKU Toastmasters: http://jpkutoastmasters.webs.com/Division C members: [email protected]

District 82: http://www.t82.org/

M25 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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