Toastmasters Minutes of Meeting 16 February 2009

Table Topic

Guest Helen – Is it OK to be watching, so you think you can dance ?

Matt Morrison – Global warming on the rise ?

Guest Adrian – Will people change their behavior if they are told about ATM fees ?

Ross – Bailout package, how should people spend the money ?

Guest Issac – Complexities of the National Health System ?

Robert – Told us how he was hunted down by two cops in a rowboat ?

Prepared speeches

First Speaker: Yang.

Title of speech: How to live a more fulfilling live

Yang presents an educational speech about how to live a more fulfilling life. He derived his speech from a book titled: personal development for smart people.  He mentioned that to achieve that, it can be broken into 2 parts:

–          Body : What must I do? – Finance & Physical Body

–          Mind: What can I do? – your potential

–          Heart: What do I love to do? (Most important)

–          Spirit: What’s my life’s purpose? What should I do?

And

Value VS money.

He defined money as a medium for transferring of social value, and people should instead focus on their value instead of making more money.

Second speaker: Tram

Title of speech: Indian emerging global pharmaceutical

Tram discussed about how the world’s global pharmaceutical is heading for a decline due to 3 key threats: patent lost, risky and capital intensive to develop on the research. She mention that India is emerging in the field of global pharmaceutical because of a cheaper research capability.

 

Third Speaker: John

Title of speech: The hidden job market.

John spoke about the hidden job market and how to tap into it. His speech is based on the book: what colour is your parachute, a popular job hunting book. He mentioned about his life experience, on how after graduating with an MBA degree, he got a lot of skills but still hard looking for work. He said that the book helped him, by using various techniques he gotten from the book, he got the job.

Fourth speaker: Will

Title of speech: Virtual Reality

Will presented a humorous topic about virtual reality. He mentioned about an author called Eli Stull who have weird imagination. He dreamed about himself being a successful investment banker, with trophy wife and amasses of wealth. However, his dream is shattered when the global financial downturn take a toll, with many retrenchment coming along.

Winner of best table topic and evaluator: Ross Turetsky.

Winner of best speech: John

Toastmaster Minutes of Meeting 2 February 2008

Toastmasters Minutes of Meeting

Table topic speeches

Nikkho prepared the table topic speeches. The following are the topics:

Speaker 1: Hugh

Topic: What will be your most fascinating holiday

Speaker 2: Yang

Topic: Do you believe in fortune teller? What would you do in seeing one?

Speaker 3: Jessica

Topic: Could you please share some of your new year resolutions

Speaker 4: Tram

Topic: What’s your opinion on celebrating valentine’s day on the 15^th of feb?

Speaker 5: Ross

Topic: How many golf balls are in the air right now?

Speaker 6: Ken

Topic: Do you think global warming is coming? And what would you as an individual do about it?

Prepared speeches

Speaker 1: Tanya

Topic: Bubble/Personal Space

Tanya spoke about bubble/personal space, it’s sized around 60x70x40. She mentioned about how important it is for a person to protect his/her personal space. She also told us about how to protect the personal space under various circumstances such as sloberry kissing, crowded trains and in the office situations.

Speaker 2: Yang

Topic: Energy management

Yang spoke about energy management; how someone can be more productive by managing his/her energy level. This is taken from the book ‘the power of engagement’ by Tony Schwartz and video ‘wake up productive’, by Eben Pagan. He told us that there are 3 tips in order to manage energy: wake up early in the morning, drink water, exercise; start the day by eating your frog (start the day with your most important/significant task for that day and you complete it without distractions); and concentrate on a single tasking.

Speaker 3: Craig

Topic: Should I buy a sailing boat?

Craig spoke about his dilemma about whether he should buy a sailing boat. He mentioned that the main reason for him buying a sailing boat is because his 16 years old can’t stop playing computer games. However, he got doubt on this, because of 3 reasons: firstly is that he’s really a beginner in sailing, secondly he doesn’t have the money to buy it and thirdly is because he feared that his son will lose interest in his boat after several sailings and back to his computer games. However, he dreamt that one day he could sit on his boat looking at his son as the boat smoothly sails towards the sunset.

Winners

Best table topic: Tram

Best Prepared speeches: Tanya

Best evaluator: none