Blog of the IEM Toastmasters

The meeting on Thursday 10th May, 2012 was called to order by our SAA at 7.44p.m sharp. There were a total of fourteen attendees.

Attendees were:-
1. Chia Meng Yee
2. Lee Meng Tze
3. Anthony Kolandai
4. Kanagaraj Pillay
5. Chooi Jia Hoong
6. Alex Lu
7. Robert Ram
8. Andrew Soosainathan
9. Suresh
10. Eric Low (TARC TMC)
11. Jonathan Lim (TARC TMC)
12. Sivaneswaran (TTDI TMC)
13. Lee Tong Fong (Puchong Mandarin TMC)
14. Sukumar (Tamil KL TMC)

Word of the Day: Indelible

The meeting was started with the presiding officer welcoming all guests followed by all attendees introducing themselves. After a round of introduction, the presiding officer handed over control to the Toastmaster of the Evening.

The TME briefed the guests about Toastmasters and its journey. After the briefing, the TME called upon the role players to introduce their roles before proceeding with Table Topics session.

The table topics sessions saw three participants in which the topics were related to theme of the day “Election”.

After the table topics session, the TME called for a 15 minutes intermission.

The SAA called for the meeting to resume after the break and handed over control to the TME. It was time for Project Speech Session and there were four participants.

The participants for the Prepared Speech are as follows:-

1. Project No.2 from Competent Communicator Manual – “Presenting Super Passionate Club – Gold Award to IEM TM” by Lee Meng Tze, ACG, ALB.

2. Project No.5 from Special Occasion Speeches – “Accepting Award” by Chia Meng Yee, CC. ALB.

3. Project No. 3 from Specialty Speeches – “Sell A Product” by Andrew Nathan, CC.

4. Project No. 2 from Story Telling – “When Life Throws You a Pickle!” by Alex Lu, ACB.

After the project speech session, the TME invited the General Evaluator ACB, CL Suresh to take control. The General Evaluator invited other role players to present their report and after receiving their report, the General Evaluator presented his comments.

After the General Evaluator presented his comments, election of new office bearers was conducted and the following members are elected as the new office bearers for term 2012/2013:-

President : Lee Meng Tze, ACG, ALB.
Vice President Education : Alex Lu, ACB.
Vice President Membership : Kanagaraj Pillay, ACB. 
Vice President Public Relations : Andrew Nathan, CC. 
Secretary : Mariappan Chanachayai, CC. 
Treasurer : Chooi Jia Hoong, TM. 
Sergeant-At-Arms : Anthony Kolandai, TM. 

After the election, there were a few announcements before the meeting ended at 10.00pm

The meeting on Thursday 26th April, 2012 was called to order by our SAA at 7.44p.m sharp. There were a total of twenty three attendees which includes five walk in guest.

Attendees were:-
1. Chia Meng Yee
2. Lee Meng Tze
3. Anthony Kolandai
4. Dr. Yim Poh Wah
5. Kanagaraj Pillay
6. Chooi Jia Hoong
7. Alex Lu
8. Robert Ram
9. Andrew Soosainathan
10. SKL Walia
11. Cham Poh Wee
12. SK Ratnam (Extol TMC)
13. Shirley Bak (Extol & SJ Advanced TMC)
14. Emil Anthony (MAS & SJ Advanced TMC)
15. Dominic Joseph (Taman Indrahana TMC)
16. Jamila Khan (MAS & SJ Advanced TMC)
17. Wong Woon Pen (Efficient TMC)
18. Fong Su Yin (Guest)
19. Zarazilah bin Mohd. Ali (Guest)
20. Sim Bock San (Guest)
21. Yuvaraja (Guest)
22. Chong Ee Lean (Guest)

Special Guest : World-Renowned Speaker from USA (California)
23. Dana LaMon (Talents Unlimited & Speakers in the Wind, both in Lancaster, California, USA)

i) 1992 World Champion of Public Speaking
ii) Accredited Speaker of Toastmasters International
iii) Plenary Speaker at KL Annual Convention 2012

Word of the Day: Bonanza

This meeting was another milestone achievement for IEM Toastmasters as it was visited by a well accomplished, world renowned champion  speaker DTM Dana Lamon who is also TI Accredite Speaker and Plenary Speaker at KL Toastmasters Annual Convention 2012.

Watch Dana LaMon speak on KISS below:-

DTM Dana LaMon introducing himself.

Members and Guests.

Members and Guest.

The meeting was started with the presiding officer welcoming all guests followed by all attendees introducing themselves. After a round of introduction, the presiding officer handed over control to the Toastmaster of the Evening.

The TME briefed the guests about Toastmasters and its journey. After the briefing, the TME called upon the role players to introduce their roles before proceeding with Project Speech session.

There were four project speakers with a variety of speeches from both competent communicator manual and advance manual. The participants for the Prepared Speech are as follows:-
1. Project No.6 from Competent Communicator Manual – “Shake It Off & Step Up” by Anthony, TM.
2. Project No.1 from Storytelling Manual – “Ghost Festival” by Alex Lu, ACB.
3. HPL Presentation by Robert Ram, ACG, ALB.
4. HPL Presentation by Lee Meng Tze, ACG, ALB.

After the project session, the TME called for a 15 minutes intermission.

The SAA called for the meeting to resume after the break and handed over control to the TME. The TME invited the special guest DTM Dana Lamon for an Invocation.

After hearing a wonderful and inspiring speech from the DTM Dana Lamon, the TME invited and handed over control to the General Evaluator. The General Evaluator invited other role players to present their report and after receiving their report, the General Evaluator presented his comments. 

IEM TM President presenting a token of appreciation to DTM Dana Lamon.

Attendees for the Meeting.

There were a few announcements before the meeting ended at 10.00pm

The meeting on Thursday 12^th April, 2012 was called to order by our SAA at 7.44p.m sharp. There were a total of twelve attendees which includes one walk in guest.

Attendees were:-
1. Chia Meng Yee
2. Lee Meng Tze
3. Anthony Kolandai
4. Tan Ken Wayne
5. Kanagaraj Pillay
6. Chooi Jia Hoong
7. Alex Lu
8. Robert Ram
9. Andrew Soosainathan
10. Lim Terk Yiang
11. Lim Thian Seng (Taman Indrahana TMC)
12. Sivabalan (Guest)

Word of the Day: Ignominious   

This meeting was another milestone achievement for IEM Toastmasters as one of its members who have completed the Advance Speeches Manual received an Advance Communicator Bronze title. The award was presented to none other than Alex Lu, IEM TM Vice President Education by our Club President Chia Meng Yee during her speech to Honor A New ACB.

The meeting was started with the presiding officer welcoming all guests followed by all attendees introducing themselves. After a round of introduction, the presiding officer handed over control to the Toastmaster of the Evening.

The TME briefed the guests about Toastmasters and its journey. After the briefing, the TME called upon the role players to introduce their roles before proceeding with Table Topics session.

The table topics sessions saw five participants in which the topics were related to theme of the day “Controversies”.

After the table topics session, the TME called for a 15 minutes intermission.

The SAA called for the meeting to resume after the break and handed over control to the TME. It was time for Project Speech Session and there were four participants.

The participants for the Prepared Speech are as follows:-

1. Project No.5 from Communication on TV Manual – “Studying Financial Result” by Alex Lu, CC.
2. Project No.2 from Interpersonal Communication Manual – “The Successful Negotiator” by Andrew, CC.
3. Project No.3 from Competent Communication  Manual – “Honoring New ACB” by Chia Meng Yee, CC, ALB.
4. Project No.4 from The Leadership Excellence Series – “Resolving Conflict” by Lee Meng Tze, ACG, ALB.

After the project speech session, the TME invited the General Evaluator CC, Lim Terk Yiang to take control. The General Evaluator invited other role players to present their report and after receiving their report, the General Evaluator presented his comments.

There were a few announcements before the meeting ended at 10.00pm