Halloween.

Halloween was excitedly celebrated in Jakarta Toastmaster Club. Take a look to the pics below to know on how fun we were!!

We're ready for Halloween!!

The Delicacies. Treat or Trick???

We're dare to have the meeting in the dark. It's Halloween!!

Harlina Indra, the distinguished member.

Celebration as Distinguished Club

Hall of Fame

Great Achievement in September

We have one happy news to share...

Members from Jakarta Toastmasters Club (JTC) did a great job in Speech Contest area I-1 on September 18, 2011.

We are very proud that Bahtiar Manurung and Thomas Alfiandes, who represented JTC in the contest in prepared speech session, became the first winner and second runner-up. Beside that, we also did a great achievement in evaluation session as Ignatius Ronny and Johan Setiawan, both from JTC, were first and second best evaluator.

Bahtiar Manurung will represent area I-1 in the next level competition. And of course...we wish him a very good success.

Cheers.....

Back to Menara Imperium

After 2 weeks moving to Ayam Bulungan due to the emergency situation, finally we will be back again to Menara Imperium. Starting next Monday, Sept 26, 2011, the regular meeting of Jakarta Toastmasters Club will be hosted in PB Taxand, Menara Imperium 29th Floor, Jalan Rasuna Said, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan.

Make sure you will be there for attending a meeting where you can sharpen your public speaking skill as well as well leadership skill in a very positive environment.

If you are more than willing to come, please kindly note that the meeting will be commenced at 7 P.M. So, please come before that as delicious dinner will be served at 6.

We are looking forward to meeting you soon....

Cheers....

Minutes of Meeting 1st Nov 2010

Sorry for the late posting
MoM 1 November 2011

Meeting Started 7pm ended 9pm
Member: 11 Guests :8

TOM that day was CC Ronny
GE that day was CC Olivia
GE Team was:
ATMB/CL Henrietta as grammarian
TM Henry as Timer
TM Raymond as ballot counter
TM Nana as Ah and WOD counter

We had 3 Speakers:
1. TM Cindy BM2 (Organize your Speech),Title: "Faithfullness that keeps our life save"
Talked about how to recover faithfulness after being cheated on ,it's not easy

2. TM Jackson BM4 (How To Say It), Title: "Ginger's the Name, Health's The Game"
Talked about ginger: really can stimulate blood flow and lower cholesterol level

3. TM Kardinal BM8 *Get Comfortable with Visual Aids), Title:" The Genius Recipes"
Talked about how to be genius, tips: 1) Never give up, 2) Get motivated, stay motivated,
3) clear vision : keep good sleep and body fit

Table Topics Master was ATM Robert"What is the thing that you most afraid of?
We had 4 Speakers
TM David: Mouse
Guest Yanto: Scary situation
Guest Twi : Cockroach
Guest Matsura San : Most scary situation, film" the Ring"

Evaluation was conducted by seniors:
DTM Harlina, evaluated TM Cindy
CC Ronny evaluated TM Jackson
ATMB/CL Henrietta evaluated TM Kardinal

Hall of Fame :
Best Speaker :TM Kardinal
Best Table Topic Speaker : Matsuura San
Best Evaluator : ATMB/CL Henrietta

Guest Comment today: Tri Ari, she said, the club is very friendly and relaxed ,she was very excited for next meeting. That day we had 3 guests joined as member.

Thanks for all who participated that day..

Minutes of Meeting 18 Oct 2010

Meeting 7.15 - 9.15 pm

Attendees: 12 : JTCers 10, Guests 2

Meeting opened by our President

Our welcoming TOM was TM Kardinal, our diligent Sergeant -at -Arms who provided delicious food.

Theme: “Reunification”
WOD was “Bond” (noun)… no… not James Bond…


Prepared speech session:

1. TM Jay BM#3 (Get to the point)Title: “Dealing with indecisiveness” spoke about how to make good decisions

2. CC Rini AM#2 (Conquering the cold call) from advanced manual “Persuasive speaking” ,Title Blueberry Thundertime tried to convince TM Bahtiar to buy an expensive gadget.


Drilling session:

CC Fathia performed her winning speech from the Area I-1 humorous speech contest and received a shower of constructive feedback from the audience.

Table Topics session:

First timer Table Topic Master TM Bahtiar challenged us to use quotes in our impromptu speeches:

TM Valeriya spoke about how habit leads to excellence.
CC Rini talked about lifetime learners.
TM Jay spoke about how to be someone of value.


General Evaluator was DTM Harlina with her team:
- CC Ronny as Grammarian
- ACB/CL Astuty as Timer and Ballot counter
- TM Valeriya as Ah and WOD counter

Our individual evaluators were:
- ACS/CL Imung for TM Jay
- DTM Johan for CC Rini

Hall of Fame
Best Evaluator: ACB/CL Imung
Best TTM speaker: TM Valeriya

Business session:

Division I Convention Saturday 23 Oct 2010 in the American Club (Kebayoran Baru) from 9am – 5 pm. Support CC Fathia !!

My apologies for the delay.
MOM by Harlina - JTC Treasurer

Meeting today 29 November 2010 Cancelled

See you next week on Monday 06 December 2010 back in PB Taxand, Menara Imperium, 29th Floor !!

Harlina

Meeting Monday 22 Nov cancelled and replaced

MEETING JAKARTA TOASTMASTERS CLUB ON 22 NOV 2010 is CANCELLED and replaced by:

Our 1st Joint Meeting

JTC and Metropolitan Toastmasters Club

Registration 6:30pm, start 7pm

Menara Duta

4th Floor

Sintesa Resourcing

Jalan HR Rasuna Said Kav B4

Directly opposite Menara Imperium

Entrance Fee - Rp 30,000

Minutes of Meeting 11th Oct 2010

Meeting started 7.05 pm
Adjourned 9 pm

Hi Fellow Toastmasters,
Meeting opened by our President joyfully

Our TOM was TM Jesse Timms, visiting Toastmaster from California,he led a very good meeting. Opened with the story of his experience as an exchange student in Africa.

Theme that day was "Learn To Lead"

WOD was "Vision" (noun).

We had 6 guests..one of them already came twice..ahaa..and one was recommended by his nephew who attended Jakarta Bahasa Toastmasters club (Indonesian language based toastmasters club).and one joined today as member.
And also 13 member attended

We had 3 speakers:

1. TM Bahtiar BM#2 (Organize Your Speech)Title: Attitude that can change your life spoke about 3 attitude that can change our life: I Can Do attitude, Feel Grateful,and Appreciate Attitude..That Was So Inspiring

2. TM Valeriya BM#9 (Persuade with Power) Title The Wisdom of Murphy's Law
Spoke about her travel experience between Germany to Italy,Venice. Just one to go,TM Valeriya..Bravo..

3. CC Rini AM#1 (Persuasive Speaking) Effective Sales, Title: Multi Protection Product Spoke and did role play with TM Omar about selling toothpaste .and she did the sale! Good job, Sales Lady..

Table Topic Master was "fresh father " TM Omar..
We had 4 Speakers for Table Topics:

1. Guest Thea spoke about her experience when her baby was born
2. ACB Harry spoke about a father feels about his son.
3. CC Ronny spoke about how he would give advice how to live happily.
4. Guest Yoseph spoke about his happiness as a new couple that is expecting a child

Educational Session was conducted by our President, DTM Johan about "How to reach Competent Leader and how to use the manual"..That's another interesting challenge for us..

General Evaluator was DTM Harlina with her team:
- TM Jay as Grammarian
- DTM Johan as Timer
- TM Susan as Ballot counter
- TM Cindy as Ah and WOD counter

Our individual evaluators were:
- TM Kardinal for TM Bahtiar
- ACS Harry Nizam for TM Valeriya
- ACB/CL Astuty for CC Rini

Hall of Fame
Best Speaker: TM Bahtiar
Best Evaluator: ACB/CL Astuty
Best TTM: CC Ronny

Comment from Guest: Guest Andre, about how interesting the meeting was and that he wants to come back.

Business session: Area Governor I-1 ACB/CL Astuty mentioned about Area I-1 contest on 16 Oct at Pulo Mas Pegangsaan Dua, Kelapa Gading
and Educational Session by District Governor Moh Ariff from Malaysia about "How to become a good MC"

Thank you for everyone who took roles. That was a wonderful meeting with nice "nasi bakar" (thanks to our SAA) See u all next Monday..Have a great week!

Susanna Yee
(JTC Secretary)

Minutes of Meeting 4th Oct 2010

My apologies for late submission of the MOM.

Mom 04 Oct 2010:
Venue : PB Taxand, Menara Imperium 29th floor
Attendees: 14 : 10 members, 1 long lost member TM Sellya 2 visiting toastmaster, one from British Toastmasters Club, 2 guests
Theme of the meeting : C’est la vie (that’s life)
Word of the day : Realism, real, reality

Toastmaster of the Meeting ACS/CL Harry led us safely through the reality of the Toastmasters meeting !

Prepared speakers:

TM Henry BM # 4. How to say it (5-7 min) : The silent killers informed us about the symptoms of an imminent heart attack.

TM Kardinal BM # 7, Research your topic (5-7 min) : I didn’t lose my heart, I sold it on FB, talked about the rich in the real world.

ATM Robert AM # 4, Keep them laughing, (5-7 min)advanced manual Humorously speaking, When my wife is not around, entertained us with his experiences of being “Home alone”….

Table Topics master TM Jesse transformed the audience into potential rich investors who want to put their money into the tourist business of certain countries. The following “tourist representatives” really did their best to show the best side of “their country”: TM Valeriya (China), Guest Thea (Canada), Bahtiar (Austria), CC/CL Lola (Russia), Guest Rudy (Egypt).

General Evaluator : CC/CL Lola from British Toastmaster Club led swiftly the Evaluation session and was helped by grammarian TM Omar, timer TM Sellya, Ah counter TM Bahtiar, Ballot counter TM Valeriya. Individual evaluators were DTM Johan and DTM Harlina.

Hall of fame : favorites
- Prepared speaker : ATM Robert
- Table topics speaker : TM Valeriya
- Evaluator : DTM Jonan

Business Session:
- Area I -1 contest : Saturday 16 Oct at 9 am at venue of Masterpiece

Toastmasters Club, Kelapa Gading
- Division J contest : Saturday 16 Oct 2010 as well.

Harlina Indra
(JTC Treasurer)

MoM 27 Sep 2010

Dear JTCers,
My apologies for late posting. Enjoy this "homecoming" MOM...

Mom 27 Sep 2010
Venue : PB Taxand, Menara Imperium 29th floor
Attendees: 17 : 12 members, 2 visiting toastmasters (Jakarta Motivators), 3 guests
Time: 19.30 – 21.15
Theme of the meeting : Hawaiian night
Word of the day : Realism, real, reality

A lots of “oh”’s and “ah’s” and picture taking in the beautiful, prestigious lobby of the company PB Taxand on Merara Imperium, 29 th floor… (on the right hand side from the elevator).
Toastmaster of the meeting CC Fathia led us through a fun night for the first time in our homeland or Hawai : in the training room of PB Taxand.
Prepared speech Session:
CC Olivia : AM # 1 , The toast (advanced manual special occasion speeches) 2-3 min: Toast : wished a happy homecoming for Jakarta Toastmasters club
TM Ainy : BM # 2 , organize your speech, 5-7 min, “Willingness”… talked about the strength of the will.
TM Susan : BM # 4, How to say it, 5-7 min, Birth, wedding and funeral, talked about the important moments in one's life.
Table topics session
Table Topics master CC Olivia really challenged the speaker’s fast thinking skills by showing 5-7 pictures in a certain order. The speaker has to be able to connect the pictures and wave a nice story around it… Some pictures I remember showed beautiful sea views, beautiful ladies and beautiful turtles…
The brave speakers were:
- Guest Ragil who talked about “her island”
- TM Henry who talked about servants…
- CC Rini who talked about men and women
- TM Jesse talked about the “fountain of youth”
Evaluation session
General Evaluator ACS/CL Harry attentively evaluated the meeting with his team:
Grammarian DTM Harlina, Timer: TM Kardinal, Ah and WOD counter: Guest David, ballot counter : TM Henry. Individual evaluators were in order of appearance: DTM Johan, ACB/CL Matthew, CC Rini.
Hall of fame : favorites
- Prepared Speech : TM Susan
- Table topics speaker : TM Jesse
- Evaluator : ACB/CL Matthew
Business Session:
Lucky draw for the newest book by TM Ainy Fauziya entitled “ Dasyatnya kemauan, cara mulia mengubah penghalang jadi peluang.” or otherways said: strength of the will, a noble way to change obstacles into opportunities… Winner: CC Rini.

Minutes made by Harlina Indra
(JTC Treasurer)

Confessions of a Shopaholic….. oopsss…Contestant

Hi all,

Participation is more important than winning. Maybe you may not believe me, because I was able to take home a nice trophy as first runner up of the JTC evaluation contest on 30 Aug 2010.

However participation at contests more than once as contestant or contest official does help !! It helps me reduce my nervousness and therefore enjoy the contest more. I have participated at least 4 times in contests…I ended up for intl’ speech- on club and division level, for humorous speech on club level and for evaluation contest on division level.…

And don’t ask me how many times I was tally counter, sergeant-at- arms or judge at club, area and division contest. Being a participant more than once helped me to be less nervous because I was familiar with the contest procedures and the judging criteria. Being several times volunteer individual evaluator also helps… I thought I was more than ready…

So on 30 August 2010, I was dead calm… because lots of things were familiar to me… the venue was familiar, the food was familiar, my task as club treasurer was familiar. Still I really appreciated a cup of coffee from a very supportive Toastmasters’ friend. I even almost forgot to eat… Was it because I was too busy..or because I was still nervous, despite everything…
Even the faces of the visiting toastmasters were familiar . I knew 99,9 % of them already because I met them years, months, day(s) before the contest at Toastmasters’ contests, officer’s trainings and convention committee meetings . I even noticed dignitaries such as 2 division governors and 2 area governors.. Wow, we are only having a contest on club level but the caliber of the visiting crowd was like a contest audience of a few levels higher…
Then I wondered : “ Which one of them will be the test speaker that I have to evaluate for evaluation contest… Which one of them smiled a bit too much at me or try to avoid looking at me because this person knew that I am an contestant ? “
It turned out that the test speaker was the “smiley” one !! When I saw Ted as the test speaker coming on the stage : then all my nervousness levels went from 0 % to 200 % !!! What the (beep)… , Ted was a past first runner- up AND Division winner of the humorous speech contest. So he participated twice on Division I level and ended on a honorable place…As a Division winner, he represented our Division I on international level !! Oh dear, what the…(without beep)… Then after his speech and all of us contestants leaving the room, all contestants said out loud or deep in their heart: “What the …(I don’t remember whether it was with or without beep) : How are we going to evaluate such a great speech ? “
However, I had no time to blame the chair or chief judge of the contest for choosing such a challenging test speaker, because we only had 5 minutes time to prepare our evaluations. Then.. showtime !! When I started my evaluation in front of the audience, strangely, my nervousness decreased from 200 % to 5 % in the first 10 seconds !!! I even enjoyed delivering my 2-3 minutes speech !
As I was the first person who had to deliver her evaluation on the contest, I had the privilege to listen to all the evaluations… When I heard the competitors, I thought several times: “ Oh he also noticed that” , or , “why on earth did I not notice that ?” That last sentence came in my mind often especially when I heard Matthew’s evaluation. His observations and suggestions were more meaningful and spot on ! His participation in more than one contest finally paid off… I knew that the nicest trophy was not for me… This made my nervousness all of a sudden fall to minus 100 % and I just decided to comfort myself and relax during the rest of the competition.
All of a sudden I noticed that the 3 main roles of the contest officials (chair, chief judge and toastmaster of the contest) were all first timers. Some of them were the last persons to eat dinner after 9 pm… Kudos to them, because if I were them, I would almost die out of stress and nervousness, while handling lots of (un)predicable and unfamiliar stuff for the first time in a more formal setting.
I also happily noticed that many of our club members helped out as sergeant at arms, timer, tally counter and that we also got some help from visiting Toastmasters.
Then I realized that an event such as a club contest could not be possible without the hard work and courage of the contest officials and the preparation and guts of the contestants !
Participation in front or behind the scene is indeed important and will help us to lift us to the next level of comprehension, courage and calmness.
So who wants to participate as contest official at the upcoming Area I-1 contest ? And who wants to participate as contestant/contest official at the international speech and table topics club contest in January/February 2011 ??

Cheers,
Harlina
Contestant JTC Evaluation Contest
30 Aug 2010

Humorous & Evaluation Club Contest 30 Aug 2010

MoM of Humorous and Evaluation Contest 30 Aug 2010

Hi All,

The Contests opened at 7.20
Adjourned 9.25

There were 33 attendees.
We had 2 visiting Division Governors : Div I Governor (Risty Brophy) and Div J Gov Ibu Attie Siringoringo and also 3 visiting Area Governors (Astuty, Indri and Tia).
Founder of Jabat or Jakarta Bahasa Toastmasters Club, DTM Nono Sarwono
Also members from Jakarta Motivators (3), The Innovators (3), Metropolitan (4) and British Toastmasters Club (4).
Also we have 2 guests ,thank you all for coming and 1 Guest enrolled as member today.
Welcome TM Bahtiar.

Meeting opened very happily by our President at 7.20pm
Contest Chair was TM Henry
Toastmaster of the Contest was CC Ainy (JTC/Jabat)
Chief Judge was CC Olivia

Roles:
Timer: CC Christian (Metropolitan) and TM Jay
Tally Counters: CC Valeriya, ACB Lineola (Motivators), ATM Attie (Innovators)
SAA: TM Kardinal and CC Fransiska (Innovators)

We had 5 Humorous Speech Contestants at their Best
1 CC Ivan with Double Dating Experience..He told how it was nerve wrecking and funny
2 CC Rini with Blackberry user story. She told how Blackberry can make someone so eager to do much more things silly and funny
3 ACB Matthew with Sky Diving Experience. He told us how scary anticipation doesn't work when we conquer our fear. Just Do It.
4 CC Fathia with She -males best friend experience. She told how much fun it is to have She- males as a best pals and that they encourage her to do things.
5 CC Ronny with Comparison of Master of Science vs Master of Common Sense, and how it can affect our life.

We had 4 Evaluator Contestants at their brightest Evaluating side
1 DTM Harlina
2 CC Ronny
3 ACB Matthew
4 TM Jackson Chu

And also.. we have very good Sample Speaker: past Division Winner Ted Pelawi (Metropolitan),
He told about the best method and measurements to make a cup of coffee
I liked it so much.

Hall Of Fame
Humorous Speech Contest
1st Winner ACB Matthew
2nd CC Fathia
3rd CC Ronny

Evaluation Contest
1st Winner ACB Matthew
2nd DTM Harlina

Congrats to all winners and Thank you to all contestants and members who participated and all seniors who helped judging the contest.
We cannot do it without you all, I felt we were all such a great team that day.

That's all from me, see u in future events.: area contest… division contest…and finally district contest in Ancol, on 28 November 2010 !!! Go JTC!

Minutes of Meeting 23 Aug 2010

MoM 23 August 2010
Prepared by Susanna(Secretary)
Edited by DTM Harlina( Editor in house)

Opened 18.45
Adjourned 21.10

Hi All
Meeting opened enthusiastically by our President at 18.45 who encouraged us to join next humorous speech and evaluation club contest on Monday 30 August 2010.

Attendance : 15, 14 Members and 1 Guest

GE was DTM Johan
The team was:
Grammarian:TM Jackson, he did very well as third time grammarian
Timer TM Jay, good job as a first timer timer
Ballot Counter, TM Susanna
Ah and Word Counter, TM Henry

Table Topics "Improve in our life" was brought by CC Rini
who picked some quotation and asked the audience to comment on it.
Speakers were:
1 CC Thomas, he explained about big fish in small pond vs small fish in big pond
2 Bachtiar our Guest, he explained how to become leader vs follower, he experience bad leadership so he avoids it when he becomes a leader
3 TM Cindy, she explained about risk taker vs safety player
4 CC Olivia, she explained about innovator vs follower

Prepared Speakers were:
1. TM Valeriya,BM#8-Get comfortable with visual aids (5-7mins) "All you didn't know about Kazakhstan . She spoke amazingly about her country Kazakhstan , and their culture.

2. TM Kardinal,BM#6- Organize your Speech (5-7 mins) " What would I do", He spoke inspiringly about life purpose, how to do your best and don't waste your time.

3. CC Ronny AM#2 Speeches by management-the technical speech (8-10 mins)"How to prepare an Effective Speech" , He spoke about how to finish CC in Toastmaster.
Good quote from CC Ronny: Visual Aid not Visual Take Over

Evaluators were:
1. TM Valeriya evaluated by CC Thomas
2. TM Kardinal evaluated by CC Olivia
3. CC Ronny evaluated by DTM Harlina

Hall of Fame:
Table Topics : Guest Bachtiar
Prepared Speaker: CC Ronny
Evaluator: CC Olivia

Business Session:
- Appeal from our Club President DTM Johan to participate in our upcoming Humorous speech and evaluation contest next Monday 30 August 2010 at Tamnak Thai, as contestant or contest official (timer, sergeant- at- arms etc).
- Announcement from our Club President to pay the semi-annual dues to the JTC treasurer in cash or transfer.
- Appeal from VP Education to participate in the next regular meeting on Monday 06 Sep 2010.