"THE SPIRIT OF GIVING" - 12 November 2012

“THE SPIRIT OF GIVING” filled the air of PB Taxand Auditorium last night as JTC ran its regular meeting! 

The Club President of JTC, ACB/CL Imung Hikmah started up the meeting by giving out “generous” (word of the day) information about Toastmasters in general for the benefit of the guests. The President then gave the whole control to the Toastmaster of the Meeting (ToM), TM Sai Blackbryn, to lead the meeting.  ToM was working hand in hand with the generous GE Team: CC Valeriya Alimzhanova as the General Evaluator; TM Arief Rasyad (from Sandoz Toastmasters Club) as the Grammarian; TM Ratnasari as the Timer; TM Dina Novita as the Ballot Counter; and TM Dwiardi Vergiawan as the “Ah” and WoD Counter. We noticed that TM Dina and TM Vergi wasted no time to continue giving their spirit to our club by taking roles after delivering their very ice-breaker speeches last week! 

left-right-up-down: TM Sai as ToM; TM Arief as Grammarian; CC Valeriya as GE; TM Arif as Table Topic Master; TM Ratnasari as Timer; TM Dina as Ballot Counter; TM Vergi as "Ah"/WoD Counter

Toastmasters and Guests

 

The audience were soon spoiled with the variety types of speeches from BM #1 until BM #8 as the meeting moved to the prepared speech session. The stage was firstly given to the ice-breaker for the night, TM Intan Oktora who delivered her speech entitled “Keep Calm and Dress Up”. Through her speech, TM Intan let us know that she is the kind of person who is very committed to keep improving herself, although it may mean saying good-bye to her old habits/life style, in order to pursue her dreams and aspirations. TM Intan was evaluated by DTM Soh Swee Kiat, a visiting Toastmaster who generously paid his visit to JTC before flying back to his home, Singapore. DTM Soh felt that TM Intan did not only break the ice but also melted it! He suggested TM Intan to give more information about her background, interests, etc in the next speeches.

Next prepared speaker was TM Nurdrajat (TM Aday), who presented his 2^nd project entitled “Beep Beep”. With a fancy opening, he showed the audience the photo of a cartoon character named “Road Runner” and then talked on all-you-need-to-know-about-running. Aligned with his sporty attire, TM Aday told the audience about the how beneficial running is to our physical and psychological needs. TM Aday was evaluated by TM Steve Harry who complemented him for the information he gave through his speech and TM Steve advised TM Aday to relate the title and the content of his speech more strongly. 

left-right-up-down: TM Intan; TM Aday; TM Lubis; TM Benazir; DTM Soh; TM Steve; ACG/CL Robert; DTM Harline

The third prepared speaker was TM Syariful Alamsyah Lubis with speech entitled “Healthy Food Tuna Sashimi” (BM #7). With his reputation in the Marine World, we knew that he definitely nailed his presentation (we even got to see his photo in 1991 when TM Lubis caught his tunas!). TM Lubis was evaluated by ACG/CL Robert Purnomobagyo who said that his research about the topic of his speech did not only enrich the audience knowledge about healthy food but also successfully made we want to eat tuna sashimi at that very second! ACG/CL Robert offered TM Lubis suggestion to make the presentation in bullet points and to improve the transition between slides.

The last prepared speaker was TM Benazir with her speech entitled “Toastmama” (BM #8). Using her childhood photos, she told the audience about her mother who apparently tried to teach her to speak up, to take a lead, and to be proud of herself when she was a little girl. TM Benazir found Toastmaster close to her heart as it reminds her of the invaluable lessons she learned from her mother, her Toastmama. Her evaluator, DTM Harlina Indra felt that her speech was entertaining and that she made us the visual aid effectively. DTM Harlina also advised TM Benazir to employ triads in order to add more dramatic effect into her conclusion.

Furthermore, the Table Topics Session was led by the Table Topic Master, TM George Arif who brought forward some touching photos in the spirit of giving. The impromptu speakers who took the challenge were CC Thomas Alfiandes, Guest Lulus Yunindiah, Guest Bintang, Guest Koes, and Guest Charlie.

left to right: CC Thomas, Guest Lulus, Guest Bintang, Guest Koes, Guest Charlie

 

At the end of the whole 3 sessions i.e. prepared speech, table topic, and evaluation session, the Ballot Counter, TM Dina, announced TM Benazir as the Best Prepared Speaker, ACG/CL Robert as the Best Evaluator, and jointly, CC Thomas and Guest Lulus as the Best Table Topic Speaker.

left to right: TM Dina (Ballot Counter); CC Thomas and Guest Lulus (Best Table Topic Speaker); TM Benazir (Best Prepared Speaker); ACG/CL Robert (Best Evaluator); ACB/CL Imung (President)

Keeping the atmosphere up until the very end, ToM gave each of the audience a cup of jelly and asked everyone to stand up and give the jelly to other people by telling compliment to the receiver.

The meeting left the audience with such content faces as the spirit of giving has made them eager to give more to other people!

JTC Minutes of Meeting, 12 November 2012, prepared by Club Secretary 2012-2013, TM Bena.