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January 2016 Volume 1, Issue 1

HCL Expressions Toastmasters Club

Club Number:3560488, District 82, Area I3

Amplify Boost your impact HCL Expressions Toastmasters Club was chartered by the effort of all our Senior Toastmasters and Guests & of course with the support of Management during Oct 2013. The Club has completed more than 100 successful meetings and has achieved many milestones in the journey of leadership & communication

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I joined the club as a charter member and VP-Education for HCL Expressions Toastmasters Club. Barring a few experienced toastmasters like Badri, Kumaragurubaran and Jamin, every other person in the club was new to the process and to the culture of Toastmasters. Apart from the times when external toastmasters showed up at our sessions, we had a single evaluator doing almost 2-3 evaluations in one meeting. We are also really thankful to the toastmaster’s community who lent a generous hand in creating a pool of mentors who would guide our charter members in their projects, roles and responsibilities. 2 years later, as I write about this today, the club status is sincerely a treat to the eyes and bring joy to the heart. The club also boasts of more than 5-6 Competent communicator, 5+ members available to mentor new members and also a 5+ member mentor pool. Members have also started step out of their own club to visit other clubs to bring in new and varied ideas home. The club also has started being actively involved in leaving a mark at Division level initiatives. Planning and executing milestone sessions has really raised the bar of a toastmaster club in the eyes of the management as well. In a gist, toastmasters of HCL Expressions club have really left a mark with their dedication and commitment. As a charter member I can vouch that we have come a long way today, but there are miles to go. That doesn’t scare me because the evolving leadership and maturity is a clear indication that things will be awesome in future. Wishing the club glories and honors. TM Narmadha Srinivasan Past President

Toastmasters is a place where you can choose to crawl, walk, run or fly in improving your Communication and Leadership skills. I was considering that the Public Speaking Skills is for one who are in top management and why I should be worrying about it now as a Developer. After attending couple of meetings and when I attended District Conference for the first time, I could witness the magnanimous learning possibilities through this forum. So, what’s there in store for you?

First and foremost quality a leader should possess is Time Punctuality, attend any Toastmasters meet / Conference, you see how minute by minute planning is done to ensure this

Certain skills we learn only by doing, for example what works in our speech and what doesn’t work in our speech, we will be knowing only after delivering our speech in front of audience. Over the period of time, you see that you are conscious of don’ts and which helps you to be a Competent Communicator.

We all know that without basement, building a castle is of no use. In this forum, basement for any meet is the planning. Taking up Chair role, helps you to visualize and anticipate the need for planning and it tests your preparedness for un-anticipated situation.

When it comes to team work, the foremost quality a team member should possess is to be a moderator and a team player. Leadership is not about dictating and getting work done, it’s about knowing roles and responsibilities, ensures that all the team members are aware of their responsibilities and bring synergy in team.

This forum gives you a platform to hone your skills, to unleash your potential in both Communication and Leadership aspects of your Life. It’s a forum, which solely depends on the member on how much they want to learn out of it. You can decide to crawl, walk, run or fly, the choice is yours.

TM Muki

Vice President—Educations

MY CLUB – Yesterday and Today

what’s there in store for you

I joined the club as a charter member and VP-Education for HCL Expressions Toastmasters Club. Barring a few experienced toastmasters like Badri, Kumaragurubaran and Jamin, every other person in the club was new to the process and to the culture of Toastmasters. Apart from the times when external toastmasters showed up at our sessions, we had a single evaluator doing almost 2-3 evaluations in one meeting. We are also really thankful to the toastmaster’s community who lent a generous hand in creating a pool of mentors who would guide our charter members in their projects, roles and responsibilities. 2 years later, as I write about this today, the club status is sincerely a treat to the eyes and bring joy to the heart. The club also boasts of more than 5-6 Competent communicator, 5+ members available to mentor new members and also a 5+ member mentor pool. Members have also started step out of their own club to visit other clubs to bring in new and varied ideas home. The club also has started being actively involved in leaving a mark at Division level initiatives. Planning and executing milestone sessions has really raised the bar of a toastmaster club in the eyes of the management as well. In a gist, toastmasters of HCL Expressions club have really left a mark with their dedication and commitment. As a charter member I can vouch that we have come a long way today, but there are miles to go. That doesn’t scare me because the evolving leadership and maturity is a clear indication that things will be awesome in future. Wishing the club glories and honors. TM Narmadha Srinivasan Past President

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My transformation

As Guest I was observing the meetings and registered as a Toastmaster officially in the month of April 2015. By today, I have been part of “Secretary” Ex-Com role which gave me a different approach towards leadership & communication. I wholeheartedly took the role and showing my best efforts by observing meeting minutes, conducting Ex-com meetings, preparation of Club Success Plan with the Ex-com and so on. Moving forward, I got the confidence in taking the Contest Chair role for Humorous Speech & Evaluations Contest and delegated the tasks within the Toastmasters. With the support from everyone the show was a grant success and helping hand to our sister club HCL Speech Weavers in their Content programs. It was the time for Elections and I was nominated for two Ex-Com roles and finally got votes for taking up “Vice President – Membership” and now in this New Year 2016, I’ve pledged on making our HCL Expressions with healthy membership and taking care of retention. Working towards on this goal, there are new members pipelined to beat “Talk up Toastmaster” Award. Toastmaster transformed me now as a good leader and communicator, now you are reading our Newsletter in my style as I’m playing the Chair for Newsletter Edition. Wishing all toastmasters a very all the best in their Journey! I wish I would be part of all the Events & Trainings conducted by Toastmasters International Thanks, Toastmaster Gowri Vice President – Membership Editor – Newsletter Edition for Jan 2016 Issue

My view

Every great enterprise requires

adequate time to be

accomplished. Only Aladdin’s

lamp had the power to order

the erection of palaces and

other edifices of a moment’s

notice and orders of that kind

were executed by supernatural

agents. Human hands and even

scientific machines take time to

do things. The

Pragatheeswaran temple took

six years to build. The building

of an individual’s career

requires year of sustained

effort. Man’s efforts to land at

moon required years of

experimentation, planning and

preliminary space flights. My

manager always helped me to

send e-mail . After

Toastmasters, I got an

appreciation mail from my

manager for a precise e-mail

communication. Now I am

changing into the master of

communication. Change the

changeable. Accept the

unchangeable. And remove

yourself from unacceptable.

Now I am Toastmaster Antony

Ananias alias Ant.

TM Antony

Immediate Past Treasurer

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Me boosting impact as vppr

Thanks to HCL Expressions TM Club for giving me this new face of VPPR for the New year. Thrilled with my new role, I believe 2016 is goanna gain me a lot of popularity. The PR role already started flourishing my presence throughout my building. Smiles amplify day by day as I get to know many ‘coz of my adds.

A gift of my lifetime. I would say my TM journey is. Recognition, friends, happy times and many more. TM had Boosted its Impact in my life to a greater extent.

TM Bharathi Santhosh Kumar VP Public Relations

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I was just inspired from the communication that was explicitly seen in all the members of Toastmasters. I was literally stunned after seeing the way all the TMs performed and the way they dealt with the guests. The approach they had in them was quite elegant and impressive which forced me to join. As a member of “Toastmaster club” taken her first step in TM journey by delivering her first speech on “Ice Breaker Project” about “360 degree feedback” for 6-7 mins. “IT IS ME”. As a Toast master , I started transforming in to a speaker I'm synergizing with Vibrant "TM club" created a salubrious kind of variation in me but exuberance through which I’m trying to become an Incredible Speaker and the belief they have makes me to endeavor roles as well , through which I’m getting chance of making jubilant day by adding humor and reminiscent stories thereby future has some retrospective days to speak about and finally all my meetings which I attended so far is a distinct one and this TM club helped me to amplify myself. TM Durga Devi Treasurer

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Joining Toastmasters has brought a greater impact on me. It has amplified

good thoughts in me J hearing to many speeches have helped me to mold

myself. Organize myself in all the works I do. I started doing preplanning for

every single work. It has amplified my energy. I am more active and relaxed.

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As of now I have reached objective of 4 speeches. These objectives are not

only in my speeches, but also in my daily life. Now I can organize any task

that is given. I can get to the point to describe my thoughts. I can also handle

the way In which I speech. Eagerly waiting to boost my impact by completing my CCs and CLs.

TM Shanmuga Priya

Secretary


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