spotlight issue 4

7/29/2019 Spotlight Issue 4

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I feel very happy to release my first club newsletter. A lot has happened since the lastnewsletter was released by the outgoing Excom. We have seen new Excom beinginstalled in J an this year. The new Excom started its term with officers training andfollowed up by conducting workshops, holding Club contests, participating in Area

contests and the magnificent DIV F conference.

The current Excom has been working very hard to ensure that Diamonds shined in allthe Club, Area and Divisional events. The exemplary mentoring of the club mentorMTM Nusheen Hafiz, the leadership of club advisor TM Satish Kini and immediatepast president TM Abubacker Nazeer had helped the Excom in particular and all theclub members in general to improve their performances.

While Diamonds could not make it beyond the Area con-tests they were seen as participants everywhere andappreciated by one and all for being ready to take upchallenges. Diamonds have proved that participation istheir goal and winning is others opinion.

During the hectic activities of the past 4 months regularclub meetings continued. Taking cue from the club ad-visor TM Satish Kini who said each one bring one.Members have regularly brought in guests. Many of these guests have signed on andbecome members. It gives me immense pleasure to welcome all the new members tothe Diamond Toastmasters Club and the Toastmasters fraternity.

The current Excom is nearing the end of its term. Our president has already an-nounced for elections. I encourage all the club members to take this opportunity andnominate themselves to serve on the Excom team. Truly it will not only be a good ex-perience in learning leadership skills but also help in personality development.

When the current Excom term ends, for me the good thing of being part of the Excomwill also end. Excoms will come and go but Diamonds are for ever.

Siddique Ahmed - Editor (VP Public Relations)Venu Gopalakrishnan - Publisher (Club President)

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Messages 2

Profiles 3

Photo Gallery 4

Articles 7

SPOTL IGHTE X C O M M E M B E R S

PresidentTM Venu [email protected]: 0505859796

VP EducationTM Aziz ur [email protected]: 0559267391

VP Membership

TM Shuja [email protected]: 0504142136

VP Public RelationsTM Siddique [email protected] 0504445860

TreasurerTM Ghulam [email protected]: 0508699693

SecretaryTM Muneer Ahmed

[email protected]: 0504839016

Sergeant At ArmsTM Rafique [email protected]: 0502483079

From the Editors Desk

DiamondToastmasters Club

Club: Dist 79 Div. F Area 52M A Y 2 0 0 9S P O T L I G H T I S S U E N O . 4


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P A G E 2

Message from the Presidents Desk

D I A M O N D T O A S T M A S T E R S C L U B

As the President of theclub, it gives me immensepleasure to follow the footprints of great leaders whotook much pain to set upthis Diamonds factory inDammam where SparklingSpeakers & LaudableLeaders are produced.Since its inception inMarch 2007, our club hasbeen progressing aheadand emerging as a glitter-ing Diamond among theEastern provinces Toast-masters fraternity.

Last four months were themost action packedmonths for all Toastmas-ters Clubs. Conductingworkshops, club contests,officers training, participat-ing in Area and Divisionconferences, achievingDCP points, retainingmemberships, publishingnews letters, elections ofthe clubs Excom mem-

bers, were the main chal-lenging goals for all clubPresidents. With the guid-ance of dedicated team ofExcom members and thesupport of the club mem-bers we had succeeded inachieving all these goals. Iwas very happy to be partof the team and all theseevents were a wonderfullearning experience for allthose who had partici-pated.

TMI invests in buildingknowledge through team

work. Once you joinedTMI, you will find yourselfon the fast track of climb-ing the success ladder.

Members are the mostvaluable asset of our club.Even though some mem-bers left us due to reloca-tions and change in workschedules, we still have28 active members who

are all determined andstriving their best for ex-cellence.

I take this opportunity toexpress my sincere grati-tude to our club advisor

TM Satish Kini and ourclub mentor, TM NusheenHafeez and our immediatepast president TMAbubaker, and the presentExcom for guiding andsupporting me to achievethe common goals of ourclub. Also congratulate VP-Public Relations TM Sid-

dique Ahmed and histeam for their efforts topublish the first news let-ter of the year 2009.

YOUR ATTEMPTS MAYFAIL, YET NEVER FAILTO MAKE AN ATTEMPT."

TM Venu Gopalakri shanPresident

Dear Diamonds ! The dustis now almost settled withall the seasonal contestsover by now. Our ClubContests were carried outprofessionally with a style.It has been beautifullysaid : Participation is suc-

cess & winning is othersopinion. What we wit-nessed in our contest isnot we Toastmasterscompeting against eachother but within ourselves,this was the result of oursparkle all over being Dia-

monds. More importantly,this is what the norms of

TMI is about. I congratu-late each and every mem-ber who has been so in-strumental and responsi-ble in keeping the wheelsmoving. Indeed, I am

proud to share and shinewith each and every oneof you. We are advancingsteadily towards our vi-sion, knitted with care byour dynamic President TMVenu.

Education is our businessand knowledge remains tobe our target. Its time forus to be proactive withinnovative ideas and ap-proaches to use them aspart of our club activitieswhich ultimately enhance

our knowledge.

Lets keep up our spiritand continue to shine &sparkle being Diamonds!!

TM Azeezur RahmanVP Education

Message from VP Education

YOUR ATTEMPTS

MAY FAIL, YET NEVER

FAIL TO MAKE AN

ATTEMPT."


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New Member Profiles

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TM CHANDRANI WAJIRA KUMARAI just completed three months as a toastmaster. I would like to become a successful toastmaster and highly competent communicator in future.

This is the best opportunity to fulfill my dreams come true.

TM SADIQUE BASHA ABDUL KHUDDUSPast: I am a Mechanical Engineer and a Certified Inspection Engineer and

Auditor by profession.

Present: Working with VELOSI - a Quality Assurance and Quality Control Company,as an Operations Manager.

Future: Working forward to develop into a disciplined and skilled individual and impart the learning to the benefit of my family and the society.

TM WAJID ALI SHAHPast: I completed my education with Law and Commerce Degree. Set up managed and successfully controlled multi million Rupees revenue and capital cost.

Present: Working with Sika Saudi Arabia as Credit Manager. I am deeply concerned with health and social service, Sports and community.

Future: I would like to remain a dedicated Toastmaster and share myviews and views of other learned people to bring positive change in my life.

TMABDUL JABBAR - Jack and Master of Many ArtsBorn in a middle class family, with a lot of strain could graduate (B.Com.,), Did Diplo-mas in Automobile Engineering, Human Resources Management, Finance Manage-ment, Operations Management, Computer Applications, and M. B. A., in MarketingManagement.Presently working for a Group of business concerns trading engineering products,computer projects, manpower supply.Want to be a DTM (Distinguished Toast Manager) and serve others better ways.


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Photo Gallery - Club Contest 2009


Contest Participants with certificates: L-R Riyaz,

Farook, Anwar, Siddique,

Abubacker, Venu, Ghulam,

Chief Judge TM Satish Kini - Explaining the rules

of the contest.

Contest Judges receiving participation certificates

from Area 52 Governor: L-R TM Abdulla Siyala,

MTM Farida

Chief Judge TM Satish Kini Receiving his partici-

pation certificate from Area 52 Governor TM

Faizulla

Contest Chair - TM Muneer


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Photo Gallery - Club Contest 2009

Contest Master MTM Nusheen with prepared

speech contestants, L-R TM Aziz,

Farook, Abubacker, Siddique, and

President TM Venu, Past President TM Abu backer

with Div Gov TM Anil & Area 52 Gov

Second place winner for Eval Contest TM Iqbal

receiving his award from Div Gov. TM Anil

Target Speaker for Eval Contest

First Place winner for Eval Contest TM Riyazullah

receiving his award from Div Gov. TM Anil


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Photo Gallery - Workshops

Club Advisor - TM Satish Kini conducting the

Evaluation workshop

Club members - working on their assignment dur-

ing the Evaluation workshop

TM Wajira - giving his speech evaluation on behalf

of his work

TM Aziz - giving his speech evaluation

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D I A M O N D T O A S T M A S T E R S

MTM Nusheen - delivering her target speech

TM Anwar - giving his speech evaluation on behalf

of his work group


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Know, where you are!!A boat docked in a tinyvillage. A tourist compli-mented the fisherman onthe quality of his fish andasked how long it tookhim to catch them.

Not very long, an-swered the fisherman.

But then, why didnt youstay out longer and catchmore? asked the tourist.

The fisherman explained

that his small catch wassufficient to meet hisneeds and those of hisfamily.

The tourist asked, Butwhat do you do with therest of your time?.

I sleep late, fish a little,play with my children andtake a siesta with mywife. In the evenings, I

go into the village to seemy friends, sing a few

songs I have a full life.

The tourist interrupted, Ihave an MBA and I canhelp you! You shouldstart by fishing longerevery day. You can thensell the extra fish youcatch. With the extrarevenue, you can buy abigger boat.

And after that? askedthe Fisherman.

With the extra moneythe larger boat you willbuy, then a second and athird one until you havean entire fleet of trawlers,then a ware house and aplant and leave this vil-lage and move to a majorcity from where you candirect your huge enter-prise

How long would that

take? asked the fisher-man.

Perhaps, twenty totwenty five years, repliedthe tourist.

And then ?? asked thefisherman.

After that you will beable to retire, live in a tinyvillage near the coast,sleep late, play with yourkids and spend with yourbuddies.

The fisherman said, With all due respect sir,thats exactly what I amdoing now. So whatsthe point wasting 25years?

Know where you are go-ing in life. You may al-ready be there.

Give it a seriousthought !!

By TM Aziz Ur Rehman

Somebody once said thatwork is the father of suc-cess and integrity is itsmother. If you can getalong with those twomembers of the family,the rest of the family willbe easy to get alongwith. Unfortunately, toomany people don't make

enough effort to getalong with the fa-ther. Some even quitlooking for work as soonas they find a job.

Most people's concept ofwork is that it should befun and "meaningful," orwe shouldn't be expected

to do it. Personally, I'mconvinced that the sheerlove of work, with all itsrewards, should provideenormous satisfac-tion. Charles Gow saysthat work gives you anappetite for your meals; itlends solidity to yourslumber; it gives you a

perfect appreciation of aholiday. The truth is, wea l l n e e d w o r k .

Voltaire was right whenhe said that work keepsus from three great evils:boredom, vice and pov-erty. Edison said, "Thereis no substitute for hard

work. Genius is 1% in-spiration and 99% perspi-ration."

Bottom line: Unless wework we will miss out onmany joys and benefits oflife. Give your job thatextra burst of energy youalways have on the day

before vacation, and youwill learn to enjoy yourwork even more.

Try this approach and I'llSEE YOU AT THE

TOP!

By TM Farook Baseeth

S P O T L I G H T I S S U E N O . 4


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What A Day Area 52 Contest6

t hMarch, 2009, is

etched with Gold for Area52. This was the firstcontest since its incep-

tion. All the four Contestsi.e. International Speech,Humorous Speech, TableTopics and Evaluationwere conducted on thisday.

As the clock started tick-ing my heart beat wasincreasing. My only con-cern was Time Manage-ment.

The Rezayat Multi Pur-pose Hall buzzed withpositive energy. Area 52Governor T M Syed Faizullah in his addresssaid that. Area 52 wasborn on 1

stJuly, 2008

with Energy, Zamil andDiamond TM Clubs.Within three months anew baby club Danat

Alkhaleej was formed tojoin the dynamic clubs.

The Theme of the daywas "Empowering Peo-

ple". In my view one ofthe most powerful toolsfor empowering individu-als and communities is todevelop communicationand leadership skills. Wetoastmasters steadilymotivate, evaluate andtransform each other intoleaders who take upchallenges out in the

world

As a contest chairmanmy vision was to haveequal participation fromall the clubs. TM JustinTauro from Zamil TMIbrahim Al Obaidy from

D a n a t A l k h a l e e j ,TMFarooq Baseeth fromDiamond & TM Gaminifrom Energy Toastmas-

ters Clubs were the con-test masters for TableTopics, Internat ional Speech, Evaluation andHumorous Speech con-test respectively. I ap-

plaud the electrifying en-thusiasm of these contestmasters.

My thanks to all the as-signees for their tremen-dous contribution and

untiring efforts beforeand during the event.

All speakers did a fabu-lous job! The quality ofspeeches left a mark onall the audience. Con-gratulations to the win-ners, and the Winnersare

Table Topics ContestFirst Place : TM G.BalasubramanianSecond Place : TM Mo-hammed S. QawThird Place : T MNavaz Malikakkal

International SpeechFirst Place : TM Mo-hammed Al IssaSecond Place : TMNavaz MalikakkalThird Place : T MLancy D'Souza

Evaluation SpeechFirst Place : TMLancy d'SouzaSecond Place : TM Sadiq

A. Al HejjiThird Place : T MShaik A. Munaf

H u m o r o u s S p e e c hContestFirst Place : TM Mo-hammed Al Issa

Second Place : TM SyedMateen AhmedThird Place : T MSadiq A. Al Hejji

Area Governors TMFareedunnisa Khan, TMSultan Khayyal, TM TVSunder appreciatedthe whole event. Div 'F"governor TM Anil Madansaid he was proud to be

part of this area. Past Lt.

Governor Marketing TMAbdulrazzak Turki in-spired the audience yetanother time.

Chief judge DTM Saif AliShaikh played a key rolein keeping the briefing ontrack.

Chief Guest Mr HatemTurki appreciated the

professionalism of the

event. Area Secretaryand treasurer TM Azizur-Rahman proposed thevote of Thanks.

Area 52 offered its par-ticipants, assignees andaudience a whole lot oflearning experience totake home.

Shuja SheriffC o n t e s t C h a i r m a n -

Area 52



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Think Negative, Think Different!

All our lives we havebeen bombarded withpeople advising us tothink positive. Any moti-vational book you pick ina bookstore will say Thesecret of success is Having a Positive attitudein life! But is positivethinking the ultimatum tosuccess? Maybe not!

Putting a positive spin onthings can influence theiroutcomes, but positive

thinking can also blind usto pitfalls. When prepar-ing for a speech, most ofus always think positive,and visualize the deliveryof an excellent speechand winning the applauseof the audience. Whilethis can add up confi-dence, the trouble startswhen things dont go asplanned. When a personis on stage all confident

and giving his speech,and suddenly theres aslip of tongue or he cantremember the next line,in such a situation hegets very emotionallyupset and just freezes onstage. This is wherenegative thinking couldhave come in handy; ifhe had used negativethinking then he wouldhave predicted this and

found a way to move outof this state. When weonly think positive wealways underestimate thepart of failures. But re-member To err is to hu-man, we humans are notperfect; we make mis-takes no matter how hard

we try not to. So if wethink negative and lookfor what could go wrongand calculate against it, itcould turn out to be agreat survival tool.

Karen A.Cerulo, a profes-sor at Rutgers University,has written a book calledNever Saw It Coming.In this book she concen-trates on the Americanpopulation and their inde-structible optimism. She

argues that the PositiveSymmetry in the societycan blind sight the mostforeseeable disasters.Her book has been re-garded as a powerfulcontribution in the field ofmoral sociology by manyscholars.An article by J ohnGravois published in anonline magazine Slatecompares Karen Cerulos

book with The Secret (aself help book that says-we can shape the worldwith our thoughts), whichis one of the fastest sell-ing books today. Throughthe article Think Nega-tive! J ohn points out theerrors of positive think-ing. He tries to influencethe readers to join him inhis request to OprahWinfrey to invite Karen

Creulo in The OprahWinfrey Show, so thatthe concept of thinkingnegative can be broughtinto attention of a massaudience. J ohn arguesthat The Secret asks usto banish worst case sce-narios from our minds,

while Never Saw It Com-ing says such attitudeswill disregard failure, pre-venting us from preparingfor the worst.

Too much positive think-ing helps build an imageof perfection for a per-son. And when such peo-ple come face to facewith failures it will have adevastating effect onthem, injuring their selfconfidence beyond re-

pair. Atul Gawande, MD,of Harvard MedicalSchool says When youhave a major decision tomake- ask what could gowrong? Look far andeven expect failure, itsthe power of negativethinking!Even though thinkingnegative can help saveyour skin, that alone willnot lead to a fool proof

life. Negative thinkinghas its benefits, but aperson who only antici-pates the worst in lifedoes not hold the key tosuccess. So Think Nega-tive in a Positive Way!

By TM Revathy Venu


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Badr Al Rabie Clinic

Conference Room

Dammam

Saudi Arabia

Mondays 8:15 pm to 10:15 pm

For Inquiries please contact VP Education

Phone: 0559267391

E-mail: [email protected]

Diamond Toastmasters Club is part of

Toastmasters International which is a non

profit organization registered in USA. The

club membership is open to all who would

like to enhance their public speaking and

leadership skill.

The vision of Toastmasters International is

to empower people to achieve their full po-

tential and realize their dreams. Toastmas-

ters International helps men and women to

learn the arts of speaking, listening and

thinking -vital skills that promote self-

actualization, enhance leadership, foster

human understanding and contribute to the

betterment of mankind.

Diamond Toastmasters Club

Congratulations...

Education is our

Business

Two of our Diamonds TM

Aziz Ur Rehman & TM

Wajira Kumara have com-

pleted their 10 CC projects

and will be shortly receiv-

ing their badges and cer-

tificates from TMI declar-

ing them as Competent

Communicators. We cele-

brated this occasion with

good wishes for their fu-

ture success. TM Abubacker cutting cake with TM

Wajira Kumara after his 10th speech

TM Aziz posing for the camera after

delivering his 10th speech.

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