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Club No. 858173

Division C, District 82

Malkiat Singh Bindra

Chief Editor

It feels great pleasure to bring to you September edition of the JPKU Toastmasters Newsletter “Images” The month of September is over, so is the month which marks the hard work required for some professions. On behalf of the EC, I would feel great honor to inform you all that our club has achieved 5 DCP goals. With 2 more CCs in our club, and the IITians kicking in like a spontaneous reaction, our meetings are gaining a new height. Read along for the Party we had on the BIG 200th MEETING OF OUR CLUB. And then for the Humorous Speech contest and the evaluation contest . Also presenting Interview from someone studying in IIT Delhi. Comments, Suggestions, Contributions are all Welcome…

From The Editors’ Desk

News Digest

President Speaks Another commendable month has passed

and before we realized its already been 3

months!… Page2

200th Meeting Roll over to Page 3 to read about all the action

that took place at the 200th JPKU TMC

Meeting. Page3

Images from the 200th meeting For those who missed the action, check out the

images of what u missed. For those who did not,

roll over to re-live ‘em… Page4

Newsletter of the JPKU Toastmasters Club, New Delhi

Vol. 2, Issue 3; September 2009

Contest moments captured on lens

Missed the contest?

Don’t miss the action… Roll over to catch

some action... Page6

Know Thy Toastmaster

Yes, this section is dedicated to the IITians

for a while. Check to read more about this

Yoga and meditation enthusiast… Page8

Best of the Month

Yes, these are the people who took all those

certificates last month, take a look at them

and Plan a Revenge… Page9

Area Contest

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what

ships are for."

This quote by William Shedd … Page7

Contest Day from Aniket’s Goggles Festivities just wouldn’t come to an end to JPKU

Toastmasters Club. Just a week after the 200th

meeting which … Page5

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower " - Steve Jobs.

President Speaks

Dear Toastmasters,

Another commendable month has passed and before we realized its al-

ready been 3 months!

The month dawned with the 200th meeting of JPKU Toastmasters club.

Marking a mile stone and completion of 2 more CCs, a cute little party

and felicitation of our chief mentors followed and the cherry on the cake,

JPKU became one of the first club in Area C to have completed 5 DCP

goals!!

The week after that saw, our evaluation and humorous speech contest.

Yet again Ritu won the evaluation contest, and will be representing us at

the Area contest. Our winners of the Humorous speech contest, Devesh

and Aniket left us laughing even after the contest got over. We wish eve-

ryone luck and hope a grand victory at the Area Contest and further

ahead!

Best of luck!

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“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspiration and expectation. ” - Jack Nicklaus.

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I have always thought birthdays are special days, it really doesn’t

matter whose birthday it is but birthdays are meant to be celebrated.

This 5th September was indeed more special because our very own

JPKU Toastmaster club was celebrating its 200th BIRTHDAY i.e.

200th meeting.... and in no way you can call it old with EC team’s

age being in range of 20-28 years. This was one of the favorite

meetings I have ever attended.

The meeting was a special meeting with a theme of respecting and

paying gratitude to our Teachers/ mentors/ guide and everyone in

the meeting participated and shared their thoughts about their men-

tor. We all celebrated and called it Mentors’ day because I believe

mentor is a wide term than teacher, and there are no teachers in

Toastmaster, cause no one with a scale is after you to learn, you

learn yourself and move ahead with your mentor and your

club......!!!

Lot of new things was tried in this meeting and one of the funniest

part was when Nikhil Seth made Nitya to act and not speak in Table

topic session and/ Shraddha’s dress code, which was fully followed

by some and partially followed by others and apart from black and

red, we had cap, and bread in the room.

I completely loved the speech of A.P. Abdul Kalam delivered per-

fectly by Poonam Jain who made it to the meeting even after attend-

ing 1st meeting of Asia Pacific Management at 11am. I enjoyed my

role as a toastmaster and got a chance to hear two CC projects de-

livered fabulously by Nikhil Sheth and Malkiat Singh who were

amazingly inspiring.

It is the warmth and wisdom of our senior mentors who have

shaped the members of JPKU TM Club and with smiles of gratitude

the club presented appreciation certificates to senior mentors as

their token of love.

The meeting was followed by PARTY…. THE BEST

PART…..with Malkiat taking care of food and Nikhil taking care of

music, I would say I had a blast celebrating Mentors’ day for the

very first time dancing with Mr. Menon and other fellow members

and guests.

It is said "alls well that ends well, and when ending is with

a cake in one had and pizza slice in another, it’s more

that well… It’s simply amazing and delicious.

Happy Birthday JPKU Toastmasters Club

By Richa Aggarwal

“We improve ourselves by victory over ourself. There must be contests and you must Win. ” - Edward Gibbon.


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Some Moments Caught on Camera...

"To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan... believe... act! ” - Alfred A Montapert.

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Festivities just wouldn’t come to an end to JPKU Toastmasters Club. Just a week after

the 200th meeting which was marked by the completion of two CCs and a grand party,

we had our club contests for the Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contests on the 12th

of September. And some contest we had!

We had three toastmasters slated for the Humorous Speech Contest viz. Nikhil Sheth,

Devesh and Aniket Bose, while the veteran Ritu Arora, Shraddha Nakra, Juhi, Nikhil

Sheth and Manoj Kumar were lined up for the Evaluation Contest.

The Humorous Speech Contest officially started as the contest chair Shraddha briefed

the participants about the rules and picked lots to decide the order of speakers.

Aniket came up with a speech titled “Drinking is Bad”, which was a highly exaggerated

version of a real life incident that occurred with two college friends. The major high-

lights of the speech were the frequent twists and the introduction of interesting charac-

ters such as Bhaiyya and Dia Mirza. He managed to leave the floor without any of the

embarrassment or frowns that he had feared leaving people with a smile on the face.

Next up was the mechanical engineer Devesh with his speech titled “Why so Serious”. It

was a 7 minute laugh riot marked by several real instances which have taught him not to

take anyone’s advice seriously- be it strangers giving direction to a place, a girl express-

ing her crush for him, advertisements of Maggi �oodles and VIP Frenchie, or friends

teaching you to cheat cops.

The third and final speaker was the ever smiling Nikhil Sheth, whose mere presence

brings a smile to most faces. He came up with a speech titled “A Bald �ew World”, and

tried to convince the audience that bald (or tending to bald) men are smarter, and hair on

human heads is getting less fashionable by the day. He quoted scientific reasons for the

same from a video titled “What’s the Problem with �udity”. Nikhil’s speech provided an

amazing blend of highly dubious facts and beautifully timed humour, and was much ap-

preciated by the audience.

With the Humorous Speech Contest over and done with, it was now time for the Evalua-

tion Contest, chaired by Aniket. The target speaker for the contest was Ashish Chaud-

hary, the target speaker for the contest from TCS Toastmasters Club, Gurgaon. He deliv-

ered an enchanting speech on illiteracy, narrating a couple of incidents, making good use

of literary tools, giving suggestions to eradicate the menace and inspiring the audience to

implement them. After the speech followed five minutes of silence for the contestants to

prepare their evaluations.

Finally, when the painful silence was over, the contestants came

up one by one to evaluate Ashish’s speech. As Manoj, Nikhil,

Shraddha and Ritu gave their evaluations in the Toastmasters’

recommended “Comment, Recommend, Comment” format with

specific pieces of advice on body language, voice modulation

and pauses, the judges kept taking notes with increasing inten-

sity. Each evaluator seemed better than the previous.

After an hour and a half of hard fought competitions, the mo-

ment of reckoning had dawned upon us. But just to add to the already existing suspense,

the President decided to thank the supplementary role players first. And when the sus-

pense become unbearable, the president called on the chief judge Deepak Menon to an-

nounce the names which would be representing our club in the Area Contest on the 6th of

October. In the Humorous Speech Contest, Aniket was declared the 1st runner up, and

Devesh was declared the winner. The Evaluation Contest was dominated by the fairer

sex, with Shraddha finishing as 1st runner up and Ritu bagging the top

spot. That was followed by all contestants posing for

photographs in front of Nikhil Sheth’s camera

and shouting “Cheeeeeeese!”

The Contest Day from Aniket’s Goggles

By Aniket Bose

“Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. ” - John Andrew Holmes.


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Contest Winners and some moments caught on Camera

Winner Devesh Trivedi

1st Runner Up Aniket Bose

Humorous Speech Contest

Winner Dr. Ritu Arora

1st Runner Up Shraddha Nakra

Evaluation Contest

"Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. ” - Tom Robbins.

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“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for."

This quote by William Shedd illustrates the eternal journey of life - that like the ship,

we are meant to take our abilities into newer terrain, and not just stay within our

own comfort levels. It is necessary to keep on testing and sharpening our skills by

consistently aiming higher than where we are at the moment. Even at Toastmasters,

we are in a continuous journey to get better and better with what we do - be it

speaking, evaluating, impromptu skills, role playing, even organizing and leading.

In this context, contests are an important part of the Toastmasters International

educational program. Contests provide an opportunity for proficient speakers to

gain contest experience, and they provide interesting educational programs for

members and the public.

And our district is providing the opportunity by Organizing a Speech and Evaluation

Contest at Area Level on 6th October. This will be a great opportunity for our

winners and runners up to test their skills and invade new territory and make their

presence felt.

So make sure you attend the contest and cheer for your favorite toastmaster so our

club stays “Always Ahead”!

Details for the Area Contest

Venue: Punjabi Bhawan (Near ITO)

Date : 6th October 2009

Time: 5 p.m.*

Area Contest for Humorous Speech Contest and Evaluation ContestArea Contest for Humorous Speech Contest and Evaluation ContestArea Contest for Humorous Speech Contest and Evaluation ContestArea Contest for Humorous Speech Contest and Evaluation Contest

"Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. ” - Edward De Bono.

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Toastmasters is a forum which allows you to

speak your Heart & Mind out. Do you agree?

“Absoulutely! It not only gives you the opportunity to ex-

press yourself at a forum full of supportive people but also

the opportunity to see other people express themselves in

their own very unique ways. We often tend to forget things

like humour etc in the mad rush of life. But at Toastmasters

humour is a way of life”

Toastmasters gives us confidence, energy &

motivation, which we miss out in our daily life.

What do u have to say about it?

“At toastmasters you are required to step out of your comfort

zone. Every speech and every role is a challenge in itself.

Stretching yourself in such an energetic and positive setting

where you can grow at you own pace inculcates confidence

and above all you enjoy doing what you do at Toastmasters”

Know Thy Toastmaster

“Ayush Agrawal”“Ayush Agrawal”“Ayush Agrawal”“Ayush Agrawal”

So how is Life at IIT Delhi?

“To say in a few words its” thoroughly predictable” I think

I can tell you what I would be doing at any particular time

for the next 3 months of my life quite accurately. So coming

to Toastmaster has been quite a relief if not anything. Our

cultural fest “ Rendezvous” is coming in a week, so really

looking forward to that.”

.ot many get “The Best Speaker Award” on

delivering their Ice Breaker. How did that feel?

“Although there were only two speakers that day. Get-

ting the best speaker award really meant a lot to me.

Ritu and Nikhil had given me a small note on a piece

of paper appreciating my speech which really went a

long way in boosting my confidence for challenges to

come.”

What is that you look forward to learn in

Toastmasters?

Leadership I believe is a quality which I guess these

days is a rarity to find. I think I have a lot to learn from

guys like Ritu , Nikhil ,Aniket who

brilliantly handle the meeting

roles.

Student of 4th year mechanical engineering in IIT Delhi.

Great Yoga and Meditation enthusiast. Also known as

“Stock market” between some friends as he doesn’t stick

onto a particular thing. Wants to leave a mark in the edu-

cation sector of our country. Other interests include sing-

ing and guitar playing.

"Experience shows that success is due less to ability that to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul. ” - Charles Buxton.

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• Nikhil Sheth on 5th Sep

• Aniket Bose on 19th Sep

• Tejesh Kinariwala

on 26th Sep

• Smriti on 5th Sep

• Aprameya & Ritu Arora

on 19th Sep

• Nikhil Sheth on 26th Sep

• Jyoti Narula on 5th Sep

• Ritu Arora on 19th Sep

• Aniket & Nikhil Sheth

on 26th Sep

Contact Us

• Shraddha Nakra: President

[email protected]

• Richa Aggarwal: Vice President, Education

[email protected]

• Nikhil Sheth: Vice President, Membership

[email protected]

• Malkiat Bindra: Vice President, Public Relations

[email protected]

• Manoj Kumar: Secretary

[email protected]

• Nihil Malik: Treasurer

[email protected]

• Ritu Arora: Sergeant-at-arms

[email protected]

"Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel” - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Venue

Vivekananda Vihar, Opposite J.P., Kapur & Uberai, Chartered

Accountants, LGF C-4/5 Safdarjung Development Area,

New Delhi—110016.

Timings

Every Saturday, 12:30 p.m.

Whom to Contact

For all membership and PR queries, please contact:

Nikhil Sheth (VP, Membership): +91-99114-79900; [email protected]

Malkiat Bindra (VP, Public Relations): +91-98110-64605 ; [email protected]

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JPKU TMC

Viveknanda Vihar

Always Ahead…!

Club No. 858173

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Division C, District 82 No part of this newsletter maybe printed or reproduced without intimating the JPKU Toastmasters Club. All enquiries and requests should be directed to the club’s public relations committee at [email protected].

I would like to thank Richa Aggarwal, Aniket Bose and Nikhil Sheth who all contributed to the Newsletter being busy most of the time or being injured.

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