HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 !!!

No Meetings This Week

Dear All,

Welcome back to the new semester - Semester 2, Session 2009/2010.

We will be having our meeting from next week onwards. Thus there will be no meetings this week.

Please look through our blog from time to time for more information.

Thank you.


UM TMC.

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

UM TMC would like to take this opportunity to wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!





Have a wonderful season greetings.


Make sure the music is 'ON'....


UM TMC.

10 Tips for Public Speaking by Toastmasters International

Feeling some nervousness before giving a speech is natural and even beneficial, but too much nervousness can be detrimental. Here are some proven tips on how to control your butterflies and give better presentations:

Know your material.

Pick a topic you are interested in. Know more about it than you include in your speech. Use humor, personal stories and conversational language – that way you won’t easily forget what to say.

Practice. Practice. Practice!

Rehearse out loud with all equipment you plan on using. Revise as necessary. Work to control filler words; Practice, pause and breathe. Practice with a timer and allow time for the unexpected.

Know the audience.

Greet some of the audience members as they arrive. It’s easier to speak to a group of friends than to strangers.

Know the room.

Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.

Relax.

Begin by addressing the audience. It buys you time and calms your nerves. Pause, smile and count to three before saying anything. ("One one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand. Pause. Begin.) Transform nervous energy into enthusiasm.

Visualize yourself giving your speech.

Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear and confident. Visualize the audience clapping – it will boost your confidence.

Realize that people want you to succeed.

Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative and entertaining. They’re rooting for you.

Don’t apologize for any nervousness or problem

– the audience probably never noticed it.

Concentrate on the message – not the medium.

Focus your attention away from your own anxieties and concentrate on your message and your audience.

Gain experience.

Mainly, your speech should represent you — as an authority and as a person. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking. A Toastmasters club can provide the experience you need in a safe and friendly environment.

Visit a Toastmasters meeting!

Share It

Dear Members,

If you feel that you would like to post something (anything about Toastmasters, or perhaps any information or knowledge) that you would like to share among our members, the UM TMC Facebook group is always open for you.

You can click to it using the link section right hand corner below.

Knowledge is to be shared.


UM TMC.

DKC TMC Meeting on 16th December 2009

Dear Members,

Deloitte Kassim Chan Toastmasters Club will be having their meeting. Below are the meeting details :

Date : 16th December 2009 (Wednesday)
Time : 6.30pm
Venue : Damansara Uptown, Petaling Jaya.


For those who are interested to take up any roles in the meeting, please contact us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com for assistance.


UM TMC.

UM TMC in EDMAT32 Public Speaking Programme

It has been a pleasure for the three of us (Kimmy Foo, Nyuk Jet, and me) to attend the public speaking programme held in EDMAT32 as the evaluators. We have been the assistance for Mr Ismail Omar (from the IEM Toastmasters) to evaluate about 25 participants from various universities in the impromptu speech speaking.

It was quite surprising to know that some of them were from Indonesia, Philipines, and some were international students. During the public speaking session, we observed that some were nervous, some had problems in organizing points and some had difficult times to get the points right. Some did manage to show their skills of becoming a good speaker.

However, that is not the whole point of public speaking. The main point is that all the participants had the guts and bravery to go up on the stage and present something in front of the whole audience. That is what really counts - the first step of public speaking. Other aspects in public speaking would come automatically through practice. Practice makes perfect!!!

At the end of the programme, we were allocated time to promote our UM TMC club, hoping that engineering students would join our club. We definitely had great time of evaluation.

Thank you Mr Ismail Omar and EDMAT32 organizers for giving us the chance.

xoxo

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(sorry, no photos taken ya)

Communicating On Campus

This article could be something related to us as a students' club:

People go to college to learn, grow and improve themselves. What better place for a Toastmasters club?! Indeed, there are many clubs at colleges and universities around the world, and members include undergraduates, graduate students, staff, and sometimes faculty, alumni and neighboring residents. Students learn speaking skills that help their academic performance, while staff members improve their professional abilities and enjoy learning alongside students. All agree that college clubs are an invaluable campus resource.

College clubs are a vibrant mix, reflecting a cross-section of the campus population: undergraduates, graduate students, staff members, and sometimes faculty, alumni and community residents as well. College and Toastmasters make a perfect fit: People go to college specifically to learn, to experience new people and cultures, and to improve themselves. A Toastmasters club is a prime campus resource where members learn from, and about, each other and where they develop presence and poise, language and leadership skills.

(taken from Toastmasters International webpage)

Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking (Final Part)

9. My gestures look forced, should I leave my hands at my side. This makes me even more nervous. How can I have relaxed gestures?

· Speak to the crowd in a conversational tone. This can take practice, but helps immensely with your gestures.

· Try to NOT think about your hands.

· If you play with buttons or put your hands in your pockets, try to NOT wear clothes with pockets or buttons. Putting your hands in your pockets is a big distraction to your listeners that you should avoid at all costs!

· If none of these works, try keeping your hands at your side, and pinching your index finger and thumb together tightly. This should help to remind you not to pick at your clothes.

10. What do I do if I drop my cards?

· Pick them up. Ok, sorry. We authors do have a sense of humor sometimes.

· After you pick them up, go to the appropriate card.

· If you number your cards in the top left corner and circle the number, this is very easy to do.

· If you do not remember the number you were on, then go to the COLORED topic you were at.

· This is one of the reasons that using colors and numbers help.

· Another trick is to use your mind to make a map of your speech.

a. What I mean by this is that you simply have a maze drawn out in your head of all the main topics.

b. Do this by visualizing your story like a movie or story. You can even see yourself doing the speech in the mirror, and then replay it in your mind several times. This helps!


(taken from www.essortment.com, 2002 Pagewise)

Our Next Semester Confirmed Meeting Time

Dear all,

After the votes and feedbacks from the members, we have reached to the decision that the timing of the Toastmasters meetings for next semester is

WEDNESDAYS @ 5.15 pm

We are still in the process of booking the room. Thus, we will confirm the venue later on.


UM TMC.

Evaluators Needed

Dear UM TMC Members,


We would like to invite you to represent our UM TMC in a public speaking programme held in University Malaya. Members would have the chance to evaluate our very own UM students. It's a good opportunity and platform for you to be more confident when representing yourself.

The details of programme are as follows:

Date: 11 December 2009
Time: 8.30pm-10.30pm
Venue: Residential College, University of Malaya


Interested members, please e-mail us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com before 4th December 2009.

Thank you.


UM TMC.

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