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Training, Learning on Public Speaking.</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (SMATMC PR-Guy)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>108</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NmatmcVirtualClubhouse-ToastmasteringampBeyond" /><feedburner:info uri="nmatmcvirtualclubhouse-toastmasteringampbeyond" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:browserFriendly></feedburner:browserFriendly><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-5017837258339805008</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-10T16:57:32.160+08:00</atom:updated><title>Chapter Meeting on 12 Dec 2011</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wl0EozTxovI/TuMe98g__XI/AAAAAAAAAOo/Sm91QX7r-O8/s1600/SMA%2BTMC%2BDec%2B2011%2BMeeting.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wl0EozTxovI/TuMe98g__XI/AAAAAAAAAOo/Sm91QX7r-O8/s320/SMA%2BTMC%2BDec%2B2011%2BMeeting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684421204237090162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Members and Friends,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   Dec's meeting is finally here, and I have lined up an amazing lineup     of 3 speakers who are all geared up to present their project and     bring their public speaking journey to greater height. On top of     this exciting program, we have DTM Jenny Au and our very own Mi Chi     to share their feedback on the speakers as panel evaluators.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   We have also a One of a Kind Table Topic Session, Battle of the     Sexes. This promise to be a "Battle Royale", where 2 benches of     Table Topic Speakers (Debaters) of the 2 genders will speak on     various topic in support of their kind!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   Join us on 12 Dec 2011, next Monday, 7pm. Do let me or our     Toastmaster of the Day, Bruno Pereira, know of your speech     introduction or background.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   Feel free to invite your friends or family along. Light refreshment     will be provided.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Nearest train station is a 5 min walk     from Newton Mrt Station. Drivers may park your vehicle opposite the     CC at the public car-park at Newton Circus Food Centre.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   I look forward to seeing you next Monday.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   Regards&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;b&gt;Mark Leong&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/b&gt;VPE&lt;br /&gt;   Star Millennium&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-5017837258339805008?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/12/chapter-meeting-on-12-dec-2011.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (SMATMC PR-Guy)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wl0EozTxovI/TuMe98g__XI/AAAAAAAAAOo/Sm91QX7r-O8/s72-c/SMA%2BTMC%2BDec%2B2011%2BMeeting.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-2001146410164138103</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-10T16:53:52.623+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Group Photo with Workshop Speaker</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wekie Tay</category><title>The Secret Art of Persuasion on 26 Nov 2011</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q893lViPgGo/TuMd-i0YM8I/AAAAAAAAAOc/kMLeeZGFA5Q/s1600/CIMG2078.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q893lViPgGo/TuMd-i0YM8I/AAAAAAAAAOc/kMLeeZGFA5Q/s320/CIMG2078.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684420115007288258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-2001146410164138103?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/12/secret-art-of-persuasion-on-26-nov-2011.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (SMATMC PR-Guy)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q893lViPgGo/TuMd-i0YM8I/AAAAAAAAAOc/kMLeeZGFA5Q/s72-c/CIMG2078.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-5799217864047948949</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-12T01:38:25.550+08:00</atom:updated><title>Chapter Meeting on 14 Nov 2011</title><description>Come join us on 14 Nov, 7pm at Cairnhill CC. We have lined up an incredible 6 project speeches. I am sure we will learn a lot and have fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking forward to seeing you there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VPE - Mark Leong&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-5799217864047948949?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/11/chapter-meeting-on-14-nov-2011.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (SMATMC PR-Guy)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-4009557432203533997</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-11T15:27:07.839+08:00</atom:updated><title>Register for "The Secret Art of Persuasion"</title><description>&lt;div style="width:100%; text-align:left;" &gt;&lt;iframe  src="http://www.eventbrite.com/tickets-external?eid=2500940380&amp;ref=etckt" frameborder="0" height="192" width="100%" vspace="0" hspace="0" marginheight="5" marginwidth="5" scrolling="auto" allowtransparency="true"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:10px; padding:5px 0 5px; margin:2px; width:100%; text-align:left;" &gt;&lt;a style="color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" href="http://www.eventbrite.com/r/etckt" &gt;Event registration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ddd;" &gt; for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2500940380?ref=etckt" &gt;The Secret Art of Persuasion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ddd;" &gt; powered by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color:#ddd; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" href="http://www.eventbrite.com?ref=etckt" &gt;Eventbrite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-4009557432203533997?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/11/register-for-secret-art-of-persuasion.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (SMATMC PR-Guy)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-3956833835906645682</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-17T14:26:35.066+08:00</atom:updated><title>Oct Chapter Meeting</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RP8QCkFeANM/TpvKkcRnFrI/AAAAAAAAANs/hhVDGQSy6oo/s1600/memory.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RP8QCkFeANM/TpvKkcRnFrI/AAAAAAAAANs/hhVDGQSy6oo/s320/memory.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664343683762689714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear members and wonderful guests,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pardon my lateness, but our meeting on 10 Oct 2011 was so good that i can still remember it (Thanks Nisshant, your method helps :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had an educational road trip during our Chapter meeting. Kenneth Yeo shared with us the ambitious plan to integrate Nature &amp; Toastmasters, and Ah Cheng's demonstration on using a food blender that is different from others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our panel evaluators, John Sih and Kandimathi, bring their blend of humor &amp; insight and provided valuable feedback to our speakers. John was sharp with his analysis and recommendations based on speech objectives and content, and Kandi was creative with her analysis and suggestions on the usage of the language used by the speakers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our 2nd part of the meeting sees a mind-blowing sharing by Asia's first Grandmaster of Memory, Nisshant Kasibhatla. He had entertained, enlightened and definitely elevated us to a paradigm shift on how he, and the rest of us, can achieve great memory. Yes, I can still remember the 16 items, and I am sure most if not all our members and friends present can remember too.&lt;br /&gt;Thank you, Nisshant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please join us in our next meeting, 14 Nov 2011, held on the 2nd Monday of the month. Members who like to take up speaking slots or roles, do let me know so that I may allocate the slots for you. Do share this email to your friends whom I may have missed out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do visit our site, www.starmillennium.org or follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Star-Millennium-Advanced-Toastmasters-Club-at-Cairnhill-CC/99294409513&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers and Thanks for the memory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark Leong&lt;br /&gt;VP-Education&lt;br /&gt;Star Millennium Advanced TMC&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-3956833835906645682?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/10/oct-chapter-meeting.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (SMATMC PR-Guy)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RP8QCkFeANM/TpvKkcRnFrI/AAAAAAAAANs/hhVDGQSy6oo/s72-c/memory.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-3256594351102477935</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-17T11:17:31.643+08:00</atom:updated><title>Humorous &amp; Evaluation Contest 2011/2012</title><description>Dear All,
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&lt;br /&gt;We will be having our humorous and evaluation contest on Friday, 19 Aug 2011, at Cairnhill Community Club, 01-05. 
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&lt;br /&gt;Do come to learn, have fun and support the contestants. 
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&lt;br /&gt;Cheers
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-3256594351102477935?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/08/humorous-evaluation-contest-20112012.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (SMATMC PR-Guy)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-2154176782316720544</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-30T15:00:03.727+08:00</atom:updated><title>Thinking of Speaking another topic for Humourous Speech Contest?</title><description>In Australia, I have completed the recent studies on the DIstrict 73 (Western &amp;amp; South Australia Region) for the 2009-2010 Work Year &lt;br /&gt;
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Here are my findings: &lt;br /&gt;
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The following items were noted: &lt;br /&gt;
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1. Family-focused - In Australia, life revolves around the family, even in university, church and contests.&lt;br /&gt;
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2. The topics at the contests (in speaking order):&lt;br /&gt;
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a. Who loves your baby? &lt;br /&gt;
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b. What's happening to me ?&lt;br /&gt;
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c. Australian husband best or worst?&lt;br /&gt;
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d. Catching Santa&lt;br /&gt;
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e. The things you do for your children &lt;br /&gt;
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f. Nobody Cares&lt;br /&gt;
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g. Healthy Dirty Mind &lt;br /&gt;
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h. America Holiday&lt;br /&gt;
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i. Melons&lt;br /&gt;
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j. Vindictive Cat&lt;br /&gt;
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The winning sequence came from third to first in the brackets (f,i,d)&lt;br /&gt;
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Wish you all the best for the coming contest. &lt;br /&gt;
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Regards,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gerald Ong ACG, ALB&lt;br /&gt;
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Star Millennium Advanced TMC&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-2154176782316720544?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/06/thinking-of-speaking-another-topic-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gerald Ong)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-4413389349025038744</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 03:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-12T11:49:39.891+08:00</atom:updated><title>Jun 2011 Inspiring Meeting</title><description>Dear Friends, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come join us on 13 Jun 2011, at Cairnhill CC, 7:15pm, Conference Room, for an evening of fun filled entertainment, learning and informative speeches and sharing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark Leong, IPP&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-4413389349025038744?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/06/jun-2011-inspiring-meeting.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (SMATMC PR-Guy)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-2247659602144735973</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 12:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-03T20:08:00.416+08:00</atom:updated><title>Richard St. John's 8 secrets of success | Video on TED.com</title><description>Please enjoy the video. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html"&gt;Richard St. John's 8 secrets of success | Video on TED.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-2247659602144735973?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/05/richard-st-johns-8-secrets-of-success.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gerald Ong)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-8312732710109523360</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-22T00:24:00.528+08:00</atom:updated><title>A Star-inspiring Club International Speech &amp; Table Topics Contest 2011</title><description>Dear Members, &lt;br /&gt;
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I am pleased to announce the results of our Club International Speech Contest &amp;amp; Table Topics Contest&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;International Speech Contest&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;Champion: Mark Leong&lt;br /&gt;
1st Runner Up: Tan Kwan Hong&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Table Topics Contest &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;Champion: Bruno Pereira&lt;br /&gt;
1st Runner Up:&amp;nbsp; Mark Leong &lt;br /&gt;
2nd Runner Up: Tan Kwan Hong&lt;br /&gt;
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Dear Appointment Holders, thank you for helping us out at the contest &lt;br /&gt;
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Dear Chief Judge, my sincere thanks to your judging panel. &lt;br /&gt;
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Dear AG D3 Gov Karen Tan, thanks for gracing our event. &lt;br /&gt;
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Regards, &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gerald Ong, ACG, ALB&lt;br /&gt;
VPE&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; Secretary&lt;br /&gt;
Star Millennium Advanced Toastmasters Club @ Cairnhill &lt;br /&gt;
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Organizing Chair&lt;br /&gt;
Star Millennium Advanced Toastmasters Club @ Cairnhill Club International Speech &amp;amp; Table Topics Contest 2011&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-8312732710109523360?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/02/star-inspiring-club-international.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gerald Ong)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-5888398085751929124</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-14T19:00:09.661+08:00</atom:updated><title>Change of VIce-President (Education) effective 7th Jan 2011</title><description>Dear Members, &lt;br /&gt;I am pleased to announce that there is a change of Executive Committee Member, effective 7th Jan 2011. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Our then-Vice President (Education) Vera Wee, ACG, ALB had made her resignation. &lt;br /&gt;I quote, "I've also come to a decision that it would not be possible for me to contribute as a member or as VPE in the coming months. &lt;br /&gt;I'll be extremely busy with my work/business and will be traveling more this year."  email sent  by Vera  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Our Club Secretary Gerald Ong, ACG, ALB have agreed to take over the role of Vice-President (Education). The administrative portion will be overseen by him throughout his time in Sydney, Australia. &lt;br /&gt;He leaves for Sydney within a week later after the club contest on 18th Feb 2011. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The Club Meeting will be coordinated on a rotation basis within our Club Executive Committee. &lt;br /&gt;For March Meeting, Mark Leong will be in charge of the meeting. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Regards,&lt;br /&gt;Kandimathi ACS/ALB&lt;br /&gt;President (2010 to 2011)&lt;br /&gt;Star Millennium Adv TMC @Cairnhill&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-5888398085751929124?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/02/change-of-vice-president-education.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (SMATMC PR-Guy)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-2081263614857653758</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-14T11:27:30.590+08:00</atom:updated><title>Update from TI WHQ - Limited Access to Portal</title><description>January 20, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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Toastmasters Web Site: Temporary Limited Functionality&lt;br /&gt;
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To pave the way for exciting new enhancements, sections of the Toastmasters Web site will undergo periodic closures beginning January 26, 2011. Please note the important dates listed below so that you can plan ahead.&lt;br /&gt;
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January 26, 2011 - 11:59 p.m. (PST) &lt;br /&gt;
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My Profile&lt;br /&gt;
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Members will not be able to access this area until February 14, 2011. In addition, new accounts cannot be created during this time.&lt;br /&gt;
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Club/District Business sections&lt;br /&gt;
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Club and district officers will not be able to access their business sections of the Web site. Officers will not be able to pay dues, add new members, add educational awards or update club officer or meeting information until these sections return to functionality February 14, 2011. As a result, no New Member Kits will be processed until the section is reopened, although select new member materials are available on the Web site here.&lt;br /&gt;
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Online Store &lt;br /&gt;
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The online store will be closed until January 29.&lt;br /&gt;
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Charter clubs&lt;br /&gt;
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Charter club applications will not be processed until February 14, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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January 29, 2011 - 9 a.m. (PST) &lt;br /&gt;
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The online store will be reopened and you will be able to purchase most items. Unfortunately, engraving will not be available until February 14. &lt;br /&gt;
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February 10, 2011 - 11:59 p.m. (PST) Online Store Closed&lt;br /&gt;
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The online store will be closed until February 14. &lt;br /&gt;
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February 14, 2011 - 5:30 a.m. (PST) All Sections Open for Business&lt;br /&gt;
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All sections of the Web site will re-open for business with exciting new functions. The planned upgrades to the Toastmasters Web site will provide an improved online experience for everyone:&lt;br /&gt;
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The Online Store&lt;br /&gt;
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An enhanced interface will allow members to order engraving on products more simply and easily. Please note that Express Handling will not be available for online store purchases until February 21.&lt;br /&gt;
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My Profile&lt;br /&gt;
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Profiles can now be viewed and updated.&lt;br /&gt;
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Club/District Business sections&lt;br /&gt;
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Club and district leaders will enjoy three major improvements as a result of the Web site upgrades: &lt;br /&gt;
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Club officers will be able to add dual and reinstated memberships online. &lt;br /&gt;
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Speech Contest Kits will be available for purchase to download electronically in the very near future.&lt;br /&gt;
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Districts can place orders online. &lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you in advance for your patience. Special thanks for the numerous Toastmasters members and leaders who volunteered their time to test the site over the past few weeks, so you can be sure that your experience with the changes to the Web site will be exceptional. &lt;br /&gt;
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Please contact World Headquarters Member Services if you have any questions about how to plan for the closures.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sincerely, &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Daniel Rex&lt;br /&gt;
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Executive Director&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-2081263614857653758?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/01/update-from-ti-whq-limited-access-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gerald Ong)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-2392298470111682784</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-11T12:00:00.864+08:00</atom:updated><title>Preparing for the Contests</title><description>Dear Members,&lt;br /&gt;
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Please prepare yourself by attempting the following topics:&lt;br /&gt;
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1.&lt;br /&gt;
A line is a line. Do you agree? &lt;br /&gt;
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2.&lt;br /&gt;
Life is like a thousand colours. Share with your favourite colour and why?&lt;br /&gt;
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3.&lt;br /&gt;
In every cloud, there's a sliver lining. (One of my popular table topics to-date)&lt;br /&gt;
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4.&lt;br /&gt;
To be or not to be&lt;br /&gt;
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5.&lt;br /&gt;
Why are you here?&lt;br /&gt;
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Regards,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gerald Ong ACG, ALB&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-2392298470111682784?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/01/preparing-for-contests.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gerald Ong)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-2936096653333017618</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-02T16:00:04.657+08:00</atom:updated><title>The interpretation of the Ten Commandments in Toastmasters:</title><description>&lt;div style="color: blue;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Dear Readers,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I have found an interesting find in District 51, Division A Website.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br style="color: blue;" /&gt;   &lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Cheers, Gerald Ong ACG, ALB, Secretary, Star Millennium Advanced Toastmasters Club &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;The interpretation of the Ten Commandments in  Toastmasters:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3399cc;"&gt;Help each other to be right, not wrong.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  How often  have you seen a new member make a mistake during a meeting,  followed by someone  immediately saying “point of order” and correcting  the person on the spot? This  is an obviously embarrassing situation,  especially for a first-time Toastmaster  of the Day. Instead we need to  take new Toastmasters aside after a meeting and  give them the boost  they need to keep growing.&lt;br /&gt;
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I normally pull new  members aside and  say, “I realize you got off track a little and Toastmaster  Jones  corrected you, but here is how you can try it next time.” Education and   motivation will not only help build the next generation of advanced   Toastmasters, it will help them be ‘right’ in future situations. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3399cc;"&gt;Look for ways to  make new ideas work, not for reasons they won’t.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  New members  bring fresh new ideas that merit consideration. Too often  we dismiss ideas and  say, “We have been doing it this way for years and  it has always carved us  Distinguished Club status.” But wait a second;  you just told this new member  that his input does not count. It is  unlikely this member will suggest another  idea for club betterment.  Obviously, not every idea is the nugget of gold you  are looking for.  But you can give it a try and if it doesn’t pan out, at least  you  showed that everyone’s voice is important and heard.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 100%;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3399cc;"&gt;Speak positively  about each other and about your organization at every  opportunity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  I love to brag about my home club and its members.  After each meeting  we send out a positive meeting recap and a preview of our  next meeting.  We take opportunities during the meeting to praise accomplishments  and  continue to stress where we are on our road toward Distinguished Club   status. Some may see this as crazy, but it is far from that...it is  contagious.  If your members see the leaders of the club bragging and  talking up individual  and team accomplishments, it is human nature to  join in. Make each goal toward  DCP a celebration; make each advancement  a reason to brag on the individual.  Sooner, not later, you will have  created a culture of Toastmasters recruiters  who truly want to share  the excitement with others.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3399cc;"&gt;Help each other win, and take  pride in each others’ victories.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  Everyone in the club needs to  help each other excel. Everyone has  joined for personal growth, so be proud of  each others’ successes.  Remember, if you have already achieved you personal goal  for the year,  maybe you need to take a step back and help some of the other  members  to move forward toward their goals. In the end, no one wins, unless   everyone wins.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;5.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3399cc;"&gt;Compliment often.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  Praise goes an incredibly long  way toward building confidence in  communication and leadership. From my early  days in Toastmasters I  learned that every compliment contributes to a more  cohesive and  confident team. When I have the honor of serving as Toastmaster  of the  Day, I try to compliment every single person who comes to the lectern   through a positive and motivational introduction.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="MagSideBar2"&gt;                    &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc6600;"&gt;"Make each  goal towards DCP a celebration; make each&lt;br /&gt;
advancement a  reason to brag on the individual."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;6.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3399cc;"&gt;Recognize that the customer is not  an interruption to your work, but reason for it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;For  the purpose  of this discussion I consider the customer to be every  guest who walks into a  club meeting and every new member in need of a  mentor. Don’t look at these new  members as an interruption; look at  them as your reason for being in  Toastmasters – to help people grow.  Find ways to bring the new members both into  the club and into the  speaking schedule so they can immediately start realizing  the benefits.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When  I serve as a mentor, I try to sit down and plan out  the new member’s  entire list of manual assignments during our first discussion.  We  merely review each project and jot down ideas that come to mind for each   speech. Believe it or not, this builds the member’s confidence in his  or her  ability to complete all the speeches.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;7.&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3399cc;"&gt;Realize that “being right” is irrelevant to good  service; the customer’s perception is what counts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  How do you  welcome new members and guests? Guests are golden and  should be treated as such.  Make every meeting a sales pitch and full of  excitement. If your meetings are  boring, why would a guest want to  return? The guest must leave with a perception  that Toastmasters is the  place he/she needs to be and realize there is a  substantial benefit to  joining the club.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;8.&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3399cc;"&gt;Maintain a positive mental outlook.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Do  everything with enthusiasm and good humor; your attitude is   contagious. I look at a Toastmasters meeting as a chance to celebrate  the joys  of improving my communication and leadership ability. Every  chance I get to  speak, no matter what the role, I am enthusiastic. Even  when I serve as the  timer, I introduce the position with zeal and  explain the duties with a bit of  humor. Keep your attitude positive and  watch you membership grow. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;9.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3399cc;"&gt;Sacrifice for  the good of the team. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Sometimes  you need to slow down your pace  toward a goal so another member can  succeed and move on. Give as many speeches  as you can, but always put  others to the forefront.&lt;br /&gt;
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Additionally, make  sure everyone in  your club knows what the goals are for Distinguished Club  status. Come  up with plans for reaching your goals and publicize them. Let your   members know that you may need to schedule others to speak more often  for a  short period of time to meet goals, but you will get everyone  back in the fold  quickly. Bottom line: build a culture where everyone  accepts the team’s goals  and are willing to play their part to make  them a reality.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;10.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3399cc;"&gt;Have fun.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  One of  my club members was gone on a two-week vacation. Upon returning  he said, “I  missed these meetings and I’m happy to finally be back.”  Toastmasters is a  springboard to better communication and leadership,  but it must be built on a  foundation of fun. Too many people are afraid  of public speaking, but if they  perceive it as fun and  non-threatening, they are more likely to jump right in  and get  involved. Also, if the atmosphere is fun and members can joke back and   forth, those public speaking errors will give members a chance to laugh   &lt;em&gt;with&lt;/em&gt;, not &lt;em&gt;at&lt;/em&gt; the other members.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These 10  items  have served me well for many years, both at work and in my local  clubs. I hope  you can use some of the ideas in your club. Maybe by  simply looking at things a  little differently, you can draw in new  members or retain some that are on the  fence of staying or going.  Remember, everyone joined the club to become better  speakers and  leaders. It is your job as the leader of the club to help them  realize  this goal, so make it positive experience for the individual and the   team.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source: http://tmd51diva.blogspot.com/2010/07/team-commandments-excerpts-from.html&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-2936096653333017618?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2011/01/interpretation-of-ten-commandments-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gerald Ong)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-4415364109792616086</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-01T14:59:00.602+08:00</atom:updated><title>Our Mdm President is on the District Newsletter 1st Issue 2010/2011</title><description>Dear Members,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Our Mdm President, Kandimathi Veerasamy ACB/CL is featured on the District Newsletter.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Flip to Page 25 out Page 28 to view her article. &lt;br /&gt;
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The link to District Newsletter: http://www.district80.org/images/stories/newsletters/the%20achievers%201st%20issue%20jul-oct%202010.pdf&lt;br /&gt;
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Alternatively, you can visit District 80 Website to view the magazine.&lt;br /&gt;
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Regards,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gerald Ong ACG, ALB&lt;br /&gt;
Secretary&lt;br /&gt;
Star Millennium Advanced Toastmasters Club&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-4415364109792616086?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2010/10/our-mdm-president-is-on-district.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gerald Ong)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-7379862189565060395</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-07T23:14:07.075+08:00</atom:updated><title>ADVANCED SPEECHCRAFT</title><description>Dear toastmasters,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Advance Speechcraft Workshop is an Awesome Success! We got FULL house! 4 pax are coming back to me ....so it is between 10-14 pax!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have got awesome speechcraft participants who are enthusiastic, excited and highly motivated!&lt;br /&gt;We will be having a highly charged workshop next monday 11th Oct 2010 and thereafter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There will be 5 speaking slots.....for each workshop dates: Oct 11,18,25, Nov 1 &amp; 8&lt;br /&gt;4 of the workshop participants have already booked speaking slots! for the 11 Oct!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have invited Ng Cher Khim, Wikie Tay,Yeo Chai Tun to train you on how to do advanced speech, don't miss this opportunity. Quickly email me at ohangela@singnet.com.sg so I can ask the person in charge to call you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-7379862189565060395?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2010/10/advanced-speechcraft.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Angela Oh)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-2474823572141840239</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-08T21:09:03.755+08:00</atom:updated><title>Speechcraft 2010</title><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2wiI6eZgP3c/TIeKtE6DkkI/AAAAAAAAAEI/u2VuTA7wDuE/s1600/advance+speechcraft+2011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 455px; HEIGHT: 533px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514528775754453570" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2wiI6eZgP3c/TIeKtE6DkkI/AAAAAAAAAEI/u2VuTA7wDuE/s400/advance+speechcraft+2011.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://nma2010.wufoo.com/forms/star-millennium-advanced-speechcraft-2011/"&gt;Sign Up here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-2474823572141840239?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2010/09/speechcraft-2010.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Avenue to Logical Solutions)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2wiI6eZgP3c/TIeKtE6DkkI/AAAAAAAAAEI/u2VuTA7wDuE/s72-c/advance+speechcraft+2011.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-8738614127156684151</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-04T15:00:02.064+08:00</atom:updated><title>The SMA Formula in the Evaluation Contest</title><description>Dear Members, a courtesy reminder.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here are some pointers you can consider when preparing  for the Evaluation Contest. This is compiled through the workshops  attended and contest observations.&lt;br /&gt;
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What is the SMA Formula? Shine, Motivate, Ace&lt;br /&gt;
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Shine - What are the take-aways (aka ta pao) from the Speaker? &lt;br /&gt;
1. What's the speech purpose? Entertain, Motivate, Inspire, Persuade&lt;br /&gt;
2. What was the topic effectively selected? &lt;br /&gt;
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Motivate - How can you make his next speech better? &lt;br /&gt;
1. Is your recommendation effective and logical? &lt;br /&gt;
2. Find his sweet spot and make him do it excellent the next time. &lt;br /&gt;
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Ace - make the judges like you. &lt;br /&gt;
1. It's okay to use notes during your speech presentation. &lt;br /&gt;
2. Your approach in delivering your message to the audience is unique as compared to your competitors&lt;br /&gt;
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Best of luck to all our club contestants in your speech preparation on the actual day&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cheers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gerald Ong ACG, ALB&lt;br /&gt;
Secretary&lt;br /&gt;
Star Millennium Advanced TMC @ Cairnhill&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-8738614127156684151?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2010/09/sma-formula-in-evaluation-contest.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gerald Ong)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-4389277866824831378</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-05T10:56:31.764+08:00</atom:updated><title>The SMA Formula in Humourous Speech Contest</title><description>Dear Members, this is gathered through observations at Humourous Speech Contests in 2008&lt;br /&gt;
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I will show you how to be Smart, Maximize, Achieve.&lt;br /&gt;
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Be Smart: - Know what the judges are looking for.&lt;br /&gt;
Story&lt;br /&gt;
-Cannot be a series of one-liners&lt;br /&gt;
- Substainally Original&lt;br /&gt;
Laughter Points&lt;br /&gt;
-More Laughter Points, More Chances of Winning&lt;br /&gt;
-Frequency of Laughter Points, measured in 10sec intervals&lt;br /&gt;
-How long does each laughter point last? Short – 3 seconds, Long – 5 seconds&lt;br /&gt;
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Maximize: - effective time allowance in scripting your speech&lt;br /&gt;
Time Management&lt;br /&gt;
-Keep to the time allocated of 4min 30 sec to 7 min sec. (Anything more than the allocated time would disqualify you)&lt;br /&gt;
-Plant sufficient laughter points so that you can adjust accordingly to audience response.&lt;br /&gt;
- Prepare a speech for the duration of 6 minutes to allow for audience to laugh&lt;br /&gt;
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Achieve: - the audience would have a good laugh&lt;br /&gt;
-Enjoy the audience's laughter as you continue to share your speech&lt;br /&gt;
- Dramatise the speech to gather attention&lt;br /&gt;
- Control of Speech Rate &amp;amp; Pauses to create the humour&lt;br /&gt;
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Best of luck to all our club contestants in your speech preparation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cheers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gerald Ong&lt;br /&gt;
Secretary&lt;br /&gt;
Star Millennium Advanced TMC&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-4389277866824831378?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2010/08/sma-formula-in-humourous-speech-contest.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gerald Ong)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-2077636962162856593</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-14T00:39:29.305+08:00</atom:updated><title>NEW TERM 2010-2011</title><description>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am the new VPPR of Star Millennmium formally called New Millennmium. The reason why I joined Star Millennmium is because of the warm and sincerity of the club members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will do my best to update you interesting news. If you do have something to contribute, we are most welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Incoming VPPR&lt;br /&gt;Angela Oh&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-2077636962162856593?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2010/07/new-term-2010-2011.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (angelaoh)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-9008644220068277404</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-10T18:38:53.085+08:00</atom:updated><title>Installation Night &amp; Program</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nMWKh6iBBX0/TDhNk-VecxI/AAAAAAAAAJs/-opeNdczrjw/s1600/NMA+TMC+-+120710.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 247px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492225043182023442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nMWKh6iBBX0/TDhNk-VecxI/AAAAAAAAAJs/-opeNdczrjw/s320/NMA+TMC+-+120710.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us for an evening of fun &amp;amp; merry this 12 July 2010. Monday, at Cairnhill CC, 7:15pm&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-9008644220068277404?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2010/07/installation-night-program.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (SMATMC PR-Guy)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nMWKh6iBBX0/TDhNk-VecxI/AAAAAAAAAJs/-opeNdczrjw/s72-c/NMA+TMC+-+120710.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-3774807755773965828</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-10T18:32:29.640+08:00</atom:updated><title>Congratulations to the Incoming Team 2010-2011 for New Millennium Advanced TMC</title><description>Dear Members,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a successful Annual General Meeting to report for the year and elect the new Executive Committee for next term. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; CLEAR: both" class="separator"&gt;I am pleased to inform you the newly elected Exco Officers are as follows:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"&gt;&lt;a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmVBMEFytI/AAAAAAAAAHo/64IoB8UnDsY/s1600/Kandi.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmVBMEFytI/AAAAAAAAAHo/64IoB8UnDsY/s1600/Kandi.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"&gt;&lt;a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TCMxAC81UhI/AAAAAAAAAH4/OyOWjbMb6ls/s1600/Kandi.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TCMxAC81UhI/AAAAAAAAAH4/OyOWjbMb6ls/s1600/Kandi.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TCMxAC81UhI/AAAAAAAAAH4/OyOWjbMb6ls/s1600/Kandi.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TCMxAC81UhI/AAAAAAAAAH4/OyOWjbMb6ls/s320/Kandi.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Club President:&lt;br /&gt;Kandimathi ACS, ALB (also Area A3 Governor 2010-2011)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"&gt; &lt;a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmVHvmjhQI/AAAAAAAAAHw/xoTtclDg0p4/s1600/0_0_0_0_150_225_csupload_2580441.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmVHvmjhQI/AAAAAAAAAHw/xoTtclDg0p4/s200/0_0_0_0_150_225_csupload_2580441.jpg" width="133" height="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vice-President (Education):&lt;br /&gt;Vera Wee, ACS, ALB (also Area S4 Governor 2010-2011)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"&gt;&lt;a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmTA8wcrgI/AAAAAAAAAHA/Gw9gXck36yw/s1600/Angela+Oh.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmTA8wcrgI/AAAAAAAAAHA/Gw9gXck36yw/s200/Angela+Oh.jpg" width="115" height="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Vice-President (Public Relations):&lt;br /&gt;Angela Oh, CTM, CL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"&gt;&lt;a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmTt5tT2iI/AAAAAAAAAHI/JsN82m1fnY8/s1600/Lorraine+Chin.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmTt5tT2iI/AAAAAAAAAHI/JsN82m1fnY8/s200/Lorraine+Chin.jpg" width="150" height="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vice-President (Membership): Lorraine Chin, CC, CL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmTvfufACI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/Q6dhpEI16E0/s1600/GO.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmTvfufACI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/Q6dhpEI16E0/s200/GO.jpg" width="167" height="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Secretary: Gerald Ong, ACG, ALB (left)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Treasurer: Chan Meng Chung, ATMB, CL (photo not available)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"&gt;&lt;a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmT2mvFbfI/AAAAAAAAAHY/vk-GZoZ6DLw/s1600/Shan.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmT2mvFbfI/AAAAAAAAAHY/vk-GZoZ6DLw/s1600/Shan.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmT2mvFbfI/AAAAAAAAAHY/vk-GZoZ6DLw/s200/Shan.jpg" width="140" height="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sergent-At-Arms: Yip Pei Shan, ACB, CL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"&gt;&lt;a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmUG_RgyeI/AAAAAAAAAHg/sY5Z5OJ94ao/s1600/Mark+Leong.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TBmUG_RgyeI/AAAAAAAAAHg/sY5Z5OJ94ao/s200/Mark+Leong.jpg" width="200" height="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Immediate Past President: Mark Leong, CC, CL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regards,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gerald Ong ACG, ALB&lt;br /&gt;Vice-President (Membership) &amp;amp; Secretary 2009-2010&lt;br /&gt;New Millennium Advanced Toastmasters Club&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/S2kbZyyumeI/AAAAAAAAAFY/uPcFsj7mcfI/s200/Angela+Oh.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-3774807755773965828?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2010/07/congratulations-to-incoming-team-2010.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gerald Ong)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ficqf9FCl3A/TCMxAC81UhI/AAAAAAAAAH4/OyOWjbMb6ls/s72-c/Kandi.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-1440370624393819564</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-14T17:35:16.132+08:00</atom:updated><title>Mentoring - The Take-Away Lessons</title><description>&lt;b&gt;This post is dedicated to Theresa Sng, ATMB, CL &amp;amp; Bruno Pereira, DTM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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My fellow members, we have mentored many new members in the Toastmasters movement. Sometimes, we are too busy that we don't bother to spend time with them.&lt;br /&gt;
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A mentor is a friend who guides new members in understanding meeting protocols and assisting them in their project speeches.&lt;br /&gt;
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What make successful mentors? Seeing the new member climbing through greater heights in confidence, competency &amp;amp; competitiveness. Know their needs. If the needs are not clearly addressed, will they be able to improve further? Not only they will be handicapped, but also at the bottom end until they began to start discovering new things&lt;br /&gt;
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Have you ever thought making a difference to their lives? They will always remain you in their speeches.&lt;br /&gt;
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So take the lead in becoming a mentor. Don't leave them behind when they are in need.&lt;br /&gt;
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Regards,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gerald Ong ACG, ALB&lt;br /&gt;
Vice President Membership 2009-2010&lt;br /&gt;
New Millennium Advanced Toastmasters Club&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-1440370624393819564?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2010/05/mentoring-take-away-lessons.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Gerald Ong)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-3117926522961642797</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-11T16:01:07.029+08:00</atom:updated><title>April Chapter Meeting</title><description>&lt;h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;msg&amp;quot;}"&gt;&lt;span class="UIStory_Message"&gt;Come join us at Cairnhill CC, 7:15pm for an evening of fun, laughter and learning by observing. WE have 2 Advanced projects doing their Professional Speaking and Interpretative Speaking manuals. Both projects are highly challenging so for those who wants to learn more about doing the advance projects, do come and join &lt;span class="text_exposed_hide"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="text_exposed_show"&gt;us on 12 April 2010 at Cairnhill CC, Conference Room. Light refreshment will be served.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-3117926522961642797?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2010/04/april-chapter-meeting.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (SMATMC PR-Guy)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759795827646328736.post-8840558615665002459</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-09T02:32:55.297+08:00</atom:updated><title>New Millennium Advanced TMC - International &amp; Table Topic Speech contest on 8/3/09</title><description>&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;Dear participants, members and our esteemed  appointment holders,&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;Thanks so much in contributing to a great success  in our International and Table Topic Speech contests tonight, on such a  significant day, 3rd March 2010. I've never imagine celebrating 3.8  International Woman Day with such zeal, energy and positive vibes. I'm sure all  members, guests, appointment holders and definitely the participants enjoyed  themselves tremendously. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;We were treated with wonderful stories and personal  life lessons from the various speakers. Contestant Bruno Pereira&amp;nbsp;sharing  with us his ordeal and memories of his father, to cherish &amp;amp; to love before  its too late, Contestant Yip Pei Shan reminiscing her moments&amp;nbsp;of her  grandfather and importance to cherish and live life to each&amp;nbsp;moment,  Contestant S. Narayanaswamy bringing history to life, sharing the significance  of the flag on top of the Supreme Court, Contestant Mark Leong slicing the  choices of life &amp;amp; death between a samurai &amp;amp; a tea maker, Contestant Vera  Wee pouring out her personal struggles liken to a mule trapped in a well, and  Contestant Shridar Narayanaswamy encouraging us to move from ungraciousness to  graciousness, unfairness to fairness. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;I'm very sure that the audience had a good time,  and judges had a hard time judging. Our motherly Tay Yiang Ping prepared nice  refreshment for all present. A well-deserved break indeed. Thanks Yiang Ping.  &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;The session is followed by 8 courageous impromptu  speaking participants, namely Angela Oh, Bruno Pereira, Mark Leong, S.  Narayanaswamy, Shridar Narayanaswamy,&amp;nbsp;Theresa Sng, Vera Wee and Yip Pei  Shan (alphabetical order). I believe the&amp;nbsp;topic "A bad craftsman blame his  tools", is definitely&amp;nbsp;cut &amp;amp; slice in various forms by our 8 speakers.  &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;Indeed, the meeting closed&amp;nbsp;off with rousing  applauses and&amp;nbsp;moving appreciation. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;Thank you all appointment holders, judges,  participants. You really made a difference today.&amp;nbsp;My most heartfelt thanks  to Organizing Chair Kandimathi who had made superb effort to keep everything in  place, my joyous appreciation to my wonderful friend and contest chair Daryl  Neo, who kept the proceeding proper and enjoyable, my sincere thanks to Tally  counters Ming Shu and Catherine On, Timers Sienna and Bernice, SAA Ah Cheng and  Meng Chung, for their utmost dedication to their duties, and of course, my most  immerse thanks to Chief Judge Choon Kiat and his panel of judges, for making the  precious time and effort to listen and discern. &lt;EM&gt;(CJ, do forward this email  to your esteemed judges, thank you) &lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;Congratulation to our winners. The winners  will&amp;nbsp;represent our club in the Area D3 contest held at ERA Hersing Hub on  24 March 2010 (Wed), 7pm. Do support them if you can.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;International Speech Contest  2010&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;Winner: Vera Wee&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;1st Runner Up: Yip Pei Shan&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;2nd Runner Up: Mark Leong&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Table Topic&amp;nbsp;Speech Contest  2010&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;Winner: Bruno Pereira&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;1st Runner Up: Vera Wee&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;2nd Runner Up: Yip Pei Shan&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;Our next meeting will resume on April 12, 2010 (2nd  Monday of the month), 7:15pm, Cairnhill CC. Members who like to do their project  do inform either myself or Theresa. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;A most memorable and most entertaining night. Thank  You and I hope to see you in our next meeting. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Mark Leong&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;New Millennium  Advanced Toastmaster Club&lt;BR&gt;President&lt;BR&gt;URL: &lt;A  href="http://www.nmatmc.org"&gt;www.nmatmc.org&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6759795827646328736-8840558615665002459?l=www.starmillennium.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.starmillennium.org/2010/03/new-millennium-advanced-tmc.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (SMATMC PR-Guy)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

