Promising is
something but fulfilling the promise is an assurance that the ultimate goal is
empowering the members to sharpen their saw. AG Education and Training DTM
Gurbinder Sing Punn has delivered his second training scheduled to enhance the
skills of our toastmasters this year.
In a noble
gesture from Saud Bahwan Group , the Advanced Learning Center embraced a
workshop on “Speaker to Trainer”. The
workshop took place on Thursday the 11th
of Octobe rand was facilitated by ACG
Ramakrishnan Vajayan known as Ramki among his toastmasters circle. Ramki is a professional trainer himself for more than
a decade currently working at the SBG
Advanced Learning Center. He revealed that this initiative comes as a
motivational touch to inspire members to take ownership of their development
and make the leap from speaker to trainer. This will positively impact the talents
set in our division and increase the number of trainers in the division.
Twenty three
participants attended the workshop from different the clubs in the respective
areas. DG Yasser Sulaiman Inaugurated
the session and thanked the commendable efforts of Area governors, Division
team, clubs highlighting that DTM Punn has a lot in store to inject pulse and
assure members that their development is one of the legacy the division wants
to leave behind. The Division Governor invested the presence of TM Mohammed
Ishfaq as one of the participants and introduced him as an added member to the
division Team.
Commenting
on benefits of this workshop President of MB toastmasters CC Nahil Hilal one of
the participants the program was useful and effective. It was the trainer
expertise that has paved the way for an interactive and very informative
session.
TM said
Almanthari of PDO toastmasters stated that I enjoyed this workshop. It was
enlightening and shed light on the quality of the speaker and what ought to be
considered in the journey to become trainer.
The VP
education of NTI advanced TM Ramesh commented that the workshop was excellent,
crisp and hot. Though short in time, it is high in content. It is surely a good
beginning for those who are aspiring to be trainers.
The
Secretary of SBG toastmasters reflected that it is the first time for him to be
in such workshop and it is certainly an enjoyable program.
The workshop
was interactive in nature. The facilitator was highly successful in bring the
difference between a speaker and a trainer. He exhibited the difference between
the two using several tools such as icebreaker, dividing the participants into
groups, ensuring focused discussion and knowledge sharing and using Role play
as a technique. Besides he tapped on other tools case study, games and score of
others.
About the
types of audience, Ramki highlighted that audience differ in their behaviors.
There are those who are talkative, silent, crab as well as know it all and each
of these types ought to be handled differently.
At the end
of the workshop DG Yasser Sulaiman thanked the participants and highlighted the
need for putting the division theme “Touch to Transform” in action. He
asked the participants to invite friends to their clubs and introduce them to
toastmasters and let them embark on a positive turning point in their lives.
The workshop was concluded after he distributed the certificates for the
participants.
The Division
Governor & AG E&T expressed
their gratitude for SBG Advanced Learning Center lead by Shayam Shankar,
the Area Governor for area 65 TM Robin
Anand and all the center staff
particularly TM Ramki and TM Sujith for
empowering the division to make this workshop a
tangible reality.
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i would like to thank TM.Ramki and DTM Gurbinder Sing Punn for giving us this opportunity.It was such a wonderfull educational training.
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