Saturday, October 27, 2012

Toastmasters’ legacy of learning flourishes for 88 years

The organization’s communications model remains as relevant in 2012 as when it began in 1924 CITY, STATE, Oct. 22, 2012—“We learn in moments of enjoyment,” are the words of Dr. Ralph C. Smedley, who founded the first Toastmasters club at the YMCA in Santa Ana, Calif., 88 years ago today. Dr. Smedley, then-YMCA director, created the club in October 1924 for young men to practice their after-dinner speeches in a social environment. Today, nearly 300,000 men and women are improving their communication and leadership skills using the values and...

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Eid Mubarak !

The Division D Team Wishes the Toastmaster Community a Happy and Blessed Eid al Adha.    ...

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Let us Talk: A Superb Motivator with an Assuring Smile

Whenever the name of TM Rajesh Daga comes to mind one can literally visualize two components of his personal brand an assuring smile and a touch of motivation to walk the extra mile. He is known for his superb encouraging attitude that makes the mentee rejoice the present and become charged for a better tomorrow. TM Saleh al Khamyasi has a chat with TM Rajesh Daga for this week's episode of Let us Talk. TM Rajesh Daga Click here to visit...

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Be There your life is Precious

Dear Fellow leaders & Toastmasters Serving the community is one aspect to put our skills and competencies we learned for the human cause. It is out of such social Responsibility that SAB Toastmasters club, one of the dynamic and energetic clubs chaired by TM Sabiha Salar under Area Governor TM Dr. John valliatu  Area 4. Your attendance along with your family members and friends is so crucial to expand the circle of awareness.  Program:    A...

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Leaping from Speaker to Trainer

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...

Let Us Talk: Doing It The Aristotle Way

In this weeks session, TM Saleh al Khamyasi intorduces us to TM DR. Seif Alabri, a man who talks less and inspires more, a formula we rarely see. He is a voracious reader and an utterly passionate about Toastmasters. He believes that Joining Toastmaster was one of the best investments he has ever done for himself development. TM DR. Seif Alabri   Click here to visit Let us Tal...

Monday, October 8, 2012

Be There Show You Care

Dear Fellow leaders & Toastmasters Serving the community is one aspect to put our skills and competencies we learned for the human cause. It is out of such social Responsibility that SAB Toastmasters club, one of the dynamic and energetic clubs chaired by TM Sabiha Salar under Area Governor TM Dr. John valliatu  Area 4. Your attendance along with your family members and friends is so crucial to expand the circle of awareness.  Program:    A Cancer awareness talkPresenter:  Dr.Zahid Al Mandhari...

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Heartfelt Condolences....

On behalf of the Division D team and the entire Toastmaster community, we give our heartfelt condolences to TM Said Al Zidjali from New Tracks Toastmasters, on the passing of his cousin. We pray to the Almighty to rest her soul in his Heavenly Kingdom, and give strength and patience to   Said and his Famil...

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Friends it's Time to Say Goodbye.

Rohit Verma is a familiar face around the Toastmasters community in Division D. As a professional, he is a Mechanical Engineer and has worked for over 6 years in the Field of Automotive Marketing & Branding.  He joined SBA in Oman, in the March of 2011.  During his tenure Rohit was taking care of Sales and Marketing function for the commercial vehicles division of IECC at Suhail Bahwan Automotive Group, and was responsible...

Let Us Talk: Meet the Enlightened Mozart of Letters

DTM , Dr. Rajan Philips is quiet, cheerful and fun to be around. The word “No” is not in his dictionary. His inculcated serving nature makes him like a candle that disseminates light all over the place. TM Saleh al Khamyasi did manage to coax an interesting interview out of him and it makes for a enlightening read. Our weekly feature takes us into the world of Toastmasters as experienced by DTM , Dr. Rajan Philips. DTM Dr. Rajan Philips  Click...

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Our Newsletter: The Voice for Your Club

As we are well aware producing a newsletter is one of the primary club duties for a vice president public relations, and serving as editor counts as credit for the 10th project of the Competent Leadership manual. It is worth mentioning  that a club newsletter serves the following key purposes:  ·         Document and publicize current events. ·         Inform...

The Mesmerizing Impact of winning

In a congratulatory message via an email message our District LG Education & Training, DTM Vicky Mustafa revealed that two more clubs have received the "Club DRP Achiever Award"! They are: •          Emirates Group Finance Toastmasters Club No 1184433 Area 50, Division •          Saud Bahwan Toastmasters No 1021147, Area 65, Division D! The ace of...

Invite a Friend

The newly elected Toastmasters International President DTM John Lua in the September issue of the Toastmaster Magazine selected the TMI theme of year to be “Invite a Friend”. He makes an appeal to all the toastmasters across the world to invite a friend in other word to extend a helping hand to “Touch to transform”. Fellow toastmasters coincidently our theme is the same. DTM John concludes his view point with this inspiring sentence “If we each...