Ebullience 9

TCS Insurance Toastmasters Club Ebullience 9

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TCS Insurance Toastmasters Club 2 Ebullience 9

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Toastmaster’s Journey

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Still Alive… Still Untouched

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The Budding Toastmasters Corner

06 The Trademark of a

Trendsetter Interview with Karthikeyan B

ISC & TT 2015- Club Contest Chair

18 SDLC

- ”Speech

Development Life Cycle”

Commitment personified!!!

21 The Comeback

Kid!

Interview with TM Siddharthan Eswaran

Toastmaster of the Month

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Talk Up

Toastmaster Award

07 Contestant Experience

Club Dashboard 25 Educational Awards

Poetry Corner

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14 The

Power of “WHY”?? Happenings in

TITMAS

Fun Corner

13 I’ll Rise Toastmasters at

Work ! A delight !!

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Toastmasters is the place to be,

They will welcome you and even me,

It’s an unusual friendly place,

Which makes us raise and shine

Speeches inform and entertain,

We don’t criticize, no, we critique,

And hope to help you reach your peak,

Plus we want to make it more than clear,

That everyone is welcome here.

TCS Insurance Toastmasters is the beacon light guiding budding speakers in troubled waters and makes them master speakers to reach greater heights. This has been showing speakers in spot light fame when standing in a crowd.

AGAINST THE TIDE

Move along the flow, you are taken to nowhere but move against the hurdles and there you stand as the conqueror. The conqueror of adversity. Toastmas-ters have made us stand strong against the odd tides of communication barriers.

Whenever I feel weak, I will remember those who made me strong and whenever I doubt myself, I re-member those who believe in me. Thanks to our ebullient Editorial team – TM Abimanyu, , TM

Pawan Baswa and TM Pratima for the support and encouragement in bringing out Ebullience 9 into light. Special thanks to TM Lakshmi Priya and TM Lova Kiran who helped us to sail our Ebullience 9 Against the tide to reach our destination We may rise and fall in our journey but would nev-er fail to stand against it.

Happy Reading!! Editorial Team

Editorial Team

TM Pratima TM Lova Kiran TM Pawan Baswa TM Abhimanyu

From the Editor ’s Desk

TM Karthick R


With an exuberant excomm on-board, we have successfully organized our third anniversary celebrations with a bang at the start of the year. Three years down, forever to go, kick started with special meetings of ACB Marathon, CC1 Mara-thon, nerve-racking club contest and interesting ses-sions with innovative themes every week. I would love to sincerely thank each and every member of the club for their dedication and determination showing in towards their toastmaster journey.

We are not so far for bagging the prestigious Gold-en Gavel Plus award and it wouldn’t be possible without your continuous support and commitment for all these days. Special thanks to TM Pavithra Manivannan for completing her ACS journey. The club has grabbed the “Talk Up Toastmasters” award for this term as well, which brings an immense re-sponsibility to get the best out of each new member by transforming them to better communicators and great front-runners.

Previous excomm has elevated the bar rather high , which led the current excomm to double the efforts to keep the TITMAS flag up high. I could proudly say that the current excomm is true testimony for the lines “Teamwork is the fuel that allows common peo-ple to attain uncommon results”.

We as a club has grown tremendously, but still we are in the shoes of the beginner who strives to learn new things and improvising new techniques to make our club stand out. Conducting sessions week on week keeping in mind to raise the quality of the sessions, and to bring out the learning quotient and striving to bring that extra push to bring in the

members to the sessions is not a easy feet. I sincere-ly thank effervescent Excomm , incentive mentors and to all the highly- spirited members for your re-markable efforts in supporting the club events.

I congratulate the editorial team of Ebullience 9 for all the smart work in bringing out the value to the readers by creating ripples with your magical letters.

Yours lovingly, TM Lavanya Adapala

President– Elect, Jan-Jun’15 TCS INS TM Club

President Address

Previous excomm has elevated the bar rather high , which led the current excomm to double the efforts to keep the TITMAS flag up high. I could proudly say that the current excomm is true testimony for the lines “Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results”.

TM Lavanya Adapala


Area Governor Address Dear Insurance Toastmasters,

It has been a fabulous year so far. Getting to the top is hard but staying on top con-sistently time and again is more harder. Your club has been doing that regularly and you are well on course not only to DCP 10/10 but also to capture the Golden Gavel this time too. I would like to take this moment to thank all the officers, members and guests who have played a part in it. I am sure there would have been lots of challenges that you would have faced on the way and times where you had to go against the tide to keep the boat sailing. Under the able guidance of awesome leaders you might have also successfully overcome it.

Real Success is not in just winning but coming back strong after being down. It is the remarkable trait of every leader and it is very heartening to see lots of such leaders in TCS Insurance Toastmasters club. Fan-tastic job , an awesome feat indeed. Strive to continue this momentum, maintain the energy and ensure that the TCS Insurance Toastmasters’ flag is always flying high.

Keep rocking!!!!

TM Ranganathan R Area Governor– G2

Division G

TM Raganathan R

Meet the Budding Toastmaster

A hard worker, humorous and a team player. I enjoy driving, reading, watching Television and playing games. I’m very reserved as a person who I like to change by joining Toastmasters and also to become a better communica-tor. Doing justification to whatev-er role I take will be my greatest

achievement. My World Cup Suc-cess formula is “Do not make the same mistake twice”. My thoughts on Against the Tide are “If you are confident that you can swim across it then go for it else find a way to cross it, if nothing works, swim along with it”. TM Robert Belarmin R

I do have lot of hobbies like Draw-ing pencil sketch, Trekking, Hik-ing, bike riding, Swimming and

Origami,. The basic idea is to keep myself engaged in any of these things. I joined Toastmas-ters to become a good orator.

One of my biggest achievement is I have completed one Triathlon, four marathons under a decent time slabs. I don’t have any ultimate destination. I would cherish this moment that I live in. I already lived my past,

And I am ready for any tomor-row, however it might be. For me, Against the Tide is “Doing it the hard way”

TM Hemant Vijayraj P


The Trademark of a Trendsetter Interview with Karthikeyan B– ISC & TT 2015- Club Contest Chair

There are some people who sets an example in whatever they do. There are some people who lead by example in whichever way they choose. And there are some people who set an example even when they are leading by example.TM Karthikeyan Boopathy, an endless optimist and boundless perfectionist has the rare distinction of being in this third category of people.

TM Karthikeyan Boopathy, the immediate past president of TITMAS, who has been with the club in the thick and thin in the last 18 months is rightly credited for transforming the club to next level. He has yet again delivered another first of its kind of achievement in the form of the best ever club contest so far.

The learning process could be hardest at times, especially if it is organizing a speech contest, but the fruits of learning out of that experience can be sweetest and ever-lasting. Editorial team brings to you the keys learn-ing’s so that similar success can be replicated in future contests. The Man behind the best club contest ever for TITMAS shares his learning and experiences being the contest chairman.

1) Club contest this year was a roaring success. What according to you was the most defining at-tribute that paved the way for this success ?

The success of a club's speech contest is judged by a number of parameters like Members participation as contestants or role players, PR activities, Mem-bers and Guest attendance, Quality of speeches, Variety of speech topics and healthy competition. I believe, this contest ticked most of the boxes but the most defining attribute of this success is the members involvement and quality of speeches. A record 9 contestants signed up and almost all con-testant were at their best on that day and the result paid way for 4 different members to experience area level contest.

2) The ISC and TT contest this year had a mix bag of contestants right from veterans to newbies. As a contest chair , how did you help them stay moti-vated and give their best on stage?

Not everyone needed motivation from outside but yes, having been in toastmasters for close to 2 years, it seems I did learn something about motivating or rather asking the right questions at right time!. Be-ing in a corporate club, we often end up going through the motion and settle for an ordinary ef-fort. So all that was needed is, to help contestant understand that "Lets not get our tight work sched-ule, deliverables, client visits, cricket world cup to be the reason for giving an ordinary performance, lets look beyond these and make this contest a memorable learning experience by giving the best".

3)This contest season you not only donned the hat of contest chair but also mentor and motivator. What really drove u?

I always believe that there is more to Toastmasters than meets the eye. The moment you start believing in the program, you will start gaining more out of it. Having had the opportunity to learn so much from previous 2 contest seasons as a contestant and a role player, I wanted to make sure that this year's contest touches as many members as possible and touches them deep!. So we, the contest team shortlisted all eligible members and reached out to them to under-stand their plans for the contest. Whoever was avail-able and showed even slightest interest, we pushed them to sign up!. Rest of the things were driven by their self interest, encouragement from excomm, support from fellow experienced contestant.

TM Karthikeyan Boopathy


The Trademark of a Trendsetter

Thank you TM Karthikeyan for giving us an interesting and inspiring interview. All the best for your

future roles.

- Interview by TM Lova Kiran

4) You were a part of several contests at our club and beyond. How special was this one to you ?

It is very special and memorable for many reasons. Our club has come a long way since last year's ISC. Members activity was at a low during last year ISC and the contest didn't show our club's full potential but then we had an amazing run at humorous speech contest season where members stepped up n tried their best. It bound us together and took the team spirit to new level. And that momentum helped new members to get in and give their best in this contest. The fact that we had a record number of contestants in both ISC and TT and run the show with all our own members makes it more spe-cial.

5) Tell us about your team. What were their unique traits that really "WOWED" you?

"Team work is dream work". This contest proved it once again. Starting from my co-chair, SAAs, TAG teams everyone showed the spirit. But one unique trait that really wowed me was the energy showed by each contestants to attend mocks, help each other during mocks, take time to give feedbacks, motivate each other in whatsapp groups etc. My sincere thanks to each and every role player and member who contributed in someway. Special thanks to the ever-dependable chief judge TM Aravindhan Kuttalam and our area governor TM Ranganathan.

6) Every contest has its own share of ebbs and flow. As a leader, contest chair how did you go against the tide and convert each obstacles into

opportunities.

Organizing a speech contest even at a club level is not an easy task. It takes significant amount of time and patience to pull it off successfully. In our con-test week, 3 more contest were scheduled so we had to arrange role players all from our club. Also, cou-ple of members had to complete CC6 in short time, PA announcement was not approved so had to try our hands in different means for promotion of the club contest. Despite all the odds tremendous sup-port from the members helped us sail against the tide and come on top.

7) What were your key learning's from the previ-ous contest chairs?? Also, what would be your mes-sage to the future contest chairs??

Plenty of learning's:

1. Every member would want to test their public speaking skills. But some may need a mentor or the contest chair to help them take the first step.

2. Every contestant should be effectively reminded of why they want to contest. If they understand the purpose, they will put their best effort.

Suggestions:

1.Plan early. Do it in style. Sent the benchmark for other clubs

2. Contest is a mega PR activity for any club. Make sure the poster are pasted and flyer is broadcasted at least a week before

Contests always gives you a nerve-wrecking, nail-biting, jaw-dropping and a heart thumping mo-ments. Those who embrace these moments bravely know how exponentially they grow all the nuances of public speaking skills and so did I.

Yes!! Participating in speech contests has only made me more creative. Winning at club level then mov-ing to next level means you get to speak in front of

a brand new audience- people who you are not fa-miliar with and who are not familiar with you. That lends some reality to your experience. You then re-alize where you stand. What I most love about the contest is:

You get to meet amazing new people,

You get valuable feedbacks in a short span of time.

Contestant’s Experience


Contestant’s Experience You get the chance to become more comforta-

ble with the larger audience

You get a chance to touch people at a deeper level; whether you make them laugh or touch them emotionally you’ll be remembered as a speaker.

One thing is for sure. Whether you win or you don’t – you will definitely grow as a speaker, as a leader. I would only say- keep experiencing, challenging and growing!!

TM Nivedita Rani ISC Winner Club Contest

2nd Runner up Area G2 Contest Speech Contest has been my favorite platform as it offers great learning in shortest span of time and also it gives a chance to assess where one stands. However, this speech contest has thought me some important lessons and multiplied my affinity to-wards toastmasters. Although, we are contesting in the speech contest I have received phenomenal sup-port not just from role-players and other members but also from other contestants ,which I believe is an alien culture outside toastmasters. It sounds fun-ny and strange but it is true that me and my fellow contestants practiced our speeches together in the same room and in fact we gave our speech demos to other contestants and helped each other providing feedback. What I really liked is that we wished oth-er contestants to win as much as we wished our speeches to win. That mutual harmony and selfless attitude is a trademark of toastmasters but this is the first time I experienced it to the maximum pos-sible extent. Winning first runner up in TT contest and contest-ing in area level contest offered me interesting learning on impromptu speaking and I would say that this speech contest was journey of learning and introspection for me. Although am still a novice, I learnt how to quickly get to crux of TT topic only because of the regular mocks organized by the ex-comm and other supportive members. Finally I would like to thanks Club contest chair TM Karthikeyan Boopathy and other role-players who has organized the contest so well. In my two years of toastmaster’s journey, I would say this is the

best Club contest I have witnessed so far.

TM Lova Kiran TT 1st Runner up - Club Level

ISC 2nd Runner Up– Club Level

As always, contest is the one which makes realize our potential. Contesting in club level helped me to understand judges point of view and audience point of view in a speech. I have re-ceived good feedback from audience after my speech which is the motivating factor to not give up and try again next time.

TM Pavithra Manivannan ISC Contestant

When I heard the word ”International Speech Contest” I had mixed feelings. I was tensed, excited as well as worried. I was tensed and worried as I feel that I am still a newbie and was hesitant to partici-pate in the speech contest. I felt like participating in the contest is only for the veteran toastmasters and orators. It might be due to the inspirational and motivational speeches I had come across in toast-masters, I decided to give a try. At the moment of the speech I was not bothered about the result and just concentrated on my speech and delivered it. And to my surprise I was the second runner up in the table topics. That was really wonderful, exciting and surprising as well. The person who was hesitant to participate in the competi-tion bagged the second runner up position. On a whole my contest journey is another live example of the saying “There is no harm in trying, the result though success or fail is always a learning experience”.

TM Sonti Atchyuth TT 2nd Runner up - Club Level

Participating in International Speech Contest was really a new experience to me as it was my first In-ternational Speech Contest. I was very excited. The preparations we made were not like we are partici-


Contestant’s Experience pating in the competition but just like a team work. We helped each other in improving each of our speech and while delivering I felt a great difference between my cc1 and what I gave in the speech. I wish to thank toastmasters club which provides a path to improve my communication skills better.

TM Vishnu Priya

ISC Contestant

Being a toastmaster for more than 2 years and hav-ing witnessed many contests at various levels, this contest is close to my heart. All these years, I have taken part in the contest either as a role player or cheering audience but never as a speech contestant. To me participating in this contest gave similar ex-perience as delivering my Ice breaker speech going against the tide and fighting against all my reluc-tance, hesitation and self-doubt. The much needed push, motivation and encouragement by our con-test chair TM Karthikeyan Boopathy and the Ex-comm members gave me all the reasons and confi-dence to try things that I have never done before. Right from helping in script review , attending mocks to giving constructive feedback to help the contestants deliver their best on stage by the contest team and co contestants proves toastmasters is a

mutually supportive environment time and again. I delivered my contest speech with only one thought in my mind “fighting the battle with your full abili-ties is more important than winning the battle”. Things fell in place and I got an opportunity to con-test at the area level. As the club contest winner TM Nivedita Rani said the biggest enemy of you is yourself. My contest journey was all about learning to deal my biggest enemy - ME, daring to try new things, sharpening my decision making skills and attempting to believe in myself. I might have not won the Area contest but definitely I won over my fear of failure and my reluctance to move out of my comfort zone. This contest experience was a fulfilling one that made me promise myself to contest in the next season, to keep trying new things, keep learning and keep growing. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to TM Karthikeyan, Srividya and Ex-comm members for all their time and support.

TM Lakshmi Priya ISC 1st Runner up - Club Level


Poetry Corner

The Salmon

Born anew in freshwater

The fry hid in the gravel

Dangers waited, abounded and death came daily.

Survivors fed on the plankton

Became parr, then smolt.

Metamorphed to adapt;

Journeyed miles and miles to the endless ocean

Thrived and made it their home

Years rolled by in the brine.

Time to return, Time to adapt,

Again, a journey, to the place of their birth

To start the cycle as the progenitors

Enormous jaws of the grizzly bears

Calamitous claws of the bald eagle

Raging rapids in the river

Wicked waterfalls along the course

Managed with incredulity,

Never lacking in agility;

Negotiated with disdain,

Many of them lay slain.

Against the flow

Against the tide

Against the drifting time

Swam the mighty salmon

TM Abimanyu NN

I Foresee a new India

I foresee a new INDIA as

A country where we have power but not dictatorship,

A country where we have leaders but not politicians,

A county where we have political parties to serve people but not to loot them,

A country which believes in justice rather than equality,

A country where we have dynamic youth but not ada-mant,

A country where we have skills not merely degrees,

A country whose citizens are accountable rather than the selfish,

A country which has god but not religions,

A country which develops itself balancing the nature,

A country which has lot of money but not black mon-ey,

A country which is diverse in cultures, but united as a nation,

A country where we have technology but we do not lose our values,

Oh my motherland, don`t worry of your current situa-tion as there will be a bright day after every night.

TM Sonti Atchyuth


Still Alive.. Still Untouched Another day has passed.. We are untouched and alive !!!

Aatmika is a fiercely independent person. A thor-ough software professional with well defined career and personal goals neatly compartmentalized into that meticulously organized brain of hers. She be-lieves in equality like many of us. But she ensures that she gets back home before 10 P.M. She takes only the company cab or asks her spouse to pick her up from work. Every time she has to leave late, Aatmika will be wary of any stranger and her in-stincts will be ever ready to apply the SING (Solar Plexus-Instep-Nose-Groin) technique she learnt dur-ing her self-defense classes.

Shanthi’s regular work is to deliver milk packets from door to door in a particular area. Her duty starts at 4 A.M in the morning. She ensures that while on duty, she removes the little jewelry she usu-ally wears and also removes the imitation jewelry. Every time she leaves her home for the day, she will pack a little amount of chili powder with her for safety.

Lakshmi is a home maker. She has to stay alone at home for a good part of the day. Her husband and kids will be back home only by 5 P.M. Till then she has to man the fort. She ensures that her double lock is safe in place, her grill door is locked with a study Godrej seven levers and the pepper spray is within reachable distance. She never opens the door for any stranger and every time the door bell rings, she s gripped with fear and caution.

This is the state of women today. This is the state where our society has taken us to. Every time I read an article stating some woman somewhere has con-tributed something for the betterment of the socie-ty, my heart sings with pride. It feels like one of our own has gone to the zenith. Every time I read that a baby girl/girl/woman has been sexually assaulted and killed brutally, my heart just shatters and I think for a moment – Had this incident not hap-pened would that person have contributed some-thing magnificent to the society? Probably yes.

It always hurts to know that there are people out there who think taking a woman by force marks the

true fortitude of a man. Each time an incident oc-curs wherein a woman is assaulted and killed, there will be a riot of blame game – The public will be blamed for its perverse state of mind, the police de-partment will be blamed for not stepping up the security, the government will be blamed for not con-trolling the crime rate, the victim will be blamed for going out alone late in the night, you name it and every department will come under the axe and will be viciously shredded to pieces. Every time this hap-pens, the post incident progress taken by every de-partment to nip the bud at the beginning will al-ways be astounding. The good Samaritans from public, the police and the government, every stake-holder will give their inputs to ensure that the safety and integrity of women in their locale are well guarded. But still we do not see an improvement. The integrity and safety of women in our country is still uncertain. With this insecurity looming large in front of us, it is time we introspect upon the most important stakeholders – US! Many of them out there might help us to ensure our safety. But above all this is an important point to be considered. It is called as the “WE” factor.

We should be extremely careful and cautious. We should ensure that we are safely tucked inside the warmth of our home. We should ensure that we do not venture out alone late into the night. I know this particular comment will draw rampant respons-es from many of my fellow womenfolk out there. I’m sure you will be demanding that I withdraw the statement because you feel your freedom is curbed and that the right to equality does not hold good any longer. I’m not asking you to forego your rights. I’m not asking you to succumb to slavery or become dependent. Women are supposed to be independent and we have grown leaps and bounds in achieving this. All I’m asking is for you to under-stand that there is a thin line of difference between protection and peril. When the society you are re-siding in has an element of evil attached to it, the right to saunter out all alone in the night, early morning, lonely stretches, opening the door to strangers, carrying cash or jewel and going alone without company, anything and everything that en-dangers or exposes you to threat should be re-strained. We should take every step within our au-


Still Alive.. Still Untouched thority to ensure that we live to see the light and sleep to get up the next day.

There are times when we let down our guard. We tend to walk down a poorly lit lane listening to mu-sic or lost in thoughts. We tend to get inside a vehi-cle with stranger. We tend to stop by and give di-rections to some stranger oblivious of what might be in store for us the next second. We tend to be-lieve that the route we take every day to and fro from our home or work is secure. All these times we harbor this one thought which make us elude the reality. “Nothing will happen to me. It cannot be me”. Ladies, it is time to wake up from our slumber. It is time to act, time to start taking the defensive. Time to realize that the world out there is not a safe haven.

Ensure that you always carry a can of pepper spray with you. Remember to use it in time of need in-stead of panicking. Be alert of your surroundings. At all points, ensure that there is people movement in the streets you are taking. Attend basic self de-fense classes and get trained to protect yourself. Take time to meditate every day. It will help you to stay alert. Do not be on call or listen to music while walking on lonely stretches. It will act as a distrac-tion and finally your loss will be the prowler’s gain.

Understand that when the society is tilting towards such low and malevolent activities, we do not have the rights to clutch our rights of equality. Ladies, we need to be independent, stand up on our own and hold on to ourselves. Agreed and point taken. We do not need chivalrous knights in shining armor. We are our own guardian angel. We have been op-pressed enough by chauvinists. Yes, we deserve brownie points for breaking the shackles which has bounded us for so many centuries. But we also have to understand we have not still reached a point where we can shed all our inhibition and be satiated about the society we reside in. The society still has a long way to go in becoming civilized. We need not think of dark alleys to become clammy. All we have to do is remember the numerous incidents where our fellow womenfolk’s integrity has been tattered to pieces. Do we still not break into sweat when we read about the doom of some nameless,

faceless woman? Do we not take a moment to call up our dear ones to warn them? Do we not get flus-tered if our loved ones do not pick up the call? All these are reminders of how spiteful the society is. All these are reminders of how close we are to men-ace, how intimidated we are with every passing day. Every day we wake up with an agenda, with thoughts for a wonderful day and future ahead. But not everyone wakes up the next day to turn those thoughts into reality. What might be an ordinary day for many of us with bright promises ahead might be the last day for some woman. She might not wake up the next day. Even as the world cele-brates a new beginning every day, a life might be snuffed out brutally and the family might be plunged into gloom. Why is the society sinking in-to such atrocities? Why is it stooping so low as to rob women of their integrity and life? At what cost? At whose cost? To all gentlemen out there, please understand it is at the cost of your womenfolk, your girl babies and your princess. To all ladies out there please understand, till the society cleanses itself of all contamination, we need to maintain constant vigilance. We need to understand even as we are reading this article someone somewhere might be struggling with phantoms of losing their integrity. We just celebrated women’s day. A day to celebrate womanhood and salute all the beautiful women who contributed in making us what we are today. It is also a day to take time and revisit that dull ache, that throbbing remembrance of the insecurities we have been exposed to, of the mayhem every one of our kind has been through. We can only grieve for the souls of our sisters we lost. But, we can ensure that we do not lose any more of our kind to such inhuman behavior. That rests in the hands of the men for they should treat us with reverence and the hands of us women for we should be vigilant. Till we reach a point where we can vouch for our safety and integrity, we can only go back to the solace of our home and offer a silent prayer to god – Thank god this day has passed and we are still alive. Still untouched.

Srividya Sainathan


I’ll Rise Recently I observed lots of hullabaloo, outrages, dis-cussions and debates on the recent VOGUE EM-POWER video - My Body, My Mind, My Choice disaster starring Deepika Padukone; Well!! Let me tell you this article isn’t to give any feminist re-marks. It’s all about raising a toast to all those su-perwoman who wear so many hats on an everyday basis, to womanhood, to all those MEN who have stand like a pillar behind every successful woman, to a mother, a wife, a girlfriend, a lover, a business-woman, a daughter, a best friend, to a thought on how we (both men and women) in unison can raise against the tide to fight for being treated equally not differently. Through this article I would like to bring out a snippet I read on Women Empower-ment!! In a time where we see women making strides in business, education, sports, career and leadership, yet they lag behind their male counterparts. Why?? Recent research by an American Business Women's Association put forward the fact that- Women's em-powerment starts with how women treat other women. So bringing in the feeling of sisterhood is important. Here are five ways we can help in reshaping and empowering women around the world: Choose a mentor: It can just be choosing a woman who you admire, either a public figure or someone in your life. Who do you admire? Think about what life experiences she has overcome. What are the characteristics she embodies? Definitely she is not someone who has had success come easily. I bet she is someone who stands up for herself, knows who she is and isn't afraid to be her true self. Whatever those character-istics are, write them down, and aspire to be them every day.

Be a mentor: Just as you have those you admire and wish to emu-late, strive to be that example to others, especially young women. Be authentic: The strongest way to set an example and to be a mentor is to be your authentic self. Get involved: Be part of something bigger than yourself. There are many professional and volunteer organizations that are dedicated to providing women opportunities to advance by providing education, mentorship, lead-ership experience and business/life skills. Have a voice: Martin Luther King, Jr. said that "our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that mat-ter." We can get so wrapped up in our day to day lives that we can often lose sight of the bigger im-pact we can have in the world around us. There are enough of us to change the game. You want to see more women in charge, support your sister; you want to see gaps closed, fill them; you want to see a difference made, make it. When one woman succeeds, we all succeed!!

TM Nivedita Rani

“ It’s all about raising a toast to all those superwoman who wear so many hats on an everyday basis,

to womanhood, to all those MEN who have stand like a pillar behind every successful woman, to a

mother, a wife, a girlfriend, a lover, a businesswoman, a daughter, a best friend, to a thought on

how we (both men and women) in unison can raise against the tide to fight for being treated equally

not differently. “

TM Nivedita Rani


The Power of “WHY”?? Recently I attended a “Causal Analysis” meeting. For all those who don`t know what is a causal anal-ysis meeting is, it is a meeting where we find the root cause of an issue, learn from the issue and the come up with an action plan to overcome such is-sues. The entire meeting was revolving around one great word “WHY”. When I asked one of my col-league why is the meeting revolving completely around this particular word, he said that in a causal analysis meeting “Why” played the crucial role and they were implementing a technique called the “5-Why” technique to find the root cause. In this tech-nique analysis goes deep inside by finding the rea-son for each “Why”. In the meeting the root cause for the problem was found and an action plan was drawn to avoid such issues. After the meeting I did a deeper analysis about this particular word ”Why”. I started my analysis like why do you have 5-Why technique but not 5-What technique or 5-Where technique. In my analysis I came to know that other question words like what, where, who, when and how questions your knowledge on a subject but why directly questions your logical ability or analytical ability. In other words why makes you think rather than recollect what you have studied. I just asked history whether it is impacted by the word “why”? History answered me stating that it loved the word why a lot and it said that many peo-ple ran behind this word “why” and created history. There was one such guy, who sat under a tree and asked himself “WHY do apples fall down from a tree”. He went a long way to answer his “Why” and came up with the concept of gravitational force, cre-ated history and we remember him today as New-ton. In our primitive days we had this concept of burning the wife alive along with her dead husband. Another great thinker asked himself “WHY should the wife killed along with the dead husband” did his analysis, concluded that Sati is of no use and declared it is as a superstition. Many great inven-tions/ discoveries started with this small word “WHY”.

TM Sonti Atchyuth So by now, you have you have understood the im-portance of the word “WHY”. So the next time you are asked to do any activity just ask why? If you do not have the guts to ask that person, just ask your-self why. Keep digging this question continuously in your brain. This change in ideology may not show immediate results, but it improves the thought pro-cess to a great extent. This will change the way you look at things. This will reduce mere following of the ways we were taught and lets us to come up with an easy way to our destination. The moment you ask this to others, they will change their thought process and you can change their thinking style as well. Through this question “why” you can differentiate between a process and a problem, belief and a su-perstition. This thought process, will lead you to think more about the destination rather than the path to be followed. You will find easier and better ways to get things done rather than the same pro-cess which your ancestors used. You will be an path finder than merely a follower of the existing one. Lastly, reiterating the great saying by Swami Viveka-nanda regarding the context.

TM Sonti Atchyuth “Don`t just follow your master blindly as a token of respect to him, instead think about his actions, analyze them if you don`t get a valid point ask him”.


Happenings in TITMAS

Third Anniversary Celebration Cheif SAA MTM Lakshmi Priya called the meeting to order. She started with a BIG Bang by setting up the celebratory mood. By praising all the club mem-bers for their dedication and commitment who have been part of this club she addressed the audi-torium which was almost full and are rightly look-ing forward for a visual & oratory treat. President MTM Lavanya A also appreciated the efforts of club members from the charter to the relatively new members for being part of this momentous celebra-tion. She also chalked out the achievements the club has won at various competitions. She quoted "While it is true that every milestone marks a cele-bration, it is also marks the beginning of the jour-ney towards next milestone" She pointed out the growing responsibility to help all members in their pursuit of self-improvement. The MC for the event - TM Lova Kiran started the event on the humorous note to keep the atmos-phere in the auditorium vivacious before inviting the Co-host of the event MTM Pratima who did a marvelous job. Area governor TM Ranga-nathan introduced and installed the new set of Ex-comm as they took the pledge to groom and guide all the club members for the next 6 months. The General evaluator , TM Karthick Boopathy has set the right expectations and the TAG team has unmistakably mentioned their respective objectives so that even guests can follow the rest of the ses-sion. MTM Nivedita Rani really inspired the members of the audience with her CC10 milestone speech titled "You versus yourself". They were really moved and motivated. She shared her inspirational personal story on how she won inter-college pageantry award and how she converted her failures at various levels to success throughout her journey both inside and outside toastmaster’s world. Her closing com-ments -"from making mistakes to making newer mis-takes, from perspiration to inspiration, from self doubt to self confidence" - rightly concludes her Competent Communicator journey. The MCs rightly called her pocket sized power house. The guest speaker for the day- DTM Jayan Nara-

yanan gave educational session on "Inter-personal communication and Customer delight" and it was really a great enlightening experience for the audi-ence. His emphasis on how interpersonal communi-cation can help people both in personal and profes-sional fronts will really bring change in audience outlook. His style of using humor as a vehicle to make a point is really impressive. Toastmasters un-derstood why DTM Jayan is rightly called charis-matic toastmaster. The Chief guest for the day Global delivery director (Commerical Insurance) , Karthick S released the much awaited club newsletter "Ebullience 8 "which is an epic in itself. Karthick S and Delivery partner for CNA & Hortford Rajesh Thomas addressed the gathering. Their speeches were really encourag-ing and we are really thankful for the Insurance leadership for their moral support and guidance, time and again. The club wants to promise that it is really geared up to meet their expectations like we did till date. Division Governor TM Rahul Shankar addressed the gathering with his usual grace and poise. With those kind of words, the club will definitely race in its tireless journey towards perfection. Calm and composed, MTM Pavithra Manivan-nan did a wonderful evaluation for Nivedita's speech and provided really constructive suggestions. Her observation skills are definitely at a higher fre-quency of thinking than that of rest of the audience. The Chair TM Sidharthan did a tremendous job to take the occasion to a picture perfect finish. His en-thusiasm and commitment is equal to the value of infinity. No-one can ever try to quantify their affini-ty towards the club. His detailed vote-of-thanks sums it up. Audience were also given TITMAS customized TCS Holiday calendar along with the lot of learning.


Happenings in TITMAS

Ice breaker Marathon TCS Insurance Toastmasters Club celebrated land-mark 175th session by organizing CC1 marathon. Five speakers began their toastmasters journey as they broke their shackles of stage fear. TMOD Lova Kiran has rightly selected the theme – Mission I’m Possible – which rightly portrays the mood of the session to kick start the toastmasters journey of the first time speakers. The first speaker, TM Suriya, delivered her CC1 speech in a creative way by comparing herself to a rock and detailed how different experiences in her life molded her as a person finally comparing how she was transferred from rock to a sculpture. The second speaker, TM Pawan Teja, gave his CC1 speech titled Pawan Teja 23* by comparing differ-ent stages his life to that of a crickets match and concluded that this toastmasters journey as a cricket match and his CC1 speech as debut match. The third speaker TM Karthick Ramasamy com-pared his life to that of a train journey and detailed different stages in his life to different destinations of train and concluded his speech that he has start-ed a new journey with toastmasters with its destina-tion as self improvement.

TM Arun Prabhu who is the fourth speaker gave his ice breaker speech by giving a glimpse of his life and comparing crucial instances of his life to third um-pire decisions in cricket match. Humor was sprin-kled throughout the speech. The final speaker – TM Saravanan Shanmugam – gave his ice breaker speech in a humorous way as he detailed 3 main facts about his life by comparing his life to cricket match. The common denominator for all the speeches was the creative quotient of the first time speakers. The TT master – TM Pravallika – make the TT sec-tion interactive and interesting which encouraged guests to volunteer as TT speakers. All evaluators provided motivational evaluations with constructive suggestions which were well re-ceived by the speakers. The GE TM Nivedita provided general evaluation by providing improvement suggestions which can help organize the perfect sessions. Overall Ice breaker marathon was completed on an inspirational tone with the real life examples of great personalities who has achieved impossible feats.

TITMAS Participation in OTP and JTP


Toastmaster ’s Journey I have been the part of TM club since Jan 2013. Ini-tially I attended toastmasters club as a guest as one of my teammates was giving speech. I was attracted by the TMOD performance and witnessed some beautiful speeches, where I observed one icebreaker speech from a TM with a lots of grammatical mis-takes, lack of fluency. I was also not able to speak English fluently and had so much of stage fear. So, I did not think of joining TM club. After a few months, I again attended another session where I observed the CC3 speech by the same TM, but this time there was a lot of improvement in his speech. It gave me a hope and pulled me to become a TM. I started giving my speeches. My ice breaker speech is very special for me. It was delivered in a 100 seat-er auditorium and it showed my speaking capabili-ties. I used to note down my evaluation points and make sure not to repeat the same in my next speech-es. I learnt the different nuances of public speaking such as the eye contact, facial expression, voice modulation, role plays etc. and how to script a speech that is audience engaging. As a TM, I have tried my hands on different genres such as informa-tive, inspirational, persuading and humorous speeches. I got a chance to evaluate other TMs as well. I attended international speech contests and

learnt many techniques from the educational ses-sions. TM gave me many wonderful friends and my club members always helped me to improve myself as a better communicator and leader. This TM journey gave me the strength to improve personally & mentally. It taught me the art of speak-ing before audience, the art of giving a technical presentation to team, the art of speaking with cli-ents, the art of maintaining friendly relationship with friends, the art of leading a team as a true lead-er, the art of management. Its really a wonderful and memorable journey. I wish all the readers to witness these kinds of journeys!!!!

TM J Dinesh Kumar

Toastmasters makes a difference!! "If you want something in your life you have never had , you will have to do something you have never done."

Sometime ago, being on stage is nothing but a night-mare which I always avoid; Sharing my thoughts in a team meeting is not the thing that I can do; and com-municating with clients over call is something that I can't even imagine. So with all these negative feelings, working in IT industry has become extremely difficult for me.

But, I did something to come out of all these fears, that is - joining TCS insurance Toastmasters

After becoming a member, I saw a change in me! Slowly but steadily I am able to communicate with my clients in a way that they can understand. I came to

know what are all the positives and negatives that I have. Toastmasters taught me how to maintain eye contact , how to organize my ideas as a speech, how to start and end a conversation just like a speech. It also taught me how to work on my negatives and im-prove myself. Now I may not be the best speaker, but am at my best as a speaker.

I am and I will be always grateful to the club and members of the club. And finally the one and most im-portant thing about this club is the continuous support from the club members which will always help you to regain the confidence.

TM Lavanya Y

TM J Dinesh Kumar


SDLC-”Speech Development Life Cycle” In my exploring journey of toastmasters over a year now, I have been always thinking of what is the best way to speak about a chosen topic in every single pro-ject. Choosing a topic is a challenge as it needs to meet the project objectives completely. Though I read my practice guide thoroughly and finally chose a top-ic, I get stuck in delivering my speech, on how to en-sure that I am meeting the objectives rightly. And last but not the least, Am I doing the entire process cor-rectly - Right from project objectives till delivering my speech?

One day, when I was reading my Project 6 objectives, the word ‘PROJECT’ hammered my mind. Why not try to execute entire process of a speech as a SDLC? Why not apply my project experiences to achieve toastmaster speech targets? Here I present CCLC – Competence Communicator Life cycle com-paring each phase of Software Development Life Cy-cle.

Requirement Gathering:

Understand each project objectives clearly reading more than once. Approach your Ex-Com for any clari-fication before assumptions on topic selection, con-tent and delivery of your speech.

Analysis:

Choose your topic and Research about your topic. Analyze if your topic can outline, open, narrate / de-scribe and conclude to meet the objectives of project and support relevance to your selected topic.

Design:

Draft your content. Your speech content is your Tech-nical specification document which should concen-trate on Business requirement document which are Practice guide project objectives. I realized it is tough, but once you achieve it, delivery becomes simple and accurate. Don’t forget timelines.

Development:

Finalize your draft content by adding flavors of your speech objectives which will differ with every single project. Identify weak points in opening and conclu-sion, check your transitions, check statements with audience interactions to connect, list down if No. of speech objectives is equal to at least one sentence / example / suggestion in your speech.

Unit Testing / Quality Analysis:

Evaluate your developed script. Let your mentor eval-uate your final script with constructive feedback / crit-icism against your project objectives. Fine tune your script per mentor suggestions to make your script flaw-less and attain the quality. Test yourself -Practice your speech. Gain confidence with time management.

Deployment:

GO-LIVE with your speech. Remember your objec-tives and deliver with the best presentation skills you are having and improving with every speech.

User Acceptance Testing: (After Deployment)

This phase is after deployment as now you are being evaluated by your audience and assigned Evaluator. If speech doesn’t go through evaluation positively, based on evaluator feedback, you MAY need to restart from development / unit testing phase depending upon your content / presentation respectively. This is a rare case. If speech passes evaluation, you have completed the project successfully but with the suggestions to be implemented and improved in your future speeches.

Maintenance:

Document your performance for each project with positive feedbacks, suggestions, corrections and im-provements which needs to be improvised with your future speeches. Get back to your evaluator to know if there were any more left out feedbacks due to time management. This will help to track progress with each delivered speech.

There you go! Isn’t the project success a Lock and Key where you need to Un-Lock your potentials and find the Key to next ladder?

When our real-time project experience can help us easily execute Toastmaster speeches successfully, I also found that I could take-away Toastmaster experience of Presentation skills achieved with excellence back to my project to face team members and customers with confidence.

I look forward to become a Com-petent Communicator the by end of 2015 with extraordinary per-spectives – A milestone target to reach, as learnt from Ex-coms with – “Practice, Practice and Practice”.

— TM Priyanka Agarwal


Toastmasters at Work ! A delight !! Every day we interact with many people at work-place in variety of situations. We may deal with cli-ents, project leaders, managers and co-workers at work. We may be called upon to calm an upset cus-tomer or solve a problem with co-workers or we may be called to present at a meeting on a spur of a mo-ment. We may have to provide a critical feedback with tact and deal with wide range of people diplo-matically. A lot of these factors directly or indirectly lead to a company’s success. And coming from an IT profes-sional background, these elements of communica-tion are tantamount to technical knowledge. There lies a stereotype that engineers are known for not being good communicators. Engineers are known for not able to put the idea across or convey their expertise to supervisors. We must have heard state-ments such as “the error was as a result of break-down in communication” or “it was due to commu-nication gap”. The effects of such consequences are very costly and lasting. Being an engineer, I was the victim of unable to comprehend the requirements and pull out the es-sentials and clarify the queries during the design phase and the aftermath was doubling my efforts to clear the gap and yet not to compromise the quality of product. This is where Toastmasters provides a remedy. Toastmasters provided me with a ticket to become not only a better communicator but also developed my leadership skills. This self proven program pro-vides all the employees to gain competence to: Answer questions on the spot Deliver better presentations Foster productive work relationships Develop and present ideas effectively Sharpen listening skills Develop leadership potential Speech writing and presenting is not just about mas-tering how to script a speech and delivering it flaw-lessly. Each project helped me to learn how to start

a conversation with a stranger, tools required by one to negotiate using win/win strategies to achieve a goal, techniques on how to diffuse verbal criti-cism. Above all, it prepared me to deliver presenta-tions and present ideas effectively without any has-sle. Also, I’m able to give toasts without having to worry all the eyes are on me. Table Topics section is where a topic is given to think on your feet and talk for one to two minutes. It’s a skill that transfers well to the workplace: Whether you’re called to present at a meeting, talk-ing to a customer or problem-solving with your co-workers, the ability to think quickly and speak con-fidently is highly valued. Toastmasters taught me to be resourceful and adjust my approach depending on who I was talking. Evaluations have greatly helped me in my communi-cation to be clear and to the point. To explain a technique to my co-workers or present an applica-tion demo to the customer or leave phones messag-es I’m able to articulate and keep it crisp. This is like hitting the nail on its head. You are able to transmit the idea effectively within less time. In ad-dition to it, being an evaluator sharpened my listen-ing skills, I’m able to comprehend the essentials and provide positive mentoring. Opportunity to conduct meetings tremendously improved my self confidence and poise. Be it engag-ing potential customer, taking knowledge sharing sessions for co-workers, entertaining large group of

TM Pratima


Toastmasters at Work ! A delight !! people or Town hall, I’m at ease to lead time effi-cient meetings effectively. Opportunity to fulfill officer roles is not just leading as an example. It is also to make other leaders. Tak-ing up VP-Membership addressed my skills like lis-tening, planning, organizing, motivation and team building. However, it didn’t just help me in acquir-ing leadership skills and personal growth but also to identify the potential of individuals, channeling their abilities, boosting their morale confidence and providing positive learning environment to make more leaders. The above Toastmastering skills, some of the engi-neers may already possess. Nevertheless, by joining Toastmasters they will only enhance them. We

could accomplish a great deal if we present our point of view more persuasively. Whether we are motivating workers, conveying information to su-pervisors, collaborating with co-workers, vendors inside and outside our organizations, or trying to convince an employer to hire us, we can all benefit heaps from better communication skills and in turn help our company productively. “Toastmasters is the busy man's best chance to

take a post graduate course in general infor-

mation without inconvenience or loss of time."

– Ralph Smedley

TM Pratima

Fun Corner

Word Wheel Challenge

Your aim is to create as many words of 4 letters or more using the letters in the word wheel only once in each word , and always including the letter in the cen-ter of the wheel. No proper names are allowed.

Can you find a 9 letter word? _______________

Good 12+

Excellent 16+

Outstanding 20+

Fun Facts

1. The word "bookkeeper" (along with its associate "bookkeeping") is the only unhyphenated Eng-lish word with three consecutive double letters. Other such words, like "sweet-toothed", require a hyphen to be readily readable.

2. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is re-lated to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".

3. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.

4. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless".

5. The "QWERTY keyboard" gains its name from the fact that its first 6 letter keys are Q, W, E, R, T and Y. On early typewriters the keys were ar-ranged in such a way as to minimize the clash-ing of the mechanical rods that carried the let-ters.


The Comeback Kid! Interview with TM Siddharthan Eswaran

A great man once said “Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that'll be me.” If one has to describe the Toastmasters journey of TM Sidharthan Easwaran in no more than a couple of words then it would be “The Comeback Kid”. TM Sidharthan who has joined TITMAS in Jan ’13 after being active for few months went into self-imposed exile out of toastmasters and maintained low profile for almost an year. And then in end of 2014 he made a comeback to toastmasters which could be termed as one of the most scintillating comeback TITMAS club has witnessed. In less than a month after his comeback he has donned every possible role that club offered from delivering back to back speeches to taking up Club officer role and chairing Magnum opus event of the club in 2015, the 3rd anniversary celebrations and executed all of them to perfection. His TT speech at the Club level speech contest was so humorous that he left the audience in splits. No won-der he stood as the winner at the club level TT contest and represented the club in area level. Toastmaster Sid, a passionate filmmaker, shares his experience and learning’s from toastmasters before and after his come-back.

1) Your second innings in toastmasters seems to be on a cock- a-hoop. What was the driving force for your come back and how do you enjoy this?

Toastmasters is a great platform. Learning in TIT-MAS is a joy ride, with peers helping each other and extending tremendous support. The force that drove me back to the club is the sheer enthusiasm associat-ed with the club, very creative themes and very well organized meetings. I will no doubt be part of this club for many more years to come

2) The success of each and every show goes deter-mined by the tone that is set in the first few minutes. As the SAA of the club who gets to begin every meeting, what do you do to come up with in-novative ideas session after session that spices up the meeting?

To be an SAA is the best feeling. My preparation for SAA is purely based on the theme. I try and gather points related to theme and open up the session in my style adding humour, relating to the theme. I later gather points liaising to the theme to welcome the presiding officer. I make sure to keep the guests feel welcomed by greeting them.

3) The role of SAA needs lots of efforts behind the screens right from booking the meeting venue, to setting up a perfect environment with appropriate logistics for a hassle free session. How interesting or challenging do you find this SAA role to ensure a seamless meeting?

Role of SAA is more of joy rather than a challenge. It

keeps me extremely organized and disciplined. Right from booking the room to greeting everyone off it feels like a direc-tor of a movie. A director is a soul person responsible for his movie or the performance of his artists. In the same way it is the duty of SAA to keep his audience relaxed and entertained and it is also his duty to keep his role players going on and this in turn would result in a block buster movie every Tuesday

4) Organising a special event is all about ownership, dedication and delegation. What do you think are the most vital characteristics (top 3) one needs to imbibe to be a successful chairperson?

To imbibe and be a successful chair person. We need to have a good team, be disciplined, organized and be punctual

5) One ball 6 to win. Where do I go? Long on, mid-on, deep mid-wicket, deep cover? No time to react. Cracking a table topic contest can get as nerve wrecking as hitting a winning shot. How did you manage to pull this off being a first time contest-ant??

I have always been a last moment person, and a per-son who works in pressure. Table topics has always been my cup of tea, as I always look for challenges and like to think on anything at the very moment. It is a great pleasure to win in something that I like the most.

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Commitment personified!!! What comes to your mind when you hear the word “Commitment”? Well!! May be for some of you it would be a prom-ise towards a personal or professional goals but for me it’s the name TM Srivatsan. Yes!! He truly per-sonifies the word “commitment”. Come what may- be it meetings, calls or anything if he has given his word that he’s going to make to the session or take up the role in it. He will!! VPE or TMOD has never had to fret for his backups. A Toastmaster with an impressive personality and super cool attitude. Sometimes he donned the hat of an amazing speak-er, entertaining TMOD, engaging TT Master, con-structive evaluator, compelling Master of ceremony;

you name it and he has taken up any role when called upon to do so and in every role he emerged as a true leader. His Toastmasters journey from a refreshing speech on a city of Andal temple to an awe-inspiring speech on why you should never make excuses in your life has always enticed the audience. It has been said “Toastmasters is like an ocean, come with a bucket and you’ll fill it to the brim or come with just a spoon and take a spoon full. TM Srivatsan as you mark a new chapter in your profes-sional journey I’m sure you would cherish the buck-etful experience you had in TITMAS. Adieu!!!


A hardworking and honest person, I like to read, watch mov-ies and follow Tennis and Cricket during my free time. I joined Toastmasters to enhance my abil-ity to communicate crisply. In addition to it, I’d like to be part of a network of people of like mind. Down the line, I would like to become a business analyst

and later take up Pre sales con-sulting. My World Cup Formula for success is what once Allan Border quoted “If you take of your runs the dollars will take care of themselves”. And my view on against the tide is Calm seas do not make skillful sailors

TM Dwarakanath Sreedhar

Proactive in nature, I tend not to buckle under pressure and react

accordingly. I run a lot, watch movies, and spend quality time on Google and Wikipedia during my free time. One of the biggest achievement is completing two half marathons and eight 10k marathons. I joined Toastmasters to enhance my interpersonal and presentation skills. I liked to es-

tablish an enterprise of my own and provide opportunities to tal-ented people. My World Cup Formula for success and my view on against the tide are similar which is “If you want to be unique, hit the tide from oppo-site direction, be it loss or win” TM MSMKS Aneel



I’m a person who has the urge to learn more and very industri-ous in achieving my goal. I listen to lot of English songs and watch movies in my free time. I joined Toastmasters to improve my in-terpersonal skills and most im-portant to increase my level of self confidence. My ultimate goal is to become a Tech Architect.

My World Cup success formula “Taking everything as challenge will always keeps us smiling face even under high pressure”. And my views on going against the tide “If we want to succeed in anything we have to come out of our comfort zone and we have to go against the tide”

TM Senthilkumar R

An optimist, confident and assid-uous. I enjoy cooking and pho-tography. I joined Toastmasters to improve my presentation and communication skills. Apart from this, I get to meet new people. My goal is to establish an enterprise

to innovate most useful products to human society. My World Cup Success formula is Never to give up. My thoughts on going against the tide will increase our confi-dence every time. TM Senthil Sivaprakasam

Very patient, analytical and been known for my trouble shooting skills. During my free time I play

cricket and watch television. I had the opportunity to work on multiple technologies and don-ning the hats of various roles. I joined Toastmasters to become a better communicator. My ulti-

mate goal is to obtain a challeng-ing position in the field of Infor-mation technology. For me “Travelling against the tide is journey and life”

TM Muthupandian Mauthap-papandian

Always ready to help and very ea-ger to learn new things, I spend my free time either in playing badminton or drawing. My ulti-mate goal is to become a Tech architect. I joined Toastmasters to become a good communicator and which in turn will help in

personality development. My thoughts on “Against the Tide” are part of success. If we don't face any reaching goal we can't enjoy the fruitfulness of Success.

TM Bharathula Gayatri Susmitha

My positives are willing to learn and upgrade myself. I listen to music and watch Cricket dur-ing my free time. My greatest achievement is I could contribute to my brother’s study. I joined Toastmasters to enhance my com-munication and leadership skills. My ultimate goal is to become mature, board minded and lead-

er. My view on against the tide is “Listen to the surrounding peo-ple, take the positive and negative about you from their speech. Concentrate on the negative and improve and show to them that, "you can very well swim against the tide". Don't apply the same philosophy for all the negative views.”

TM Govindasamy Appadurai



A conscientious, flexible, and always ready to provide a helping hand. I enjoy reading books, play-ing basket ball and outdoor games. My greatest achievement is representing TCS Basketball team. We have won couple of

medals in 2012 and 2014. I joined Toastmasters to enhance my communication skills and meet new people. Toastmasters provides learning in moments of enjoyment. World Cup Success formula is “Improve our knowledge base and share it with people. Learn and share we grow automatically.” I definition and

thoughts on Against the tide is “Everyone will come across this tide, but many afraid to encoun-ter, few encounter and sink and only few never give up and go beyond it. I want to go beyond it”

TM Rajkumar Murugan

A neoˈphiliac and very flexible. I like read novels and spend time with friends. For me the greatest achievement is the happiness I get from my hard work. I joined Toastmasters to become a better communicator and lead with ex-ample which help in my personal-ity development. Down the line I’d like to become Tech Archi-tect. My world cup success formu-la is to grab all my strength and

will go against the tide to reach my goal. “Against the Tide” will bring strength in our life.

TM Santhiya Soundharajan

Honesty and kindness define me. I watch movies to idle my time. I joined Toastmasters to improve

my presentation and communica-tion skills. Most importantly, I would like to overcome my fear of speaking in front of group of peo-ple. My ultimate journey is to have a successful retirement from

IT industry. My world cup success formula is “Do Your Duty with-out any expectation”

TM Suriya Ravichandran

Quick Learner, I enjoy cooking, eating and reading novels. One of my achievements is being promot-ed to Project lead, however, I am yet to achieve my best. I joined Toastmasters to overcome the fear of eyes on me while speaking to a large group of people. My World Cup formula is nothing

over the top. I just follow my heart. Against the tide in my words would be “Going against the tide will make you see what’s on other side. It might surprise you and take you to heights which many cannot reach”

TM Navya Sailaja Kollu


Club Dashboard

The performance of any club is measured by the quality of its meetings and the enriching membership experi-ence extended. In addition, the toastmasters international also measures the club performance based on 10 goals that every club should strive to achieve. Presenting to you the club dashboard of TCS Insurance Toast-masters Club.

Educational Awards

Competant Communicator

Srivatsan

Nivedita Rani

Competant Leader

Lakshmi Priya

Nivedita Rani TM Lakshmi Priya TM Nivedita Rani TM Srivatsan


This is a special award given to recognize the efforts and commitment of a toastmaster based on

their active participation in delivering speeches, taking roles and their attendance in toast-masters

meeting. Congratulations dear Toastmasters!! Keep up the Good Work!!

Toastmaster of the Month Award

For the other Toastmasters, here is the simple formula For you to be crowned Toastmaster of the

month. Playing the roles as mentioned in the following table will not only fetch you the award but the

amount of learning that goes in hand will help you grow to become a Competent Communicator and

Competent Leader. The highest points will be awarded to Toastmasters speaking and playing the

TMOD. After addition of points, the Toastmaster with the highest number of the points win the coveted

award.

Role Points

Prepared Speech 5

TMOD 4

TT Master/GE 3

Evaluator 2

TAG 1

TT Speaker 1

Attendance/Session 1

Talk up Toastmaster Award Clubs adding 5 new members in the months of Feb-

ruary and March are awarded the prestigious Talk

Up Toastmasters Award. Each club receives a spe-

cial ribbon for their club banner from Toastmasters

International.

One more jewel in the crown of TCS Insurance

Toastmasters [TITMAS] Club. Kudos to VP-M TM

Pratima for adding 6 new members on the first day

of Talk Up Toastmaster period and the club ac-

quires the award in style as usual.


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Upcoming Events

April

Sangamam - Division G Annual

conference

Ice Breaker Marathon

Upcoming Events

The following are events that TITMAS is looking forward in the upcoming days

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Meet the New Leaders

May

Ovations - District 82 Annual

conference

Advanced Speech Marathon

June

Club Elections—Its time to

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Ebullience 9

Documents

Transcript of Ebullience 9