Nmc community times sept 2012

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COMMUNITY TIMES

ISSUE 1, SEPTEMBER 2012

CLUB - 788926, AREA 55, DIVISION H, DISTRICT 20 NMC

The Language of E-mail “Do’s and Don'ts”

www.nmctoastmasters.com

Pages 9 &10

Future Leaders for the Society

Meet Our New Leaders Page 2

DTAC 2012 Experiences

Pages 4 & 5

Pages 16 & 17

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Meet! Our New Leaders

Shukku P. Beker

President

Prasad Kondepudi

Vice President, Education

Vikas Agarwal

Vice President, Membership

Shameem BV

Vice President, Public Relation

Manoj Shetty

Treasurer

Shree Krishna

Secretary

Lancy Fernandes

Sergeant at Arms

“Congratulations! to the entire team who worked hard to publish this quar‐

terly issue of the News Letter”

NMC Community chapter has always been in the forefront among the toast‐

master community in Abu Dhabi. The club has a rich history of participating

and supporting toast mastering activity, at the area, division and district lev‐

els.

It is not a wonder, that we have been able to achieve the “Presidents Distin‐

guished Club” status for the year 2011‐12. As a culmination of efforts initiated

last year NMC Community has recently been able to sponsor a school under

the name “NMC Community Chapter” school in Andrapradesh, India. A testa‐

ment that we truly lives up to our vision, values and beliefs.

Our vision for future is to continue to be an ideal platform for our members to

achieve their personal development needs. I understand that conducting

quality meetings are the only means to achieve this and all our initiatives like

mentoring programs, theme selections, educational sessions, Youth Leader‐

ship Programme (YLP), increasing membership base etc.. are centered around

this goal.

It would not be possible to achieve this, without the support of the each one

of you, and together let’s make it happen!!

Shukku P. Beker

President

NMC Community Chapter

Mushtaq Mohiuddin

Imm. Past President

From The Desk of President

NMC Community has recently been able to spon‐

sor a school under the name “NMC Community

Chapter” school in Andrapradesh, India. A testa‐

ment that we truly lives up to our vision, values

and beliefs.

Shukku Beker is the Manager‐

Employee Relations & Services at

ADCB, Abu Dhabi.

Reach him @

[email protected]

Editor’s Panel

Chief Editor

TM Shameem BV, Vice President Public Relation

Assistant Editor / Proof Reader

TM Shuku Beker, President

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Transitions With ‘GPS On’

Transition is the most important part of

your life. Do you recall your transition from

KG1 to high school and from your high school

to college, your first job, from single life to

married life, Carefree life when single and then

with your spouse to caring life of parenthood,

the sweet questions asked by your toddler to

the dilemma answering your youth child.

Transition – We have gone through a lot and

somehow survive each sections of life.

My transition in Toastmasters started on 14th

May 2007, not before three visits to my parent

club before joining (No guest and food fees

….hahaha )

The Educational Track – My transitions were

very smooth in achieving my CC/CL/ALB/ACB

presently doing my ACS.

The Leadership Track took up Officers roles

Secretary, SAA, Part time Treasurer, VPE, Presi‐

dent, VPM and now Area Governor 55 Division

H District 20.

Once you board the vehicle you are aware of

your destination, choose the right mode of

transport. You may abort your journey in be‐

tween or just get off the vehicle for some silly

reasons. It could be that you are not sure

about the road or the destination or even not

comfortable with the transport. Hence to help

you take a comfortable journey towards your

destination it’s always better to keep your GPS

on and make those transitions clear.

G for GOALS – For every Transition set your

goals right. Write them down and view them

from time to time until they are achieved.

P for PLAN ‐ Prefect Proper Planning will pro‐

duce results. Shortcuts are not always good.

S for SUPPORT – Every transition needs a true

support. A Mentor/ Friend/ loved with whom

you can discuss and materialize your Goals and

plans. Don’t be a conservative by always taking

support learn and then give support. Remem‐

ber once you learn and you are confident, give

it back to the mentee. In this process you will

learn more adding the mentees experience.

Life is tough and Transitions are inevitable but

if you have the GPS on, the journey is smooth

towards your destination. After all “Change is

Life “without it there will be no progress, un‐

derstanding, no relating and no surprise.

My journey so far in Toastmasters has taught

me a lot. Whatever I have achieved, a transi‐

tion has come where I am able to give it back

to my fellow toastmasters. A Club Officer to

Division Officer, the journey as Area Governor

55 is going to be interesting. The Transition has

begun by naming ceremony of the 5 clubs

NURTURE, INSPIRE, INNOVATE, KEEN, VISION

I have put forward the AREA Goals and Plans,

and this will not be possible without the Sup‐

port of the Club Super 7 and the members.

Wishing you all a Great Transition ahead with

your GPS on and stand together and emerge as

winners.

By Ashit Korgaokar

Life is tough and Transitions are inevitable but if you have the GPS on the journey is

smooth towards your destination.

How I set GPS on to continue the legacy of Area 55

Ashit Korgaokar ALB/ACB

is the Area Governor 55

( 2012‐13 ) from NMC

Community Chapter,

working for Abu Dhabi

Aviation Company (ADAC)

Reach him @ [email protected]

[email protected]

From The Desk of Area Governor

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District 20 Toastmasters Annual Conference,

DTAC 2012 held on 24th to 26th of May at Crown Plaza Hotel in the Kingdom of Bahrain was an unbelievably beautiful experience for me!

It was a quality time spent with a big number of extra intelligent men and women from across 7 countries around the Gulf‐: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, U.A.E, Jordan and Leba‐non. We as a big family from Division H were totally charged up during the entire episode. The event organization was simply superb, the speech contests were intellectually so great and vibrant, and the food….Uhmmm...…excellent! The contest speakers were so mar‐

velously injecting enthusiasm and inspiration into me. Yes, if I can just stand still for a mo‐ment and close my eyes and rewind, I can still feel them happening again, lively, right at this moment, right inside this hall, right in front of you! Seriously! It was such a touching experi‐ence for me! I really loved it!

Toastmaster Sam Kodeih from Emirates Club, Dubai with his topic ‘Respect Time’ was the International Speech winner. He told us about a real incident happened in his life. He was

always a late comer in his office. One day morning his Boss caught him. “Sam, you are late”. “Yes Boss, I am sorry”. “Sam, but you are always late”. “Yea, but…you know…” “OK, Sam, can I have your watch please?” “My watch?” “Yes, give me your watch please?” Then his boss dropped the watch down onto the floor and crushed it with his hard shoes. “Oh my God! My watch? What are you doing?” and his boss, “You don’t need it, anyways!!!” That was absolutely an ‘aaha’ moment for me! The speech title was ‘Respect Time’. Toastmaster Sam Kodeih learned that lesson ‘Respect Time’ in the hard way, losing his favorite watch, but it made him the winner in the contest.

Madam Toastmaster Shurooq Al Banna from

Lagoon Toastmasters, Dubai has won the first place in the Humorous Speech contest. A very tall woman, proportionally beautiful, age 32, unmarried! Look! He is surprised. That surprise element was the key theme for her entire speech. The whole story of her speech was all about the unsuccessful attempts of her mother to get her daughter married. The poor mother started trying to get her daughter married when she was just 15 years! Now she is 32. Imagine how many times the poor mother might have failed! So many attempts…all failed.

During one such occasion the proposal was with a man who was very short in height. Of course Madam Toastmaster Shurooq Al Banna had rejected the proposal and is now asking the audience, “You tell me, how can I, make, eye contact with him?”

I learned a big lesson from DTAC 2012! All these winners were bringing their own life experiences into their speeches. It very easily grabbed the attention of the audience, im‐pressed the judges, which made them score high, to fly high, to declare ‘Sky is the Limit’! I started thinking about my life. Before, i had a feeling that there is not much something sig‐nificant to trace out from my own life to talk to you. Oh, Come on! But when I really started rewinding the memories…I was surprised…I was getting clues…Yes, I too have something similar to share…some are sad incidents, some are so pleasant, some made me wild and an‐gry! But i discovered, i too have something to share. The more deep we dig, the more treas‐ure we discover! Will come back to you later on that part of mine! Stay tuned !

Cheers………….!!

An Important Lesson I learned from

“DTAC 2012!” Learn How Champion Speakers Craft their Speeches

By Santosh Shetty

All these winners were bringing their own life experiences into their speeches. “The more deep we dig, the more treasure we discover”!

Santosh Shetty is an Engineering & Project Manager, Cheif co‐ordinator (HSE)‐Neopharma L.L.C, working since 2002 till date. Currently the Asst Div H. Governor (Training) Dist‐20 in Abu Dhabi. Imm. past Area Governor‐Area 55, Div H. Dual Member in NMC community Chapter, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E since Jan‐2006 & Advance TM chapter "Humoroids". Held position of V.P‐PR, President (twice) at the chapter level. Repre‐sented the chapter at various area & division contest in speech contest. Sponsored the first TM Chapter in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E in June 2011. Reach him: [email protected]

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By Mushtaq Mohiuddin

I Joined the Toastmasters on 01 Dec 2009.

Within a month, I was asked to take the role of

the Vice President – Public Relations for man‐

aging the Club Newsletters and other Market‐

ing areas. That time the Club could not com‐

pete for Platinum Web Byte Award because we

did not have a Website, During the course of

my journey, the Club Website was created and

we submitted our nomination for Platinum

Web Byte Award.

Then I heard about DTAC 2011 which took

place in Jordan. First I thought DTAC and its

attendance are for the Senior and Dedicated

Toastmasters, and only 2 such members at‐

tended the DTAC, TM Praveen Rao and TM

Santosh Shetty. On the last day of DTAC ( Jor‐

dan ) got a message from TM Praveen Rao that

our Website was chosen as the Best Website

out of 8 countries

Both Senior Toastmasters were present in Jor‐

dan to take the Best Website Award on behalf

of NMC Community Chapter Club. TM Praveen

Rao after coming back from Jordan shared his

experience of Jordan and receiving the award.

It was first time in the History of Club that we

got an Award from the District.

A year after in DTAC 2012 (Bahrain) we were

again nominated not for one but three Awards,

‐ Best Website Award

‐ DCP Achievers award

‐ Social Media Connected (Face book)

Being the President of the Club I already de‐

cided to attend DTAC (Bahrain) 2012 and to

witness this Proud Moments.

The second day of the DTAC event, the award

distribution started at 11.00 midnight and we

were 5 Toastmasters from NMC Community

Chapter Club and we received the awards and

by the time we receive the last one it was al‐

most 1.30 AM. It was wonderful to be on stage

and receive the Awards on behalf of NMC

Community Chapter Club.

Apart from the above it was a wonderful ex‐

perience and witness the dedicated Toastmas‐

ters and Speakers of the District 20. I

got an opportunity to witness the

banner march, do the Judging during

the District Contest and to hear the

keynote Speakers, Eng. Abdulrahman

Al Jawahiri , General Manager for Gulf

Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC),

Ambassadors of India and Philippines, and

witnessing the Election Process.

Overall it was a fabulous experience and I hope

to be part of this kind of Events again and

again.

Achievements of Club during the year 2011‐12

1. The club achieved “ President Distin‐

guished Status ”

2. The Membership growth has reached up

to 30 Nos which is the highest in the last 7

years.

3. Won 3 Awards at DTAC ( Bahrain ) for Best

Website, Club DCP Achievers and the Con‐

nected Social Media ( Facebook ).

“On the last day of DTAC Jordan, I got a message from TM Praveen Rao

that our Website was chosen as the Best Website out of 8 countries”

The Eventful Days

Mushtaq Mohiuddin is a Planning Manager at Arabian Construction Company (ACC) Abu Dhabi, U.A.E Reach him: [email protected]

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By Mushtaq Mohiuddin

DTAC 2012 Proud Moments in Bahrain

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The job interview process is often a daunt‐

ing experience. It is important that you have the right skills and experience for the job but it is also important that you are able to con‐vey the skills and experience you have on the day. If you are in the right mood and have pre‐pared for your interview you are more likely to present your skills and experience well and present a better picture of yourself as the right person for the job. If you are invited for an interview, then you have already achieved a huge amount of suc‐cess .

However the following provides some basic tips on how to improve your chances at inter‐view. Prepare for the interview There are a number of key areas where you need to prepare before your interview that will ensure you have the confidence and knowledge to present yourself in the best way possible to the people interviewing you. Do your homework about the company and the Department. Ensure that you have read the summary role profile and person specifi‐cation. Make some notes on how you can demonstrate that you have the necessary

skills and experience that is being asked for and your recent achievements. Think about some questions that you may be asked and consider how you might answer them. The week before your interview Be sure you know the following informa‐tion about your interview:

TIME

DATE

LOCATION &

NAMES of the interviewer(s)

Work out how you are going to get to the interview location, and how long it will take. Try to anticipate any delays that could make you late. Ensure that you have all the documents you have been asked to bring with you to the interview. The day of your interview Plan to arrive at the interview 15 minutes before the time of the interview. On arrival, ensure that the receptionist knows you have arrived! The interview itself The following are a few important points to

remember during the interview:

a smile is the most positive signal you can give

maintain regular eye contact

try to adopt an open, honest and confi‐dent attitude

speak clearly and with confidence

listen to the questions you are asked. It is OK to pause before answering a ques‐tion so that you can think about what you are going to say

keep to the point but ensure you answer the question (avoid yes and no answers)

relax and remember that the interview is designed to allow you to demonstrate what you can do – not try to trick you into making mistakes!

Good luck!

Hints and Tips on Attending

a Job Interview By Manoj Shetty

Manoj Shetty is a General Manager ‐ Finance‐

HR‐Legal‐M&A of TUV Nord Middle East.

Reach him @ manojs@tuv‐nord.com

“If you are invited for an interview, then you have already achieved a huge amount of success.

Anatomy of a successful job hunt

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When you sponsor somebody (may be a

friend or foe), its like killing two birds with single shot i.e. you are doing good in two ways.

You have introduced the person to a very good environment to improve not only in public speaking skills, leader ship skills but also a place where he can learn values, have fun and gain confidence.

Second, you are giving back to the club by adding one member to the family, which each toastmaster owe.

Once we have more members,

More members can take up roles instead of putting the burden on only few regular members every time

Have min 3‐4 speeches in every meeting

Every Excom member can have an assis‐tant in order to perform better

Club’s finances will improve and extra social activities can be planned

Our meetings can be planned much in advance.

We can have more variety, ideas and innovation in meetings.

So you can understand that the first step towards our club growth is adding more members and retaining our existing members. Though sometimes because of some unavoidable reasons like family commitments, job trans‐fers etc, it becomes difficult for existing members to be regular. But still the only solution lies is in adding more members to the

chapter. In order to add new members, a sim‐ple process can be followed.

First, feel excited and proud of being associ‐ated with such a wonderful organization like Toastmasters International. Having a feeling of gratitude for whatever we have got from TMI, the minimum which we can do is to sponsor more people in TMI, as somebody did to us.

What you need to do is, simply, make a list of guests who, you think will love toastmasters or would like to improve himself. Whenever you meet somebody (may be first time) and if you feel he may like Toastmasters, talk to him about it. And add his name in your guest list

and Invite people from your guest list in every meeting. Rest, leave it to the club and club members will take care of the guest.

What members should do during the meeitng:

Make the guest comfortable, talk to him, as‐suring him he is at right place and in a warm family, discuss how Toastmsters can help him out.

As an average, out of every 2‐3 guests invited, 1 member will definitely join. That’s it! You are a proud sponsor of a new member and you have initiated a positive change in his life which he will never forget.

If each member just sponsors 1 member, is it that difficult that a club having an average strength of 25 members cannot sponsor 20 new members in a year?

Raising

“Members Count” Invite your friend for a club meeting

“To make an even better relation with your family and friends, make them join Toastmasters, If you want to revive relation with your foes, make them join toastmasters.

By Vikas Agarwal

Vikas Agarwal is a Computer Engineer and at present heading Aluminium Division in Tafseer Contracting Com‐pany. He was recognized by Toastmasters International for bringing 5 new members to the club during 2011‐2012, and now he serves the club as VP Membership Reach him: [email protected]

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The Language of (your) E-mail “Do’s and Don'ts on your e-mail communication”

Just about everyone knows how to write a letter, we generally take great care to make sure that snail mail letters are well written. However, emails have a tendency to be an‐other matter entirely. Opening up your in‐box can be like opening Pandora’s box of inade‐quate grammar, poor spelling, and bad taste. Consider what impressions your emails make on others. It's always the right time to set your emails apart from the pack.

Follow these Steps & Improve Your Email Etiquette

Use the Recipient Fields Correctly, if you’re just sending an email to one person, place their

email address in the “to” field.

If you want to send the same email to others, add these addresses in the “CC:” field. Note that all the recipients will be able to see all the other recipients’ email addresses;

If this is undesirable (for example, if you’re sending an email to people who don’t know each other), protect their privacy by entering each address in the “BCC:” field.

This sends everyone a “blind carbon copy.” Note that for company email, use of "BCC:" may be considered impolite; addressees in the "to" field are expected to take action, and those on "CC:" are for keeping colleagues or bosses informed.

Make the Subject Line Useful A good subject line provides a useful summary of the email's content, preparing the reader quickly. Email inboxes are frequently swamped, so a good subject line helps the recipient determine the priority of your email.

It also helps to prevent your email from being deleted before it has even been read. Since the subject is the first thing your recipi‐ent sees, keep it error free, concise, and avoid generic lines such as "Hi," "What's up," or the recipient's name (the latter may be blocked by anti‐spam filters).

Be Consistent with Formats Some formats use skipped lines rather than indents for new paragraphs. Some use double space between sentences. Choose either to spell out your numbers or use digits, do not alternate between them in the same email. If a word or notation is capitalized in one case, it should be so in all cases.

Prioritizing Your Messages It is irritating and presumptuous to assume your e‐mail request is higher in the queue than anybody else's, especially in a work context. Be gracious enough to give the receiver credit for working out for themselves how to priori‐tize your message. Also take care with seeking receipts; while there are certain instances when receipt re‐quired might be needed for record keeping purposes or proof of receipt, the majority of times this is just irritating and forces the reader to perform additional actions to deal with your email. If something is really urgent, or you really need to make sure the recipient has your message, pick up the telephone and use it instead! Get out of the habit of marking every email as "Urgent! Receipt required!!" or "High Priority" or your emails will end up being treated like the boy who cried wolf and they'll all get ig‐nored.

Greet Your Recipient Letters, of course, generally begin with the salutation "Dear (recipient's name)“ . On the other hand, emails are generally less formal, and "Hi" or "Hello" usually suffices. Depending on the purpose of the email, for example, if it's a cover letter for a job application, you may want to use the traditional format instead. Politeness cannot be overdone.

Use Proper Grammar & Spelling An email reflects on its author, and an email with spelling or grammar errors reflects poorly. Use standard English, and proof read and spell‐check emails as you would do in any written

communication. Error‐free email is easier for the recipient to read. Even if the formatting looks fine on your computer. Keep it simple.

Schedule Reply to Emails Unlike snail mail, emails arrive instantly, and the sender knows this. People typically expect a quick response, and while it's polite to try to meet these expectations, doing so chews up an enormous amount of your time. It is a sensible idea to schedule times to read and respond to emails, making you more productive. Alert your colleagues, through an email signa‐ture or response, that urgent items should be done by telephone or face‐to‐face meet‐ups, and that otherwise, you will get back to the person within a specified time frame. People will learn soon enough how your method oper‐ates.

By Shameem BV

“Opening up your in‐box can be like opening Pandora’s box of inadequate

grammar, poor spelling, & bad taste, consider what impressions your

emails make on others”

From The Desk of Chief Editor

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Keep Your Email Concise, Conversa‐tional, & Focused It is harder to read letters on a computer screen than on a sheet of paper, so keep emails short and to the point. While there is no ideal email length, keep sentences short, about 8‐12 words and leave a space between para‐graphs.

Avoid Fancy Formatting Changing fonts and colors, inserting bullet lists, or using HTML can make an email look bizarre or render it unreadable for the recipi‐ent

Determine Whom You Should Reply Emails sent to you solely generally require that you reply only to the sender, but for emails sent to several people, you may need to choose the "Reply to All" option to send your

response to everyone Be careful: Using "Reply All" all the time cre‐ates returns in abundance and leaves messages languishing in the in‐boxes of many people. Consider the consequences of receiving an email, hitting reply all and it goes out to twenty people and then those twenty people hit reply to all; it can compound very quickly into hun‐dreds of thousands of emails and everyone feels compelled to hit "reply all" as a means of keeping everyone in the loop because nobody knows who is meant to read it and who is not! Which invariably means that nobody ends up actioning the item!

Be Sure to Include Info that You Are Responding to Many people, and companies, write and re‐spond to hundreds of emails every day. Avoid sending an indistinct email that says only 'Yes.'. Include the question that the recipient asked so they know what you are responding to.

End Your Email Politely Closing with a statement such as "Best wishes,"

"Good luck," or "Thanks in advance for your help," can soften even a harsh email and can elicit a more favor‐able reply

Sign Your Name Doing this is polite and per‐sonal. Just type your name at the end of each email, or use your email application to create a default signature with your name, title, and contact information

Limit Attachments Don't add an attachment unless really neces‐sary. Keep attachments as small as possible. Most email applications can send and receive attachments up to 1 MB, but anything over that can be a hassle for you or the recipient, and even smaller files can take a long time to

open if the recipient's email connection is slow. If you need to send a larger file, compress or zip it or use online services that will help you send large files such as YouSendIt.com. If you need to send multiple pages, such as meeting plans or large text corrections, send a fax or a typed set of pages in a letter.

Don't Ignore Valid Emails. If someone asks you a valid question in an email, reply to it, even if the answer is not what they want to hear. If you need to pass it to someone else, then CC: the sender so they know what is going on. It's frustrating to be ignored. If the person was on the phone or in front of you, chances are you would not ignore them if they asked a question, so don't do it in an email. Be Careful of Who You Copy on Re‐plies If you reply to a message and then CC: a third‐party that the original sender did not include, be certain in your mind that the original sender will not be upset about it. This informa‐

tion may have been "for your eyes only". This is especially important if the original sender is your work supervisor. Be cautious about using BCC:. This can backfire if the person being BCC:'d replies back, not having seen that their copy was a blind one.

Do Not Use All Caps This is an unnecessary practice and it can an‐noy your recipient, earning you a flame letter in return. All capitals is considered to be the equivalent of "shouting"

Be careful Using Abbreviations and Emoticons This may be acceptable in an informal e‐mail such as with a friend. However, in a formal letter you wouldn't have to tell someone that you're "laughing out loud," people may find it inappropriate, and could feel you are being frivolous.

The Last but not the least, Always Think Twice Before You Push the Send Don't send e‐mails when you are emotional. Feel free to write the subject and text of the email, then save it. Only add the recipients and send it after you have had time to think about what you are sending; you might change your mind and be better off for it. Better yet, pick up the phone or even go to see the person face‐to‐face. It is hard enough to judge the tone of an email, even with the prevalent use of emoti‐cons. A person's voice should tell you more about his or her intent than the written word will. Happy E‐mailing!

Shameem BV is an Executive Secre‐

tary / Technical Bid Coordinator at Ara‐

bian Construction Company Abu Dhabi

Reach him @ [email protected]

“It is hard enough to judge the tone of an email, even

with the prevalent use of emoticons. A person's voice

should tell you more about his or her intent than the

written word will”

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I am a very fresh Toastmaster, and I feel

happy, proud and motivated when I am on the meeting. But sometimes, the sad thing is the absence of our toast brothers. Lets think it over this subject for a short while now.

There is a saying that 'why' is always important than 'how'. So our question here is why we have to be a Toastmaster? Just to complete 40 pro‐jects and say I am a DTM? Or perform and shine in toastmasters meetings and programs? Apart from these, when we become a speaker or leader, we have some responsibilities outside this platform, to the world. In fact,

'Toastmasters International' wins only when we are fulfilling these responsibilities.

When we look back to the history, we can see the changes which leaders had made through their speeches. Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, a lot of similar leaders. They spread their thoughts as words. they led the people with those words. And those speeches changed the world.

Responsibilities may differ from one's situation and attitude. It may be to make changes in one's self, or family, village, society, coun‐try or in the world. Anyhow, these responsibilities should be our dreams and goals. It would be a pleasure, attend‐ing the meetings with the purpose of achieving these goals. Then missing the meet‐

ing would be a painful thing. then we won't see the empty chairs. Instead only rushing crowd to the meeting hall.

Lets remember "Today is the result of yester‐days and tomorrow will be the result of today"

Toastmaster Musavir.

There is a saying that 'why' is always important than

'how'. So our question here is why we have to be a

Toastmaster?

To

MY TOAST BROTHERS & SISTERS...

From The ‘Heart’ of OUR NEW TOASTMASTER

By Mussavir AK

Abdul Musavir is a Sales representative at Dubailand watches, Abu Dhabi.

From childhood his dream is to become a public speaker, and his hobbies are magic, drawing, reading, travelling

Reach him @

[email protected]

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The Leader

in You “ Begins Here”

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Here are 21 tips to get you to your best pro‐ductivity: #1. Check email in the afternoon so you pro‐tect the peak energy hours of your mornings for your best work. #2. Stop waiting for perfect conditions to launch a great project. Immediate action fuels a positive feedback loop that drives even more action. #3. Remember that big, brave goals release energy. So set them clearly and then revisit them every morning for 5 minutes. #4. Mess creates stress (I learned this from tennis icon Andre Agassi who said he wouldn't let anyone touch his tennis bag because if it got disorganized, he'd get distracted). So clean out the clutter in your office to get more done. #5. Sell your TV. You're just watching other people get successful versus doing the things that will get you to your dreams. #6. Say goodbye to the energy vampires in your life (the negative souls who steal your enthusiasm). #7. Run routines. When I studied the creative lives of massively productive people like Stephen King, John Grisham and Thomas Edi‐son, I discovered they follow strict daily rou‐tines. (i.e., when they would get up, when they would start work, when they would exercise and when they would relax). Peak productiv‐ity's not about luck. It's about devotion. #8. Get up at 5 am. Win the battle of the bed. Put mind over mattress. This habit alone will strengthen your willpower so it serves you more dutifully in the key areas of your life. #9. Don't do so many meetings. (I've trained the employees of our FORTUNE 500 clients on exactly how to do this ‐ including having the few meetings they now do standing up ‐ and it's created breakthrough results for them). #10. Don't say yes to every request. Most of

us have a deep need to be liked. That trans‐lates into us saying yes to everything ‐ which is the end of your elite productivity. #11. Outsource everything you can't be BIW (Best in the World) at. Focus only on activities within what I call "Your Picasso Zone". #12. Stop multi‐tasking. New research con‐firms that all the distractions invading our lives are rewiring the way our brains work (and drop our IQ by 5 points!). Be one of the rare‐air few who develops the mental and physical disci‐pline to have a mono‐maniacal focus on one thing for many hours. (It's all about practice). #13. Get fit like Madonna. Getting to your absolute best physical condition will create explosive energy, renew your focus and multi‐ply your creativity. #14. Workout 2X a day. This is just one of the little‐known productivity tactics but here's the key: exercise is one of the greatest productivity tools in the world. So do 20 minutes first thing in the morning and then another workout around 6 or 7pm to set you up for wow in the evening. #15. Drink more water. When you're dehy‐drated, you'll have far less energy. And get less done. #16. Work in 90 minute blocks with 10 minute intervals to recover and refuel (another game‐changing move I personally use to do my best work). #17. Write a Stop Doing List. Every productive person obsessively sets To Do Lists. But those who play at world‐class also record what they commit to stop doing. Steve Jobs said that what made Apple, Apple was not so much what they chose to build but all the projects they chose to ignore. #18. Use your commute time. If you're com‐muting 30 minutes each way every day ‐ get this: at the end of a year, you've spent 6 weeks of 8 hour days in your car. I encourage you to use that time to listen to fantastic books on

audio + excellent podcasts and valuable learn‐ing programs. Remember, the fastest way to double your income is to triple your rate of learning. #19. Be a contrarian. Why buy your groceries at the time the store is busiest? Why go to movies on the most popular nights? Why hit the gym when the gym's completely full? Do things at off‐peak hours and you'll save so many of them. #20. Get things right the first time. Most peo‐ple are wildly distracted these days. And so they make mistakes. To unleash your produc‐tivity, become one of the special performers who have the mindset of doing what it takes to get it flawless first. This saves you days of hav‐ing to fix problems. #21. Get lost. Don't be so available to every‐one. I often spend hours at a time in the cafe‐teria of a university close to our headquarters. I turn off my devices and think, create, plan and write. Zero interruptions. Pure focus. Mas‐sive results. I truly hope these 21 productivity tips have been valuable to you. And that I've been of service. Your productivity is your life made visible. Please protect it.

Stay Productive! 21 Tips to Become the Most Productive Person You Know by Robin Sharma

Robin Sharma is a Canadian author known for 12 books; including "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari (HarperCollins), The Greatness Guide (HarperCollins) and "The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable On Real Success in Business and in Life" (Simon and Schuster). His latest book is "The Secret Letters of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari". Sharma is the founder of Sharma Leadership International, a highly respected global leadership training firm. His books have sold millions of copies in over 65 countries making him one of the world's most widely read authors.

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Mehnaz (MTM Kathija Mahmood’s Daughter) was awarded “H.H. Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence and Sig‐nificant Contribution to Environmental Concerns and Charitable Community Events for the year 2012” together with 1 year scholarship from the school.

The award was given to 31 students from all over GEMS schools around the Middle East and India on 2nd October 2012, in Dubai and Mehnaz was se‐lected from the Cambridge High School, Abu Dhabi.

Also Mehnaz has been selected as the “President of the Students Council” this year and she is representing the MUN, Model United Nations Confer‐ence in Harvard in January 2013 with a group of 14 students where she will be the “Head of the Delegation”. She attended a similar conference Last November 2011 which took place at the United Nations Office in Paris.

Future Leaders For The Society

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What do you do when you’re faced with a chal‐

lenge of speaking impromptu ahead of a bunch of people you have absolutely no idea about at all. Yes we screw up. That was exactly what I did in an impromptu speaking contest held at the University of Wollongong Dubai. My judges were some of the best motivational speakers in Asia.

And yes I messed it all up. My topic was regarding the internet. I got some points through but my speech was poorly structured and well accompa‐nied by the popular Ahs and Uums. But lucky me there were three rounds and all of us get two shots for the final. And also these two rounds were to be performed without an audience. Dis‐appointed I was but a few chocolate chip cookies during the snacks break helped me get over it. I’m sixteen and when you find a few guys of your age hanging around, you cannot stay left out. It was fun knowing how different people are 150kms away. Believe me schools back there seem way more exciting than the one’s here. It’s surprising how I made so many new friends I just half an hour and that too in the waiting room for the speeches. so now it was time for my second round and my final hope to get through to the finals. You don’t know a pudding until you taste it. And voila there was this sudden rush of thoughts in my head. I started talking about Masterchef Australia out of nowhere and it still seemed to make sense, blabbered on about the ‘comment‐makers’ in parties and other places. I was so free around with the judges I even went to extent of complementing

one and yes I even added humour to my speech. Wow so much in such little time. My fingers were crossed while I was hoping for a place in the finals. I mean obviously I was buttering one of the judges. Yes guys I made it through to the finals. And there I delivered my best impromptu speech ever in

front of a full house auditorium. I was literally flying on the stage with all sorts of stories, anec‐dotes, and experiences. Adding to the excitement I even cracked an Australian joke, in an Australian

University evaluated by Australians. There was a former ABC reporter present in the crowd as well. And after the speech a thunderous applause. Yes, I made it to the top. But how? I easily adapted to my audience !!

Adapting to Your Audience

Champion Teen Shares his experience of Impromptu Speaking Contest held at University of Wollongong Du-

bai.

“There was a former ABC reporter present in the crowd as well. And after the

speech a thunderous applause. Yes, I made it to the top. But how? I easily

adapted to my audience” !!

By Rohith Praveen Rao

Rohith Praveen Rao is a 12th Grad student from Abu Dhabi Indian School, his hobbies are Reading, Swimming, Singing and Public Speaking and his dream to eradicate the social evils, poverty, illiteracy and corruption. Rohith is the son of TM Praveen Rao Rohith’s Achievements are, Currently the Head Boy of the School Competent Communicator Gavelier, Winner of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rasheed Al Maktoum Award Winner of Sharjah Award Bronze medal winner in CBSE National Swimming Championship held at Vadodara, Gujarat Reach him @ [email protected]

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Pictures by Safia Mushtaq, Daughter of TM Mushtaq Mohiuddin, she is a grade 7 student at International School of Choueifat – Khalifa City

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TM Mushtaq Mohiuddin is receiving Most Outstanding Toast‐master of Area 55 Award

MC’s for Division H Conference, from left TM Shameem, MTM Sherin Thomas, MTM Esther and TM Shuku Beker

TM Praveen, MTM Seema Shetty, and TM Mushtaq Mohiuddin standing among the panel of judges for the various contest sessions of Division H Annual Conference

Division ‘H’ Annual Conference Shining faces of NMC Community Chapter

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Congratulations! NMC Community Chapter has done it again & history repeats ...

2nd year in a row The club has won the Platinum Web Byte Award (Best Web‐

site Award)

CSM (Connected Social Media) award for being active page on Facebook

Club has Achieved ‘President Distinguished Status’

DTAC 2012 Awards

Members Achievements

TM Santhosh Shetty completed ACB, ALB

TM Ashit Korgaokar completed ACB, ALB

TM Praveen Rao completed CC, ALS

TM Mushtaq Mohiuddin completed CC, CL

TM Lancy Fernandes completed CC

Club Achievements 2012-2013

WE have registered 5 members in the month of September and became eligi‐ble for SMEDLY AWARD

Club/Members Achievements

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Meet & Greet! Our New Members

Shaikh Ahmed Sanjay Sarkar

Jaykumar Rama Krishnan Ignatius Fernandes

Kamran Khurshid Mohan Nambiar

Mohammed Ayub Manoj Shetty

Dinesh Parassini Mussavir AK

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