Communication

I was the Toastmaster (www.toastmasters.org) of the evening at The Brunei Speakers' Club. We meet in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, every Tuesday from 7:30PM tp 9:30PM and welcome guests.

It was a great evening training session with a full room and many guests. We had a wonderful impromptu session with Lukman Sedgwick as the Table Topics Master. This is why we need new members; for their ehthusiasm, creativity and originality. The members and guests selected for the session responded well to the call to speak effectively for 2 minutes without preparation. (Foto shows Kathleen speaking impromtu) The prepared speeches session featured President Yee Wan Chung on CCL9 evaluated by Melanie Chin, DTM and Staurt Lee on CL6 evaluated by Rozana Yunos, ATM-B. What fine examples of improved communicators to inspire the membership to complete their speech projects! We must have impressed our guests because two committed to be members!

The Toastmasters movement in Brunei has done well, going from one club six years ago to three clubs now; The Brunei Speakers'Club, The HSBC Speakers' Group and The Otters TMC. Brunei is now its own area with its own Area Governor. The first AG is Rozana Yunos!

The Toastmasters has enhanced the communication and leadership skills of many members in Brunei who have gone on to higher things in their business or corporate life. For me Toastmasters has opened doors of opportunities to learn and to serve. And as the saying goes, what you sow you reap and in my experience the harvest has been far beyond what I have ever put into TM in Brunei. It has given me a great sense of purpose to give something back to this wonderful community that we live in. My life and the life of my family has been positively impacted by our involvement with TM while in Canada and now in Brunei. And improved my communication skills too!

So here is the question: what have you done for yourself that will yield a rich harvest of confidence and success in your life?

Be happy.