Memorable Moments

I got the pleasure to be a Chief Judge at Magna Engineering College (Because a senior boss could not attend it).  

The other Judges are at least 10 years elder to me, but my name is on top. It is just because this slide is prepared by Mechanical Students.

 All credits goes to Toastmasters club for teaching me how to give a proper public speech. 

I really loved to hear 300 students clapping after my very short speech (less than 2 minutes on dice). I felt I achieved something. 

I remember my first public speech in a school with Ms. Aparna (State 2nd Rank holder in 2008, 12th board exam).All thanks to our Physics professor for giving us an opportunity. We gave a speech in front of school students of Amrita School in Coimbatore. She gave a wonderful speech on how dedicated one should study. I gave an ordinary speech and key message I said  was to follow your heart, if you love cars become automobile engineer. One 7th std kid came up with his collection of car pictures  that he carefully cut it from auto magazines and said, "This is for you". I accepted it after denying for few times. That was also a memorable experience.

Toastmasters

For people who do not know about Toastmasters club, it is a great place to be if you want to improve your public speaking skills. There will be a mentor for you, they will give positive feedback and areas for improvement. Few great things that I noticed there are,

Fire your Confidence

In 2002 a person joined the club and he said his only target was to stand before the crowd for 60 seconds irrespective he is speaking or not and said he failed in it. He fails miserably to greet people. But now, he is rocking star in front of crowd and he is one of the most admired man.

He is not alone, there are so many people who take toastmasters seriously become better and confident people. They all say one thing in common. Practice Practice Practice!!!!

Mentoring

You get to see some Directors of IT firms, Experts technical people and others who excel in one thing or the other and have passion as public speaking for years. So with their past experience, they really do good mentoring. Mentors are must and I have seen a lot of people who can inspire you.

Networking

I would have spoken to about 100 people from different Toastmasters club. I really liked it. I am making new friends.

Listening to other peoples thinking

When you hear a prepared speech from  Toastmasters, some people can  to throb your heart and most of them prepare their script thinking a lot from their mind. That can pierce into your mind and stay there. I was very much fascinated to watch them. Sometimes when I see people giving their first speech and it is awesome. And sometimes that helps to know about them too.

Best Hobby

I had never had any interesting hobby. This looked very perfect for me. And whenever I hear an applause from audience, I feel GOD.