INFOSYS TOASTMASTERS, MYSORE
kaizen
JUL - SEP 2018 VOLUME 1
INFOSYS TOASTMASTERS, MYSORE
Editor's note
We are dandelions waiting for the wind
to disintegrate us into thousand tiny
wishes and conquer the world. We all
breathe in wishes and exhale out dreams
while we gleefully float through time in
the ballet routine of our mundane lives.
Little do we consider the value of
change; let alone the momentum, the
flow of possibilities and opportunities
that intertwine to twist and turn our
lives like candy floss.
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About US
Infosys Toastmasters, Mysore was
started on February 14, 2008. Over
the past 10 years the club has
served as a journey for many of it's
members; some of whom have
even reached the Distinguished
Toastmaster award.
Club Details:
Club Number: 01139415
Meeting Details:
When?
Every Wednesday, 6 PM
Where?
Classroom, Second Floor,
SDB 1, Infosys Ltd. Campus,
Hebbal Electronics City,
Hootagalli,
Mysuru, Karnataka
Conatact:
Toastmaster Umesh: 9168162290
Toasmaster Kadir: 9600388304
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Meet the executive
committee
PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT
EDUCATION MEMBERSHIP
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prez - talk
From providing members the cocoon to
confide in to making them courageous
enough to fly, I've seen leaders of this
club put in all their efforts to make this
club attain glory.
It has been a privilege to take up a
leadership position in a club having such
legacy.
president
toastmaster
indrani roy
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word from
the leaders
district
program
quality
director
Dear Toastmasters of Infosys Toastmasters, Mysore,
,
This club in Infosys Mysore is very close to my
heart! Do you know why? Because I did my CC8 in
this very place way back in 2003. Infosys
Toastmasters, Mysore is the first club that was
started outside Infosys Toastmasters, Bangalore
and I have very fond memories of this club.
Therefore, last year when I heard that this club
was struggling for survival, I was dismayed, sad
and then decided to do whatever was possible in
a small way to help revive the club.
The Div. F Director Sagnik and Club President
Swagat chose to focus on the basics and
requested for an education session to which I
immediately agreed. Thus, last October I was there
at your club to deliver a session on “How to
leverage Toastmasters for professional success”,
which is perhaps the foremost reason for us to join
Toastmasters. Little did I expect the hall to be half
full…and I was pleasantly surprised to see the hall
jam packed with 100's of Infoscions. The success of
the session was evident in the fact that several
attendees lining up to join the club. Within 3
months, the club had turnaround and not only
survived but is now thriving.
distinguished
where every member builds strong
communication skills, takes up leadership roles
and thereby earn professional success. As a leader,
toastmaster
my experience is that leadership is all about
leading yourself and leading people. Simon Sinek
the leadership evangelist- says “You don't lead
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word from
the leaders
division m
director
Infoscions have proved time and again
that excellence is the gradual result of
always trying to do better. Never lagging
behind in the quest of excellence, the
young guns of Infosys have shown what
they are capable of by achieving 6 DCP
points in less than 3 months. Infosys
Toastmasters Mysore now stands as the
torch bearer of excellence in Mysore Area.
toastmaster
vedanth ravi
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club report
jul - sep 2018
6 / 10 DCP
awards and accomplishments
INDRANI AZHARNAVEED SANDIPA
ROY KHAIRDI MAHESWARI
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club report
jul - sep 2018
T MELINE
TROPER
A quick
rewind on all
the meetings
the club has
lived through
for this
quarter of the
year.
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THE IRONY OF FREEDOM
MEETING 376
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A meeting where we
understood how freedom
comes along with
responsibility in various
aspects of our lives.
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ANOTHER MILESTONE
MEETING 377
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We asked ourselves what
is the next milestone for
the club as the
installation ceremony
was conducted for the
new executive
committee.
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MEETING 379
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We were in search of
many personal answers
and in this meeting we
realised that the path to
them is via the right
questions.
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SPEECHATHON
MEETING 380
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Our club has many
ambitious speakers; but
most of them were
enlightened with how 1,2
can lead to 4 via a
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speech marathon.
VICTORIOUS
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Life is a daily struggle; all
of us trying to win. We
asked ourselves what
does it mean to truly win,
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to be victorious?
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MEETING 382
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Independence is a tryst
with a thousand
possibilities waiting to
join hands with reality.
We got a taste of this
convergence.
CINEMA
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MEETING 383
ND
What's the point of
ideologies and
philosophies if you
cannot paint your
mundane life with them
just like a movie!
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A SPECTRUM OF
OPPORTUNITIES
MEETING 380
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We are a prism of
existence where our
circumstances are in
monochrome that we can
diverge into a spectrum
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of opportunities.
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dedicated to communication and
leadership skill development.
Through its worldwide network of
clubs, each week Toastmasters
helps more than a quarter
million men and women of every
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ethnicity, education level and
profession build their competence
in communication so they
can gain the confidence to lead
others.
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A TEACHER
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MEETING 385
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We all have greatness
within us; but we need
people to bring it out.
We found Keith Ferrazi's
words in people around
us.
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SAKURA
MEETING 386
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TH
A meeting dedicated to
all the flowers in world
who are no less than
cherry blossoms of
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individuality.
SPEECH MARATHON
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MEETING 387
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Races have been a part
of the world for a long
time but we remembered
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in this meeting that
every moment is a race
for excellence if we make
it.
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BEGIN
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MEETING 388
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The last meeting for the
current quarter, we
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learnt what it means to
open at the close; be it
our day, our
relationships, or the
funny things called
'dreams'.
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
CLUB LEVEL: AREA LEVEL:
- EVALUATION - AH-COUNTER
CONTEST CHAMPIONSHIP
- HALLOWEEN
SPECIAL MEET
- LEADERSHIP VIA
FOOTBALL
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
TO ALL THE FOLLOWING BELOVED MEMBERS:
- ACHYUTH
- EKTA
- BHAWNA
- SWAGAT
- SURBHI
- SANDIPA
- NISHANT
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ERUTNEVDA OF A
TOASTMASTER
Toastmasters is an
experiential learning
platform; where most of the
magic occurs; but you
cannot slay dragons of
public-speaking until you
put yourself out there; in
the chaotic world outside
and test your magic
fearlessly and endlessly.
This section is dedicated to
all those brave knights who
travel outside the realm of
Toastmasters and seek the
magic within.
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The
Fabled
Story-teller
dtm
annesha
dutta
If story-tellers were real dragons; then she
would be one of the most fearsome of
them all. She is a M. Phil in English
Literature (St. Xavier's, Kolkata), Gold
Medalist (University of Kolkata) and has
spread her wings wide over time; be it
being an Associate Professor in top B-
Schools, an Alumnus for the 'Teach For
India' initiative or a volunteer for the 'Jagriti
Yatra' entrepreneur program,e for young
women.
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story-telling hustle
It is important to know how to break
How would you define
that white noise and get heard
your job? authentically.
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story-telling hustle
Any life-changing How do you implement
experiences that was Toastmasters real-time?
caused by story-telling? How has it helped in
becoming a story-teller?
“In October 2012, on my way home from
school, a masked gunman boarded my Toastmasters is my sounding board, my
school bus. He shot me on the left side practice pool, my home stadium. All my
of my head. creative experiments happen in TM
meetings and sessions: the continuous
I woke up 10 days later in a hospital in feedback and mentoring I receive helps
Birmingham, England. The doctors and me ‘sharpen the axe’.
nurses told me about the attack and All my projects; from CC1 to my contest
that people around the world were speeches to education sessions; they
praying for my recovery. required me to think, draft, edit,
rehearse and present stories within a
After months of surgeries and limited amount of time. Added to it,
rehabilitation, I joined my family in our the choice of language; body language
new home in the U.K. and voice modulation; no other
It was then I knew I had a choice: I platform can provide you this ’10,000
could live a quiet life or I could make hour’ practice format to become an ace
the most of this new life I had been storyteller.
given. I determined to continue my
fight until every girl could go to school.
What is your driving
With my father, who has always been
force?
my ally and inspiration, I established a
fund, a charity dedicated to giving
every girl an opportunity to achieve a The ability to make a positive change in
future she chooses. In recognition of the world. I love Lilly Singh’s YouTube
our work, I received the Nobel Peace series: ‘Superwoman’; so much humour
Prize in December 2014 and became from just one tiny room, she has
the youngest-ever Nobel laureate. “ changed the world in 6 years. She is
currently a UN ambassador for
This is Malala’s story. This is how education and her movement
storytelling can change lives. Just by "#GirlLove" has impacted millions.
the brave act of going on BBC at the Another amazing person is Gary
age of 11 and sharing the stories of girls Vaynerchuk, a serial entrepreneur who
being denied education in Afghanistan, records his daily meetings and life to
she encountered the wrath of the motivate people to hustle and create a
Taliban and almost died. Yet she did better life. These influencers started off
not give up or give in. Her story inspires with no expectations but to tell good
me and millions of people to believe in stories and see how much they have
the power of education and free changed.
speech.
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story-telling hustle
social media
I want to be able to influence students
in India (especially girls) to raise their
hand and tell their stories; to learn how
links
to express their work and feelings
better. I want this to be a national
movement.
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creative
corner
dots do connect
The more I read, the more I gain. Connecting all these makes one
The more I listen, the more I attain. creative;
The more I observe, the more I'm imaginative, observant and
curious to know. constructive.
The more I want to know, the more my "It's not just about going through but
thought waves flow; about growing through" and
to imagine, learning, creating, analyzing,
to create, synchronizing
to portray, what we have experienced till now and
to not stop and how we came across them.
just keep giving heights and the wings Yes!
to my ideas Creativity consists of connection of
to fly higher and higher; things,
up in the sky. leading to innovation of things.
What I read,
what I observe,
what I hear,
in harmony makes me think and my
brain blink, and
my thoughts sink in the deep ocean of
ideas
in a direction to achieve the ultimate;
one's passion.
POEM BY:
TM EKTA
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creative
corner
left unsaid
Have you ever thought about where do All these take birth in you and
unsaid, unexpressed and unattended continue to be part of you without your
thoughts go? Do they find some space consent. Once they internalize in you,
in you to settle down or roam around to few change your perspective, a few
come out of you? affect your body functioning, a few can
lead to even more thoughts. Just like
As per a source in Psychology the way, positive and enchanting
Today, an average brain has around thoughts make you happier and
25000-50000 thoughts a day and 70 healthier, negative and limiting ones
percent of them are negative. Once a can break you down into pieces.
thought takes birth in you, it becomes a
part of who you are. If we consider from As the processor performance gets
the time that we are born, we would reduced with the overflow data, our
have millions of terabytes of data sets brain function faces a downward curve
of thoughts available to us. Are our as it gets clogged with the thoughts
human brains capable of holding on to unexpressed. Express, with the limitless
this huge data stream of thoughts?. abilities in infinite forms. Run, the
Every time you see a breathtaking view algorithms needed to derive a
of this world's beautiful painting, conclusion out of scattered thoughts.
nature; the emotions of joy, serenity, The moment you express it out in any of
ecstasy start living within you. The the infinite forms like music, writing,
anger that you experience when you see speech, your heart starts getting lighter
the person who wronged you, the and your mind gets even clearer
butterflies that you feel in your thoughts to express.
stomach when you see your love near
you, the fear that daunts your nerves
just before starting that adventure.
ARTICLE BY:
TM PAVANI
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member
testimonial
hidden speaker
It was 11th October, 2017 when I Moreover the environment reflected by
received a mail from Infosys the meeting was so positive and
Toastmasters, Mysore which said energetic that even a person like me
"Experience the art of public speaking". who held himself back those days for
I was entangled in the thoughts of not going on stage, was carried to the
whether to attend or not to attend but stage during the Table Topics session.
as I wanted to indulge myself with
something that adds value to my life, I How was it positive? Clearly from the
attended my first meeting of fact that people applauded for all
Toastmasters; and I was astonished , individual who represented themselves
astonished by the fact that people like on the stage, and even if someone was
DTM Raj Kumar Bansal (Infosys-AVS not so good or was a budding speaker,
Group Leader), Gaurab Mukkhopadyay every Toastmaster appreciated their
(Senior Member -ETA) were also efforts after the meeting was over. All
present. They portrayed their thoughts this can happen only if there exists a
in such a way that I actually felt myself motive in every individual to be a good
being immersed in a different orator one day.
dimension, All this while I had always
listened to such spoken word on I was so moved by the meeting that I
channels and the Internet but seeing can go on writing pages after pages of
something so close, and experiencing it how good I felt that day.
in reality gave me goosebumps; it laid Thank you Toastmaster Infosys, Mysore
the seeds of oratory in me. for such a quality meeting; a meeting
that helped me in meeting the hidden
I got to know further that both of the speaker within me. It's really has not
speakers were veteran Toastmasters been a long time since I have been a
and that they too started their journey Toastmaster but still I can feel the
as a "Speaker" from Toastmasters. difference being created in my life. I
Knowing all these facts, it was hard for am proud to be a Toastmaster for life.
me to give an excuse to myself to not
join the club.
BY FORMER MEMBER:
TOASTMASTER UMANG JAIN
CLUB: INFOSYS
TOASTMASTERS,
PUNE
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member
testimonial
my resurrection
Few months ago, whenever I look myself But the farewell speech of DTM Anirban
in the mirror I could see a fractured and speech of TM Nishant at the
soul, bleeding scars,a prisoner of past. I induction for new toastmasters sowed
have been through a lot recently, i have an idea in my mind that
made some mistakes which I couldn't "transformation is possible" which later
fix, I lost my friends because of my on grew contagiously. I started to fight
attitude during impatient times.I'm very with my fear of public speaking and I
much obsessed with changing my past could feel a new beginning of my life .
which is impossible and at the end I was The change kicked in when I had a
left alone because no one could handle conversation with my mentor TM
me. I went to a deep depression.All the Nishant .That conversation healed my
math formulas and science equations wounds in the heart,gave me some
weren't ready to help me.I felt like living reason to smile and more than that it
in a dystopian world. I joined Infosys like guided me to find the purpose in my
a dead body without any feelings.That's life. I started to accept the happenings
the time I met TM Nishant at the and to redeem myself. Many people
induction about TOASTMASTERS. Being consider toastmasters as a place where
hypnotized by his presentation, I people speak more but to me it is a
attended toastmasters meeting where I place more than that of speaking.This
saw some smiling faces which made me place is packed with more listeners
realize that I was welcomed there. Few ,more leaders. More than that this is a
weeks later I saw CC10 speeches of TM place where people could touch a lost
Azhar and TM Indrani and some table soul and could stitch a broken heart
topics speeches of TM Nishant and TM .This club made me to feel that I'm not
Umesh. After listening to those speeches alone. Now when I look myself in the
I got inspired.More than that I realized mirror I can see a ray of hope,I could
that broken hearts can be stitched see a leader inside me. This club is the
together. Those speeches directed me in only reason for my change from
the path of resurrection. I joined prisoner of the past to the architect of
Toastmasters only for the sake of the future. I'm very much privileged to
survival. be a part of this club.
BY:
TOASTMASTER
CHIDAMBARAM
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guest
testimonial
BY:
HAZRAT ALI
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