Toastmasters Club of Singapore

Better Listening, Thinking and Speaking (Club 80-357)

1st Chapter Meeting for July 2009 & EXCO Installation Night

30th June 2009

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to announce that our next meeting is on Monday, 06th Jul 2009 at Sheraton Towers Hotel, from 7pm onwards. Please stay tuned for further updates.

Cheers.

Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
Area D3 Governor 2009/10-Designate
VPE 2009/10-Elect, VPPR 2008/9
Toastmasters Club of Singapore
tmcs@jangworld.com
http://www.jangworld.com/
http://blogs.jangworld.com/

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TMCS Website Site Updates (30 Jun 09)

30th June 2009

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to share the following updates on our club’s (Toastmasters Club of Singapore) humble website (as of 30th Jun 2009):

Total hits:77161 Hits from unique IPs:6407 Total hits, today:215 Hits from unique IPs, today:64 Hits, the last 7 days:2139 Unique hits, the last 7 days:388

  

7480

10 %
8719

11 %
9095

12 %
8517

11 %
9426

12 %
8131

11 %
0

0 %
516

1 %
6746

9 %
6032

8 %
5891

8 %
6608

9 %
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Note: The red bars above are for the period July 2008 & August 2008.

We would like to thank everyone for your generous support for our humble website over the years. Please keep the clicks coming in.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your generous support during my term as VPPR 2008/9. Please extend your usual support to our new VPPR 2009/10, Vanessa. Cheers.

Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
Area D3 Governor 2009/10-Designate
VPE 2009/10-Elect, VPPR 2008/9
Toastmasters Club of Singapore
tmcs@jangworld.com
http://www.jangworld.com/
http://blogs.jangworld.com/

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TMCS Website Site Updates (23 Jun 09)

23rd June 2009

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to share the following updates on our club’s (Toastmasters Club of Singapore) humble website (as of 23rd Jun 2009):

Total hits:75131 Hits from unique IPs:6246 Total hits, today:109 Hits from unique IPs, today:36 Hits, the last 7 days:1887 Unique hits, the last 7 days:341

 

7480

10 %
8719

12 %
9095

12 %
8517

11 %
9426

13 %
6101

8 %
0

0 %
516

1 %
6746

9 %
6032

8 %
5891

8 %
6608

9 %
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Note: The red bars above are for the period July 2008 & August 2008.

We would like to thank everyone for your generous support for our humble website over the years. Please keep the clicks coming in.

Cheers.

Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
Area D3 Governor 2009/10-Designate
VPE 2009/10-Elect, VPPR 2008/9
Toastmasters Club of Singapore
tmcs@jangworld.com
http://www.jangworld.com/

 

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Results of our AGM New EXCO elections (15 Jun 09)

17th June 2009

Hi everyone,

On behalf of Toastmasters Club of Sinapore (TMCS) and the current EXCO 2008/9, I am pleased to announce the results of our next EXCO (for the 2009/10 term) elections:

  • Club President-Elect 2009/10: Jeffrey WILLIAMS, CC, CL
  • Vice President Education (VPE)-Elect 2009/10: Johnny ANG, ACB, CL
  • Vice President Membership (VPM)-Elect 2009/10: Jerren LAI
  • Vice President Public Relations (VPPR)-Elect 2009/10: Vanessa CHING
  • Secretary-Elect 2009/10: Yessy YESSY
  • Treasurer-Elect 2009/10: Y. Y. LEE
  • Sergeant-At-Arms (SAA)-Elect 2009/10: LEE Wei Ching 

The 2008/9 EXCO Team would like to thank everyone for their generous support to both the Club and the team. Please extend your support to the new 2009/10 EXCO Team. We look forward to a GREAT partnership to bring TMCS to the next level up.

Warmest Regards.

Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
Area D3 Governor-Designate 2009/10
VPE-Elect 2009/10, VPPR 2008/9
Toastmasters Club of Singapore
tmcs@jangworld.com
http://blogs.jangworld.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTnv6yA6WNs

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Winners for 15th June 2009

16th June 2009

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to announce our winners for last night’s chapter meeting:

  • Best Prepared Speech: Manoj Vasudevan
  • Best Project Evaluator: Ernest Chen, DTM
  • Please note that there was no Table Topics Segment due to our AGM (Annual General Meeting)

We would like to thank both our members and guests for joining us on 15th June 2009. We look forward to welcome you again at our next Chapter Meeting.

Warmest Regards.
Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
Area D3 Governor-Designate 2009/10
VPE-Designate 2009/10, VPPR 2008/9
Toastmasters Club of Singapore
tmcs@jangworld.com
http://blogs.jangworld.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTnv6yA6WNs

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TMCS Weekly Website Statistics (15 Jun 09)

15th June 2009

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to share the following updates on our club’s (Toastmasters Club of Singapore) humble website (as of 15th Jun 2009):

Total hits:73105 Hits from unique IPs:6108 Total hits, today:147 Hits from unique IPs, today:55 Hits, the last 7 days:2036 Unique hits, the last 7 days:336

 

7480

10 %
8719

12 %
9095

12 %
8517

12 %
9426

13 %
4075

6 %
0

0 %
516

1 %
6746

9 %
6032

8 %
5891

8 %
6608

9 %
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

 

Note: The red bars above represents the period from July 2008 to August 2008.

Once again, we would like to thank you for your generous support over the years. We look forward to your continuous patronage for Toastmasters Club of Singapore. (Do keep the clicks coming in.  )

Cheers.

Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
Area D3 Governor-Designate 2009/10 (District 80)
VPPR 2008/9
Toastmasters Club of Singapore
tmcs@jangworld.com
http://blogs.jangworld.com/
P.S.: Please feel free to visit my blog (http://blogs.jangworld.com/) if you are interested to find more on how I’d used Brian Tracy’s 10-goal method to make our website 1 of the most popular Toastmasters website in Singapore.

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[Reminder to Members] AGM for 15th Jun 09

15th June 2009

Hi everyone,

Just a quick reminder to all our members that we will be holding the AGM after our chapter meeting tonight (15th Jun 09).

Please feel free to contact our Club President, Jacky Lim, ACB, CL (Mobile: 98227132 or email: zhengwei_lim@yahoo.com) if you need any clarification.

Thank you and Warmest Regards.

Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
Area D3 Governor-Designate 2009/10
VPPR 2008/9
Toastmasters Club of Singapore
tmcs@jangworld.com
http://blogs.jangworld.com/

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Food for thought - Living Under Pressure

13th June 2009

Hi everyone,

Recently, I’d received the following inspirational story from 1 of my favourite iLearningGlobal.tv faculty, Dan Clark. Dan happens to be 1 of the co-author of the best-seller “Chicken Soup For the Soul” and I happened to have the privilege to watch him ‘LIVE’ on stage at the iLearningGlobal Launch Conference in Vegas (Mar ‘09). You can’t help but be won over by his sheer passion in personal development. After all, he spent a year trying to recover from a nasty football injury.

— Start —

How can I overcome pressure? How can I learn to say no?

To begin with, we must understand three important laws of life.

First, pressure is not something that is naturally there. It’s created when we question our own ability. When we know what we can do there is never any question. If you are unprepared for a school exam you feel pressure, but if you know you know the answers because you have studied and practiced, there is no question and no pressure.

Pressure is eliminated by confidence, confidence is created through consistency, consistency comes through perfect practice. If this is so, any of us can do it and eliminate pressure from our work, school and play.

The second law of life is time. There are only 24 hours in a day, not just in some people’s day, but in everybody’s day. Time makes everybody equal. The way we become unequal, better or worse, successful or a failure, is determined by how you decide to use those 24 hours. Because we cannot be two places at once and do two things at the same time, instead of worrying so much about how to say no to negative influences, if you use your time wisely by dreaming mighty dreams and setting positive goals and simply saying yes to something positive, you won’t have time for the negative; your positive actions will say no for you.

The third law is to realize there are two ways to be controlled and influenced - from within and from without; by you and by others. The solution to pressure, then, is finding out who you really are and what you really represent. Only then will you know what you want to be. As you learn this, others won’t be able to adversely affect your actions. In fact, you probably won’t even associate with others who don’t act or think like you do and, therefore, you’ll avoid outside pressure altogether.

Remember, if the things you think about are different from the things you do, you’ll never be happy. When you’re consistently yourself in thought, work, and action, pressure will not affect you.

— End —

BTW, feel free to check out my video with Brian Tracy himself @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTnv6yA6WNs and the preview verson of Dan Clark’s iLearningGlobal Signature video on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuUUYkfI9vg)

Have a GREAT week ahead! Warmest Regards.

P.S.: A gentle reminders to all our members of our AGM date on Monday, 15th June 2009. If you have any enquiry on the agenda posted online on 12th June 2009, please feel free to contact our VPE (Vice President Education), Jeffrey Williams, CC, CL (Mobile: 96319504 or email: aws100@singnet.com.sg).

Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
Area D3 Governor-Designate 2009/10 (District 80)
VPPR 2008/9
Toastmasters Club of Singapore
Email: tmcs@jangworld.com
http://blogs.jangworld.com/

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Proposed Agenda for 15th Jun 2009 (Chapter Meeting & AGM)

12th June 2009

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to announce the proposed agenda for our chapter meeting & AGM (Annual General Meeting) on Monday, 15th Jun 2009. Please note that this agenda is subject to changes, without prior notice(s).

  • 6.45pm Networking, Fellowship and Light Refreshment (30 mins) All
  • 7.15pm SAA calls meeting to order and Introduction from guests (5 mins) Lilyana Santoso
  • 7.20pm WELCOME by Toastmaster of the Evening  (5 mins) Joseph Alfred Pineda
  • 7.25pm Word of the Day by Language Evaluator (2 mins) *Kan Kin Fung, DTM
  • 7.30pm President’s Opening Address (15 mins) Jacky Lim, ACB CL
  • Followed by excerpts of Toastmasters’ Convention in Hong Kong (Subject to ETA of DVD media kit)
  • 7.45pm PREPARED SPEECHES
    • Project 1 - The IceBreaker (4-6 mins) Barbora Pazderova
    • Project 2 - Organize Your Speech (5-7 mins) Marco Wong
    • Project 2 - Organize Your Speech (5-7 mins) Manoj Vasudevan
    • Project 2 - Organize Your Speech (5-7 mins) Jerren Lai
    • Project 9 - Persuade with Power (5-7 mins) Joshua Ho
    • Timer’s Report followed by Voting for the Best Prepared Speech Speaker (1 min) Nancy Cheng
  • 8.20pm BREAK TIME AND REFRESHMENTS (15 mins) All
  • 8.35pm PROJECT EVALUATION  (2-3 mins each)
    • For Barbora Pazderova - Ernest Chen, DTM
    • For Marco Wong - Johnny Ang, ACB CL
    • For Manoj Vasudevan - Ng Cher Khim, CC CL
    • For Jerren Lai - Teo Kim Meng
    • For Joshua Ho - Lawrence Cheng, CC CL
    • Timer’s Report followed by Voting for the Best Evaluator (1 min) Nancy Cheng
  • 8.55pm LANGUAGE EVALUATION (5 mins) *Kan Kin Fung, DTM
  • 9.00pm AH COUNTER REPORT (1 min) Jeffrey Williams, CC CL
  • 9.02pm AWARDS PRESENTATION, GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS BY CLUB PRESIDENT (5 mins) Jacky Lim, ACB CL
  • 9.09pm Meeting Ends and Guest Departure
  • 9.10pm Commencement of AGM Meeting Chaired by President (50 mins) ALL   MEMBERS
    1. Report Card for 2008/9 term
    2. Nomination for the New EXCO Members
    3. Financial Reporting for 2008/9 term
    4. Goals and Directions for the Club in the areas of: Education, Public Relations and Membership
  • Good Night- See you at our Monthly Fast Track Clinic on 29th June 2009 at SMU!  
  • Have a safe journey home.

    *We would like to thank our Guest Evaluator, Kan Kin Fung DTM for making time to join us as LE.

    If you have any enquiry on the above agenda, please feel free to contact our VPE (Vice President Education), Jeffrey Williams, CC, CL (Mobile: 96319504 or email: aws100@singnet.com.sg).

    Warmest Regards.

    Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
    VPPR 2008/9
    Toastmasters Club of Singapore
    tmcs@jangworld.com
    http://blogs.jangworld.com
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTnv6yA6WNs

     

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    Quote of the Day (on character building)

    12th June 2009

    “What is CHARACTER? It is the ability to carry out a worthy decision after the emotion of making that decision has passed.”

    Hyrum Smith, iLearningGlobal.tv faculty
    Warmest Regards.

    Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
    VPPR 2008/9
    Toastmasters Club of Singapore
    Email: tmcs@jangworld.com
    http://blogs.jangworld.com/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTnv6yA6WNs

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    [Reminders to Members] TMCS AGM on 15th June 2009

    9th June 2009

    Hi everyone,

    On behalf of our club president, we wish to remind our members of the AGM (Annual General Meeting) that will be held on 15th June 2009. We will announce more information once we have confirmed the details. Please be reminded that only members of good standing with the club (i.e. with membership fees fully paid) are allowed to vote in the AGM.

    Meanwhile, please feel free to contact our Club President, Jacky Lim, ACB, CL (Mobile: 98227132 or email: zhengwei_lim@yahoo.com) if you need any clarification.

    Thank you and Warmest Regards.

    Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
    VPPR 2008/9
    Toastmasters Club of Singapore
    tmcs@jangworld.com
    http://blogs.jangworld.com/

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    TMCS Weekly website Statistics (08 Jun 09)

    8th June 2009

    Hi everyone,

    We are pleased to share the following updates on our club’s (Toastmasters Club of Singapore) humble website (as of 08th Jun 2009):

    Total hits:71272 Hits from unique IPs:6011 Total hits, today:203 Hits from unique IPs, today:68 Hits, the last 7 days:2242 Unique hits, the last 7 days:397

     

    7480

    10 %
    8719

    12 %
    9095

    13 %
    8517

    12 %
    9426

    13 %
    2242

    3 %
    0

    0 %
    516

    1 %
    6746

    9 %
    6032

    8 %
    5891

    8 %
    6608

    9 %
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

     Note: The red bars above represents the period from June 2008 to August 2008.

    Once again, we would like to thank you for your generous support over the years. We look forward to your continuous patronage for Toastmasters Club of Singapore. (Do keep the clicks coming in. :) )

    Cheers.

    Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
    VPPR 2008/9
    Toastmasters Club of Singapore
    tmcs@jangworld.com
    http://blogs.jangworld.com/
    P.S.: Please feel free to visit my blog (http://blogs.jangworld.com/) if you are interested to find more on how I’d used Brian Tracy’s 10-goal method to make our website 1 of the most popular Toastmasters website in Singapore.

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    Quote of the Day (On keeping your commitments)

    5th June 2009

    “Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”

    —Vince Lombardi 
    Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
    VPPR 2008/9
    Toastmasters Club of Singapore
    tmcs@jangworld.com
    http://blogs.jangworld.com/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTnv6yA6WNs

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    Quote of the Day (on being adaptive)

    4th June 2009

    “Be smart, be intelligent and be informed.”

    - Dr Tony Alessandra, Faculty Member of iLearningGlobal.tv and Author of “The Platinum Rule”

    Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
    VPPR 2008/9
    Toastmasters Club of Singapore
    tmcs@jangworld.com
    http://blogs.jangworld.com/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTnv6yA6WNs

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    Quote of the Day (Integrity in Leadership)

    3rd June 2009

    “Integrity is the foundation upon which all other values are built.”

    - Brian Tracy, Chief Learning Officer, iLearningGlobal.tv

    Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
    VPPR 2008/9
    Toastmasters Club of Singapore
    tmcs@jangworld.com
    http://blogs.jangworld.com/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTnv6yA6WNs
     

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    Winners for 01st June 2009

    2nd June 2009

    Hi everyone,

    We would like to congratulate our winners for 01st June 2009:

    1. Winning Team for Debate: The Proposition
    2. Best Debater: Leong Chee Tung
    3. Best Table Topics Speaker: Chen Yang

    NOTE to ALL ACTIVE MEMBERS: Please note that there will be an AGM on 15th Jun ‘09. Please stay tuned for further updates. Meanwhile, please feel free to contact our Club President, Jacky Lim, CC, CL (Mobile: 98227132 or email: zhengwei_lim@yahoo.com) if you need any clarification.

    Thank you and Warmest Regards.

    Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
    VPPR 2008/9
    Toastmasters Club of Singapore
    tmcs@jangworld.com
    http://blogs.jangworld.com/

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    Agenda for 01st June 2009

    31st May 2009

    Hi everyone,

    We are pleased to share our proposed agenda for 01st June 2009. Please note that this agenda is subject to changes without prior notice.

    • 6.45pm Networking, Fellowship and Dinner (30 mins) All
    • 7.15pm SAA calls meeting to order and Introduction from guests (5 mins) Lilyana Santoso
    • 7.20pm WELCOME by Toastmaster of the Evening  (5 mins) Ian Lim
    • 7.25pm Word of the Day by Language Evaluator (2 mins) Teo Kim Meng
    • 7.30pm President’s Opening Address (20 mins) Jacky Lim, CC CL
    • Excerpts of Toastmasters visit to Beijing and Hong Kong
    • Short Video Show on the Trip and the Toastmasters Convention
  • 7.50pm TMCS Inter Debate Competition (80 mins) Jose Kasijo / William Riyadi
    • Chairman Introduces and Highlights rules of the Contest Motion:  “In the 21st Century, men are less reliable than women as Leaders”  
    • Judges:  Jose Kasijo, William Riyadi and Lilyana Santoso
    • Contestants:  
       Proposition                                            Opposition  
       Ernest Chen (Team Leader)                     Elsa Lim (Team Leader)  
       Jeffrey Williams                                      Leong Chee Tung  
       Barbora Pazderova                                 Unni Krishnan  
       Kee Chin Ho                                          Joseph Alfred Pineda
    • Timer’s Report and Vote for the Best Debater  (1 min) Tay Hwee Teng
  • 9.10pm BREAK TIME AND REFRESHMENTS (15 mins) All
  • 9.25pm TABLE TOPICS SESSION  (Impromptu Speaking)  (20 mins) Stephen Tan, CTM
    • Timer’s Report and Vote for the Best Table Topics Speaker  (1 min) Tay Hwee Teng
  • 9.45pm LANGUAGE EVALUATION (5 mins) Teo Kim Meng
  • 9.50pm AH COUNTER REPORT (1 min) Johnny Ang, ACB CL
  • 9.51pm ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DEBATE WINNERS, GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS & PRESIDENT’S CLOSING ADDRESS(10 Mins) Jacky Lim, CC CL
  • 10.00pm END OF MEETING
  • Thank you and Warmest Regards.

    Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
    VPPR 2008/9
    Toastmasters Club of Singapore
    tmcs@jangworld.com
    http://blogs.jangworld.com/

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    TMCS weekly website statistics updates (30/5)

    30th May 2009

    Hi everyone,

    We are pleased to share the following updates on our club’s (Toastmasters Club of Singapore) humble website (as of 30th May 2009):

     

    Total hits:68574 Hits from unique IPs:5855 Total hits, today:256 Hits from unique IPs, today:95 Hits, the last 7 days:2219 Unique hits, the last 7 days:416
    7480

    11 %
    8719

    13 %
    9095

    13 %
    8517

    12 %
    8970

    13 %
    0

    0 %
    0

    0 %
    516

    1 %
    6746

    10 %
    6032

    9 %
    5891

    9 %
    6608

    10 %
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

    Note: The red bars above represents the period from June 2008 to August 2008.

    Once again, we would like to thank you for your generous support over the years. We look forward to your continuous patronage for Toastmasters Club of Singapore. (Do keep the clicks coming in. :) )

    Cheers.

    Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
    VPPR 2008/9
    Toastmasters Club of Singapore
    tmcs@jangworld.com
    http://blogs.jangworld.com/
    P.S.: Please feel free to visit my blog (http://blogs.jangworld.com/) if you are interested to find more on how I’d used Brian Tracy’s 10-goal method to make our website 1 of the most popular Toastmasters website in Singapore.

     

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    Postponement of AGM from 01st June 09 to 15th June 09

    29th May 2009

    Hi everyone,

    On behalf of our club president, we wish to announce that the AGM (Annual General Meeting) will be postponed from 01st June 2009 to 15th June 2009. We will announce more information once we have confirmed the details.

    Meanwhile, please feel free to contact our Club President, Jacky Lim, CC, CL (Mobile: 98227132 or email: zhengwei_lim@yahoo.com) if you need any clarification.

    Thank you and Warmest Regards.

    Johnny Ang, CTM, CL
    VPPR 2008/9
    Toastmasters Club of Singapore
    tmcs@jangworld.com
    http://blogs.jangworld.com/

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    Quote of the Day (On doing your best)

    28th May 2009

    “People forget how fast you did a job - but they remember how well you did it. ”
    —Howard Newton  (extracted from my iLearningGlobal online backoffice)

    This is certainly true. I was told by a very experienced headhunter that “How you manage and discharge your Toastmasters’ duties and responsibilities will reflect your attitude and character in real life.”

    Cheers.

    Johnny Ang, ACB, CL
    VPPR 2008/9
    Toastmasters Club of Singapore
    tmcs@jangworld.com
    http://blogs.jangworld.com/

     

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