Importance of Grammar

Yesterday's toastmaster session was a bit special because most of the roles were done by our own club members and they did a fantastic job of it as well. There was a project speech and the evaluation was done by the guest speaker and there were few good points to be taken from that evaluation.
The guest speech was done by Mr.Yukthi Gunesekera and it was about "Achieving your goals through language" , it was a great speech and really pointed out how we neglect pronunciation when we are speaking. He also pointed out how improper use of grammar can ruin your credibility. The thought that immediately came to my mind was those blogs with poor grammar and spelling mistakes. It doesn't matter how good your content is if the reader can't read it in a proper manner you are going to loose the reader. With spell checks and lots of other tools to help you out there can really be no excuse to have spelling mistakes and grammatical mistakes in your blog posts.

Evaluation contest

Today we had an evaluation contest and a humourous contest in the Toast master meeting. I also particapated in the Evaluation contest and one thing I learned is that two minutes is a long time when you have deliver a evaluation in front of an audience. Other than that I think I wasn't prepared enough for the evaluation , sure I read the articles in the web and the pdf files , but I havent't thought of specific suggestions and so on. Well hopefully I can do better the next time.

The event as a whole was a great success , the humourous speach part was especially good and there were few very nice topics.Learned a lot from them and maybe I can do better next time.

Another great toast master session

Last Mondy attended another Toast Master meeting. I was the ah counter for this meeting and was a bit nervous about it. But it wasn't that hard but I have to make sure I prepare a nice introduction next time. The guest speaker was Mr.Niranjan Silva and he gave an exellent speech about public speaking and evaluating others. It was full of information and I learned a lot from that speech. I'm beggining to like this Toast Master club very much , after all its friends helping friends.

Another Great Toastmaster Session

This was my third Toast Master meeting and it was another great one. Attendance was low today which is a shame because the guest speaker Dr. Gouse gave a great speech. I always thought success was achieving your goals but guess I was wrong. Defining success is a bit tricky thing but according to Dr. Gouse Success is improving your personality continuously. So success is a journey not an destination. Also what Toast Master try to teach you is not to give public speeches but to be a better communicator. Importance of good communication is such and under estimated thing. I think I'm getting to like Toast Masters , sad thing is when practices start I'm more than likely to miss it :( .

English is Pretty Confusing

Attended a Toast Master Club meeting today ,this was the third time I participated in the meeting and it was kind of fun. A very nice lady gave a presentation and if you follow it closely you can understand why people find it hard to learn english. I do have a fair understanding of English but the difference meaning given to different words according to the pronounciation was facinating to say the least. All in all I think I like the idea behing the Toast Master Club