TLI2 – Behind the Scenes
Posted on Friday, December 25, 2009 by areaw7
Mon, 23 November 2009
Mail from OC of Division W TLI2 with the following request:
Each AG will prepare and deliver an inspiring speech (8-10 min) on “How I have personally benefited from the Toastmasters Educational program”. Please prepare the 8-10 min speech for our rehearsal on 29 Nov 2009.
My question to OC:
About the standby AG role, would I be presenting the speech on 29 Nov or just have it ready for 12 Dec in case it is needed ?
Reply from OC:
You would be presenting the speech on 29 Nov, so that you could also be ready if you need to replace any AG on 12 Dec 2009.
Received the daunting news that I am no longer a standby AG, it is quite confirmed that I will be one of the replacement AG for TLI2.
Fri, 27 November 2009
Having recovered slightly from the daunting news of Wednesday and today being a public holiday, I began writing the inspiring speech.
Sat, 28 November 2009
Finally completed the speech, but not too sure whether it has enough inspiring moments in it.
Sun, 29 November 2009
We arrived on time for the AG rehearsal session at Klang Bilingual TMC meeting venue. Seven of us presented our speeches. Everyone provided feedbacks. Division Governor explained what he wanted us to achieve during the 8-10 minutes speech. The objective is to inspire and motivate club Exco members to continue their hard work as club officers. We only have 6 more months to complete our responsibilities.
Area Governor W4 Cheong Kuok Sum, delivering his inspiring speech. On his right is Assistant Division Governor in Education, Vincent Hor
Division Governor Soh Fong Wai listening intently to the feedbacks provided by the participants in the AG rehearsal session. Next to him is Area Governor W5 Christine Khoo
Area Governor W2 Mohd Hadzrin Shah (left) discussing with Vincent Hor regarding feedback for his AG speech. Looking on is Area Governor W8 Henry Fu
Fri, 4 December 2009
As we did not have time to discuss this item during our 29 Nov AG Rehearsal session, we had a meeting today to discuss on the questions to be asked for the Q&A segment of the AG break-out session.
Sat, 5 December 2009
A few of us attended Division C TLI2. For me, I wanted to observe how the AG session would be conducted and also to have a preview of what we would be getting for our TLI2 session. LGET speech was definitely motivating. We had presentations on ‘Parliamentary Procedures’ and ‘Conflict Management’.
After the TLI2 session, while I was chatting with Lay Theng on our observations, DG Ritchie stopped by to have a very brief chat with us before rushing off to the airport to Penang for another TLI2 session the following day.
Thur, 10 December 2009
OC Lay Theng and Division Secretary Soo Pon were at Menara AIA for a final inspection of the venue and to check out the rooms allocated for the AG break-out sessions.
Fri, 11 December 2009
I did a final touch-up and practice session for the 8-10 minutes inspiring speech.
Sat, 12 December 2009
We arrived at Menara AIA at 8.30 AM as requested by our OC.
Part of the preparation work prior to start of TLI2 at 10.30 AM
As I walked into the auditorium after ending my duty at the registration counter, DG Ritchie was speaking on romance within the Toastmasters fraternity. Taken aback, I was wondering whether I was at TLI2 since I did not expect him to be speaking on this subject at all. In fact, I do not recall that this was part of his speech for Division C TLI2.
Our District Governor, Ritchie Chong.
Four days later, the mystery was solved. We found out that our Division Governor had jokingly told DG that his speech was always about statistics and facts. DG decided to accept the challenge of doing something different and presented an impromptu segment on Romance.
The Forum – Judging of International Speech Contest was not part of TLI2 mandatory training program. Our Division Governor had decided to have this item as part of Division W TLI2. It would be useful as we prepare for our International Speech Contest. It was a very educational session for me.
From left to right, facilitator Ramdas Nayar, Dr. Arulnathan, Stephen Fernando and Geoff Andrew
Lastly, my thoughts about TLI2
It has been a slightly stressful day for me. Being on duty meant missing out on certain parts of TLI2. However, my attendance at Division C TLI2 did help to close the gap. I have learned a lot from the judging forum and now feel more confident to take up a judging role if the opportunity presented itself in the future.
Contributed by Assistant Area Governor W7 for Marketing, Angeline Lee
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