KL SAC Plenary Session 30.10.10

Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2010 by cheehoe

KPMG members at the Plenary Session

For Diyana from KPMG KL Toastmasters Club, it was her first time attending a Convention. She shares with us her view about the Convention and the Plenary Session.

First of all, I would like to thank and congratulate the event organizer for making the 18th Semi Annual Convention a success! The event was filled with entertaining and informative programs and I really enjoyed myself. I learned throughout the convention that to be a successful public speaker, there are several important aspects that requires attention, besides just being able to speak. Even though one can obtain these information during our normal club meetings, being able to learn directly from the experts and the best in District 51 has enriched my public speaking skills with refreshing new ideas. I had the opportunity to hear two distinguished plenary speakers - Paisal Sae Lor and Wendy Lee. Both of them shared the same message with us, which was how to be an eloquent speaker but from two different perspectives. Paisal advised us to be confident and to love ourselves. It was a simple message and a very encouraging one to us, to have a strong sense of self-esteem.

Wendy has our full attention

Wendy, on the other hand, shared a few valuable tips on external factors which may affect others’ perceptions towards us - image and style.

Wendy asked who is the Banker, Playboy and Accountant ?

Enthusistic response from the audience when we were asked to vote who is the Playboy !

During the introduction of the third speaker, NJ Singam quoted an Arabian proverb

What comes from the mouth goes to the ears. What comes from the heart goes to the heart.

Our third speaker, Teoh Poh Yew spoke from the heart as she shared with us her stories of her son and his learning challenges, as well as stories of her students in her “Creative Communication Connects” presentation. There are no bad students, she said, only bad teachers.


Our fourth Plenary speaker, DTM Loghandran, presented “Guarantee Your Success through 3 Powerful Cs” which is concentration, consistency and co-operative endeavour. “Success is an effect. What are you passionate about ? What drives you ?” he asked. He recommended giving as much as you can and good things will happen to you.

DTM Loghandran
Sesi Pidato
Dalam sesi yang menarik ini, kami berpeluang mendengar penyampaian daripada seorang tokoh dalam bidang pembicaraan awam. Puan Hamisah Zaharah Hasan daripada Universiti Putra Malaysia ialah seorang pensyarah yang bersifat peramah and mulia. Beliau memang hebat dalam ucapannya dan berjaya memikat serta memukau para hadirin dengan penggunaan tatabahasanya yang sungguh indah.

Pada akhir sesi ini, saya dijemput pula untuk membuat ucapan spontan oleh Presiden Kelab Pidato KL, Dato Dr Mohd Kaisan. Memang tidak disangka saya akan dijemput untuk memberi pandangan ringkas tentang sesi ini.

Gabenor Daerah 51 DTM Thannimalai mengakhiri sesi ini dengan berjanji bahawa Daerah 51 (District 51) akan memberi sokongan penuh terhadap penubuhan Bahagian Pidato (seperti Bahagian Mandarin yang sedia wujud), sekiranya ada permintaan dan minat di kalangan ahli-ahli Toastmasters Daerah 51.

Photos contributed by Yeoh Cheng Lim and Shahrizan Zamri


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