Toastmasters

Toastmasters Meet at GHRU, Amravati

The Toastmasters Club of G H Raisoni University, Amravati, organised the Toastmasters Meet on 5th Dec 2023. The roleplayer Seargent At Arms started the meeting. The Presiding officer was called; she officially started the meet by banging the gavel two times as a sign of start and also stated the history of Toastmasters. The next roleplayer, Toastmaster of the day, was introduced, and she efficiently carried the meeting and led it till the end. She introduced everyone to the day's segments, i.e., prepared speeches and impromptu speeches.

Further, the general evaluator was the one who skillfully handled the meeting, introduced the TAG team and evaluators to the crowd of guests, and followed up in coordination with TMOD. She evaluated everything throughout the session. Now, the TAG team's remaining members have come forward as Timers. She explained her roles and time details related to the speeches and meetings, and as an Ah counter, he foremost explained his role and kept count of unnecessary words, sounds and pauses used throughout. 

After this, the evaluators came forward and presented their reports.  Later, the TMOD carried out the prepared speeches round, and all 3 participants passed with flying colours by the audience poll. Next, to add more spice to make our meeting presentable and connect the audience to Toastmaster's mission, the roleplayer, Table topic master, was introduced. She playfully and with accurate reports arranged the table topic round for the audience to come and speak on time, which was impromptu, so we received some new Toastmasters. Finally, the TAG team produced the overall reports, followed by the evaluators' prepared speech reports. Later, the TMOD conducted a felicitation ceremony by our dear guests for the day, carried out by an audience poll, and we received the Best of the Day. Some motivational words by HOD, BCA/MCA Dr. Bhavna Karmore, and HOD B. Tech CSE, Prof. Dr. Amit Gaikwad, followed the meeting. Hon. VC, sir, appreciated the students' hard work and explained the importance of such meetings. Lastly, the meeting was concluded with a short thanking speech by SAA, and she officially closed the session by banging the gavel two times as a sign of the end. The hard work of all the Toastmasters paid off. The event was appreciated not only by the audience but also by the honourable guests. The event in charge, Mrs. Ashwini Rathi, Communication Trainer, GHRU, made great efforts to keep no stone unturned. Thus, the Toastmasters meeting was successful.

The results were as follows :

Best Evaluator –  TM Aastha Wankhade  

Best Role play – TM Nancy Pinjani

Best Speaker – TM Tanmay Ingole    

Best Speaker Table topic – TM Sakshi Jadhav