Toastmaster of the Day Script - Erum 31-Oct-2018
Thank you President Saad for the warm introduction.
In ancient times, a king had a rock placed on a roadway.
Then he hid and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock.
Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it.
Many men loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about
getting the stone out of the way.
Then a farmer came along carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the Rock, the farmer laid
down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road.
After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. As the farmer picked up his load of
vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the Rock had been.
The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the
person who removed the Rock from the roadway.
The farmer learned what many others never understand.
Every obstacle presents an opportunity. And every opportunity when met with preparation and
determination brings luck.
Fellow Toastmasters, Guest, good evening!
Being a part of Toastmaster is a mix of Opportunity, Preparation and luck and we will be
witnessing that in this meeting. I hope all of us today return home today from a bag full of
learning, opportunities, inspiration and motivation.
As I can see some new faces, let me now quickly explain the flow of the meeting today.
There are three parts to the meeting as given in the agenda
1st is Table Topics,
Table Topics is the practise in impromptu or extempore speaking. Both members and guest
participate in this segment.
2nd is Prepared speeches
This part of the agenda is to hear the prepared speeches done by Toastmasters.
3rd is Evaluation
This is where each speaker looks forward to, where the meeting and the speeches are evaluated
and feedback is given.
Each of you has a copy of the program, so you can follow along during the meeting, if you wish.
As LUCK comes with special ingredients
Role players who will assist in the running of today’s program
Ah Counter, TM Faiza:
Grammarian, TM Salman:
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Our second role player is Grammarian, he has joined Toast Masters in August this year. His luckiest
day was when he achieved 46% passing marks in his 9th grade. TM Salman will you please explain
your role.
Timer, TM Agha Faisal.
To keep track of the time spent by each speaker, we have Toast Master Agha Faisal, in the Timer’s
role today. He has joined us exactly a month ago, his luckiest day of life has been his birthday in
September. TM Agha, Can you please explain your role?
Vote Counter, TM Shajeh
Our next silent role player is TM Shajeh. TM Shajeh joined Express Taostmasters 6 months ago and
his luckiest day of his life is when he went for Umrah. I would like to ask TM Shajeh to explain his
role.
Now that our role players are introduced I would like all of you to feel LUCKY to get in to the
segment of Table topics.
TABLE TOPICS
To introduce this Toastmaster, he has joined Express Toastmaster just a month ago, he has 14 years’
experience in Finance industry and working as Assistant Manager Finance. And when I asked him
about his luckiest day in life, he said the day his 1st daughter was born.
Please give a big round of applause to TM Abdul Rahman.
TIMER REPORT
REPEAT NAME FROM TIMER
VOTE FOR TT
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Goldratt’s famous quote: “Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, and bad luck is when
lack of preparation meets reality.”
Welcome back fellow Toastmasters and Guests.
Prepared Speeches
In Toastmasters, speakers are given time to come prepared with a speech from their Competent
Communication guide or Pathways.
We have there prepared speeches for which we are feeling very lucky today!
Prepared Speeches
Speaker #1 Our first speaker today will be presenting his Pathways guide Dynamic Leadership
Level 1 Project 2. Repetition after taking feedback.
The purpose of this project is to present a speech on any topic, receive feedback,
and apply the feedback to a second speech. This is Speakers Second attempt after
incorporating the feedback.
Time: 5-7 minutes
His speech will be evaluated by TM Saad Mirza.
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Introduction This speaker has been a member of Express Toastmasters Club only for 3 months.
luckiest day in life,
the Day Toastmaster Arsalan persuaded him to join Toastmasters.
Welcome Please get your hands together for Toastmaster Hamza
<Pause>
Toastmaster Hamza, The Plague of 21st century ,
The Plague of 21st century, Toastmaster Hamza.
Speaker #2 The second Speaker is TM Harris
And to evaluate this project we have Toastmaster Iqbal Saeed
Introduction
Welcome Please Join me in welcoming Toastmaster Haris
Speaker #3 Our third and final speaker today will be presenting his 10th and final project from
Competent Communication Manual. Through his speech titled “the clock is ticking”
he will describe the unpredictable nature of life and inspire us to make most of our
limited time in the world.
The objective of his speech is to inspire the audience by appealing to noble
motives and challenging the audience to achieve a higher level of achievement.
Time: 8-10 Minutes
His speech will be evaluated by Founder of our Club, DTM Mazhar Jameel.
Introduction This speaker has been a member of Express Toastmasters Club for exactly 2 years
Today. The luckiest day of the speaker’s life is the day he was born.
Welcome Pl join me in welcoming TM Abur Rafey
<PAUSE>
Toastmaster Rafey, The clock is ticking
The clock is Ticking, Toastmaster Rafey
TIMER REPORT?
Repeating name for TIMER REPORT
VOTE for Prepared Speeches
This brings us to the 3rd segment of the evening:
Evaluations
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Ann Marie has quoted: “Feedback is a free education to excellence. Seek it with
sincerity and receive it with grace”
Evaluations are the review of performance for hosting this segment I would like to call upon a
Toastmaster, who is a family man, Head of IT Infrastructure, an active toastmaster who believes in
adding value to others lives. He has joined Toastmasters just 6 months ago. And when I asked about
his luckiest day in life, he said “the day he met love of his life in 1999”.
Please bring your hands together for Toastmaster Farhan!
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