TME FOR SESSION OF 20 SEPTEMBER 2016

1. Good evening Toastmasters and honored guest(s), welcome to The Plateau

Toastmasters Club and thank you for coming along to tonight's Toastmasters meeting.
I’m Sariff Mungralee and I’ll be your TME for this evening. As Toastmaster of the
Evening and without any further delay, I declare the meeting open.

2. First, I’ll request any member to introduce his/her guest, if any.

Now let us have a look at the agenda for tonight. [AGENDA}

3. Now I’ll call upon our word master and grammarian of tonight, Toastmaster
Neelam to please present the word of the day.

4. Ladies & gentlemen, tonight is very special. Special because it’s our usual family-
type toastmasters meeting. Special because we’ll have the opportunity to learn from our
seasoned speakers, evaluators and Table Topic Master.

Friends, participate in this endeavor; let’s increase our knowledge; let’s share our
knowledge and let’s improve our spoken english ...

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8. The first one will deliver his CC level 2 speech – Toastmaster Ganesha
Mooroogan. Ganesha is a software engineer who started an IT development company. He
joined PTM to improve my communication skills which are crucial for my business.
Ganesha will be attempting her 2nd Project from the Competent Communication Manual
– Assignment : Organise Your Speech. The title of his speech is “We are Ogment ...”.

Ganesha will be evaluated by Toastmaster Jyotee who will now tell us the objectives and
timings of Ganesha’s speech.

Toasmaster Ganesha, you will have 5-7 mins for your speech. The green light on the 5 th
minute, amber light on 6th min and the red light on 7th min.

Ladies and gentlemen. Please join me to welcome with applause Ganesha. Ganesha, the
floor is yours.

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9. Our second prepared speaker is Toastmaster Faizal Jaulim. Faizal will speak for
an ACS Project. Manual: Special Occasion Speeches. The title of his speech is “ Life
Time Achivement Award”

The project requires him to present an award with dignity and grace. For the sake of this
project we will assume that tonight is an annual award ceremony and Plateau
Toastmasters Club has decided to award a life time achievement award to a member who
has made a huge contribution to the promotion of toastmasters in Mauritius.

And Faizal has been delegated to present the award.

I’ll now request Toastmaster Geeta Gopy who will evaluate the speech of Faizal to please
give us the objectives and timings of Faizal’s speech.

Fellow toastmasters and dear guest, let me call on stage Mr Faizal Jaulim, former President
of the club, to present the life time achievement award....

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10. Our 3rd prepared speaker is Toastmaster Leena Lollbeeharry. Leena is currently
enjoying a break from her professional life to look after her little angel. Leena will be
attempting Project 2: Speaking in Praise for the Advanced Communication Silver.
Manual: Special Occasion Speeches. The title of her speech is: “An Ode to Nanou”.

I’ll now request Toastmaster Roshan Nothoo who will evaluate the speech of Leena to
please give the objectives and timings of her speech.

Friends, please put your hands together and let’s welcome with thunderous applause
Toastmaster Leena Lollbeeharry.

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12. Let’s have a first update from our Timer. Dosheela, please update us on the
timings of the different prepared speakers.

To all members: Please do not hesitate to give your feedbacks to our speakers and you
may now vote for the best speaker.

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13. Now comes one of the most interesting and exciting moment of a Toastmasters’
meeting. It’s now time for the Table Topic Master to make the audience wake up and
speak on their feet. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our Table Topic Master,
Toastmaster James Berty Davy.

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14. Let’s have a second update from our Dosheela. Dosheela, please update us on the
timings of the different table topics particupants.

15. To all members: Please do not hesitate to give your feedbacks to our speakers and
don’t forget to vote for the best speaker and the best table topics.

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16. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s break for 10 mins and we’ll resume in 10 mins time.

Welcome back.

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17. Friends, in Toastmaster, we learn and give feedbacks on each and every item
during a session. Evaluation is a very important component of a toastmaster’s session as
it allows us to improve and more importantly to motivate a speaker.

18. Now I’ll request the General evaluator, Toastmaster Aneerav Sukhoo and his
team to please give us their feedbacks on today’s session.

19. Let’s have another update from our Timer. Dosheela, please update us on the
timings of the different evaluators.

20. To all members: Please do not forget to vote for the best speaker, the best table
topics and the best evaluator.

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21. We have come nearly to the end of tonight’s meeting. Before announcing the names of
the best speaker, the best table topics and the best evaluator, I’ll request our President,
Toastmaster Krishn Ranchurn to please come forward for the business session.

22. Ladies and gentlemen. It’s now time to announce the names of the winners:

1 -Best Table Topics goes to ………………………………..

2 - Best Evaluator goes to …………………………………….

3 - Best Speaker goes to ……………………………………..

23. Ladies & gentlemen, we have come nearly to the end of our programme. Before we
leave, maybe we can have some feedback from our guests.

24. Dear friends our meeting has come to an end and I would just like to thank everyone
for speaking tonight and I welcome the guests who are here for the first time and I look
forward to seeing you all at the next meeting. Thank you.

Q: What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? A: Short 

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The POWER of WORDS can move you to tears, evoke absolute joy or lead you in ACTION

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Time is free, but it’s priceless.

You can’t own it, but you can use it.

You can’t keep it, but you can spend it.

Once you’ve lost it; you can NEVER get it back.

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Q: What's a teacher's favorite nation?

A: Expla-nation.

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Q: What's the longest word in the dictionary?

A: Rubber-band -- because it stretches.

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Q: Why is a math book always unhappy?

A: Because it always has lots of problems. 

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Funny jokes about husband – Remarry

A husband asks his wife:

- If I die, will you remarry?
- Of course no, darling, I will stay with my sister. And if I die, will you remarry?
- No, I will also stay with your sister.
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Funny jokes about men - A dog

A wife tries to teach the dog to sit up. After a few fails her husband tells:
- Darling, forget it, you won't succeed...
- Don't worry - replies his wife - in the begining it was difficult with you as well.
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Jokes about men – Marriage

A couple is celebrating their 30 years anniversary of marriage. The husband asks his
wife:
- We have grown 12 kids. But Johnny is different from the rest. Please, tell me honestly, I
will forgive you, but I wanna know – maybe you have cheated on me?
The wife replies:
- Yes, I was. Johnny is your real son...
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Funny jokes about husband – Newspaper

Wife: 
- I wish I was a newspaper - so I would be in your hands all day long.
Husband: 
- I also wish that you were a newspaper, so I could have a new one every day.

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Funny jokes about husband – Girlfriends

A wife asks her husband: 

- Did you have any girlfriends before you married me?
The husband sits silently.
His wife asks again: 
- What is this silence supposed to mean?
Husband answers: 
- Wait.. I’m counting...

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Funny jokes about husband – Welcome

A husband returns home at night. Opens the door and in front of him his wife is 
standing with the frying pan in her hands.
Husband: "You better go to sleep, Lucy, I'm not hungry!
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What is the difference between a snowman and a snowwoman?

Ans: Snowballs.
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A guest came to my house and saw a photo hanging on the wall. I told him that he is the son of
my father but is not my brother.

Who is the one in the photo?

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A man went to a shop one day not knowing his flap was open. A woman saw him and said sir
your shop is open and the man closed it

He went away for about 10 minutes then came back and asked, “Did you see the shop
keeper?”

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Slogan on a Man’s T-Shirt: “Please Do Not Disturb me, I am Married and already very
Disturbed.”

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Question: How do you call a woman who always knows where her husband is?
Answer: a widow.
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I asked a Chinese girl for her number. She said, "Sex! Sex! Sex! Free sex tonight!" I said,
"Wow!" Then her friend said, "She means 666-3629."

A mother said to her son, "Look at that kid over there; he's not misbehaving." The son
replied, "Maybe he has good parents then!"

Q: What starts with E, ends with E, and has only 1 letter in it? 
A: Envelope

Teacher: "Answer this math problem: if your father earns $50,000 a week and gives half
to your mother. What will he have?" 
Student: "A heart attack."

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Q: If you have 13 apples in one hand and 10 oranges in the other, what do you have? 
A: Big hands.
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Q: What happens once in a minute and twice in a moment but never in a decade? 
A: The letter "m."

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A teacher asks, "What's the difference between a problem and a challenge?" A student
repsonds, "3 boys + 1 girl = problem. 1 boy + 3 girls = challenge."