Synergy at Area A3’s Table Topics and International Speech Contest
On March 14th, 2020 Area A3 hosted their Table Topics and International Speech Contest at Whitehouse College, Singha Durbar. It was conducted jointly with Area A1. As soon as the contest of Area A1 ended, Area A3’s contest started at 2:44 pm led by the Contest Chair Toastmaster Namita Thapa. After the brief guidelines about […]
Area A2’s Contest on a Spring Morning
Area A2’s Table Topics and International Speech Contest were successfully held on a cold spring Saturday morning on 14th March 2020 at Grace Hotel, Bhaisepati. With a dedicated team led by Toastmaster Ravi Mainali, Area A2 Director as the Chief Judge, the contest was kicked off by our very own comedian Toastmaster Mayur Goyal as […]
Area A1’s Best Speakers Compete for the Prize
On 14 March 2020, Area A1 organized Table Topics and International speech contest at Himalayan Whitehouse International College, Singa Durbar. It was observed by over 160 participants from various clubs and I had the opportunity of being the contest chair for both contests. The chief judge was DTM Moon Pradhan who briefed the anonymous judges […]
5 Lessons learned at Toastmasters
I still vividly remember 10th March 2013, a Sunday, when I tiptoed inside the packed hall of Everest Toastmasters to attend one of the club meetings. A few days earlier, I had met a seasoned Toastmaster who had suggested me to attend the meeting. I reluctantly agreed. Since then, I’ve only looked forward. From that […]
Leading by Virtues
“As a leader, you must never sacrifice your integrity to achieve a goal.” When Toastmasters International President-elect, Richard E. Peck, took the stage during Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) at District 41 in Kasauli, he started his speech in a power-packed yet casual manner. He told us to call him ‘Richard’ instead of the given title […]
Oops! Nearly Missed the Evaluation Contest
“Hi Toastmaster Abhilasha, this is Priya. I am sorry, but I do not think I can come to the Club Evaluation Contest Today, please forward this message to everyone,” I said as I hung up my phone. On 17th September 2019, KU-SOM Toastmasters Club was having its Club Evaluation Contest, and I was one of […]
How do you reach the other side of the tall fence?
This is a question that is always a challenge to an individual or a group. When we are at a point in the history of Toastmasters in Nepal where new club numbers trump the old ones, this also means that if you are meeting a Toastmaster, he or she will be less than two years […]
The Icebreaker Experience
The day was 02-02-2020. The number in the date itself was telling me something intriguing is going to happen in my life. After joining the newly formed Yeti Toastmasters, the ice-breaking moment, the ice breaker speech had arrived. Nervousness, fear, and uneasiness, all three feelings mixed up together like chemical reactions were boiling inside me. […]
My Toastmasters Experience
One fine afternoon of April 1, 2019, I got a Linkedin text message from a recently connected gentleman named Ajay Regmi in which he introduced himself as a motivational speaker and a life coach. For my sincere respect to the motivational speakers who dare and succeed to bring positive changes in the lives of people, […]
Mentoring Sparks
We must have a memory of our childhood when we wore our clothes inside out or mixed up the right pair of the shoe with the wrong one. Then, we had our mother, father, or family member assist and guide us to make things right. Knowingly or unknowingly we all have mentors in our lives […]