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 […]
A year in Dharan
A picture speaks a thousand words. It was a photograph of a Toastmasters meeting that compelled me to know more about it. The photo posted by one of my friends spoke out loud about the meeting. The answer to my question about the meeting was attending a Toastmasters meeting (which seems obvious now!). Within a […]
Virtual Yoga with Toastmasters
Since the last five weeks a few days after the lock down here in Nepal, Toastmaster Shaurab Lohani came up with this excellent idea of starting virtual yoga classes in the morning as we had successfully started online Toastmasters meeting using zoom. This was discussed in our informal Whatsapp group and since then, we have […]
Toastmasters and Rotary Team Up
The much awaited announcement came on Jan 7, 2020. Toastmasters and Rotary officially partnered to help members enhance their skills, broaden their network, grow professionally and increase their positive impact in communities. A new era of collaboration had begun between organizations that each had a history of 100 plus years. “The strategic alliance with Rotary […]