(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Muscat Gujarati Samaj (MGS) successfully conducted a Toastmasters Speechcraft Programme for 20 lady members of MGS in the age group of 30-60 years, in association with Morrison Muscat Toastmasters Club.
This programme is an internationally acclaimed one by Toastmasters International with its presence in 141 countries having more than 16,400 clubs and over 352,000 members.
Toastmasters Speechcraft Programme is a formal course in the art of developing public speaking skills and is one of the best programmes available for driving away apprehensions and building confidence amongst participants, so as to bring out the best in them.
Participation in a Speechcraft Programme helps participants organise their thoughts correctly, develop effective scripts for their speech topics and eventually helps them in boosting their confidence levels.
Usually, every year, Muscat Gujarati Samaj organises the Youth Leadership Programmes for children in the age group of 12-15 years, but this time, MGS came up with a novel idea of running a Speechcraft Programme for the lady members of MGS so as drive away any inhibitions that the women may have about expressing their thoughts and empowering them with the skill set required for speaking in front of group of people and expressing their thoughts confidently.
As in the past years, this Toastmasters Programme was organised in association with Morison Muscat Toastmasters and was spearheaded by the duo of Rajendra Varma from MMTC and Manoj Ranade from MGS. The duo was ably supported by five other coordinators, namely, Sparsha Vyas, Meenakshi Natan, Chetan Shah, Suryakant Kirloskar and Natan Subramanian. Seven sessions of two and a half hours each were conducted where the lady participants were coached and mentored on speech writing and delivery as well as impromptu speaking.
Several educational sessions were conducted on the selection of speech topic, organising the speech, use of gestures in speaking, voice and vocabulary etc to make a speech effective.
In the Grand Finale, the lady members of MGS showed their skills acquired during the Speechcraft Programme. The Best Speaker Award at the Grand Finale went to Harsha Jethmalani, the Best Evaluator Award went to Farzana Nayas and the Best Table Topic Speaker Award went to Deepika Tailor. Toastmasters Speechcraft Programme certificates were awarded to all participants.
The chief guest for the event, Sushma Indra Mani Pandey, showered praises on MGS and gave a very inspirational message to all the lady participants. MGS convener Chandrakant Chothani was overwhelmed by the marvelous performances.
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