The Catalyst Toastmaster

10 Tips for Public Speaking – How to find your confidence

cahyoedi — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:57:40 +0000

Feeling some nervousness before giving a speech is natural and even beneficial, but too much nervousness can be detrimental. Here are some proven tips on how to control your butterflies and give better presentations:

Know your material. Pick a topic you are interested in. Know more about it than you include in your speech. Use humor, personal stories and conversational language – that way you won’t easily forget what to say.
Practice. Practice. Practice! Rehearse out loud with all equipment you plan on using. Revise as necessary. Work to control filler words; Practice, pause and breathe. Practice with a timer and allow time for the unexpected.
Know the audience. Greet some of the audience members as they arrive. It’s easier to speak to a group of friends than to strangers.
Know the room. Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.
Relax. Begin by addressing the audience. It buys you time and calms your nerves. Pause, smile and count to three before saying anything. (“One one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand. Pause. Begin.) Transform nervous energy into enthusiasm.
Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear and confident. Visualize the audience clapping – it will boost your confidence.
Realize that people want you to succeed. Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative and entertaining. They’re rooting for you.
Don’t apologize for any nervousness or problem – the audience probably never noticed it.
Concentrate on the message – not the medium. Focus your attention away from your own anxieties and concentrate on your message and your audience.
Gain experience. Mainly, your speech should represent you — as an authority and as a person. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking. A Toastmasters club can provide the experience you need in a safe and friendly environment.

source : toastmasters.org

September 2nd 2010 Meeting (photos)

cahyoedi — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:42:32 +0000

TM Panji

TM Prima

TM Engkos

TM Udin

Ah & WOD Counter

TM Niken

TM Ken

TM Athie

Catalyst Toastmasters

Who has got this?

Dear all friends.. how are you?

cahyoedi — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:23:03 +0000

Dear all friends.. how are you?

Hope everything runs well for you there.. you may feel a little bit shocked when receiving this, as it has been a couple months ago since the last time i weekly sent you an email, right? well.. i am here sending this email just want you to know how Toastmaster has been helping me so far during my study time at STAN and about a new thing from Catalyst. In Toastmasters i learn how to be confident in conveying ideas and arguments while not leaving the politeness behind, i apply both of them in an hand-in-hand way. Once i came up to the front of the class to deliver 2-3-minute speech, and i found myself comfortably pouring my minds into words with a minimum nervousness..

Then you see.. the fact is that a nervousness is a natural condition for everyone, none in the world doesn’t feel nervous when their turn to speak up comes. And it is not a reality that we have to be afraid of!!! because the opportunity to learn is everywhere, The Catalyst Toastmasters Club is one of them!!! the nearest one from our office!! and once you join, there will be no condition restricted by a formal scehduled, you can come to any club throughout the world ..

What is it new from The Catalyst TMC????That is the point i want to outline.. Started from next month, July 2010, is a new term for The Catalyst TMC. That will be a new period with new executive committees.. but that is not too important to announce without knowing who they are. Because it is they who bring the spirit and continue creating better learning environtment for all The Catalyst’s members and for those who want to join too..

The President : Novrizal, CC, CL.

Vice President Education: Niken Evi Suryani, CC.

Vice President Membership: TM Siska Premida Wardani

Vice President Public Relation: TM Steviana Pasca Sarjana

Secretary: TM Dwi Wulandari Astuti

Treasury: Ken Didik Waluyo, ACB CL

SAA: TM Martumpal Jonathan

For those mentioned above, i just want to say:’Congratulation, and we all owe you more than thanks for your willingness to take that lofty duty’. It has been for several times i have a monologue of silence within my self while saying this :’Alhamdulillah, thank you Toastmaster, thank you Catalyst Friends’ and frankly speaking,for those receiving this email, i just want you all to feel the same. Because wherever we live, and whomever we live or work with, Communication is not an option , and believe me.. you will be warmly welcomed when coming to the meeting.. and you will have a moment to learn from other members while speaking, listening and in a fun way for sure.. there is no need to be shame, since every ashamedness is just like a fake imagination blockading our bravery to learn.

Warmly Regards,
Erikson

Next Meeting will be on March 18th 2010

cahyoedi — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:02:17 +0000

Just as a reminder..
Next meeting we will have a bunch of role taker, and here they are..

Mien Soenari, DTM as Toastmaster of the Day
Novrizal, CC as General Evaluator
Siska Premida Wardani as Table Topics Master
Fatchiyah as Grammarian
Ken Budi Waluyo, ACB, CL as Timer
Fitroh Atbar Aulia Primadiansyah, CC as And/Ah/WoD Counter
Niken Evi Suryani as Ballot Counter

And we have a lot of prepared speech speaker

Dwi Wulandari Astuti
Bosar Imelda Siagian
Khairil Umuri
Fahruddin
Elly Juniarti, ACS, ACL

See you there, guys..

And this is a picture of last week meeting..

The Secret of Your Success

cahyoedi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:13:21 +0000

When my employer and mentor, United States Senator Mark Hatfield, retired after 45 years in public service, he was asked by many people what his secret was to longevity and successin politics. His reply: Building personal relationships. Not education, or intelligence, or financial resources. The secret was people.

Of the many benefits we receive in Toastmasters, one of the greatest is the people we meet and the friendship we form. Our network of Toastmasters friends can help us in all aspects of life.

This is certainly true for me. Earlier this year I was between careers. When I attended the Toastmasters Board Meeting this past February, in California, Past District 5 Governor Sheryl Roush took my photo and posted it on Facebook, a Web-based social networking site. Lynn Peterson, a commissioner for Clackamas County in Oregon, is a Facebook friend of mine who saw my Toastmasters photo and sent me a message asking if I had applied for the job of Clackamas County public affairs manager. I was not aware the job existed. Because of Toastmasters – where I met Sheryl – and because of Facebook – where I was connected to Lynn – I found my current career. Thank you, Sheryl and Lynn!

Our Toastmasters friendships can also lead to love. My friend Naomi invited me to my first Toastmasters meeting. I joined Toastmasters because of her encouragement. Many years later, I introduced Naomi to my Toastmasters friend Doug, who later married her. You never know where your Toastmasters associations will take you!

These are just a few examples of how Toastmasters, and our connections to others, change our lives, and lives, and in so many different ways!

At your next club meeting, look around at your fellow members. Are your best friends there? Does the meeting include mentors who guide you, speakers you emulate or leaders you learn from? Our involvement in Toastmasters is much more than improving our personal communication and leadership skills. Toastmasters offers us the opportunity to build our network of friends, learn from our peers and discover the rewards of helping others.

Perhaps the club members sitting next to you will help you find your next job, introduce you to your future spouse or support you when you need it most. That is the power of relationships. That is the potensial of Toastmasters. Your journey of building relationships starts now!

Gary Schmidt, DTM

International President

source : Toastmasters Magazine Dec 2009

Catalyst TMC Dec 17th 2009-THE LAST MEETING IN 2009

cahyoedi — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:12:03 +0000

Who deserves a success?? the smartest ones??? the richest ones?? Referring to the facts and the confessions of successful people, success will belong to us, as long as we have an everlasting motivation and a willingness to succeed. because by having the two fundamental keys, all the things will come to help us from the way we can never guess..

Do we want to be successful in our toastmaster’s journey? I do and you do too, right?? well.. stop thinking of being the richest and the smartest.. and keep being those who have motivation and willingness.. and trust me.. our efforts will pay off at the end.. there is no LATE to be that way, just start from now.. from ourselves and from many simple things as well as attending Catalyst TMC’s meeting..

When: December 17th 2009, Thurs @11.00 am- 13.00 pm

Where: Ruang Sekretariat KBI DJP Gedung A baru, Lantai I.. (next to Polyclinic’s of DJP Headquarter ) Jalan Gatot Soebroto Kav 40-42 Jakarta Selatan, 12190

Theme: If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. (Milton Berle)

Word Of the Day: S.T.A.S.H

CATALYST INVITATION DEC 3TH 2009

cahyoedi — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:33:30 +0000

December now is about to come.. 2009 now is about to finish.. and a new beginning is about to start.. all these facts wake us up that we are now in a half way to complete this term…

HELLO FRIENDS… don’t you realize something??? i do!!! especially when it comes to evaluate the advancement we have been making in our Catalyst Toastmasters’ journey.. for me as the president, about the progress we are on the way within, it is reflected from the way you feel yourself now, in terms of confidence and convenience in Public Speaking and Leadership.. and for every single progress we are making by each of us will finally be our club’s success.. and in this half term remains… we still have WAY TO GO!!!

So that, don’t miss our regular meeting, the place we can share more, learn more and improve more..  and believe me here we will be realizing about something lying within our soul, that is our Uniqueness, each of us is different about it, what is your uniqueness??would you like to share more about it???

When : Thursday, December 3th 2009 / 11.30 am – 13.00 pm
Where : Ruang Sekretariat KBIP DJP Gedung A Baru Lantai I Kantor Pusat Ditjen Pajak Jl. Jend Gatot Soebroto Kav 40-42 Jakarta Selatan
Theme : ‘Discover your uniqueness, then discipline yourself to develop it (JimSundberg)’

Word Of the Day : P.E.C.U.L.I.A.R

Ok my fellow friends.. kindly mark your calendar on that date and make sure your self to come to grab the opportunity to be better in English Communication and Leadership, for those who wanna deliver speech or take a role, ASAP contact our dedicated VPE, Primadiansyah (i forgot his mobile phone number, please do reply this email for those knowing it, and my hand phone is now in trouble) but you can reach him at auliapearl88@gmail.com

I do hope to see you there, friends, we will be waiting for you to cheer up our meeting.. your attendance and participation are my everything..

Regards,

Erikson Wijaya ACB CL

President Catalyst TMC

2009-2010

Division Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contests

cahyoedi — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:59:17 +0000

The Result of Area J5 Contest

cahyoedi — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:05:27 +0000

Dear Catalysts..

How are you doing??? i hope you all are very OK right now.. even more since we are about to have our annual custom, that is Mudik Lebaran hehehhehe..

well, before being busy with all your mudik preparation or another day-off plan, i have a good news for you..

On last Saturday, Sept 12th 2009, we hosted the Area J5 contest, this was such a great honor for us, because we gave ourselves an opportunity to let others know where we are used to conducting our regular meeting.. we had Unilever TMC and Essensial TMC as competitors, and at that event, all of contestants competed fairly to grab the chance to represent this area for the Division Level, somewhere in October 2009..

after having tigth bee among those contestants, finally we got the result, and to me, it was really out of my mind, even i cannot the imagine who deserved, or did they all deserve? they did, but still in a bee,there will be one winning and others in lost. from our club, there were TM Muhammad Faizal Ahda, TM Elly Juniarti, and TM Primadiansyah. and you friends.. three of them appeared confidently and performed their best, Prima was very impressing with and thoroughfull evaluation,and so was TM Ahda.. well.. about Bu Elly, not to talk about her ability in entertaining us… you all know her well, right?? and even she was not really in a good health, but she had showed her best.. salut to all of them.. CONGRATULATION….

Evaluation Contest:
The 1st winner : Muhammad Faizal Ahda
The 2nd winner : Ersa (Essensial TMC)

The 3rd winner : Fitroh Aulia Akbar Primadiansyah

Humorous Speech Contest:

The 1st winner : Ersa (Essensial TMC)
The 2nd winner : Elly Juniarti
The 3rd winner : Ratu Gumelar (Essensial TMC)

those coming up as the 1st winner will proceed to compete at the division level.. so that, prepare youself friends..

The area contest could not run well with out the active participation from several role takers, we have Bu Fatti and Mbak Haryati helping as Timer and SAA, and me my self as contest chair.. for those not coming, you didn’t know what you missed hehehheeh

anyway.. thank you very much and FYI, we will have a regular meeting on October 1st, Thursday with the theme will be about forgiving hehehhe… be ready if you wanna take a role or deliver a speech.. good preparation for good result… and have a nice long day-off …
hope to see you there..

Area J5 Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contest (invitation)

cahyoedi — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:30:11 +0000

Dear Members and Friends of Toastmasters

You have probably
attended your own club contest last August. Now is your chance to have
even greater time witnessing contestants from the clubs as they
demonstrate to us all their speaking skills at the Area J5 Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contest. You will see several contestants from Catalyst TMC, Unilever TMC and Essensial TMC compete each other and perform their best..

where :

on Saturday; September 12, 2009
at 09.30 am up to 11.30 am
Please be on time….

where:

Gedung A Baru, Lantai 1, Ruang Sekretariat KBIP

Jalan Jenderal Gatot Soebroto Kav 40-42 Kantor Pusat Ditjen Pajak

Come and be part of this moment of learning, fun and camaraderie. Well,whoever winning this contest will represent our area at Division level… and the last but not least those challenging themselves to join this contest up to this area level are winner already..we will be happy to have you there and your support will give more bravery to all of that contestants..

Best Regards..
Your Contest Chairman
Erikson Wijaya ACB CL