My Toastmasters New Member Kit has arrived!

Posted on April 19th, 2008 by Kacang

Hello world! Sorry for the long absence, I’ve been really busy tying up some lose ends for my masters research. Why the rush now? ‘Cuz I got a new job, that’s why! More on this later on when the offer has been finalized. For now though, I can say that it’s going to be a really swell job with a really swell company, and getting it is sort of akin to striking lottery. Stay tuned for more!

Another reason for being uber busy these last few weeks is that I’ve been attending the Toastmasters Club at my university as well as at Mid Valley. Briefly, Toastmasters International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people improve their communication and leadership skills. For most part, the organization focuses on helping individuals overcome their fear of speaking in front of a crowd, while improving the delivery of their speeches. After all, being able to communicate effectively these days is a must for anyone and everyone in the workforce. Personally, I’m hoping train myself to be more confident when I’m communicating with people for my future job. Just like Obama! ;-) For more information, do go to the Toastmasters International’s “What is Toastmasters?” page.

Anyway, having signed up as a member about three weeks back, I finally received my Toastmasters New Member Kit today. Many thanks to Joy Lee of the university’s Toastmasters Club for helping me with the registration earlier. The kit shouldn’t have taken so long to arrive, but the fault was mine as I had registered using my JB address. The package took a circuitous route to JB before reaching me in PJ, safe and sound, via Poslaju (courtesy of my mom).

Toastmasters Envelope

Inside the package is the New Member Kit. Oh, and that’s DD, my girlfriend’s soft toy dog which was lying around when I took the pics.

Toastmasters New Member Kit

The kit contains a few manuals, namely:

  • Competent Leadership
  • Competent Communication
  • Your Speaking Voice
  • Gestures: Your Body Speaks
  • Effective Evaluation

Toastmasters New Member Kit Contents

Join me, anyone?

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7 Responses to “My Toastmasters New Member Kit has arrived!”

  1. Jasmine, on April 19th, 2008 at 8:45 pm Said:

    DD is really smart eh… she brought you the Toastmasters new member kit! :)

  2. Kacang, on April 19th, 2008 at 10:04 pm Said:

    Jasmine: Yup, looks that way, doesn’t it? ;-) BTW, I’m sorry I had to remove the link to your blog. Trying to keep a ‘General’ content rating for the visitors here. Hope you understand and help me with that in your future visits. Cheers, and thanks for dropping by! :)

  3. Andrew - Six Minutes Public Speaking Blog, on April 20th, 2008 at 1:27 am Said:

    Congratulations on taking the plunge into Toastmasters and more confidence when speaking.

  4. Kacang, on April 20th, 2008 at 1:51 am Said:

    Andrew: Thank you. I dropped by your blog on public speaking. It’s great! I’ll be visiting by your site regularly from now on. ;-)

  5. Daphne Maia, on April 20th, 2008 at 4:14 pm Said:

    humm. u ignored my sms.

  6. Kacang, on April 20th, 2008 at 4:51 pm Said:

    Daphne Maia: SMS at 4.06pm, complain on my blog by 4.14pm. I was taking a nap! :-| Quit stalking me already.

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