Thursday, 25 October 2012

Results for Areas Humor & Evaluation Speech Contests for Division K, term: 2012/2013

Here you go everyone! The summary results for the latest Humorous & Evaluation Speech Contest for Division K! Let's show some support by going over to Division K level at KK! (More info at: http://d87dvk.blogspot.com/2012/10/division-k-semi-annual-convention-2012.html)

Area
Results
1
Humor
1st Place:  Intan Salwana Binti Anis (KK TMC)
2nd Place: Subash George (KK TMC)

Evaluation
1st Place:  Fia Iskandar (KK TMC)
2nd Place: Aaron Subash George (KK TMC)
2
Humor
1st Place:  Grace Yong (Tawau TMC)
2nd Place: Vincent Chong Kong Vui (Tawau TMC)
3rd Place: Dr Renuka Nambiar (Lahad Datu TMC)

Evaluation
1st Place:  Laurence L Dumling (Sandakan TMC)
2nd Place: Dr Renuka Nambiar  (Lahad Datu TMC)
3rd Place: Agnes Gervasius-Tamin (Tawau TMC)

3
Humor
1st Place:  Chen Khan Chit (KK Mandarin TMC)
2nd Place: Jess Vun (IEM Sabah TMC)
3rd Place: Mok Teck Khiong (Keningau Mandarin TMC)

Evaluation
1st Place:  Lee Kok Hong (Keningau Mandarin TMC)
2nd Place: Chan Suk Ling (KK Mandarin TMC)

Humor (English)
1st Place:  Jess Vun (IEM Sabah TMC)

Evaluation (English)
1st Place:  Jess Vun (IEM Sabah TMC)
4
Humor
1st Place:  Rachel Yee (Swepa TMC)
2nd Place: Gopi Muniandy (KK Advanced)

Evaluation
1st Place:  Gopi Muniandy (KK Advanced)
2nd Place: Dahlia Ismail (Sabah Ports)

5
Humor
1st Place:  Lu Li Wah (吕丽华) (Tawau Mandarin TMC)
2nd Place: Chin Yung Khon (陈勇冠) (Sandakan Mandarin TMC)
3rd Place: Lai Kui Ying (赖桂清) (Sandakan Mandarin TMC)

Evaluation
1st Place:  Lu Li Wah (吕丽华) (Tawau Mandarin TMC)
2nd Place: Yap Kon Fah (叶观华) (Tawau Mandarin TMC)
3rd Place: Chin Su Ping (陈淑萍) (Sandakan Mandarin TMC)

6
Humor
1st Place:  Stuart Lee (Advance Speakers Club)
2nd Place: Fen Ng (Otters TMC)
3rd Place: Elizabeth Sim (HSBC Speakers Group)

Evaluation
1st Place:  Fen Ng  (Otters TMC)
2nd Place: Elizabeth Sim (HSBC Speakers Group)
3rd Place: Genevieve Lai (Advance Speakers Club)

Sunday, 7 October 2012

From Us to Emily Tan


We are deeply saddened by the sudden death of  Emily Tan on 6th October 2012.
We proud to have known such a dedicated Toastmasters in the District.
Our prayers and thoughts are with her and with those she left behind.
She will be sadly miss. May her soul rest in peace..
President of IEM Toastmasters, 2012

With Love from,
Toastmasters of District 87, Division K

Thursday, 4 October 2012

Division K, Semi Annual Convention 2012


Warmest Greetings from the Organising Committee!
 
It’s that time of the year again for Division K Semi Annual Convention!
Date: 27 & 28 October 2012, Saturday & Sunday
Venue: Carnation Room, Hotel Shangri-La, Bandaran Berjaya, Kota Kinabalu

This convention is going to be one of a kind for a number of reasons:

Dinner Talk
No afternoon Workshop sessions for this convention. We are marrying the standard Welcome Night and Workshop to create an interactive Dinner Talk instead.
Learn from these two distinguished speakers:
1. District 87 Governor, Richard Albert Gontusan DTM, “So You Think You Can Be Humorous”.
2. District 87 Public Relations Officer, Rozana Yunus ACG CL, “Effective Speech Evaluations”.

Entertainment with a Twist
YOU will be part of the entertainment team. No, don’t be freaked out! No singing and dancing on stage required. We have lined up fun interactive activities throughout the evening.
Caution: There will be a lot of mingling and laughing involved.

Convention Fee
Learn, mingle and eat for RM99 only! Yes, you saw that right! Where else can you find a double digit Toastmasters convention fee?
Individual Tickets:
RM80 for Dinner Talk only
RM40 for Speech Contest only

Accommodation
Hotel Shangri-La is offering RM140 (single) and RM150 (double/twin sharing) per room per night (with breakfast) for this convention only.
 
Registration
Please email your name, Toastmaster title, Club Name and payment slip to Ophelia Domingo ato.domingo@yahoo.comby 24 October 2012.
Payment to be made to SWEPA Maybank Account: 010013034711


PROGRAM
Division K Semi Annual Convention
Date: 27 & 28 October 2012
Venue: Carnation Room, Hotel Shangri-La, Bandaran Berjaya, Kota Kinabalu
Day 1
6.30pm         Arrival of guests and delegates
7.00pm         Group Ice Breaker
                        Invocation
                        Toast
 
                        Welcome Address by Division K Governor Shawn Cassidy Narcis ACB ALB
                        Dinner
                        Talk by District Public Relations Officer Rozana Yunus ACG CL
                        Talk by District 87 Governor Richard A. Gontusan DTM
                        Vote of Thanks by OC Alice Kunjan
                        Dance
11.00pm      End of Program

Day 2
8.30am         Arrival of contestants
9.00am         Arrival of guests and delegates
9.30am         Speech Evaluations Contest
10.30am        Tea Break
11.00am        Humorous Speech Contest
12.00noon     Announcement of Results
1.00pm         Division K Council Meeting

Sunday, 19 August 2012

Selamat Hari Raya.

I would like to take this golden opportunity to wish all our Muslim members Selamat Hari Raya. Maaf Zahir & Batin. Will see all of you soon.

Shawn Narcis
DvG

Wednesday, 8 August 2012

The Leaders Letter (TI Version)

GOOD Day! Happy Day to All!

Greetings from the DvPRO Desk,

On 7th August 2012, I believe every members in the family should have received an email all the way from the state, reminding us on what to do and deadlines for the month. This is one way for TI to help remind us on urge task due to our day to day hectic schedule. 

Worry NOT, I am not going to repeat everything from the email to bored everyone to sleep. I just wanted to hand pick what is relevant to the club & division to help keep track of what's concern us. Here goes (Obviously I am copy & pasting):

Division & Area Governor News

Club Officer Training by August 31   
Clubs whose officers regularly attend training are more successful.That's why twice-annual club officer training is one of the Distinguished Club Program goals. Please complete the first round of training by August 31, and submit reports through District Central by September 30.

Division and Area Governors Training Report Due September 30
Please submit your Division and Area Governors Training Report bySeptember 30 to meet the prerequisite for the Distinguished District Program.

Area Governors: Support Your Clubs Through Visits
Each district must establish and maintain positive, supportive relationships with their clubs. Area governors play a critical role in creating this relationship through club visits, which are required twice a year. To meet one of the qualifying requirements of the District Recognition Program, please submit an Area Governor's Club Visit Report (Item 1471) for at least 75 percent of the clubs in your area. Please begin visiting clubs, and use Serving Clubs Through Visits: A Guide for Area Governors (Item 219) to help you prepare for an effective visit.



Club News

Clubs: Show Off Your Brand
The first of six winners of the "Clubs: Show Off Your Brand!" contest will receive worldwide recognition this month! Take a photo of your club members with your newly branded Toastmasters materials and email the photo to brand@toastmasters.org by the end of August for your chance to win. For more information, please visit www.toastmasters.org/
brandshowcase.

Is Your Club Difficult to Find?
Help prospective members find your meeting by updating your club information onlineConfirm that your club's meeting location and contact information is current, and include a regularly monitored phone number and email address.

Assign Your Club Proxy 
Toastmasters clubs hold the most important voting power in the organization. In May, proxies for the Annual Business Meeting at the International Convention were emailed to all 2011-2012 club presidents and secretaries. New club officers: Please make sure your club has decided who will carry your club's vote at the meeting. District governors: Please encourage club leaders to designate their proxies.

Public Relations Training Webinar
Toastmasters International will hold a live webinar for public relations officers and vice presidents public relations on September 18, 19 and 20. The informative session will provide helpful tips on how to create and communicate the latest news about Toastmasters to your audience. More information will follow.

It's Time for the Smedley Contest
Help your clubs prepare for this year's round of the original membership-building contest named in honor of Toastmasters' founder, Ralph C. Smedley. The Smedley Award competition started August 1 and ends September 30. For more information and contest rules, visit www.toastmasters.org/
membershipcontests.

I hope everyone will be reminded again on the deadlines which concern you. Let's achieve a greater height because Together We Can Achieve Greatness. 

P/S: If you have not received any news as per above, kindly update your email with TI's system and let's us know' / area governor to forward you a copy for more details on the what's happening in TI.

By the way, the picture above is NOT me... =)

Cheers,
Shane Ho
DvPRO

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

A Fantastic Kick Off!

Hello Division K Members! How's everyone been doing for the past one month? I believed everyone is all-excited with what has installed to make our term 2012/2013 a Fantastic term!

The division has started off pretty awesome, don't you think so?

For Example(s):

1. The Division K has a whole new Blog! Facebook page and more... Twitter! It's time to be overwhelmed with Social Media! Get your members, friends, guest and start liking US! We are so loveable, aren't we? Hehe...

2. Installation of various clubs in the Division with:
  • Lahad Datu Toastmasters Club taken the lead by becoming the 1st in the division to host their Installation before the new term start on 30th June 2012 and was held at Executive Hotel, Lahad Datu, with Guest of Honor being District 87 LGET Datin Grace, DTM 
  • Sandakan Mandarin Toastmasters Club's 15th Installation held at Sabah Hotel, Sandakan with Guest of Honor being YB Mr. Au Kam Wah, Assemblyman for N. 49 Elopura 
  • Tawau Toastmasters Club's 16th Installation held at Belmont Marco Polo Hotel, Tawau with Guest of Honor being Division K Governor Shawn Narcis, ACB, ALB
  • Tawau Mandarin Toastmasters Club's 14th Installation held at Emas Hotel, Tawau with Guest of Honor being Toastmasters International President Elect Dr John Lau, DTM

3. District Officer Training... Every new term, district officers will be trained in advance before they start taking charge of their duty in full force and our Division K Governor was there too and he is already equipped with the required skill to lead the division to a whole new level. Good Luck to him and the whole Division K!

4. Facebook News on the Go...
  • New term & new club is being charted! What a Great Start for the division indeed! Toihaan Toastmasters Club (Club#: 2577298) Welcome them to the big family of Division K!
  • The new District Governor congratulated our Immediate Past Division K Governor Hanaa Wong for successful achieving the select Distinguished Division for the term 2011/2012. Well Done! 

5. Toastmasters International President Elect had made his appearance in Division K! For everyone info, Dr John Lau, DTM is the 1st Malaysian to be the International President Starting from August 2012. As mentioned earlier, he was at the Tawau Mandarin Toastmasters Club's installation. What a lucky one! 
6. The first TLI (Toastmasters Training Institute) was successfully held at Politeknik Kota Kinabalu Auditorium ULPL, Sepanggar on 29th July 2012 & it was organized by chairperson is the Area K1 Joanna Liew, ACB.

There were around 96 members coming all over Division K to make this event awesome with Training covered by Division K Governor, ACB, ALB with the topic Club Success Wisdom from Homer Simpson & LGET Datin Grace, DTM with the topic Attracting New Member - Using Word of Mouth Marketing.

Apart from that, our District Governor too, has delivered his District message to the whole Division. Right after the training was over, all the clubs leaders are break into groups during the Breakout Session. The whole session ended at around 2.00pm. 
Well! That's one whole lot of examples to start with... phew... 

There will be a SUPER Surprise coming up at the end of August 2012! Do stay tune & watch out for what we have installed for you. A song that will touch your heart & soul. I know it has touched mine. =) 

As your DvPRO for the term, I would like to thank everyone for the time and the efforts in all ways in helping us in building a whole new division social media from zero. It's because of you that it has materialize, our division is now has a social media system in place.

e.g.: Email, Blog, Facebook Page, and a Twitter account. (Click Here for info)

The team from the division is dedicated to help every club to grow as a whole and one of the steps is to get every club in the division to be exposed to the world via the World Wide Web. This is a place where we can help you to do just that. Send in all the info required to be publish, and the team from the division will do our best to get it up and published.

Let's start Growing ourselves from within and the Division will soar high for you!

Division K Public Relations Officer 2012/2013 Shane Ho, CC, ALB

p/s: Pictures courtesy from Richard Gontusan, DTM & Lee Chye Ewe, DTM