PR Log (Press Release) –
Oct 25, 2009 – Dr Ralph Smedly, the founder of Toastmasters International said” We learn best in moments of enjoyment”. Taking this cue, the President of Islamabad Toastmasters Club (ITC), Mohsin Lodhi took the initiative and selected Chinar Golf Club at Bhurban as a place for fun and learning for its executive officer training. The President-Mohsin Lodhi, VP Education-Nauman, Faridi, VP Membership-Asim Husain, VP Public Relations-Shahid Altaf Qureshi, Treasurer-Mian Ramzan, Sergeant at-Arms- Ehsan Abbasi and Shadow VP Membership- Bilal Javed took part in this training on 18 October 2009. Executive committee officers’ training is the part of Toastmaster International’
s training program toward education and excellence of its clubs’ executive committee members. Distinguished Toastmaster Dr. Mazhar Jamil conducted the training in a professional way helping every member realize his role and responsibilities. His friendly engaging and easy to-understand training style was “what you ought to know and how to do it?” made the trainees understand the objectives clearly. The training lasted for six hours. At the end, every participant had clear goals about their roles and a road map to achieving these goals.
The captivating panoramic beauty of the Golf course complemented by beautiful weather amid sizzling bar-b-queue and majestic steamy tea set the mood and energy of the participants to be all-time high. Nature never cheats. Ozone too, played its everlasting role to restore the oxygen level of the participants to keep them alert and diligent.
The President thanked the trainer and the trainees for taking their valuable time-out to take part in the meeting. He commented “It was a wonderful event which supercharged its participants to face the future challenges”. He hoped the time and money invested on the participants would bring positive change in their leadership and communication skills. He vowed to organize it again in December 2009.
Islamabad Toastmasters Club is the first registered club chartered by Toastmasters International. Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities, and leadership skills through local club meetings, training seminars and speech contests.
