Islamabad Toastmasters Club conducted Annual Table Topics Contest this week at NICS, Lok Virsa, Islamabad. A large number of guests were invited. Senior TM Nauman Faridi was the Contest Master and he conducted the contest with the help of three judges. Eight Toastmasters participated in the contest. They were all sent to a separate waiting room and called into the hall one by one. They were all given the same topic and each speaker had to speak for minimum one minute and maximum two and a half minutes. The Table Topics Contest question was, “New Year, New Resolutions, A troubled Nation, How can you Contribute as a Toastmaster?”
All the speakers spoke and performed very well however after finalizing the judges’ points, Toastmaster Mohsin Lodhi won the first prize, Toastmaster Umaid Khalid second while Toastmaster Mian Ramzan won the third prize.
The ceremony was followed by a Pizza Party and all the members and guests enjoyed very much. When asked for their comments, all the guests shared their views and appreciated the efforts of Islamabad Toastmasters Club in providing a great learning and practicing opportunity to the people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad to improve their communication, leadership and public speaking skills
