CC Project #8: The Fan

Competent Communication Manual
Project #8: Get Comfortable with Visual Aides
Speech Title: The Fan
Delivered at: PIPCA Riyadh Toastmasters Club
Evaluated by: ATM-G/CL Ron Jacobe

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Opening

Captures Audience Attention:

I need a volunteer, someone who knows a bit of me. TM Richard! What is do you think is my favorite hobby!

Hah! That is one of my hobbies, I agree, but not my favorite.

Body

Fellow Toastmasters, beloved guests, lady and gentlemen good evening!

Tonight, let me talk about a hobby that is closer to my heart than all the girls I met. A little disagreement in there, I could see. Hehehe...

Main Point 1: My Hobby and Me

What is my favorite hobby? I believe only few of you here knows that I love Formula 1 or simply F1, very much

Sub point 1: Acquaintance with F1

Have you heard of F1? It is a racing competition of cars that is running at 300kph or more.

I never heard of it until the year 2004 when my boss brought me to Malaysia to represent our company in the Sepang Circuit.

Clueless, I asked my boss to bring me to the docks. I want to see the cars up close and personal. And when I got there, whoa! It was a love a first sight. Not that model in the car, but these beautiful and magnificent pieces of machines. I was so bewitched, I didn’t sleep that night.

The next day, I watch the race and I was overwhelmed with sound of the machines. No wait – it was not a sound – it was a scream, a thunder coming out from the mighty engines!

And everywhere I go, I see funny faces, rabid fans in an ocean of red, yellow, blue and white.

It was a fascinating experience.

Sub point 2: Hobby of Collecting

It started there.

I begin collecting F1 items like caps, jersey, shirts, miniature F1 cars, bags, and even shoes! Only to realize later, that I was into a hobby of collecting.

Sub point 3: Hobby of Outdoor & Travel

I got hooked into the sports. Too much, that I started to follow the race as it moves to different countries. I went to Australia, Japan and China and if not of monetary consideration, I could have wind up in Europe too.

Sub point 4: Hobby of Photography

Along the way, I meet fans, beautiful people, and seen different places.

It was very exciting and how I wish my friends could share the feeling. They could not understand no matter how I explain. That is why I pick up photography because I want to capture all the beautiful things I’ve seen and then show it off to my friends.

Besides, a big camera and my matching outfit make me look good, isn’t it?

Main Point 2: What is F1

I became a fanatic of Formula 1.

And just like what true fan does, I started to understand the nitty-gritty of the game.

Sub point 1: Cars & Teams & Fans

There are 11 teams to choose from: Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedez, Red Bull, Toyota, Renault, Honda, Force India, and many more.

And the Drivers: there is Kimi of Ferrari, Lewis of McLaren, Fernando of Renault, David of Red Bull, Nico of Williams, and a lot more. All in all, there are 22 drivers – two from each team.

Which team I belong?

As you can see, it’s obvious. I cheer for the Ferrari Team.

Sub point 2: Circuit Race & Host Country

Every year – called season – there are 17 races. And these are held in different countries that were spread across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. As the F1 teams moves from one circuit to another, expect, a horde of fans that follows with them.

I have been to 5 countries, my 6^th last year in Bahrain, and I am hoping to get my 7^th in Abu Dhabi this coming November.

Conclusion

Summary or review

You could see, my fellow Toastmasters, I enjoyed my hobby very much.

Collecting F1 items, watching F1 circuit races, cheering for the Ferrari Team with my camera by my side… all of these bring great personal satisfaction.

So what is my hobby for me?

· It relieves all the tension that my work place tolls on me.

· It is my breather in the foggy atmosphere of the corporate life.

· It is my lifeline when my work asked me to sink in the bottomless pit of work priorities.

· It is sometimes my avenue to fantasize a life with celebrity complex

It brought fulfillment in me.

Call to Action / Memorable Statement

How about you my fellow Toastmasters? What do you do after work? Do you exist and live so that you can work? Or do you work so you can exist to live?

Pick up a hobby, if you don’t have one. Relax and take time to enjoy life. An old Egyptian proverb says:

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Be careful not to overdo it. Novelist Maria Edgeworth said

All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.

Back to you evening master!

CC Project #7: The World Without Men

Competent Communication Manual
Project #7: Research Your Topic
Speech Title: The World Without Men
Delivered at: PIPCA Riyadh Toastmasters Club
Evaluated by: ACB/CL Erick John Tapales

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Introduction

Let me count how many male Toastmasters in this room? One, two, three, four… ah, there are _____ people who belongs to the long line of Y genes – the genes of Adam. Now, let’s count how many are women? 

One!   Hah! That was easy. X-Genes, ladies, where are you?

Good evening fellow Toastmasters, beloved guest, ladies and gentlemen.

Body

To answer that question awhile ago, the ladies are at home.

Fellow toastmasters, if you look around, you will easily notice that men dominate all aspects of life. And it is more glaring here in Saudi Arabia, than in any part of the world. Men – we – are the masters of the world!

But have you ever ask, “What if all the men in Saudi Arabia – except one – will vanish in the face of the earth”. Intriguing, isn’t it?   Let’s rephrase it in a bigger perspective: “What if all men in the world vanished, except one – and that is you”?   What would the world look like? And will the human race survive?

Let’s take a peek, my fellow Toastmasters, let’s play what if.

The world without men!

Let start in Riyadh, whose population will drop to less than 2 million or 44% of the current total. There will be 1.3 million locals and just over half a million expatriates. These are the people who will manage the life of Riyadh.  But is it possible for them to run the city? I believe, yes they can. Statistics of Riyadh census shows that there will be an available 300 thousand well experience female expatriates and another 400 thousand locals – who may not have the work experience – but can be tapped for other purposes.  These numbers would be more than enough to fill up virtually all positions on the government, the private sector, utilities, transportation and police.  For Saudi Arabia as a whole, the population will be over 13 million. The usable workforce will be at 5.8 million; to serve either the civilian or military life. To protect the nation, they have to fill up the military ranks of roughly 124,000 to manage and operate 13,732 weapons in the Army, 185 ships & craft of the Navy, and 594 modern planes and helicopters of the Air Force.  As to how they will do it, that I leave to your imagination.  How about the rest of the world? 

I would say goodbye 6.7 billion populations. Hello: 800 million girls, 1.3 billion ladies, 700 millions women, and 400 million grandmas! That is, 3.3 billion females lording over the planet. 

In Finance, the landscape of the corporate world will change dramatically.  In the US, though they only 10 of top 500 companies with female CEOs, women directors and lieutenants are well entrenched to 86% of all corporations. UK and Canada are not far behind, but not the rest of the G8 countries. Japan – the second largest economy – will disintegrate and what remains will be 3% of all Japanese firms. The economic powerhouses will lead the world. Australia, South Africa, Spain and China will likely join the US, UK & Canada. While the rest, needless to say, will go back to the dark ages of mercantilism.

Will the human race survive!

Now, for the more exciting question: do you think the human species can thrive? That depends.

The first option is using you – as the sole Y gene – to repopulate the entire planet. Sound exciting, don’ you think? But think again.

Natural method, you can only go so far. It is slow, inefficient and “complicated”. Let me show you some figures. Here’s the rough calculation taken from a Comic Book: The Last Man from Vertigo Publications. Say you can sire 5 children a day and you work 5 times a week for the entire year. You can only produce 1300 offspring per year. In 15 years, the max that you can produce is 19,500 children. That’s not even close in repopulating Riyadh City alone.

How about cloning? Well, that would be great. Not only it is clinically safer, it is also faster and more efficient. All they need to do is as follows:

· Get one healthy DNA material

· Extract the genetic material of the sample DNA

· Transfer it to a replicating agent

· Let the replicating agent multiply

· Retrieve the replicated or “cloned” genetic material

· Insert the genetic material to a recipient cell – in this case, an embryo

· Let the embryo grow in a surrogate mother

· Do the same process to all other hundreds or thousands female… in a day!

· Problem solved! World… repopulated.

But is the technology ready? How far are we in the science of cloning?

The advent of cloning started 5000 years ago when human thought of creating duplicate copies of good crops. Then in 1952, the Pandora’s Box was opened. A tadpole was successfully cloned. And forty years later, we cloned a mammal – Dolly the Sheep. Other species were also cloned: mice, cats, cow, monkey, and horses. What remains elusive is the last remaining quest: a human clone. It is said that yes, the technology is already here. But the ethical and legal barrier confronting scientist is what keeps them from doing it.

Will the human race survive without the y-gene? I believe they can! Unusual question, isn’t it? Silly you may say, but as I have shown you… and now you know the answer! 

In parting, let me throw another question: What if all women banish in the face of the earth? Hehehehe… that’s another speech!

Back to you toastmaster of the evening