Indus Valley Times

 By Our Correspondence

Bhubaneswar, Feb 19:Toastmasters Community Club, Bhubaneswar (TMCC) organised its annual fest, ‘TMCC Carnival’ today at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) University. Focused on spreading awareness on public speaking, the event was a convergence of learning and networkingalong with engaging and interactive activities for the community of Odisha.

This edition of TMCC Carnival witnessed more than 200 participants ranging from students to corporate employees to entrepreneurs with a sharedneed to understand the nuances of public speaking and advance their communication and leadership skills in an empowering environment. The audience experienced educational sessions by professional speakers ontopics like acing impromptu speeches, walking the leadership journey, the power of Toastmasters, etc. The audience was also invited to contest in a friendly table topic competition where speakerscould get rid of their stage fear and win attractive awards.

The event was graced by Dr. Pranay Swain, Associate Prof. & Dean, NISER, Bhubaneswar, Mrs. Jyoti Patnaik, Division Director, District 126, Toastmasters International along with members from Toastmasters Clubs like TCS, Infosys, Tata Steel, My Entrepreneurs Odisha. As the Keynote Speaker, Dr. Swain reinforced the importance of communication skills and applauded the model of Toastmasters as a friendly, economic, and effective platform that can create proficient speakers and leaders.

On the occasion, Mrs. Jyoti Patnaik, Division Director, Division I, District 126, Toastmasters International said, “As Toastmasters, we believe leaders are not born but made and every leader must have excellent communication skills. Be it in workplace or in personal life, communication plays a substantial role and at our weekly sessions, we try to hone this skill regularly.TMCC Carnival is our humble attempt to spread awareness about this unique platform of Toastmasters.”