By Our Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bhubaneswar, Feb 10 :Toastmasters Community Club, Bhubaneswar (TMCC) organised its annual flagship event, \u2018SpeakFest 2025\u2019 today at Development Resource Training Center(DRTC), Bhubaneswar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event was graced byChief Guest – Smt. Jayashree Mohanty, Co-founder and President of Luminous Infoways and Guest of Honour – Shri Durga Prasad Gouda, CEO, Atal Incubation Center, Nalanda Institute of Technology Foundation along with members from Toastmasters Clubs across Odisha such as TCS and Tata Steel and community members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dignitaries highlighted 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This edition of SpeakFestwitnessed 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The audience experienced educational sessions by professional speakers ontopics like acing impromptu speeches, walking the leadership journey, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The audience was also invited to contest in a friendly table topic competition and participated in leadership activitieswhere speakerscould overcome their stage fear and win attractive awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the occasion, Harshita Shah, President, Toastmasters Community Club, Bhubaneswar said, \u201cAs Toastmasters, we believe leaders are not born but made and every leader must have excellent communication skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.SpeakFest is our humble attempt to spread awareness about this unique platform of Toastmasters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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