Manoj Vasudevan enthralls the crowd in Abu Dhabi

Zenifer Khaleel
September 27, 2017

Abu Dhabi, Sept 27: Manoj Vasudevan, the World Champion of Public Speaking presented a two hour interactive session at the India Social Center, Abu Dhabi from 7 to 9pm on Friday 22nd September, 2017. Hosted by the Toastmaster Division H and India Social Centre, the session opened to a packed audience who were glued to their seats till the end. The crowd comprised of Toastmasters from various chapters and selected invitees. There were also attendees from the Bureimi Club which belongs to the neighbouring state of Oman.

The session commenced with the screening of Vasudevan’s winning seven minute speech at Vancouver this August, titled ‘Pull Less, Bend More. He used the analogy of a cupid’s arrow to tell people that maintaining relationships were more important than holding on to egos.

This was followed by a very comprehensive interview conducted by Toastmaster Loyola Pinto where Vasudevan explained his journey from an introverted ‘techie’ to an enigmatic orator, just by the power of perseverance and dedication. He stated that he attributed his success to constant improvisation and self-introspection.

“There is always something left to learn even if you are the World Champion,” he said “It is the little things that make the difference between ordinary and extraordinary.”

Toastmaster Sunil Kottarathil, District 105 Director of Toastmasters, said that Vasudevan managed to boost the confidence of upcoming orators and speakers in the audience by his friendly demeanor and integrity in his interactions.

Rajeevan Maroli who welcomed the gathering said that ISC is honored to host the World Champion of Public Speaking.

“We were privileged to meet, greet and interact with ManojVasudevan, that too within one month of being crowned as a Champion. The interaction was very engaging and inspired each and every one of the 250 plus audience. It gave us hope that we too can reach our pinnacle if we dream big and strive to realize those dreams,” said Toastmaster Althaf M.S, Director of the Division H Toastmasters.

The session concluded with felicitations for Vasudevan by Patron of Toastmasters Dr. Sultan Al Haji, Mrs Seema Shetty, ISC Acting President Mr. Jayachandran Nair, General Secretary Mr. M.A. Salam, Literary Secretary Mr. RajeevanMaroli, District 105 Director TM Sunil Kottarathil, Division H Director TM Althaf M.S.The Programme was anchored by Past Division Governor TM Loyola Pintoand Club Growth Director of Divison H TM Ceanlia gave the vote of thanks.

About Vasudevan

Manoj Vasudevan is a leadership coach and management consultant with more than two decades of experience with major multinational companies in Asia, Australia, North America and Europe. As a renowned transformational coach he has clientele from 27 nationalities.

He is currently the CEO of Thought Expressions and has spoken in 14 cities across the world.  He is also the author of the Amazon bestseller “Mastering leadership the Mousetrap way.” He won the World Championship title after a six-month-long competition with more than 30,000 competitors.

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Mohammed T.A.
 - 
Saturday, 30 Sep 2017

A motivating, enlightening & Inspiring event. Thanks to our Division H Director for arranging such a fantastic event. Looking forward to more such event.

Umakanth, Pres…
 - 
Thursday, 28 Sep 2017

Many many thanks to Div H and ISC AD in organizing the memorable event. TM Loyola did great job. Lot of take away message from Champion Manoj Vasudevan interview. Overall very informative and very interesting evening.

NT
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Thursday, 28 Sep 2017

They give the ability speak on a variety of subjects, and to be confident when speaking to large groups.It is a great organization and I highly recommend it to all men and women.

Sara
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Thursday, 28 Sep 2017

A Memorable night with the Champion of Public Speaking. Truly appreciate the efforts of the Division H team who ensured that the event was successful

Abdulla Madumoole
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Wednesday, 27 Sep 2017

A small gathering but a great event. World Champion of public speaking was right in front of us interacting with audience and explaining his steps towards success. I was in two minds initially whether to attend or not, due to wife's insistence, decided to accompany her but had I missed, it would have been a great loss for me. Attending a Toastmasters' program is always educative and inspirational but this program was something more. The 7 minutes Championship speech of Manoj, which they reproduced, was not only an excellent delivery of speech but also it was a class on “art of co-living” for all the married people. “Pull Less, Bend More” can be an university subject, such a deep and thought provoking subject. Thank you Abu Dhabi Toastmasters and all its office bearers, especially Division H Director Mr. Althaf M.S, for this rare occasion.

Mohammed
 - 
Wednesday, 27 Sep 2017

It sure was a proud moment for Abu Dhabi to personally meet and be motivated by the World Champion of Public Speaking. Manoj Vasudevan. The event sure seems to have been interesting and much awaited going by the the Jam packed hall.

Ceanlia
 - 
Wednesday, 27 Sep 2017

What an honour to have met the "World Champion of Public Speaking Manoj Vasudevan".

 

I was privileged to get a photo taken with him and to do the Thanks to the Champ and all the amazing people attending this exciting event.

I'm a proud Toastmaster and meeting Manoj in the flesh was an amazing experience.

 

 

Public speaking can be daunting for some. But like any skill, it can be perfected with time.

Vasudevan says that as a messenger, you are performing a service for your audience rather than speaking for your own validation. When you have a presentation to give, don't rush to craft it instead first, figure out the fundamentals of the presentation and your goal. Vasudevan says you must "emotionally connect with your listeners and present information in a way that resonates with their needs, goals and agendas."

This was a night to remember.

 

 

Do you want to become a confident public speaker and strong leader?  If so, Toastmasters is the place for you. You’ll find a supportive learn-by-doing environment that allows you to achieve your goals at your own pace.

For more information, you’re welcomed to contact me at [email protected]

 

Loyola Pinto
 - 
Wednesday, 27 Sep 2017

Hats off to our dynamic Div H Director Althaf Ahmed, for bringing Manoj Vasudevan to Abu Dhabi. It was a memorable event.

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Media Release
July 6,2020

The Chairman of Intellectual Council Jeddah, Syed Nasir Khurshid, called for a Zoom meeting on 2nd July, 2020 to celebrate the oath taking ceremony of the D K Shiva Kumar who took over as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Mr Khurshid opened the meeting with a very enthusiastic and sincere note of congratulations to newly appointed president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, Mr. D.K.Shivakumar.

The chief speaker for the evening was Saleem Khaleefa, vice Chairman of the Council, he said, for more than 4 decades, he is monitoring the politics of the Karnataka state very closely and also monitoring the role of crises management DK Shiva Kumar in the last 2 years, whether it is Rajya Sabha election of Mr. Ahmed Patel or managing the MLAs of Madhya Pradesh. He said, he is one of the best leaders of the party and the best leaders use “their brain, their heart, their soul and their guts.” And his leadership is fit in the size of all these characters. Growth is a very powerful word and fundamentally, party growth is the responsibility of the President and he can take a holistic approach to close the gap between and among the party cadres. 

Every effort is to be made to preserve the sense of unity within the party. We need to unite party base while appealing to voters. He should identify on ground challenges and find the mechanism to address them. He further pointed out that a President’s chief responsibility is to bring all the party leaders and office bearers on the same page with a Mission to bring back the congress party into power in the next assembly election. His smart strategies, road map, mechanism, booth management, better connected with the party workers, taking everyone along with him, will be a direction for the presidents of the party in other states to take party into power.

He pronounced his leadership is totally remarkable and has a track record of his very sensible leadership and he also known for his collaborative and crises management leadership style. Engr. Nasir suggested that his first task is to address the formidable challenges faced by the party and bring the Congress members together, on a very single aspect how to win the election. The party backbone and strength is gross-root workers who can play a significant role to take the party in a very strong and popular position in public. He emphasized that unity is the main strategy and ingredient to win the election, because a party divided will hurt, cannot win the election. Planning is everything and a good planning goes a long way, helping to win the election.  

All the members of the Council expressed their views and everyone is very much hopeful that he is the right person to lead the party from top.He has commanded immense respect from party workers, office bearers, all communities, groups, including opposition parties. He is a very experienced, have immense experience and hard-work leader and he is a strategist and knows the art how to motivate the party workers and unite all in a single rope.

Engr. Amjad Ali said, we are very much confident that he will re-structure from bottom to top, panchyat, taluka and district committees will be re-structured and will induct caliber and talented leaders who can understand and realize their responsibilities and accountability as head of the party at their levels with only one point how to win the coming election with thumping majority.

One of key members of the Council, Sajid Shaikh expressed joyfully that every single member of the party have confidence on the leadership of Mr. D.K Shiva Kumar and his appointment to the top position says a lot of nice things about him.  He has shown his great leadership and expert in crises management on many occasion.  The party in Karnataka is in good hands and I am sure he will sort-out all the difference between and among the party leaders and cadres, which has hurt the party in the last election and will bring all on the same page. Congress party and its workers are lucky to have such a passionate and hardworking president who is ready to work day in and day out to bring party in power in 2023 assembly election.

Prominent members of the Council, Engr. Azher Parvaiz, Engr. Abdul Wahid, Hazrat Qadri, Engr. Abdul Ameed, Saleem Khan, and Rafiuddin Kharadi commented, we looking forward his dynamic and result oriented leadership in organizing and re-shaping the party in the state, he will hold all congressmen together with a noble purpose, motivate every party worker to work with dedication so that congress can come back to power with absolute majority and he can count on our absolute support in booth management as well  suggest a few points to be included in the manifestos, running a high  successful voltage campaign highlighting the failure of the BJP government at the Center and at the state, between and among in the NRIs community across the Gulf Countries, including Europe and America. Council will do the value-based politics and will present the image of the Congress party, as the rational political party, with secular and inclusive, where people of all religions, caste, race and gender, feel wanted in the party, as its main ideology.

Syed Nasir Khurshid thanked entire team for attending the meeting he expressed his gratitude towards Vice Chairman of the council Saleem Khaleefa for speaking as chief speaker and giving updates, he said, team members are excited to meet in person with Mr. D.K. Shiva Kumar, when members visit India during their vacation.

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April 7,2020

Dammam: Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka chapter distributed Food Kits for Indian expatriates labors who were in trouble due to Corona lockdown on April 6, 2020 at a labor camp here in Al Khobar.

The labors, most of them are from the staes of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh And Uttar Pradesh, were in trouble without food.

 Recieving the information leaders of Indian Social Forum immediately visited the camp to take survey.

Indian Social Forum with the help of donors distributed food kits. Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka Chapter president Mr.Mohammed Shareef Jokatte expressed gratitude for donors for their contribution.

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Muhammed Irshad
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Wednesday, 8 Apr 2020

 

Really appreciated. Working for this cause during this critical situation is really great job.

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Media Release
February 4,2020

On the occasion of 71st Republic Day of India, Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF), Karnataka State organized a blood donation camp in Doha Qatar, in association with Hamad Medical Corporation on 31st January 2020, Friday.

At first, QISF Karnataka State Vice President, Ziaul Huq welcomed the guests, dignitaries and blood donors.

The Blood Donation Camp was inaugurated by ICC President Mr. Manikantan A P who was the Chief guest. In his inaugural speech, he emphasized that, Service to humanity is service to God. By donating the blood, not only we save the lives, but we get blessings also. He also said that punctuality is the key factor in these type of events and should be incorporated by all of us.

QISF Central Committee President, Sayeed Komachi highlighted the necessity and importance of donating the blood and assured QISF a socio cultural organization will always be ready for this noble cause.

Dr. Vishwantha Kini, a well known Radiologist in HMC motivated the donors.

The camp was started at    7.00 A M and ended at 5.30 PM in which 146 people donated the blood out of 185 people registered.

SKMWA President Abdul Majeed and Dr. Haroon from Asian Medical Centre, who were also the Guests in the programme praised the initiative and efforts of QISF. 

QISF Central Committee Vice President Salam Kunnamal, General Secretary Basheer Ahmed, Northern States President Fasiuddin, QISF State and Branch Committee members Lathif Madikeri, Zakariya Pandeshwar, Saleem Bangadi, Mujeebulla Khan, Nayeem Belapu, Ibrahim UB, Toufeeq, Anwar Angargundy, Rizwan Kalladka, Asif Bannur, Imtiyaz Karnad, Jaleel Kalladka, Haneef Montepadav, Rafiq Uppinangady and other members were present during the programme.

The program was presided and concluded by QISF Karnataka State President Nazeer Pasha.

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Fasi
 - 
Thursday, 6 Feb 2020

Great job, this will save many lives. Hats off to QISF for this wonderful event on the occasion of Rebulic Day celebration. 

Zameer
 - 
Wednesday, 5 Feb 2020

Well done qisf...again u did a great work by collecting blood to serve humanity...qosf is a second word for humanity!!

Hassan
 - 
Wednesday, 5 Feb 2020

 

Masha Allah. Good Job done by QISF

 

 

 

 

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