Doha: Galfar Toastmasters Club (GTM), has conducted its 11th Annual Speech Contest at the Oryx Rotana Hotel recently.
The enthusiastic members of the Corporate Club, comprised entirely of Galfar Al Misnad staff, vied for the championships in four different categories: international speech, table topics, evaluation speech, and humorous speech. It was attended by about 40 members and guests.
Kingsley Okoro took home the first prizes in both the International Speech and Table Topics categories. While Rajeshwar Rao topped the Evaluation Speech category, and Shashi Prakash Singh aced the Humorous Speech category. The first and second place winners of each category went on to represent GTM at the Area Speech Contest on Friday, where Kingsley Okoro topped the International Speech and Table Topics categories. He will now represent Area 03 at the upcoming Division A Contest.
Galfar Al Misnad, a leading construction company which has been operating in Qatar for nearly 25 years, instituted its own Corporate Toastmasters Club in 2009 as a management initiative to develop Leadership and Communication Skills amongst staff members. Through this program, the company has seen a large number of employees upgrading themselves to perform better in their functional roles as good speakers and effective leaders.
Within three years of its existence, members of GTM started participating in area contests, and by 2016, they were participating in division level contests. GTM has ensured its representation right up to the District level in the speech contests. Over the past decade, the club has won the best Corporate Club award a numerous times, and is considered one of the most sustainable and successful Corporate Clubs in Toastmasters.
GTM was also designated as a “President’s Distinguished Club” in the 2018-19 term.
This is the highest recognition possible for any Toastmasters’ Club, and makes it the first club in Area 03 of District 116 to achieve this feat, and the second club in Division A.
GTM conducts its regular meeting every first and third Saturday of the month at the Toastmasters Hall, a place exclusively provided by the company as their meeting and activity venue.