The Inauguration Speech of Mine at The Catalyst

Assalamualaikum
It is the catalyst toastmaster club, an English-speaking club, giving me more chances to boost my confidence in public speaking and leadership skill. I joined that club on june 2007, when I was already almost 1,5 years in my work, I knew about it by reading a brochure stickered in the wall-info of my office. Knowing about the schedule and spot, I dared my self to come and saw what toastmaster was. Then I found it interesting and helpful, really.

As the time passed by, now I have already completed several projects demanded in toastmaster, ten speeches for basic manual book and 5 speeches for two different advance manual books, for the advance, I take public speaking and occasional speech. Still, by playing roles in every single meeting conducted, I unconsciously finished my leadership manual book, for all those activities, I deserve for ACB CL (Advance Communicator Bronze Competent Leadership), a title in toastmaster educational and leadership program. Erikson Wijaya, ACB CL, I will be, one step more a head.

On the way that I enjoyed in toastmaster, I have been two times in a contest, the first one was Evaluation speech contest, I joined it on November 2008 and international speech contest that I joined on March 2009. It is the bravery to come forward and gaining more horizons being my concerns for joining a contest, it doesn’t matter whether it will end in a victory or in a lost.
Sometimes I keep asking my self, where the years had gone. I am sure it was just yesterday I was appointed as your vice president of membership, and now you give me a trusteeship to be your club president. Look back on one of the most challenging, rewarding and quickest years of my life, I can honestly say.. it’s been quite a ride!!! :D. well, it is Barrack Hussein Obama being the 44th American president, while doing so, he is creating his own history by presenting himself as the first afro-american president, and it is me standing here before you all as the president of catalyst toastmaster club and while doing this, I am creating my history by being the first guy president in this club J.

I will try my best to run my responsibility as president in this club, but it is not only me who is totally responsible for doing so, but it is all about us, the executive committees and the beloved members, by running this club together we can indeed achieve more benefit than expected. The benefit itself Is not about money and property but it is about our own self-development in leadership and communication skill. And much more than that, it is important to show it to our environment that we really have got something useful in our life after joining this club, these things will make others feel encouraged and grow their willingness to come and see what toastmaster is. Let them feel the benefit we ever got by themselves, and make them sure that we and they all have same opportunity to be good at communication and leadership, just invite them, those who live closely in our environment, but don’t force them, let them come by bringing also their curiosity and willingness, not with a coercion. Because there is no coercion in joining toastmaster and toastmaster is not a commercial club :D.

Giving support among members is an essential thing in toastmaster, never be hesitant to offer some feedbacks to us as fellow members, and I am sure that everybody here has their own time where they feel in down and missing encouragement to come and deliver speech, in this condition, we all here have a lofty duty to offer she/he an aid and inspire her/him to get a new idea to deliver a speech, because it is not good for us to leave our members friends behind too far while we keep creating our own advancement. The catalyst toastmaster club is very lucky club, we may never realize that, because we have our legendary toastmasters such as: Ibu Rosite Taufieq, Ibu Mien Soenari, Ibu Elly Juniarti, and many others who are so good at communication that we learn from them, also we have Muhammad Faizal Ahda who are very good at English grammar. We will really miss great opportunity if we don’t take our time to learn from them, they are our friend, they are here to share their skill, right? Even what I have in mind in my this presidency is I will make two regular-special sessions that I would like to call them as Speech Clinic and English Grammar Review so that those persons I mentioned above would have their time to assist us about the things that they good at.

Ok, friends.. it is our time to run this club with more optimism and beliefs that we can gain more benefit for ourselves and do not forget to share it with others outside there by showing how those skill are really helpful for our life.. Thank You :)
Wassalamualaikum