Jun 8, 2018 UPS Club Mentorship Meeting - 5th

The rainy season has started and it was a wet trip going to the meeting. I didn't expect though the heavy traffic to be all the way there at the venue in UPS.

I'm guessing the opening of classes had something to do with it. I did factor in the music festival at Filinvest, but still, yeah, I was late for 20 minutes. The meeting's theme was "Happy Independence Day".

Attending the meeting were: (L-R) Romer, Raul, Reya, Philip, Owen, Precious, Ron, Mhelody, Jessa, Hella, me, Anne, Leah and Arnold.

(photo credits: UPS GBS Alabang)

Problem with Pathways Certificate of Completion

Earlier I mentioned my Innovative Planning Level 3 Award certificate that had a missing Level 3 icon. I did report this to Education Awards over at Toastmasters International but I have yet to receive a reply - not even an acknowledgement.

Instead, after 3 days, I received a survey questionnaire asking how my question was handled by TI staff! Of course, I rated them poorly as I received no reply at all.

No amount of re-"viewing" the certificate at different times made it appear correct. So yeah, the glitch is still there. Fortunately, I was able to verify through the Educational Achievements (recent) report that, indeed, I was awarded the Innovative Planning Level 3 (IP3) award. The report Educational Achievements below from TI shows just that.

Official in TI Website as UPS Club Mentor

Imagine my delight when finally, my name was reflected as a Club Mentor for the UPS Alabang Toastmasters Club. It hasn't been easy though and it was quite a long wait.

It was announced to the club by one of the original mentors, Anne, that I was officially the new mentor last May 4, 2018. I was to replace an original mentor, Marites. Although my assignment has been relayed to Toastmasters International even before that date, the TI website was still incorrect, reflecting the following:

Awarding of Innovative Planning Level 3 Certificate

Thanks to VPEd Krissy, my Level 3 status has now changed from "Pending Completion Approval" to "Completed". And with the application of the award to Club Central, I'm now able to view the certificate.

The only problem is that there seems to be a bug in the generation of the certificate. The familiar Level 3 circular icon does not appear in the certificate. It's supposed to be displayed at the lower left. What appears is simply an empty box as seen below.

Jun 2, 2018 Toastmasters Meeting - Present a Proposal

Just before the club meeting today was the Officers' meeting. But since Renzo and I were a bit early, we talked about my style of delivering speeches over lunch. My sharing focused on how a prepared speaker may correctly time his speech by using the text of the script as his guide.

For today's meeting, those who attended were: (L-R front) Hans, Loise, Leah, Duchess, Ching, Nath, Dolly, Abby, Krissy, and Russell, (L-R back) Raul, Jeffrey, Ed, me, Mark, Lawrence, Neulfred (guest) and Renzo.

(photo credits: Dolly's Photographer)

Present a Proposal-Sample Speech IP3, "Keep It Short, Sweetheart!"

This is my 10th speech under Pathways. The speech was delivered at the BF Community Toastmasters Club (BFComm) in the Jun 2, 2018 Toastmasters Meeting at Gather Workspace.

Keep It Short, Sweetheart!
(Present a Proposal, Level 3-Innovative Planning, Jun 2, 2018, BFComm TMC, Gather Workspace, Las Piñas City. Evaluated by Ed Ramirez, ACG CL PM1)

May 28, 2018 UPS Club Mentorship Meeting - 4th

"Back to School" is tonight's theme at UPS. This is the third time I'm visiting UPS Alabang, and my second time as a Club Mentor. At the first time, I was invited as a General Evaluator.

We forgot all about the usual group pictorial at the meeting's end. So we had a photo instead at the reception desk/ lobby/ waiting area of the office at the 20th floor of Tower 2 of Insular Life Corporate Center building. Shown below (L-R) are: VPM Jason Confesor, Pres. Ron Aguila, Sec. Myzza Abuel, me, Anne and Leah.

(photo credits: Anne Macalintal)