Bangalore SHG Dec 09, 2012 report

This meeting(from 10:30-1:30pm) saw
13 people attend, including two newbies Anilesh and Anshuman. Other
regulars were Anandh, Dinesh, Kartik, Abhinav, Jitu, Sairam,
Chandrashekhar, Pravin, Hema, Kiran and Kishan. The key highlights
were

Structure laid out at 10:30
itself to start off with reading practice for 1hr, so that
those who come early do not waste time waiting for the rest. This
involved reading aloud in front of the group, passages from the TISA
booklet(http://stammer.in/publications/NewSHManual.pdf).
This achieved dual purpose of understanding TISA content, and
reading practice
Next 1hr(11:30-12:30) went in
introductions, where we learnt interesting things. Kartik shared the
experience of a PWS from Delhi who got a bank job(involving
client interaction) after attending Skype calls, and also cited the
example of a 70yr old Czech who attends these calls and
shares experiences. We learnt from a PWS who manages a team of
10-15ppl(involving daily meetings) and is active in his housing
society affairs, both of which involving extensive communication. He
was very fluent(except sometimes in his name!) which shows that
necessity is the mother of invention, and that practice makes a
person perfect. There was an example
Next 40min went in a discussion
on ‘how to build confidence’ where the group discussed factors
that increase and reduce confidence. The consensus that emerged was
that very few factors relate directly to fluency/speech
itself, so blaming our lack of self confidence on stammering is
not right, instead we should focus on things(like expert power,
goals, self affirmation, healthy relationships etc) that make us
confident.
Last 20mins went in a group
discussion on the topic ‘Do movies have negative effect on youth’.
People were divided into groups with each person given 1min to
speak, and then after everyone had spoken atleast once, floor was
thrown open to rebuttal. Passions flew high, and it was noticed that
in the excitement to speak, some people become less fluent. Hence,
the importance of remaining calm and collected was apparent.

The meeting concluded, with Dinesh
requesting everyone to get their copies of TISA SHG manual to the
future meetings

Written by-Anandh

2 thoughts on “Bangalore SHG Dec 09, 2012 report”

Sachin

(December 11, 2012 - 1:18 pm)

Thank you Anandh, Abhinav and Dinesh and all the participants..
Have you thought of making a small video of your SHG session and put it up on the Youtube- since many people genuinely wonder about what can a group of pws do sunday after sunday?!!
Be creative! and challenge yourself!