This is Harish Usgaonker from Goa. I have joined TISA in the first week ofOctober. And after that, I have taken an initiative to start an SHG here in Goa. I am 28, working as a Senior Software Engineer in NE Technologies (Goa).Stammering has always been with me everywhere… But along with that, another thing […]
TISA has initiated a Self Help Group (SHG) Process in Jaipur with help from Siddharth. Please get in touch with Siddharth ( 9950162987 , [email protected] ) if you want to join the SHG.
To use a Bollywood expression, our motto was to go out ‘there’ and bole bindas (speak out boldly)! Yes, that is what they did one after another on 22nd Nov in our SHG.. It became difficult to stop some of them!
This sunday, 22nd Nov., there was more fun because of new faces: Romi, Nishant, and of course the old timers like Garima, Pawan, Nishu, Surendra, Garima’s mother, JP and Sushil. We played some interactive games, discussed a few things about good communication etc. There were random topics and brief presentations by participants with little preparation. […]
On 22nd Nov, we had our 7th meeting of jammu SHG. Aditya didn’t come bcoz he was not well.So it was only Rajesh and me. I am in contact with 2 more pws from last 3 months and every time they promise that they will come to attend the meeting but they never show up.So […]
Dear Friends, My Name is Murali. I have stammering problem from my childhood. I don’t know how I got this problem. Now I am 29 yr old & even now I can’t speak some words properly. Recently I joined “TISA” Self Help group, in Bangalore. Mr. Karthik, is the person who introduced me to the […]
It was 22nd of November – the day scheduled for the second meeting for Goa SHG. But when the day dawned, a feeling of disappointment was beginning to lurk my mind. Till now, the meeting was not confirmed. I had received no confirmation from anybody that they are going to make it. I tried calling […]
Dear Friends, TISA Mumbai Chapter is going to conduct its next meeting on Sunday 22 Nov 2009 at 9:30a.m. Kindly find the meeting details given below,etails given below, Date:22 Nov 2009Time:9:30 a.m.Venue:III Floor,Niwara Chambers,Raghoba Shankar Road,Chendani Koliwada,Thane(W).Contact:Ajit Potdar:[email protected]
Venue: MINI CONFERENCE HALL, Y.W.C.A.INTERNATIONAL GUEST HOUSE, #1086, E.V.R.PERIYAR SALAI, (POONAMALLI HIGH ROAD),(Near Dinathamthi office) CHENNAI-600084. Time: 29.11.2009., 4-7 pmContact: V. Manimaran, Mobile: 098842 89989
Speaking a little loudly can help. If you stand away and ask the other person to speak- people tend to speak loudly and fluency is better. Similarly, when you whisper, you dont stutter. There are many such fluency enhancers. These are not “cures”; In fact there is no cure. These ideas help by convincing the […]
I have been working intensely with R for about a week now. Reverse side of the coin: I have been working intensely with myself in order to do that! Like getting up at 6.20 am with my cough and then a jog with some one half my age! Yes, this and many other challenges. Like […]
Written by Pramod V. P. Hi everbody this is Pramod a new member of SHG Bangalore. It was around 10.45 in the morning and the weather just suited for a decent walk in the cubbon gardens! The Bangalore SHG was to meet near the central library as supposed. After a little walk down the road […]
Today we went to a school for screening of young boys, looking for any child with any kind of speech impediment especially stammering..As the boys were introducing themselves, I saw a young boy struggling with his speech and when it was my & Parmanand’s turn to introduce ourselves, we bounced a bit. I could see […]
R has been here for last 4 days. We decided to review the program today- so that I (sachin) could learn what has helped him as a PWS wanting to change his communication, motivation and attitude. It was a very useful feedback session, where he took the lead and I just clarified the things. I […]
After long deliberation, we moved ahead on long pending issue of TISA registration. As per the requirement, we needed just two trustees- so Nitin and I acted as the trustee and submitted the deed for registration in the office of Sub-registrar, Vikasnagar. Of course, the babu there kept asking for seven members to be present […]
This sunday, JP was around. Romi phoned all the members in the morning as part of his “therapy”..We did a new activity: Introduce your girl friend!We all introduced our mysterious but glamorous girl friends to the group- we shared a little about our tempestuous dating history etc. as well.. Lot of fun!
On 15th Nov, we had our 6th meeting of Jammu SHG. This meeting was attended by three members which started at 11 am and went on to 1:30 pm. According to the Photograph, starting from the left, it was Rajesh ,me and Aditya. We started this meeting with a lil bit of Bouncing and Voluntary […]
TISA has been registered as a Public Charitable Trust at Vikasnagar (Dehradun) today on 13th November 2009. Nitin Tomer was here in this connection and JP took the advantage of the ocasion and interviewed him on wide ranging topics: his vision for TISA, what ails SHGs, what needs to be done, how our personal journeys […]
The meeting of the Bangalore Stammering SHG, on 08-Nov-2009, was held in Cubbon Park. In the morning, I got a call from Sharan and he wanted to know whether the session would be held and whether there was any change in the location as it was drizzling. Amith who is the coordinator of Bangalore SHG, […]