Today I spent my Sunday at Santosh’s house with his family. It was a memorable experience for me. With the warm welcome and loving hospitality I was beginning to feel comfortable and at home right from the time I stepped into the house. In no time, Santosh’s kids, (4 year old daughter Swara and 1 […]
its been i don’t know how many days i could not meet you all wonderful guys! You all are my motivation,inspiration always there with me trough my painfull days.but i was not here due to some reason. Today and yesterday harish had called me twice but alas i could not received it. Sorry harish,u know […]
We met here today again in Nehru Park. Rahul and I were accompanied by a new member today… His name will not be published on his request. We had a good 2 hour discussion about each other’s experiences and fears. Rahul and I briefed him about the Goa Workshop (for which he had registered, but […]
Four of us- Rahul, Yatin, Babaji and I (Harish) met today looking forward to a fun-filled SHG meeting. A friend was kind enough to lend us his office premises to conduct our meet. We started with 5 minuites of meditation, to relax our minds and get refreshed for the meeting ahead. Getting started, we then […]
Here are a few videos of the Goa Workshop – Santosh and Rajan sharing their experiences with voluntary stuttering… And finally, Group Drama by both groups… Don’t miss Vivek and Anil playing the cheer girls 😉 Group 1: Group 2: For photographs, click here
Another news item covering the TISA communication workshop in Goa appeared on a local daily – “The Navhind Times”, dated Friday 6, 2011. Here’s the snapshot –
Harish, Rahul and I met at Nehru Park in Margao for the weekly SHG meet which was my first. It was a pleasant evening and sitting under the tree really refreshed us. Harish had prepared an agenda for the meet which included introduction and speaking rounds with bouncing, giving testimony of the Goa workshop by […]
The 3-day Communication workshop conducted by JP, was covered by a local daily – “Herald”. Click on the picture above to see the snap-shot of the newspaper cutting which shows the column mentioned. JP – You indeed look great there !
As Goa celebrated Easter, we started the Day 3 of the workshop with a communication game. We had to complete sentences by using the techniques like bouncing and pausing. We had several rounds, and some of the sentences which were given were – “If I was a cartoon character, I would have been ….”, “If […]
Day 2 of the workshop, started with an activity where we stood in a circle, and threw the pen to any participant. The participant to catch the pen would share any activity / session he liked most about day 1. Many of us talked about the puppet show, few talked about the acceptance videos and […]
Here is the agenda for goa workshop – http://www.scribd.com/doc/52736008/Goa-Workshop-Agenda . Please contact Harish – 9823211467. (silentscream.21@gmail.com) in case you want to come. The workshop does not promise cure but the workshop certainly will give some good ideas to work on your communication and a chance to put these ideas into practice! Here are a few […]
The next 3-day TISA Communication Workshop in Goa is confirmed on 22nd to 24th April, 2011. This will be organized with the help of Goa YMCA Toastmasters’ Club. The venue of the workshop will be the YMCA Hall, Campal – Panaji Goa. total of 11 participants have confirmed. I request the participants to please pay […]
Three of us met today at our usual meeting point – Nehru Park, Margao (Goa)- Harish (Myself), Rahul and Santosh. Even though it was more than 1 year since Goa SHG was started, this was the first time Rahul and Santosh were meeting in an SHG! I had come prepared with a planned agenda this […]
Hi all, TISA is planning to conduct its next 3 day communication workshop in Goa. Tentative dates are 22nd April to 24th April 2011. Interested people may contact Mr Harish Usgaonker 9823211467. (silentscream.21@gmail.com). We have only 20 seats!! So hurry up!!!
Pic: Left to Right- Harish, Prakash and Rahul. Video 1: Prakash giving an introduction about himself on camera. Video 2: Harish telling the story of Guzaarish on camera.Today was 19th December – The Goa Liberation Day! The day on which Goa got independence from the Portuguese rule. With freedom in the air, we also decided […]
For a long time now, Goa SHG meeting has been a 2-people affair. This Sunday as well, we both met, with our first Toastmaster’s meeting as members, at the back of our minds. Highly inspired by it, we decided to base our agenda on the lines of Toastmasters. We started with the impromptu speeches. We […]
I had told Harish in our SHG meet that I would like to accompany him to the toastmaster’s meeting. I wanted to learn about public speaking and I had learned from TISA blog that toastmaster’s is a club which aims at excelling in public speaking skills. Here begins the story of my commitments. Commitments, which […]
Keith Boss introduced us all to the Toastmaster’s Club. He vehemently talked about it in his posts and during his visit down here. Manohar of Pune then put in some more light on the Toastmasters by joining it, and uploading some of his videos. All this added to the curiosity, and with the help of […]
This time we had a pre-decided agenda in mind. Initially it was decided that the SHG meeting would be held in Vasco, where Prakash stays, so that even he can make it for the meeting. But it didn’t work out today. So, it was I and Rahul again. We both settled on the sitting arrangement […]
After two weeks of postponement, finally I and Harish decided to meet.As the monsoon has begun in Goa we had to change our venue from the outdoors of Nehru Park to the shelter of swimming pool complex in Fatorda. We both reached at 5:00pm and started the meeting with quick exchange of ‘hellos’. I began […]