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I believe that the Kerala Club Youth Leadership What we have learned from YLF has had a large skills during the formation of the Kerala Club’s
Forum (YLF) will help bridge the gap between the impact on our everyday lives and has helped me first-ever, Youth Leadership Forum. I used the
younger and older generations. As years pass, personally. presentational skills from the Toastmasters Youth
traditions normally followed by our elders may not The public speaking sessions helped us develop self Leadership Program to ensure that my ideas were
transcend time and age-old customs may be lost confidence and overcome the fear of speaking to heard when creating specific aspects of the forum.
for future generations. However, through the Kerala an audience. I learned how to maintain my audience’s attention
Club YLF, the youth can experience such traditions when giving a speech by using hand gestures,
by participating in various activities throughout the The impromptu speaking session helped us come movement, and viewer interaction. All in all, the
year and gain a better understanding of our Indian up with ideas on the spot and express them in a
heritage. I am excited for the Kerala Club YLF and speech. This also helped us present clear and Toastmaster Youth Leadership Program has
what the future may hold. logical thoughts for the listeners and improve our assisted me tremendously when communicating
vocabulary. with people, giving speeches, and presenting ideas.
Hand and body gestures helped us further improve
our speeches because the gestures emphasized our
points and helped the audience understand what
the speakers were talking about.
We also learned the importance of modulating
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voice, volume, and pitch in our speeches. A high Joshua Kelanthara
pitch indicates immaturity and excitability. A good
pitch would be a normal conversational pitch. Rate
also falls into this category because you shouldn’t
talk too fast or too slow but just right, and with
good quality. You should relax your throat while you
The Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program has
taught me many valuable skills. For instance, I speak because a better tone will usually follow. I
learned how to focus on someone and be a good feel these sessions really helped me.
listener. I also learned how to incorporate the
constructive criticism I receive from my peers and
improve my communication skills. I learned how to
optimize my hand gestures and voice to captivate
an audience. I also gained exposure to how governing
works by working with my friends to run the
meetings, emulating leadership and making collective Joshua Joseph
decisions. By taking part in these exercises, I feel
excited and confident that we will be moving
the Kerala Club Youth Leadership Forum (KC-YLF)
to the next stage of operation and achieve the goal
of leadership development and community
engagement. The Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program
comprises of a number of workshops that help the
youth develop skills needed to optimize communication
skills. I’ve been able to learn so much from doing
these eight, small, two-hour sessions. Whether it be
how to present myself or how to break up a speech
Ethan into multiple parts, I’ve been able to utilize these
