Is it okay to take calculative risks?
This year's International Speech Contest (ISC) was filled with excitements, learnings and several GB(goose bumps) moments, starting from the club to the Division level as a contestant.
During all these years I had always started my speech with a song. This time I wanted to break the routine. I wanted to bring it up during the climax of my speech. Instead of a song, I wanted to hum a famous BGM (kathi theme music) along with a few carnatic notes there. When I wrote this in my script, I knew that this move, was either going to be a big hit or a big flop in my speech. But still, I was tempted to take that risk.
After I completed my club contest speech, one of the young and energetic Toastmasters, walked up to me and said with emotions running high, "I felt goose bumps, when you were humming the BGM during the climax!"
I learnt two things here:- 1. The biggest privilege of a speaker is that, you have the key to control the emotions of the audience. 2. It is okay to take risks and explore new arenas, than stick to our comfortable routines.
These were the pics taken during the ISC Division H 2023 at Kamaraj Engineering College, Virudhunagar.
In action, on stage with a sword ;)
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