Galfar Toastmasters Club has been awarded Toastmaster International’s first Diamond Corporate Club Award. The prestigious award introduced this year, was given in recognition of the Club’s outstanding support to Toastmasters International’s communication and leadership programs. The award was announced by Toastmasters International Director, Aletta Rochat, at the recently held District 116 Toastmasters Annual Conference (DTAC) “Virtu Vocal 2021.”
Over the past twelve years, the Galfar Toastmasters Club has won the Best Corporate Club award many times, and is considered one of the most sustainable and successful Corporate Clubs in Qatar. This new award adds one more feather in the cap of the successful Club.
Galfar Al Misnad, a leading construction company operating in Qatar for more than 25 years, instituted its own Corporate Toastmasters Club in 2009 as a management initiative to develop leadership and communication skills amongst staff members. Through this program, the company has seen a large number of employees upgrading themselves to perform better in their functional roles as good speakers and effective leaders.
“The management has provided sustained support to our Toastmasters club for more than a decade now. We have seen that the Toastmasters initiatives motivate our employees and have served as a catalyst for leadership building in the organization,” said Satish G. Pillai, Executive Director, Galfar Al Misnad.
Within three years of its existence, members of GTM started participating in Area contests, and since then, GTM has ensured its representation right up to the District level in the speech contests. Galfar Toastmasters has also contributed many dynamic leaders to the Toastmasters community in Qatar, who have served in the Area, Division and District levels.
“It is the great vision of our Executive Director, Mr. Satish G. Pillai and the senior management that has motivated Galfar employees to develop their communication and leadership skills. Through the team effort of senior members, newly joined members and the Executive Committee members, we were able to retain our position at the top. GTM strives to produce great speakers and leaders so that the individual can improve themselves as well as the company’s performance,” said Subramanya Hebbagelu, President of Galfar Toastmasters Club.
The Diamond Corporate Club Award was one of many received by Galfar Toastmasters Club and its members at the virtual conference. Other awards received by GTM are: Golden Quarter Award, Silver Membership Award, Golden Membership Award, Glittering Membership Award, Smedley Award, Talk Up Toastmasters Award, Swift Seven Award, and Pinnacle Crown Award. In addition, GTM members also received the following individual awards: CGD Special Recognition for Sponsoring 6+ members for TM Abhijith, TM Thirumurugan, TM Gopalakrishnan; Dynamic Member Award for TM Subramanya Hebbagelu, TM Gopalakrishnan, TM Mubeen, TM Masher, and TM Vaseem; Vibrant Member Award for TM Thirumurugan and TM Abhijith Shankar; Dynamic Treasure Award for TM Vaseem; and the Pathways Champion Award for TM Vishal Tanwar.
