16 years ago on 12th June 2003, three revolutionaries sat in a room. It all took birth in that room in Rotary Club, Malleswaram, where Mr. Madan, Dr Ashok Nayak, Usha Iyengar started this revolutionary movement, Daffodils. Daffodils aimed towards changing the perception of public speaking and leadership. It was called so because it perpetuates freshness and newness. 16 years later, on the 8th of June 2019, at Lalit Ashok, Bangalore – we had a team of seven who pulled an event for the very 16 years of legacy together!
TM Pranab Singh and TM Madhusudhan as event chair and co – chair, brought about the feeling, the enthusiasm of sixteen! Fifteen was the turning point, but becoming sixteen was a realization of the long lived legacy.
Fifteen years of greatness was now handed over to being sixteen and unstoppable.This entire event of the 16th anniversary, had a lot of dignitaries from District 92 with us. With their presence they made this event a bigger success and memorable.
The highlight of the anniversary was not just the dance or the goodies and personalized gifts everyone received, but the panel discussion with such eminent and established speakers and entrepreneurs. The discussion on Speak your way to the Top or Lead your way to the top had the audience’s attention all fixed towards the panel. There were questions raised from the audience, there were counter team questions, but the answers and learning will help us all in leading and speaking our way to the top…This glorious sixteenth anniversary ended with smiles, goodies, pictures, lots of food and sparkling water but most of all with a lot of love and happiness. To top it all off, there was a deffer-ed live coverage that was created and curated for the Daffodilians. There were Daffodilians from 16 years at the event, there were newly joined Daffodilians at the event, but thought the Daffodilian spirit was held high up in the air.
Contributor:
Deepali Dwarakanath
VP Public Relations
Daffodils Toastmasters Club #1766
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