A Night with Jasvir & John - Pukekohe

Once Kevin Warwood heard about our mission to get Jasvir to Toronto, he immediately pledged his support. He was able to organize an event at which Jasvir would be able to speak to a larger audience than normal Toastmasters meetings.

He organized an event where Jasvir and John Shackleton would be speaking. John is a top sports coach with a sports psychology background who shows international business audiences techniques to exercise the biggest muscle in the body - the brain.

The night started out with Tony Keegan giving a humorous speech to warm up the audience. He presented a very funny speech about marriage, divorce and online dating, and three of the most ludicrous situations that he found himself in. It definitely warmed up the audience, and prepared us all for a great evening of entertainment.

After Tony's speech Jasvir presented one of his speeches that he hopes to use in Toronto. This was similar to the one that he presented at Twilight Talkers, but took the recommendations and commendations from that speech into account. This gave the speech that little bit of extra zing this time around.

John Shackleton then took to the stage, and proceeded to present us with an extremely inspiring lecture. He spoke to us with great enthusiasm, and conveyed a strong message. However throughout the speech he maintained a jovial atmosphere which made it all the more interesting.

We then took a short break, after which Jasvir took to the stage again with his second speech. This was the new and improved version of Deranged Marriage, as per the first speech Jasvir had incorporated all the recommendations, which made the speech more polished.

John then came back on stage to finish his presentation, and I was inspired to go and put his teachings to practice.

Finally Jasvir came and presented his third speech. This was the same speech that he delivered at Tauranga, for those who missed it before. It was as if we were transported back to Tauranga. Jasvir entertained us with his speech "When the Chips are Down"

At the end of the meeting everyone thanked Jasvir and John for an excellent evening. Jasvir was given feedback and lots of encouragement from various guests and Toastmasters that attended the event.

All in all it was a great evening.