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SriLankan Toastmasters Club wins Smedley Award

AWARD WINNER: Toastmasters International has honoured the SriLankan Airlines' Toastmasters Club with the Ralph Smedley Award Banner Ribbon for the first term of 2005.

The Smedley Award is presented to Toastmasters Clubs around the world that demonstrate dynamism in terms of membership development stemming from efforts towards growth and activities.

The SriLankan Toastmasters Club has grown steadily in stature, providing educational programmes for the airline's staff in the art of communication, and having its members participate in various national and international events.

Toastmasters, founded in 1924, is a worldwide movement that promotes communication and leadership skills to assist people from all walks of life in realizing their true potential. Toastmasters International, with headquarters in California, has more than 211,000 members in 10,500 clubs in 90 countries.

Its current International President is Dr. Dilip Abayasekara, a Sri Lankan who lives in the United States. The SriLankan Toastmasters Club, which was chartered in October 2002 and currently has 65 members throughout the airline, was awarded "Distinguished Club" status by Toastmasters International for three consecutive years for its performance and steady growth.

"Maintaining Distinguished status for three consecutive years was an excellent achievement for a club that was founded only three years ago," said Aruna Jayalath, President of the Club. "We have received excellent support from the management of SriLankan Airlines, who identified the potential for improved communication among the company's staff. We've also had a lot of assistance from members of several other Toastmasters Clubs in Sri Lanka."

Kapila Bandara, Past Presidnet of the Club who is also a Member of the Toastmasters Territorial Council, and R. Sureshkumar, Sergeant-at-Arms, were in Toronto for the Toastmasters International Convention, as part of 30 delegates from Sri Lanka.

All members of the Executive Committee of the Club, Aruna Jayalath President, Pradeep Attanayake - Immediate Past President, D.K.D.F. Ignatious - Vice President Education, Dilhan Dayaratna - Vice President Membership, Prabhath Tilakasena - Vice President PR, Nilan James - Secretary, Lt. Col. Kamal Hathamuna - Treasurer, R. Sureshkumar - Sergeant-at-Arms and Shehan Abeynaike - Joint Sergeant-at-Arms, took part in Toastmasters Club officer training programmes in Colombo together with Toastmasters and Speechcrafters of the club.

"These activities further reinforce our Club's efforts to promote greater communication through speaking and listening - skills that promote self-actualization, enhance leadership, and foster human understanding. We have nearly doubled our membership during the term.

It's now more like a neighbourhood activity where members can join in any time and develop through an encouragement-rich partnership," said Pradeep Attanayake, Immediate Past President of the Club.

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