WonderLife 1.0, July 2018, Issue 1 | Page 38

Tr. Darshan Kabra, Area 15 Chairman (Elect) AREA 15 TEXT The TExT of Area 15 was organised on 16 th & 17 th of June at Velevet County Resort, Khandala, in the amidst of beautiful weather, rains and surrounded by lush greenery. The climate and the venue was a perfect choice for any training program and especially the TExT. experience from professional of personal life. All the members had to share their experiences in the limited time given and also the group shall find a solution on the bad problems of the group members. The group was shuffled and made to discuss the same issue with the new group to see if any new ideas arose with the new group members. The group was reshuffled now again with the new faces, this time with a new idea. A few participants and some headboard members arrived the earlier day to see the arrangements including the TExT Convener Tr. Anuj Bedi. The trainers also arrived a day early before the day of the TExT and made sure the arrangements were in place as they needed. Rest all the participants arrived on the day of the TExT. It was a full quorum. The presence of complete Area board and headboard and 11 tables out of 13 tables was a great indeed. This reflected the eagerness of the Tablers to become leaders of the future. Post lunch the facilitators took some interesting training lessons and also shared and taught some leadership lessons for the leaders for the coming years. They also shared their experiences which they have been through in their leadership positions during their tenure. Later Yogesh Agarwal conducted the secretary’s module for the secretaries, and the Tr. Avinash Agarwal conducted the Chairman’s module for the chairmans. Before the modules were conducted, A short ‘year planning of table’ session was carried out by the facilitators. The choice of Facilitators was a superb choice. Tr. Pashu Chellur, Tr. Abhishek Agarwal and Tr. Prakash Anandani facilitated the program. And they were properly supported by Sq.Leg Karan Gehani and Tr. Abhishek More, AVC Darshan Kabra & AC Avinash Agarwal. Late evening, post the Chairman & Secretary modules were over, the Hot seat was conducted by Sq. Leg Karan Gehani, with several new Tablers experiencing the hotness of the hot seat which they will have to face throughout the year. Happy and getting confidence with experience of hot seat, they were ready to take over the challenges of the future. The program started in a Indian tradition way of Lamp Lighting done by all the dignitaries. Then followed by a small physical exercise to shake up and awaken up and flush out the laziness of the trainees. The facilitators were introduced by Sq.Leg karan Gehani with some jokes and laugh to set the mood right of the floor. To end the TExT session, felicitation of all the facilitators, supporters, TExT conveners and invited honorary Tablers took place. There was a feel of happiness on the faces of the facilitators and a feel of happiness because of gained confidence on the faces of participants. The Day 1 exercise begins with the formation of groups from the animal kingdom. The groups were told to narrate a bad experience/problem from the tabling years, A good experience from the tabling years and a good 38