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Leader Profile – Gordana Čomić
This week’s leader is Gordana Čomić, Minister for Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue in the Republic of Serbia. As an example of Justice, she fought for the equality of women in her country. — presented by Priya Shastri
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Event – Potluck Dinner
September 17, 2023 We enjoyed a potluck dinner with some of our members and guests local to the Bay! We chatted over drinks and food and listened to music curated by the attendees. 🍽️ We had a delicious spread of food including cucumber and tomato salad, 🍅 samosas, roti, aloo tikki, dahi bhalla, dhokla, fried…
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Meeting – Transitions
September 6, 2023 The theme of our meeting this week was Transitions. 🌱 Perfectly fitting the theme, VP of Membership Ramya began with a 🌟 new member induction to transition new members into their role within Toastmasters. Speaker Leena shared ups and downs in Motherhood, a Roller Coaster Ride. 🎢 She opened with the drama…
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Meeting – Women’s Equality Open House
August 30, 2023 Toastmaster Helen gave an inspiring introduction about Women’s Equality and August 30, Women’s Equality Day, ♀️celebrating the ratification of the 19th Amendment protecting the right of women to vote. 🗳️ Patrice shared her speech about the future of shopping with 3D and augmented reality.🛒 Linda shared an inspiring speech, “10,000 hours” about…
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Meeting – Friendship
August 16, 2023 Our meeting on August 16 was full of friendship!🤗 Sonia shared her experience volunteering with children in Haiti. Priya’s speech bridged the topics of fire alarms and chocolates. 🍫 Uulkan led us in a round of Table Topics 💬 about friendship and loyalty. ☀️ Summer travel meant that a bunch of roles…
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Leader Profile – Ahilyabai Holkar
On Wednesday, we learned about the life of Ahilyabai Bolkar, an example of deep inner strength, who ruled an empire with compassion and responsibility. — presented by Leena Ambekar
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Meeting – Inner Strength
August 9, 2023 Our August 9 meeting was full of inspiring examples of inner strength. 💪 Leena’s leader profile shared the life of Ahilyabai Bolkar, an example of inner strength, ❤️ who ruled an empire with compassion and responsibility. Helen shared a speech about the updates coming to Toastmasters.She began by discussing the discomfort of…
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Leader Profile – Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg has consistently been on the Fortune magazine list of the 50 most powerful women and the Forbes magazine list of the 100 most influential women. In this leader profile, Helen shared why Sheryl is such an inspirational leader. Lean-in In the book Lean In, she shares her personal stories, uses research to shine…
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Meeting – Bliss
August 8, 2023 Our August 2 meeting was full of bliss! 🌈 We began with Helen’s inspiring leader profile of Sheryl Sandberg. Sheryl was COO at Facebook and has been an advocate for women’s achievement in the workplace and for resilience after loss and setbacks. Chandara shared an Icebreaker titled ⏳Time Capsule. She shared reasons…
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Leader Profile – Michelle Buck
Michelle Buck, CEO of Hersheys said: “Make an impact in every single assignment that you are given. Look at it as how can I take this to the next level. And be confident in yourself.” — presented by Priya Shastri
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