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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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Meeting – Thrills of a Lifetime
July 26, 2023 In line with our theme “Thrills of a Lifetime” our Grammarian Gail chose “exhilaration” as our word-of-the-day. We were exhilarated to try a new Zoom link that utilizes the camera in the conference room. Ruhina spoke about leadership styles and Mayura told us the lore behind the upcoming Chinese mid-autumn moon festival.…
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Event – Ruth Bancroft Garden
July 22, 2023 We inadvertently chose the hottest time of the hottest day for a group outing! Armed with parasols, we strolled the Ruth Bancroft Garden where our member Helen volunteers as a docent. All the drought-resistant plants of the garden were doing their thing — looking pretty and withstanding the sweltering afternoon. However, our group was…
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Event – District 101 Leadership Luncheon
July 15, 2023 District 101 held a Leadership Luncheon 🍽️ on July 15. Women L.E.A.D. was recognized as one of the President’s Distinguished Toastmasters clubs for 2022-23! 🎖️ All club members were invited, and we had many Women L.E.A.D. members in the crowd, including Sarah, Abhijeet, Helen, Preetha, Gail, Priya, Shreya, Anushree, and Mayura. Sarah…
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Meeting – Road Trips
July 18, 2023 Our July 18 Road Trip 🛣️ meeting was a fun journey. Speaker Giyora Barzilay shared his speech, A Worrier’s Choice. He brought us all the way all the way back through his family history as worriers in this moving story about how worry can cause you to miss life as it happens…
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Leader Profile – Virginia Holsinger
Introducing Virginia Holsinger Food scientist, chemist and nutrition expert. Food scientist, chemist and nutrition expert Researcher in dairy products Born in Washington and graduated from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va. Bachelor’s in chemistry from the College of William and Mary in 1958 Doctorate in food science and nutrition from Ohio State University in 1980.…
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