Category: Meetings
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Meeting – Myths and Fairytales
Our October 11 meeting topic was Myths and Fairytales. Helen shared her speech, Gardens Nurture Us, about the many ways gardens benefit our communities. Abhijeet led an Evaluation Workshop, starting with a speech about how to approach evaluations with Radical Candor. Then participants each evaluated Helen’s speech and received feedback from Abhijeet. With this practice,…
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Meeting – Harvest Festival
The theme of our meeting on October 4 was Harvest Festival. We started with our Vice President of Membership Ramya welcoming our new members Akila, Akshita, Deepthi, Himakshi, Parag, and Aneri with a collegial game. The Leader Profile led by Roshani was on Steve Jobs and provided insights into his drive and creative genius. Akila…
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Meeting – Who Do You Trust?
September 27, 2023 Our 9/27 meeting theme was “Who Do You Trust?” We began with two icebreaker speeches, with both speakers trusting the audience with their personal stories. 🤝 Parag shared “Living with a Monster,” 👾 with insights about the challenge of public speaking. Monica’s speech, Cleaning the Lens, 👓also explored the purpose of clarity…
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Meeting – Justice
September 20, 2023 Our theme this week was Justice. ⚖️Toastmaster Ramya began with a reminder for us all to be conscious about injustices and to speak out against all forms of injustice and to be a good example of justice for others. Priya shared a leader profile of Gordana Comic, Minister for Human and Minority…
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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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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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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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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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