Category: Meetings
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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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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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Meeting – Follow the Sun
July 12, 2023 “Follow the Sun” was our theme for July 12 meeting, and it was luminous. Preetha Menon shared a leader profile of Virginia Holsinger, an unsung hero of food science. As a chemist and nutritionist, she improved and saved lives by developing milk substitute and powdered drink mix to relieve lactose intolerance and…
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Meeting – Ignite the Light
July 5, 2023 🎆 “Ignite the Light,” in honor of the 4th of July was the theme of our July 5 meeting. 🎇 In her speech,🌻 “Change is Beautiful”, Anushree Ramanath shared her journey from her hometown to the US to pursue her doctoral degree and her career as a researcher. Her story was full…
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