Category: Meetings
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Meeting – Follow Your Excitement
June 14, 2023 Our meeting began with Maurya providing an interesting leader profile of Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD, who provides inspiration to all in her company in the way she models servant leadership. We also conducted our annual Toastmaster elections where we elected Sarah Tang (VP Education), Helen Josephine (VP Public Relations) Ramya Radhakrishnan…
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Meeting – Adventure Time
June 7, 2023 Our new club emprise: a New Member Induction led by our VPM, Ramya. We officially welcomed Ruhina, Jun, and Gail as club members. Abhijeet led a workshop, “How to Craft a Speech” and told us to start in Media Res, bare our souls, and dig deep! Table Topics Master Liz asked two of our…
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Meeting – Freedom
May 24, 2023 At our second hybrid meeting, Freedom was the theme. Ramya presented the Leader Profile on Maria Telkes, the Sun Queen. Priya taught from experience as a club mentor and sponsor how to set up a successful corporate Toastmaster club. Ruhina gave us a road map to help manage change in our lives. Table…
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(Hybrid!) Meeting – I Hope You Dance
May 17, 2023 We hosted our first hybrid meeting! Abhijeet invited members local to Santa Clara to bring their laptops to his workplace, Nvidia. From there we used our personal laptops to sign into our individual Zoom accounts, and designated one laptop at the front of the room for presenting. Our Toastmaster Liz welcomed both our…
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Meeting – Stop & Smell the Roses
May 3, 2023 Our May 3rd meeting began with an interesting leader profile by Farryl who spoke about Indira Nooyi, the CEO who revolutionized Pepsico. Indira Nooyi’s goal was to improve the healthiness of the food manufactured by Pepsico and to support environmental sustainability. During her speech, Saumya described our increased dependence on smartphones by interweaving humorous encounters with…
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Meeting – Gardening
April 26, 2023 We had a succulent meeting full of plant friends and gardening thoughts led by Toastmaster Risa. Priya presented on Melanie Perkins, CEO of Canva — the reason why we have nice flyers. Liz gave a touching tribute to her mentors and role models. Abhijeet asked if himself and us “are you a…
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Meeting – Earth Day
April 19, 2023 SamJam gave tribute to her great-grandmother’s bravery in hiding Jews from persecution during WWII. Abhijeet told a harrowing story of his fight with stillness at a recent meditation retreat. Ramya rallied us at Women L.E.A.D. to up our game and get financially literate. Risa led a rousing round of Table Topics that…
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Meeting -Hope
April 12, 2023 Jun profiled soccer player Abby Wambach, a champion for gender equality in professional sports. Grace gave a motivational speech about how to keep hope alive through goal-oriented action. Helen evaluated her experience in leadership and encouraged us all to step up and serve our club. Our Table Topics Master SamJam prompted us to reflect…
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Meeting – Animal Spirit
April 5, 2023 The meeting began with an interesting leader profile by Liz Spizer, who spoke about Annie Jump Cannon, “the census taker of the sky,” who revolutionized the way astronomers classify stars. Risa presented her speech, “Plain not Pain,” as part of her Humorous Pathway project, Presenting a Speech with a Purpose. Risa was…
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Meeting – Rainbows
March 29, 2023 Our meeting began with a leader profile by Ramya, who shared an inspiring story of Irene Bernasconi, the first Argentine woman to lead a marine biology expedition to Antarctica. During the expedition, Bernasconi and her team collected over 2,000 echinoderm specimens and discovered an entirely new echinoderm family. Abhijeet hosted a workshop on how…
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