Category: Meetings
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Meeting – Imagination
Oct 23 2024 “Use your imaaaaaagination” – Spongebob Word of the Day: Ingenuity We had three speeches at this meeting! What a treat. Chandana gave her speech titled “Overcoming the Fear of Failure”. She highlighted the challenges in the current job market, particularly in tech, and shared her personal journey of overcoming communication issues and…
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Meeting – “Storytelling” In House Contest
Oct 16 2024 Our meeting today had an exciting twist! We had not one, not two, but FIVE speeches. We also had round-robin evaluations instead of the usual format. First up was Gail who re-gave her “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work” speech as part of completing her pathway. Next we had the contest! Participants below:…
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Meeting – Friendship
Oct 9 2024 A fitting theme for a group of friends 🙂 Word of the Day: Steadfast Gail gave her speech titled “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work”. She recounted her story of facing a daunting task of organizing an event for a large multi-family community with a tight deadline. Initially adopting an authoritarian approach failed,…
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Meeting – Have Fun
Oct 2 2024 The meeting was indeed a lot of fun 😀 Word of the Day: Celebrate Audrey gave (or technically re-gave) her speech titled “Confessions of a Bookworm”. This was her original Icebreaker speech about how she rediscovered her love of reading, reworked after feedback was given. Table Topics Master Leena introduced a fun…
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Meeting – Share Your Passion
Sep 18 2024 We had our Open House today! A LOT of guests came, which was super exciting to see. Word of the Day: Ignite, to fuel a fire or enthusiasm. Eg. Today we come together to ignite our passions and share them with others. Ignacio gave his speech where he shared his experiences in…
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Meeting – Elements of Nature
Sep 11 2024 Toastmaster Akila introduced our meeting theme by inviting us to experience and appreciate nature directly, rather than through a digital filter of photos or recordings. Leena gave her speech titled “If Only I Knew Then What I Know Now”. She spoke about job rejections and the feeling of dejection, but persevering and…
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Meeting – Healthy Habits
Sep 4 2024 Word of the Day: destress Kirti gave her speech titled ‘Language: The Bridge of Human Connection‘ Kirti’s speech highlighted the significance of language in fostering human connection. She shared personal experiences of learning multiple languages and forming bonds with people from different cultures. For Table Topics, Table Topics Master Chandana asked questions…
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Meeting – Emotional Intelligence
Aug 28 2024 Leena gave her speech titled ‘A Magical World of Words: Lessons from the Toastmasters Championship‘ Leena spoke about the excitement of listening to the best speakers at the International Toastmasters Conference as well as observing the importance of a strong opening, humor, and “practice, practice, practice”. Abhijeet gave his speech titled ‘5…
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Meeting – Exploring the World
Aug 21 2024 Next to travel, one of the best ways to explore the world is through storytelling. So aren’t we lucky that the amazing Abhijeet led a storytelling workshop for us this meeting? Here are the main points: Why do stories matter? 7 secrets to a Compelling Story (they spell out Passion!) For Table…
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Meeting – The Great Outdoors
Aug 14 2024 This is the Bay Area. Who doesn’t love the outdoors? The Word of the Day was avid, chosen by our Grammarian Monica. Jian gave her speech titled ‘The Adventure Beneath the Meteor Shower‘ Jian shared with us her amazing experience of seeing beautiful stars and meteor showers with her friends. She even…
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