Category: Meetings
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Meeting – Renew & Restart
Jan 8 2025 Happy 2025 everyone!! For this meeting there were speeches, so we had extended table topics that Sarah led. She asked people to share what they did over the holiday and challenged others to show off their listening skills by recapitulating. She also asked people to act out what they did for the…
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Meeting – Make Merry
Dec 16 2024 Jian presented her speech “3-Step Approach to Building Your Personal Brand” to us for the second time, incorporating the feedback she got her first time around. Preetha gave her speech called “Mission Possible – Protecting My Sanity!” She described planning, organizing, and implementing a project involving three university teams and a community…
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Meeting – Simple Pleasures
Dec 11 2024 Ramya gave us a fascinating presentation on how we fit the QWERTY keyboard on the tiny smart phone screen Akila gave an informative speech on wokeism and how to merge the divide with a more mindful woke mindset TTM Eduardo prompted us to speak about the simple pleasures of life, like candles,…
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Meeting – Sweet Anticipation
Dec 4 2024 Word of the Day: Festive Madilyn gave her Icebreaker speech titled “Greentech Renewables San Jose Business Overview”. She introduced herself and her background, dove into the business she manages, and went over goals from last year and her new ones for this year. Eduardo gave his speech titled “My Hobbies and Environment”.…
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Meeting – Independence
Nov 13 2024 In theme with “Independence” (especially for women), Kirti kicked us off with a leader profile about Savitrabai Phule, India’s first female teacher who opened a school for girls despite great opposition. Our meeting featured a panel discussion by Preetha Menon, who asked questions such as “How do you cultivate independence in your…
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Meeting – Interview/Moments of Truth
Nov 6 2024 We had a special structure today, starting with an interview with Abhijeet, who is running for International Director of Toastmasters. Key issues discussed were financial difficulties post-pandemic and member engagement. Proposed solutions included leveraging a subscription model for convention recordings and creating corporate training programs. Next we had “Moments of Truth,” a…
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Meeting – Halloween/Diwali
Oct 30 2024 Yiming gave his ice breaker about his love for soccer and the strategy of the game. Linda gave a fun but serious personal story that inspired us to “just say sorry” and take ownership of our mistakes. Patrice led Table Topics along the theme of Diwali and Halloween, asking us to describe…
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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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