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📈🚩 June 25 Meeting Highlights

With a full-house of over 37 attendees (13 are guests!) 🤯 , we celebrated milestones (theme of the evening) through stories. We opened the meeting with guests and new members sharing what things they have reminders of in their calendars (virtual or not!). From connecting with family, doing chores, working on mental and physical health and attending Toastmasters (yay!) - we learned how folks’ set themselves up to get things done.

Sheila, our Toastmaster for the Evening shared that multiple key events happening around this time for her inspired the theme. She invites us to celebrate our milestones - good and bad because these indicate how life crescendo-es (word of the day) into bringing us to where we are today.

Thank you to our members who signed-up for roles (all before the agendas were printed!) and run this meeting: Nik, Sebastien, Karishma, Gene, Julia, Carnell and Omar.

🙋Sign up for roles for our next meeting on July 2 🙋‍♀️

• 🌉 Mike Z. shared about his program for the city of called Intro San Francisco to help newcomers navigate San Francisco with ease and confidence. Learn more at https://leadershipsf.org/intro-san-francisco

• 🎙️ Alex Lexson shared about City Lights and Secrets, a storytelling event jointly hosted by Hotel Nikko and GGTM. Get your tickets here:
  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nikko-presents-city-lights-secrets-tickets-1435654403969

• 🥪 Got to know that food is Nithila’s motivator as she shared her experience with a recent job change in the context of sandwiches she got Two Stamps for on Tuesdays

• 😷 Christian shared about his Pandemic story demonstrating how Pivoting when the time comes had him find his Purpose and led him to a job that was made for him (🧊 Ice Breaker Speech 🧊)

• 😥 Carnell shared that despite multiple stories of loss, how he was able to manage Living with Anxiety and shared tips for the audience (🏆 Best Prepared Speech🏆).

• 🐭 Karishma tells about a mouse holding on for 64 hours demonstrates what hope does to people (and animals!) got the (🏆Best Table Topic 🏆) ribbon

  • Thank you Lisa for leading Table Topics and bringing out heartwarming stories inspired by lines from her niece’s book

  • Thank you to those who took the stage and spoke impromptu: Jess, Angela, Anna, Andrea and Yuri

• 🥕Nik gave an evaluation of Nithila’s Ice Breaker and shared his motivation is carrot cake himself and got (🏆Best Evaluator🏆)

  • Thank you Alex W for leading the Evaluation section

  • Thank you to the other evaluators: Tavisan, Shubham and Akash

We are adding these two new sections in our newsletter to capture memorable moments and words of wisdom from our fellow Toastmasters!

📚 Evaluation Tidbits📚

• Get right into the pitch to increase the level of excitement

• Begin with the end in mind to make your speech more effective

• Make sure slides support delivery

💗 Quotes of the Night 💗

“I should never forget to seek out change and growth. Because in the future, I don’t think I want a single sandwich to remember the last few years of my life”
- Nithila on her Two Stamps Tuesday Ice Breaker

“I was finally in a place that felt right. I learned that progress isn’t always linear. The hardest detours take you to where you need to be.”
- Christian on his Pandemic, Pivots and Purpose Ice Breaker

“Somehow, someway you make it down Lombard street.”
- Anna during Table Topics

“There are only two people you should take guidance from - you at 7 and you at 70”
- Yuri during Table Topics

📌 GGTM Club Reminders

• 💼 Club Meeting on July 2 (Wednesday)

  • Shortened club meeting with the next half for discussing club business

  • Let your feedback and inputs be heard! You can send them ahead by emailing [email protected] or talking to any officer crew
    

• 🔗 ALL. THE. bit.ly’s

  • Golden Gate Toastmasters has templates and guides for most things to make our club experience better! GGTM Club Members - stay tuned for official club communications sent through our agenda site and make sure to bookmark our key club resources!

📅 GGTM Club Events

Full list in GGTM Calendar!

Benefits of your Toastmasters membership go beyond the club meetings! Check out these opportunities in the wider Toastmaster community and optimize your speaking and leadership growth opportunities!

• Toastmasters Leadership Institute on August 9

  • Club Officer training and other valuable educational sessions await at the Toastmaster Leadship Institute which happens every six months!

  • Mark your calendars for August 9 and learn more from our wider Toastmaster community. More details below: https://d4tm.org/events/eventdetail/369/-/toastmasters-leadership-institute

  • GGTM is looking at getting the club ticket so we could all join for cheap! Will announce this on the next club meeting on July 2!
    

• Become a Toastmaster Area Director

  • District-level leadership role where you support 4–6 local clubs by checking in with officers, helping them grow, and sharing resources.

  • You’ll develop leadership, communication, and coaching skills — with training and mentorship provided.

  • Details below or reach out to our president Alex W if you want to learn more: https://www.d4tm.org/area-director

 🎉 Exciting things coming up 🎉

We are cooking up new things so 🫵 YOU 🫵 can be part of our Golden Gate Toastmasters Newsletter! Follow the #newsletter channel in Discord to learn more