Speak, Shine and Flourish this Midsummer!

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GGTM Team
June 22, 2025

Dear Fellow Toastmaster!

Helen, who flourished as our Toastmaster for the evening, helped us embrace this meeting and the longest day of the year!

In this week’s newsletter:

  • Spicy & diverse speeches - June 18 meeting highlights

  • Upcoming club events - Where to sign up for them

  • Club reminders - Help future meetings

Read time: ~6 minutes

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🌄 June 18 Meeting Highlights

Helen’s “Keep on climbing” speech winning Best Speaker!

The meeting theme was midsummer, highlighting the longest day of the year during the summer solstice.

We had a full agenda and everyone brought their A-game:

  • 💰 Carnell’s two-minute special showed us the thought and care he invests with his clients so they can achieve financial freedom.

  • ✈️ Mark spoke about his recent trip to Singapore and how it was more interesting/unique than he thought.

  • 👍 Shubham shares about how being a Toastmaster and taking on functionary roles can help us in our own lives.

  • 📱Akash passionately spoke about current events and about how a social media interaction drove him to share his story.

  • ⛰️ Helen shared that no matter how hard things get, it’ll be okay if you keep on climbing (🏆 Best Prepared Speech🏆).

  • 💍 Wendy opened the table topic section with her wedding toast for her close friends!

Omar’s solar eclipse experience winning Best Table Topic!

  • 🌑 Omar shared about how a total eclipse made for one of the most surreal summer experiences ever (🏆Best Table Topic 🏆).

  • 🗣️ Karishma’s evaluation of Helen, gave valuable feedback on her storytelling and performance (🏆Best Evaluator🏆).

    • Thank you to our other evaluators Kyle Combes (evaluating Mark), Alex Lexson (evaluating Shubham) and Gene Zhou (evaluating Akash).

    • Thank you, Lisa Tsai, for leading the Evaluation section.

Karishma’s evaluation of Helen winning Best Evaluator!

📅 Upcoming club events

[D4TM] Workshop: Incorporate Evaluation Skills into Real Life

Monday, June 23 7-8pm 

An engaging panel discussion on incorporating effective evaluation skills into your professional and personal life.

Upwrapped: Storytelling Event at Dandelion Chocolate Factory

Thursday, July 17 6-9pm

Join us for an unforgettable evening of storytelling where brave souls take the mic to share tales of confessions, revelations, and the juicy truths that just couldn't stay buried.

GGTM at Giants ⚾️

Sunday, July 27 12-4pm

Watch the Giants take on the New York Mets with your fellow Toastmasters. We might even get a Lou Seal Funko POP if we get there early enough.

GGTM at Hotel Nikko 🎤

Friday, August 1 6-9pm 

Join us at Hotel Nikko for a mix of prepared stories, an impromptu speaker contest and networking. More information to come!

📌 Club reminders

🙋‍♀️ Sign up for roles for our next meeting on June 25th 🙋‍♀️

🙋 Please reflect your meeting RSVP 🙋‍♀️

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