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My name is Priya Shastri, a member of the Saratoga Big Basin Toastmasters Club since 2021. I want to thank Sowmya Raman from Saratoga Big Basin TM Club for encouraging me through this journey in Toastmasters. She helped provide valuable feedback in the very first icebreaker that I provided. She asked me to watch my movements and make deliberate movements while talking to draw the audience’s attention. This has helped me in the process. She guided me to perform various roles in Toastmasters meeting as a General Evaluator, Table Topics Master, and Grammarian. She is extremely thorough in any role that she performs. She is dependable, trustworthy and enthusiastic in all of the Saturday 8 am meetings and drives the meetings to completion. She jumps in to be a team player and helps the club without bias. With her continued involvement in Toastmaster, many junior members of the club can grow to new heights in public speaking. When the VPE role was not filled in the toastmaster calendar year, Sowmya has been consistently sending reminder emails for weekly meetings without being recognized as VPE. I am grateful to Sowmya and the Saratoga

 

 

My name is Priya Shastri, and I have been a member of the Saratoga Big Basin Toastmasters Club since 2021. I want to thank Megan Mayer from Women Lead Toastmaster for encouraging me through this journey in Toastmasters. She helped provide valuable feedback in the very first icebreaker that I provided. She asked me to watch my movements and make deliberate movements while talking to draw the audience’s attention. This has helped me in the process. She guided me to perform various roles in Toastmasters meetings as a General Evaluator, Table Topics Master, and Grammarian. She is extremely friendly in her interactions with me and patted me on the back for all the minor achievements. She is an excellent mentor and guided me in my Pathways projects. She has reviewed many of my blogs and provided valuable feedback. She is very patient in her interactions and corrected my mistakes while writing blogs over and over without a snitch. I am extremely grateful for her encouragement and her belief in me to take on district roles. I sincerely appreciate her involvement in mentorship for all the junior members of Women Lead Toastmasters. in 2020. She is a role model as a mentor and I would like to emulate her in my mentor-mentee relationships. I thank her for introducing me to several distinguished Toastmasters and participating in a Women’s Panel Discussion on the impacts of Covid break on women’s careers. I look forward to her continued guidance to D101.

 

Elliotte Mao, DTM, Thank you for your generous and steadfast mentorship throughout my ten years as a Toastmaster! First, you patiently fielded incessant emails from my boss checking up on my meeting attendance (because my work presentations were just that bad). Next, you gave me invaluable tips for surviving contests and serving as an effective officer. Then, you guided our club safely through sticky situations such as unpleasant attendees and pandemic challenges. If I’ve been able to help anyone develop their communication or leadership skills, it’s been largely because of you! With gratitude, Karen Lee, Study Group Toastmasters, #ThankAToastmasterD101