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Welcome to District 101 Toastmasters!
District 101 serves the area from Mountain View to King City, including Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties and most of Santa Clara county – we call it “Silicon to Surf”.
Message from the District Director
In this year, I invite you all to set new goals, higher than ever, and get engaged, more than ever, with your clubs and with District 101 Toastmasters. Let this year be your year, where you amplify your learnings and find consistent value in your Toastmasters meetings.
When I joined my first Toastmasters club, I was encouraged to explore what goes on beyond the club level. I was asked to be a timer at an Area Contest and I gladly said yes! I was happy I did, since it allowed me to network with several other Toastmasters members and leaders and provided me opportunities to develop new skills. From there on, it only got better as I began to take advantage of the various events that happen within District 101.
I would like each of you to explore and Expand Your Horizons, our District theme this year, and realize the full potential of the benefits that Toastmasters has to offer. Be it through delivering speeches, giving evaluations, leading Table Topics, participating in educational events, being a club officer or organizing a club or District event, there are always a multitude of opportunities for each of us to go past (Expand) our set goals (Horizons) and push ourselves higher.
As we continue our journey, I wish you all success and strongly encourage you to Expand Your Horizons and aspire to achieve more. Let’s work together to Expand our Horizons and experience the true value of our Toastmasters membership. Feel free to contact me at dd@d101tm.org to find out more about the various opportunities within District 101.
Pavan Datla, District Director
Member Spotlight: Abhijeet Joshi
In less than two years in Toastmasters, Abhijeet Joshi already won the District 101 Club Officer of the Year 2019-2020 award, became an area director, the VP of Education in his home club, the creator of a series of video conversations for the district blog,...
Speaking with Humor
Speaking with humor can be challenging, especially for those who believe they are not funny. We all have a sense of humor. However, many speakers prefer to keep that sense well-hidden for fear of losing credibility with their audience.
Elements of Effective Evaluations
I focus on how well speakers incorporate and demonstrate mastery of the skills from the Pathways lesson. As members progress, I still watch for the basic skills, but in a more nuanced way….
Club Spotlight: Excalibur Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program
Our Club Spotlight blog series highlights District 101 clubs that are high achieving, unique or just plain fun. To start this new series off we spotlight Excalibur Toastmasters Club's awesome Youth Leadership Program (YLP) for serving young adults in our...
Member Spotlight: Mythili Prabhu
Mythili Prabhu is a highly accomplished Toastmaster. Not only has she earned two Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) awards, but she has also served as an Area Director (2012-13), Public Relations Manager (2014-15), Program Quality Director (2015-16), and the first...
Join us on October 31st, 2020 at 8:30 AM to be part of this Fall Fusion Event!
There will be a Costume Contest, so make sure to dress up!
Register here: bit.ly/fallfusion2020
Register here: https://d101tm.wufoo.com/forms/silicon-to-surf-fall-fusion-2020/
Register here: https://d101tm.wufoo.com/forms/silicon-to-surf-fall-fusion-2020/
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"Read Henry O. Miller's blog article on Speaking with Humor, and learn more about his formula ( R + R +T ) – R = L to add humor to your story! https://d101tm.org/blog/
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