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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”.
Unleashing Potential: A Recap of the Toastmasters Leadership Institute
In the heart of innovation, nestled within the vibrant Bay Area of California, a two-day event unfolded, promising to ignite the flames of leadership and communication. The Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI), organized by District 101 Toastmasters, took place on...
My TEDx Experience
Exhilaration! My joy knew no bounds when I found out that I was selected for a TEDx talk. Along with it came an immediate apprehension as there was not a lot of time to prepare. I was asked to deliver a speech about my idea–I had so many ways to convey my idea, and so...
Social Tailwinds
On Oct. 28th, around 6 pm, something happened that made me question—How do I express gratitude in my daily life? Furthermore, what am I grateful for? While driving to a temple with my wife, we listened to the radio. The show's theme was “social tailwinds”---social...
What a Difference a VPE Can Make!
“Be a Toastmaster? In this club? … OMG, no!” You have to understand. I’ve been in Toastmasters for seven years. I’ve served as Toastmaster of the Day hundreds of times. These words are not ones that generally come out of my mouth. It was the fall of 2021. I’d been a...
Why Do I Stay?
I was chatting with a few prospective new Toastmasters members, and one of them asked me a very introspective question—“Why do you stay?” I’ve been a member of Toastmasters for eight years. I stay because Toastmasters has embedded in my psyche that searching for...
