Dec 14, 2024 | DP event, Member & Club Spotlight |
The District 101 Holiday Party was a truly magical event held at the ICC Milpitas. I had been to the venue before, but as I approached it this time, I couldn’t help but wonder how such a large gathering of Toastmasters would be accommodated. However, I...
Oct 7, 2024 | Member & Club Spotlight |
Jayaprakash Sundararaj has been a long-standing member of the Los Gatos Toastmasters Club for about 8 years taking up various roles as a part of this journey. He is currently the Area Director of Area 05, Division D, District 101. We discussed his motivations to...
Aug 12, 2024 | Member & Club Spotlight, Personal Growth |
It was the Fall of 2022. I got a call from Abhijeet Joshi, then District 101 Program Quality Director. While serving as an Area Director, he asked me to apply for a Division Director position for the next Toastmasters year. Me?! I never had any thoughts, let alone...
Aug 12, 2024 | Member & Club Spotlight |
When I joined Toastmasters two and half years ago, little did I fathom the transformative journey that lay ahead of me. Toastmasters offers an impressive palette of opportunities that have allowed me to hone my speaking skills, build a supportive and extensive...
Apr 16, 2024 | Knowledge Sharing, Member & Club Spotlight, Personal Growth |
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...
Jan 19, 2024 | Club Management, Member & Club Spotlight |
“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...
