Chamber Chatters

Tomfoolery (WOD) and pandemonium! Two words to describe the 3rd Annual April Fool's ESREVER (REVERSE) meeting today! I had the pleasure of serving as Toastmaster for a hilarious gathering. President Dara Connolly Opened the meeting with the Closing Announcements! Gagan, our General Evaluator prompted our functionaries to give the Timer, Grammarian and Ah Um Reports -- before the Speakers even spoke. ... Grammarian Dara really put our guest on the spot when she "praised" her for using the WOD 12 times in her speech - Lol. Shalini Suravarjjala was the master Table Topics Master! She then announced the winner of the favorite TT vote - our guest, Colleen McNeese - for using the WOD 12 times! ;) Lol. We had a fun full house with other guests too, including Lisa Ash and Makesh. Pat Griffin evaluated Vicki Hubbard's talk about "Who Let The Dogs Out?!" before the speech. Vicki then had to incorporate all of the good, bad and quirky comments into her speech! Overall, everyone did a fantastic job using their impromptu speaking skills. Phil capped the program by entertaining the whole kittenkaboodle with his ceremonial drum! Bravo!! Well done! Happy April Fool's Day to all!

Toastmasters from all of D57 are in the know! See you this Wednesday at the Reverse Meeting.

District 57. Area H34 Contest Winners!!

Not too late to sign up to watch the Speech Contest on Monday at 6pm! Here's the Eventbrite link so you can Zoom in to cheer Hari, Haruka and Pankaj! #chamberchatters #toastmasters #district57 #d57online

Mark Your Calendars: Dec 23: Table Topics Only Meeting Dec 30: No Meeting - Happy Holidays! Jan 6: New Year's Meeting Jan 13: International Speech Contest... Jan 27: Evaluation Contest (To Be Confirmed) See more

This Wed at Chamber Chatters, Haruka Yamashita was the Toastmaster for a meeting full of ACHIEVEMENT (Theme). Bill Holsey (DTM) presented "Visions of Success," about a College Day Event he organized for middle school students in Oakland. Shalini Suravarjjala practiced an extended speech about "Project T.E.R.S.U.S." the drone designed by the Dublin HS Robotics team. Both of these were Pathways Level 5 Elective Speeches -- that means that they are both close to ATTAIN (WOD) the...ir Pathways Goals! Wowee!! We also had many members try new roles for the first time. Pankaj Vij led Table Topics, Ritsuko Tague was Timer and Philip Didlake was the Grammarian / Listener. 3 Guests were present too! If you feel bummed that you missed this fun meeting, you can join us next week. We meet each Wed from noon to 1 pm on Zoom!

Just 4 more TM meetings left to finish 2020 Pathways Goals!Just 4 more TM meetings left to finish 2020 Pathways Goals!

This Wed at Chamber Chatters, Toastmasters Lisa Fairchild kicked off the meeting by asking each of us what we wanted to MANIFEST (WOD) in 2021. Haruka Yamashita gave a speech about how she planned the Halloween Open House. Dara Connolly inspired us with details about how Toastmasters gave her to experience and courage to land 4 TED Talks! Check out her upcoming Confidence Building program in January. Table Topics Master, Joanne Olecko asked our 10 year old guest, Sophie about... what she would want to talk about in a TED talk. Sophie warmed our hearts by saying make sure people would not be hungry. No surprise that she won our poll for our favorite TT answer! Club President Dara Connolly reminded us that we have only 3 meetings left this year (Edit: No meeting Wed Dec 30). Only a few more opportunities to complete your Pathways goals for 2020! Let's do this! Join us any Wed from noon to 1 pm!

Our Club Comedienne, Pat Griffin was Toastmaster on Wed! Shalini Suravarjjala spoke about how to develop a "Knack for Networking" and Gina Cefalu Paulick presented "Real Estate Trends and Ethics during Covid!" - as we all know, Real Estate, is her profession and BALIWICK (WOD). Philip Didlake gave his debut as a Table Topics master - all questions were related to the weather. We have had lower attendance in general, but are pleased to announce that we have one new member, R...itsuko Tague. Welcome! On Wed, we also had 2 new guests, and 1 regular guest (Hi Sophie! ;) ) If you missed our great meeting - no worries. Come meet up next week. It will be the day before Thanksgiving, so we will make it a Family Friendly meeting! Bring your kids, parents, siblings and significant others to our Zoom meeting. Every Wed. from Noon to 1! We are Chamber Chatters!! #chamberchatters #toastmasters #district57 #d57online

Gobble Gobble! Family Friendly Toastmasters! Wed Nov 25@ NoonGobble Gobble! Family Friendly Toastmasters! Wed Nov 25@ Noon

MAGNIFICENT INDIA was the theme of our Toastmasters meeting! This coincided with India's Festival of Lights, or Diwali. Our Toastmaster, Bill Holsey orchestrated the program beginning with a clip of the Indian national anthem. Our speakers were Vicki Hubbard - who shared her "Ace in the Hole" experiences. Shalini Suravarjjala, dressed in a gorgeous saree, spoke about her cross cultural experiences, including going to 44 job interviews on BART in a saree! Hari led Table Topics... - lots of questions about India. We were impressed with Bill's ability to JUXTAPOSE (WOD) phrases from Hindi, Telegu, and Tamil into his transitions. We had 12 attendees, including 2 new members. Hello and big welcome to Ritsuko Tague and Devika Chopra!! I guess our Open House worked! Every meeting is full of education and entertainment. Curious about Toastmasters? What are you waiting for? Be our guest! Every Wed at Noon! #chamberchatters #toastmasters #district57 #d57online

Did you Zoooom into our Annual Open House meeting today at Chamber Chatters? We had 17 people in attendance including 10 guests!! Haruka was the Toastmasters for the Halloween Themed event. President Dara Connolly gave a Spook or Spoof speech about the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose. Bill Holsey gave great feedback about her ppt slides and tips like role playing for more variety. Table topics was led by Shalini Suravarjjala - who made a HEROIC (WOD) effort to give each... guest an opportunity to speak. Congratulations to Niharika who won the vote for our favorite impromptu response. So, how did our guests find out about our Chamber Chatters Open House? *Individual msgs/Word of Mouth (Ritsuko, Dishee, Pooja, Padmaja) *Extended Family (Niharika, Ranjani, Sophie) *Reaching out to past members (Mai) *Toastmasters International Facebook Page (JC) *Toastmaster D57 Open House Chair (Sally Philbin) Super Thanks to Shalini Suravarjjala, Gagan Gill and Haruka Yamashita (The Open House committee) for organizing this fun event! Hope we get new members to join Chamber Chatters!! :) You too can come check out our club. Curious? Be Our Guest! Every Wed from 12 to 1 pm! #chamberchatters #toastmasters #district57 #d57online

Tomorrow's HALLOWEEN OPEN HOUSE! OCT 28th from 12 to 1 pm: Join us and bring a friend! - Haruka, Shalini and Gagan!... (Open House Planning Committee) See more

IDEA! Maybe we should host a Toastmasters Town Hall Event like this in Pleasanton?!

Shalini was our Toastmaster on this crisp and cool AUTUMN (WOD) Day! Stephanie Stuart's speech on "Casual Mentorships at Chamber Chatters" described how informal relationships have helped her improve public speaking for the last 3 years. Haruka Yamashita gave a sample mini-webinar on "College Admissions Timelines." She described her formula for the number of colleges to apply, and compared Official vs Your college application deadlines in the Fall. Impromptu Table Topics was... lead by Tanuja - Fall related questions related to our dream fall vacations, beverages and activities. Dara, our President reminded us about 2 upcoming events. Oct 21 Our First Socially Distanced Outside Meeting (This meeting is members only.) Oct 28 Our Annual Halloween Open House (Zoom) Bring a Friend! Come in Costume! We want to see your Heroes and She-roes! Interested in Chamber Chatters? Be our guest! Every Wed at Noon!! #chamberchatters #district57 #d57online #toastmasters

BRING A FRIEND TO OPEN HOUSE! ZOOM IN....WED. OCT 28 @ NOON!