San Leandro Toastmasters

Join our San Leandro Toastmasters club in a virtual open house on Zoom! Learn what its all about - a friendly, supportive environment to develop your leadership, public speaking skills, and make friends. The meeting will include an explanation of assigned roles, two speakers, a scavenger hunt, evaluation, an interactive portion where all will have a chance to speak impromptu, and prizes!... The meeting will start at 6:30 PM and end at 8 PM. RSVP now! https://www.meetup.com/San-Leandro-Toastma//wcvdvrybcqbnb/

I have been monitoring my wife who tries to articulate better. She tries many different techniques, somehow I can't find her to make significant improvements. In toastmaster, at least "Table Topic" for sure a secret technique and she agrees with me when she pays attention to my Thursday night toastmaster. In a minute or two, you can improve a lot once per week. I wonder what do you try if you are attempting to improve your personal articulation? Share your though.

Happy 4th of July to everyone, hope everyone has a safe holiday with families and friends, and peace of mind!

It is so easy to choose your chair in front of the zoom tonight than your sofa. We become the sofa after we sit on the sofa for so long. We become a toastmaster after we sit for just an hour with the experienced toastmasters and learn. What would you do if you know that you have to choose to improve your personal or professional development? It can be achieved from the toastmaster. I am giving up the sofa.

Last Thursday, I witnessed another amazing seasonal speaker in our San Leandro toastmaster night, I quickly gave them an A+ on their conclusion. I thought I have already learned enough from the speakers. Then, came along with two amazing seasonal evaluators, I took even more notes. I am so glad to attend the meeting because I have to prepare my next speech as well. I called it "learn as you go", which is why toastmaster is so beautiful. Learn as you go...

To all toastmasters and non-toastmasters, My name is Jake, I joined San Leandro toastmaster for at least 4 months now. In the beginning, it was a little fear for the stuff I don't know much in toastmaster, and I guess that is because myself and some hesitate to try out toastmaster, wait until the "right moment", and yeah, that is exactly what I did 5 years ago.....waiting and waiting... February of 2021, that was the moment I joined toastmaster by clicking the Thursday night ...Zoom link, and here I am ever since. I quickly learned the 3 most important components, (1) body language, (2) vocal variety, (3), words. Before I want to learn these 3 important components, I find another important key that I need to improve and I have been trying to improve and practice almost every sentence I talk since February, that is "filler words" I have to say that I have improved my filler words so much by my daily communication and most importantly on Thursday night with the club, people say confidence removed fear, but I say practice to increase confidence, that is step number one I have been working on See you this coming Thursday night at 6:30 PM Jake Lee

Getting over our fears as a communicator can be a tough task. Which is why organizations like toastmasters exist. We really value all of our members personal and professional development through communication. Confidence is key.

In this wonderful speech, Diego shares his world view - which is infused with infectious positivity! Thank you, Diego - we are looking forward to hearing more from you!

What thoughts does the word ‘retirement’ conjure for you? In this speech The Exit Plan, co-written with her daughter, Kami, Aurora invites us to revisit what we want that retirement to look like and to claim our power in giving form to that vision. This is a Pathways Level 5 Speech for the project entitled ‘Prepare to Speak Professionally.’

In this wonderful speech, Mike shares his experiences and insights in a way that only Mike can. Thank you, Mike!

In this video, Mr. William Wei shows us how an evaluation is done! Thank you, Will! Great job! This evaluation was given during the San Leandro Toastmasters Club Speech Contest on February 4, 2021.

In her winning speech, You Can Fly, Starlet Susilo shares with us the magic of taking a chance. You don't want to miss this! Enjoy! This speech was given during the San Leandro Toastmasters Club Speech Contest on February 4, 2021.

Want to learn more about Pathways? Check out this super informative presentation by our very Tracy Kuczak, where she walks us through the process of working through a project, from beginning to end! Thank you, Tracy!

Have you ever been so intent on reaching your destination that you are blind to the good things in front of you? Aurora has certainly done that! In this speech, she shares what it was like for her to move from the Philippines to the United States, and how that process shaped her view of the world. This speech was given during the San Leandro Toastmasters Open House Speech on December 10, 2020. Come join us! We meet on Thursday nights, 6:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. You can find us on Facebook and Meetup! Hope to see you then. https://youtu.be/ti2NHm7Z-5Y