Silicon Speech

Hi Everyone, It was our last meeting of the Toastmasters fiscal year and it was quite an event. Two more of our members, Len Kung and Azita Sachmechian achieved new Levels in Pathways which should be what we need to become a President’s Distinguished Club this term. I’ll wait for the official acknowledgment from Toastmasters […]

Silicon Speech Toastmasters (SST) met in the Zoom room, once again, in our never-ending pursuit of excellence in online performance. Karan Bavandi was at the helm as Toastmaster keeping the train on the tracks and skillfully guiding us through the Agenda. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention one of the most relatable opening

Hi Everyone, It was a great meeting last night at least for me. I have to admit that I was under the influence of whatever the anesthesiologist gave me prior to wrist surgery earlier in the day. Not sure what it was and probably shouldn’t find out. In short, it was a lovely afternoon. Here’s

It’s great that there is a place we can all meet online during these turbulent times sitting in the comfort and convenience of our very own homes or before our beautiful virtual backgrounds. That place is the Silicon Speech Zoom meeting and last night we were treated to two terrific speeches by Marisol Zumaeta and

Hi Everyone, Even though we’ve all been in quarantine for what seems like forever, a Silicon Speech Toastmasters meeting is always a bright spot on the week’s schedule and anything but a perfunctory exercise in online discourse. I’ve always found SST meetings to be lively, interesting, fun and last night even more educational than usual.

Hi Everybody, The science of sound, mama hens and Memorial Day were just a few topics explored at last night’s terrific Silicon Speech meeting. Marina Romanova returned to the role of Toastmaster after a two-year hiatus and proved she hasn’t lost a thing. First, she introduced our two speakers beginning with Sam Nazarian who gave

Alex Schams lead last night’s meeting with enthusiastic pizzazz. He gave us a nice back story into how he fell into Toastmasters. Hint, it was a chance encounter with yours truly, SHAR McBEE! The meeting was kicked off with a bang. Marina gave us a speech to remind us that even with distance, technology will

Mentorship was the theme that developed at last night’s Silicon Speech meeting which marked the triumphant debut of Lauren Clayton as our Toastmaster. She looked like she has been doing this all her life as she guided us through an action packed Agenda. Urja Nadibail, once again, brought the heat as Joke Master recounting a

Maybe it’s life in quarantine or the endless hours of self-isolation but last night’s Silicon Speech meeting took a philosophical, introspective turn. It was a night of epiphanies! Things began with a joke by Urja Nadibail about being in high demand these days. Companies are actually calling her left and right. Armando Yee followed with

Lights! Camera! Action! The gregarious members of Silicon Speech once again took to the internet last night to polish their on-screen performance skills. Lisa Bono set the tone with her Thought of the Day based upon the French word S.A.I.N. which loosely translates to that thing we’re all struggling to hold on to during these