It was another big night in the Boardroom at Silicon Speech last night. A meeting that included the group serenading VPM, Len Kung on her birthday. It was a moment, maybe even a metanoia for some. Karan Bavandi made his debut as Toastmaster and Otto Von Wachter was our first speaker. He gave us a …
We had a cozy evening with our fellow toastmasters last night, in room C. We had two speakers, Calvin and Len. Calvin gave his Ice Breaker Speech on the “5 W’s”. He talked about the pursuit of Financial Freedom. It’s looking like it may take a couple years, but it sounds like you’re on the …
It was a big night in Conference Room C at Cross Campus, last night. The meeting began with the always observant, Shar McBee noticing Len Kung sporting some fresh bling. Turned out to be an engagement ring recently given to her by our own President Luis Hurtado. Len was then given an opportunity to practice …
It was another big night in the Boardroom at Cross Campus last night. Sam Nazarian broke the ice with a terrific speech giving us insight into what it’s like to be a software engineer, managing complexity. Welcome news since anytime I’m involved with software, things get pretty complex. Next up, President Lou gave us a …
It was another great night at Silicon Speech last night. Len Kung was our Toastmaster. We had 2 terrific speakers. The first was a real treat, a guest speaker, Adam Timm, who speaks professionally. He spoke on the one thing that prevents each of us from doing what we want with the tools we have …
We had a great Silicon Speech meeting last night at Cross Campus. The meeting featured two guest speakers. Marina Romanova kicked things off with her speech entitled “3 Easy Steps to Network Like a Pro and Land Your Next Dream Job”. We must have made a good impression because she signed up as a new …
It was another great meeting last night at Silicon Speech Toastmasters. New member Hugh Roszel gave his second speech and took the group on a terrific, verbal tour of Thailand. Next up, President Lou gave his presentation entitled, “Why Roger Rabbit is More Important Than You Think” where he revealed the real story behind the …
It was a small but mighty group at our post-Labor Day, Silicon Speech meeting last night. The group included several guests including Jack Gong who has returned from his recent trip to China. Other guests included Philip Givens, Sam Nazarian and Hugh Roszel. Our first speaker was Shar McBee who spoke about how to grow …
It was the big, Pre-Labor Day, Silicon Speech Toastmasters meeting last night and a good time was had by all. James Allen Hanrahan was our featured speaker and his talk was about Money, always an interesting topic. He began with a query to determine our attitudes toward the subject (good, bad or indifferent) and then …
It was another great workout at Silicon Speech Toastmasters last night. Our first speaker, author Shar McBee, gave us another insightful lesson in Leadership with a Yoga Twist. This included a new yoga position which had us all feeling more relaxed and stress fee. Psychotherapist, Azita Sachmechian was our second speaker. She talked about the …
