Note: Rebecca Boorsma won third place at the District 101 Table Topics Contest on May 20, 2017. She represented the Macintalkers. Here is her account of competing in the Club, Area, Division and finally District level. My Path to District By Rebecca Boorsma Most of us fear the dreaded Table Topics question. We feel our […]
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Macintalkers’ Rebecca Boorsma and Shloka Kini win Area Contest!
We held a very successful Area E2 Contest on March 15. Members from our club, Macintalkers, completed with representatives from five other clubs—Fair Oaks, VentriTalks, Sunnyvale Speakeasies, PCYC and Flying Toasters in in the Table Topics and International Speech Contest. Rebecca Boorsma, our former club president, won first place in the Table Topics contest with […]
Shloka Kini and Rebecca Boorsma win Macintalkers Toastmasters Contests
Cupertino, CA – February 9, 2017 Shloka Kini and Rebecca Boorsma won the Macintalkers Toastmasters Club’s 2017 International and Table Topics Speech Contests, respectively, on Wednesday, February 8 on the Apple campus. The International Speech Contest featured speakers presenting a five to seven-minute speech on a topic of their choosing. Kini bested other contestants with […]
10 Tips on Writing a Good Speech
You must have read many times on how to write a good speech. I liked following article – direct to the point and nicely written. 10 Tips from Lincoln on Writing a Kick-ass Speech If you ever have to give a speech, unless you’re an accomplished public speaker, it’s often best to write your speech […]
Perspective about life – ‘World is how you look at it’ by Polina
A traveler came upon an old farmer hoeing in his field beside the road. He approached the farmer: “What sort of people live in the next town?” asked the stranger. “What were the people like where you’ve come from?” replied the farmer, answering the question with another question. “They were a bad lot. Troublemakers and lazy […]