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Welcome to District 101 Toastmasters!

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District 101 serves the area from Mountain View to King City, including Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties and most of Santa Clara county – we call it “Silicon to Surf”.

Message from the District Director

In this year, I invite you all to set new goals, higher than ever, and get engaged, more than ever, with your clubs and with District 101 Toastmasters. Let this year be your year, where you amplify your learnings and find consistent value in your Toastmasters meetings.

When I joined my first Toastmasters club, I was encouraged to explore what goes on beyond the club level. I was asked to be a timer at an Area Contest and I gladly said yes! I was happy I did, since it allowed me to network with several other Toastmasters members and leaders and provided me opportunities to develop new skills. From there on, it only got better as I began to take advantage of the various events that happen within District 101. 

I would like each of you to explore and Expand Your Horizons, our District theme this year, and realize the full potential of the benefits that Toastmasters has to offer. Be it through delivering speeches, giving evaluations, leading Table Topics, participating in educational events, being a club officer or organizing a club or District event, there are always a multitude of opportunities for each of us to go past (Expand) our set goals (Horizons) and push ourselves higher.

As we continue our journey, I wish you all success and strongly encourage you to Expand Your Horizons and aspire to achieve more. Let’s work together to Expand our Horizons and experience the true value of our Toastmasters membership. Feel free to contact me at dd@d101tm.org to find out more about the various opportunities within District 101. 

Pavan Datla, District Director

 


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District 101 ToastmastersJanuary 31, 2021 8:32am
Learn "how to write a speech in 10 minutes" at a workshop on Feb 2nd. Register at: https://d101tm.wufoo.com/forms/d101-tli-series-2021/ #toastmastersinternational
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District 101 ToastmastersJanuary 30, 2021 4:27pm
Get tips on increasing your professional network using linkedin and Toastmasters from this latest blog https://d101tm.org/getting-the-most-out-of-toastmasters-using-linkedin-part-2-of-2/ #toastmastersinternational #networking
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District 101 ToastmastersJanuary 28, 2021 2:52pm
Gearing up for Speech contest. Attend the workshop on Jan 30th to learn "How to Run a Successful Online Speech Contest". Register at https://d101tm.wufoo.com/forms/d101-tli-series-2021/ #toastmastersinternational
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District 101 ToastmastersJanuary 26, 2021 8:49pm
Check out the latest blog on "A recipe for an Impressive Speech" https://d101tm.org/mayuko-satos-recipe-for-an-impressive-speech/ #toastmastersinternational
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District 101 ToastmastersJanuary 25, 2021 3:57am
Pathways has been around for few years. Read this latest blog "Pathways: Skeptic to Convert" https://d101tm.org/pathways-skeptic-to-convert/ to learn why it's right time to embrace Pathways #toastmastersinternational #publicspeaking