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Fall 2016 - Area Contest Results September  20, 2016 The Area Contest was held on Monday, September 19, for both Evaluation and Humorous Speech. It was a combined Area C1 and Area C6 contest (co-chaired by Ping Ho, one of our club members). We are excited to announce that both Mirus and Roberta placed 1st in their contests! Area C1 and C6 winners of Evaluation and Humorous Speech contests Congratulations to Roberta Guise - 1st place Area C1 Evaluation Contest! Her evaluation of a speech from the Test Speaker on unconscious bias was well-organized and thoughtful. Congratulations to Mirus Lu - 1st place Area C1 Humorous Speech Contest! His speech on "A Relationship Milestone for the 21st Century" on building IKEA furniture was funny and taught us some lessons about relationships too. Mirus and Roberta will both be representing Area C1 in the Division C contest on October 12 at Dolby Labs at 1275 Market Street. Registration details will appear on the

Area C1 & C6 Contests - Humorous Speech & Evaluations Monday, September 19! Join Us!

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The  Area Contest  is next Monday,  September 19 ! Join us for some fun, to cheer on your club contestants (Roberta & Mirus), and for an opportunity to see different speakers from Area C1 and Area C6. Area C1 & C6 Contests - Humorous Speech & Evaluations September 19, 2016 5:30pm - 8pm 500 Terry Francois Blvd San Francisco (Hosted by Cloudmasters) Register online $5 if you register, $7 walk-in entry fee Contestants are free! (Remember: Townsend Toastmasters is offering to reimburse your entry fee to the Area Contest.)

Join Us For A Special Townsend Toastmasters Meeting on Monday, June 6th, 2016 at 12 PM at Advent Software, 4th Floor, 600 Townsend St.

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Guest Speaker Workshop with Peter Khoury of Magnetic Speaking Peter Khoury is a Certified Professional NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Coach, trainer and strategic executive coach.  Peter has trained hundreds of professionals in public speaking. Peter’s company, “ Magnetic Speaking ”,  offers a range of boot camps from Magnetic Storytelling, Magnetic Delivery, Magnetic Blueprint and other weekly workshops like IMPROV. Peter wrote a book on leadership, “Self-Leadership Guide: Be Empowered Be Motivated” and is also a Distinguished Toastmaster.   We are excited to have Peter join us! You don't want to miss this meeting!  All guests are welcome! *Please note the location change for this meeting.  We will not be meeting at Adobe this week.  Advent Software is across the street from Adobe. 

Get Your Improv On! Join Us For A Special Townsend Toastmasters Meeting on April 25th from 12-1 PM at Adobe in the Chaplin Meeting Room!

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Mark your calendars and join this fun meeting where we learn to "Improve with Improv"!

Come Join Us for Lunch on Thursday, April 21st at 11:30 am and Meet Members of Townsend Toastmasters!

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Area Contest Results March 2 3 , 2016 The Area D1 contest was held tonight and both club members who competed placed in their respective contests.  Congratulations to Roberta & Jason! Roberta Guise won the Table Topics contest with her slogan for her Presidential race. Jason Okui placed 2nd in the International Speech contest with his story of how his grandparents met . Roberta moves on to compete in the next contest, the Division D Table Topics contest on April 14 .  Find more details here: http://d4tm.org/event- schedule#Division-D
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Club Contest Results Feb 22, 2016 Congratulations to our club contest winners! Winners of the Table Topics contest International Speech Contest: 1st Place Jason Okui "How I Met Your Grandmother" 2nd Place Mudassir Sheikh "Making Popsicles on High Camp" Table Topics Speech Contest: 1st place:  Roberta Guise 2nd place: Mudassir Sheikh 3rd place:  Kelly Parker 4th place:  Tasha Pelaez First place winners will represent our club in the Area contest which will be held in March. Organizers of the contest And finally, my sincerest thanks to the contest committee who helped me make this contest a reality!  - Ping Ho | VP of Education