I shared stories of my Toastmasters mentor and the impact a mentor can have on Toastmasters members.
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Getting into Backpacking
I shared my learnings from a REI backpacking class with my fellow Toastmasters.
Find Your Path
I told my local Toastmasters club the story of changing my path from studying computer science to designing.
Yanbin’s Second Speech: Stereotypes
Yanbin gave his second speech at the Toastmasters club on “stereotypes”. It is a tough topic to expand upon, and I think he did a beautiful job.
The Simplest Way to Make Art
To many people, art is a mystery. It seems like, if you want to be an artist, you have to be creative and artistic. What if I say, there is a simple way to get into the world of art, with a piece of paper and a pair of scissors?
Three Words to Make Up A Story
Jonathan, our Table Topics Master today at Toastmasters meeting, threw a really fun table topics party for us. He brought a bag of small pieces of paper, each with one word on it. Every table topics speaker picks three words, and use them to make up a story.
Yanbin’s Icebreaker
My husband Yanbin gave his first speech at our Toastmasters club.
Become A Good Toastmasters Evaluator
How to evaluate and what makes an effective evaluation.
The Incredible Mentor-Mentee Relationship
An incredible mentor helped me get through my first three speeches and make me become more confident.
Three Secrets of Staying Motivated for A Daily Project for A Year
I started many ambitions that ended up nowhere. I’ve started many dairy books, but none of them had more than two weeks of notes. Well, I finally found one. So far, it has been one of the few things I can proudly say that I succeed in doing with persistence.