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Home » Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame recognizes the accomplishments of our members and clubs throughout the year. Awards and accolades include:

  • District Speech Contest Winners
  • Distinguished Toastmasters
  • Triple Crown Awards
  • Outstanding Achievement in Toastmasters Awards (OATM)
  • Club Officers of the Year (for all 7 Roles)
  • Distinguished Clubs and much much more!
  • Area Director of the Year
  • Division Director of the Year
  • Toastmaster of the Year

Some awards may not yet be reflected here and will be announced at the online Awards & Installation Gala on Friday July 24th. Register here for the online event which will feature Table Topics (sharing a memorable moment from the past year) from 6-7pm, awards and recognition from 7-8:30pm and the installation of incoming officers from 8:30-9pm.

2019-2020 Hall of Fame:

Contests

Evaluation Contest  
1st Tyree Johnson Toastmasters Leadership Club
2nd Tyler Vivian Diablo Toastmasters
3rd Bruce Maison Avatar Metaphysical Toastmasters
International Speech Contest  
1st Albert Mo, DTM Star Search Club
2nd Pritam Bhattarai, DL2 Diamond Club
3rd Gina Cefalu, DTM Re/Max Accord Toastmasters

 

Membership Awards

Toastmaster of the Year Award to be announced at Awards & Installation Gala

Distinguished Toastmaster Award Recipients

Distinguished Toastmaster Awards are final.

Full Name Club Name Date
Full Name Club Name Date
Donica Hopkins Santa Rosa Club 07/01/2019
William Holsey Speakers Forum Club 07/08/2019
Winnie Ma Andeesheh Toastmasters Club 07/08/2019
Wendy Wilson Speechmasters 07/20/2019
Janice Oakley Downtown Toastmasters 08/04/2019
Vivian Ling East Bay Municipal Utility Dist Toastmasters Club 08/08/2019
Sherry Hsu F.A.T. Toastmasters Club 10/01/2019
Tyler Vivian Diablo Toastmasters Club 10/02/2019
Chau Yoder Diablo Champagne Breakfast Club 11/02/2019
John Dinh Star Search Club 12/12/2019
Joy Montgomery Amador Valley Toastmasters Club 12/13/2019
Ramesh Yakkali Bioradical Toastmasters Club 01/14/2020
Steve Max Taddei Oakland 88 Toastmasters Club 01/17/2020
E. Tyree Johnson LaughLovers Comedy Club 02/19/2020
Pravesh Kumar City Speech Toastmasters 02/20/2020
Paul Schwan Diablo Champagne Breakfast Club 02/27/2020
Nilva Fuller Star Search Club 03/01/2020
Jigar Savla South Bay Toastmasters 03/06/2020
Michelle Peticolas Heart2Heart 03/13/2020
Venkat Raman City Speech Toastmasters 03/17/2020
Marc Miller Amador Valley Toastmasters Club 03/23/2020
Mark Burchill Noon Toastmasters Club 04/01/2020
Patricia DeSa Rockridge Toastmasters Club 04/14/2020
Stacy Schwan Diablo Champagne Breakfast Club 04/15/2020
Renee Hawk Toast of Petaluma 04/30/2020
Donna Loo Confidence Builders Club 05/23/2020
Linda Redwood-Kahn Top of the Bay Club 05/28/2020
Marc Ventura Word Weavers Toastmasters Club #400 06/01/2020
Joann Bradley Word Weavers Toastmasters Club #400 06/04/2020
Sudha Krishnamoorthy Citizens for Better Communicators Club 06/13/2020
Trish Johnston A Cut Above Club 06/16/2020
Christy Helvajian Noon Toastmasters Club 06/23/2020
Hugh Bussell Amador Valley Toastmasters Club 06/24/2020
Steven Mehlman Early Words Toastmasters 06/25/2020
Merci Del Rosario Cherry City Toastmasters Club 06/27/2020
Karen Leigh Schraga Santa Rosa Club 06/28/2020
Vivian Prater Cherry City Toastmasters Club 06/30/2020
Dawn Benson East Bay Municipal Utility Dist Toastmasters Club 06/30/2020
Lola Pratt Berkeley Communicators Club 06/30/2020
Cynthia Stott Heart2Heart 06/30/2020
Marissa Smithwick Toast On the Hill 06/30/2020
Kevin Markl Hacienda Park Toastmasters Club 06/30/2020

Triple Crown Award Recipients

Triple Crown Awards are final.

Full name Number of Awards Awards
Full name Number of Awards Awards
Joseph D. Amaro 4 PI1 , PI2 , PI3 , PI4
Michiyo Ambrosius 5 MS1 , MS2 , MS3 , DL1 , ACG
Irene Andro 4 MS4 , MS2 , MS3 , MS5
Chuck Ballinger 4 EH2 , EH1 , LDREXC , VC5
Samanvitha Basole 4 PM3 , PM1 , PM2 , PM4
Aurora Tan Bataclan 3 IP2 , IP3 , IP1
MG Bertrand 4 PM2 , PM3 , PM4 , PM5
David R. Blum 5 EH2 , EH4 , EH5 , EH1 , EH3
Bett Rose Bollhoefer 3 SR5 , MS2 , MS3
Marianne Bonner 4 CL , PM2 , PM1 , ACG
Mary Bustamante 3 EH1 , ACG , EH2
Harinath K. Candadai 5 LDREXC , PM2 , PM3 , PM1 , ACG
Timothy W. Carlisle 5 SR3 , SR1 , SR2 , SR4 , SR5
Wade Randall Cartwright 5 ACG , IP1 , IP2 , IP3 , ALB
Gina Cefalu 6 PM1 , IP1 , PM2 , PM3 , IP2 , PM4
Joanne Cherep 3 CL , IP5 , IP4
Katherine Cheung 4 SR3 , SR4 , SR2 , SR5
Jim Christian 3 MS1 , MS2 , MS3
Dara Connolly 4 LD2 , LD3 , LD4 , LD5
Rachel Crossman 3 PI2 , PI3 , PI4
Edward M. Cullen 5 EH1 , LD5 , MS2 , CC , ACB
Jean S. Cunningham 7 CL , CC , EC5 , EH1 , PM1 , EH2 , EH3
Biswajit Dash 4 DL3 , DL1 , DL2 , DL4
Regina Davis 5 DL1 , DL2 , DL3 , DL4 , DL5
Carolyn J. Douglas 8 ACG , EC1 , EC2 , PM5 , EC3 , EC4 , DL1 , DL2
Biplav Dubbula 3 VC1 , VC2 , VC3
Lisa M. Fairchild 7 MS1 , MS5 , VC4 , VC5 , MS3 , MS2 , MS4
Nazanin Nicol Falakfarsa 3 LD1 , LD2 , LD3
Ron A. Fitch 10 PM3 , PM4 , PM1 , PM2 , CC , EH1 , CC , ACS , ACG , LDREXC
Nilva Fuller 3 VC5 , DTM , MS1
Pradeep Gaddam 3 IP2 , IP1 , IP3
Julie A. Garrett 4 EC2 , PI4 , PM1 , PI5
Nicole Gray 3 EC1 , EC2 , EC3
Lorinne Lynn Griswold 4 IP2 , IP1 , IP3 , IP4
Michael Gwinner 3 PI2 , PI1 , PI3
Curt I. Hayashida 4 EH3 , ALS , EH1 , EH2
Charles W Herron 3 DL1 , DL2 , DL3
William F. Holsey 10 PM2 , CL , DTM , ALS , CL , CC , CL , CC , CL , PM3
Donica Hopkins 13 DTM , SR5 , TC2 , EH1 , EH2 , SR2 , SR3 , SR4 , EH3 , EH4 , EH5 , TC1 , PWMENTORPGM
Sherry Hsu 7 CL , DL2 , TC1 , DL3 , ALS , DTM , CC
Sujatha Iyer 3 DL5 , IP1 , IP2
Nick Jaden 4 IP1 , DL4 , DL5 , IP2
E. Tyree Johnson 5 SR2 , SR3 , DTM , ALS , ACG
Mechelle Denise Johnson 3 EC2 , EC1 , EC3
Robert H. Kaiser 5 CL , EC1 , CL , PM4 , CL
Arti Kapoor 5 PM1 , PM2 , PM3 , PM4 , PM5
Drew Kaul 3 LD4 , PM1 , PM2
Catherine A Keating 3 PM1 , PM2 , PM3
Nitin Kumar 3 PM2 , PM1 , PM3
Arun Kumar 3 DL2 , DL3 , DL4
Christopher Lam 3 DL1 , DL2 , DL3
Duane Leem 4 IP3 , PI1 , IP4 , IP5
Jay A. Ligda 10 PM2 , DL5 , EH1 , PM1 , EC2 , EC3 , PM3 , ACB , EC4 , VC5
Vivian Ling 6 DL3 , DL4 , ALS , DTM , DL2 , CL
Donna Loo 5 LDREXC , ALS , LD1 , ACG , DTM
Judy Louie 3 PM1 , PM3 , PM2
Jegan Colley Loum 4 ACG , IP2 , IP1 , ALB
Jean Tran Nhu Luong 7 MS3 , MS4 , MS5 , EH1 , EC1 , EC2 , EC3
Yan Ma 3 CL , IP2 , IP3
Winnie F. Ma 19 ALS , DTM , PM1 , TC3 , PWMENTORPGM , PM5 , CL , MS3 , PM4 , PM2 , LD5 , PM3 , TC1 , TC2 , TC4 , TC5 , MS1 , CL , MS2
Kevin Markl 4 SR1 , SR2 , ALS , DTM
George D. Marshall 9 ALB , ALB , IP5 , LD1 , EH1 , EH2 , EH3 , EH4 , EH5
Christie McCollum 3 LD1 , LD2 , CL
Steven Mehlman 6 LDREXC , MS1 , MS2 , MS3 , ALS , DTM
Sophath Mey 3 IP2 , IP3 , IP4
Kathleen Mills 4 PM3 , PM1 , PI4 , PM2
Lauline Mitchell 4 PM1 , DL4 , DL5 , PM2
Joy Montgomery 5 LDREXC , ALS , DTM , EC1 , EC2
Shyam Varan Nath 7 VC1 , VC2 , VC4 , EH5 , EH3 , EH4 , MS5
Dennis D. Neary 6 ACB , PM1 , CC , CC , PM2 , PM3
Sripriya Panchapakesan 3 MS4 , MS5 , EH1
Linda Patten 6 PM2 , PM3 , PM4 , PM5 , PM1 , DL1
Mary T Perez 3 LD1 , LD2 , LD3
Victoria Petersen 3 PM1 , PM2 , PM3
Michelle Peticolas 10 ACS , ACG , DTM , CL , LDREXC , PM2 , PM3 , ALS , ALB , CC
Sally J. Gibbons Philbin 3 EC2 , EC3 , EC4
Michael William Pruett 6 PM1 , PM2 , IP1 , PM3 , PM4 , PM5
Praveena V Raman 3 EC1 , EC2 , EC3
Venkat Raman 5 MS2 , MS3 , ACS , ACG , DTM
Guddi Ramsaran 5 IP1 , IP2 , IP3 , IP4 , IP5
Pierre Ribeiro Da Costa 3 LD3 , LD4 , LD5
Linda Rice 4 CL , PM4 , PM3 , ACS
Eliott Jonathon Rodgers 4 VC5 , SR1 , SR2 , SR3
Aouie Rubio 3 DL1 , DL2 , DL3
Stacey Saadiq 3 MS1 , MS2 , MS3
Tom Sarbeck 3 SR3 , PM1 , PM2
Debo Sarkar 4 DL5 , LD2 , LD3 , LD4
Smitha Sasidharan 8 EH5 , SR3 , SR1 , EH1 , EH2 , EH3 , EH4 , SR2
Jeanne L Schwass 3 PM1 , PM2 , PM3
Lindy Sinclair 7 CC , LD4 , ACB , CL , CC , ACB , PWMENTORPGM
Susan L. Skiff 3 IP1 , ALB , IP2
Staci A Smith 5 LD1 , LD4 , LD5 , LD2 , LD3
Jake Starr 4 EC1 , EC2 , EC3 , EC4
Linda S. Stewart 3 EC4 , VC1 , CL
Cynthia S. Stott 7 LDREXC , ALB , ALS , DTM , CC , EH2 , EH1
Jess Strange 3 LD5 , LD4 , PM1
Jennifer L. Su 3 ALB , LD1 , LD2
Monica Anne Sullivan 10 CC , CL , ALB , ACG , ACB , EH1 , EH2 , EH3 , CL , ALB
Bhaskar Swaminathan 3 ACB , LD1 , LD2
Steve Max Taddei 6 ACG , PI5 , ACG , PM3 , DTM , PM4
Jerreau Taylor 3 EH1 , EH2 , ALB
Pamela Thompson 4 PM1 , SR3 , PM2 , SR4
Sugam Tiku 4 EC3 , EC4 , EC5 , SR1
Sinziana Todor 3 IP2 , IP3 , IP4
Sal S. Tulah 5 MS1 , MS2 , MS3 , MS4 , CL
Jasper J. Visser 4 LDREXC , ACG , EC1 , EC2
Janet Elizabeth Voss 3 EC2 , EC3 , EC4
Merideth C. White 3 IP1 , ACG , IP2
Deborah L. Wiener 8 DL2 , DL1 , SR1 , PM1 , PM2 , DL3 , PM3 , SR2
Wendy Wilson 4 EH1 , EH2 , ALS , DTM
Gary Charles Wong 25 EH3 , EH5 , EH4 , EH2 , MS3 , MS4 , MS5 , DL1 , IP4 , IP5 , EH2 , EH4 , EH1 , EH3 , PM1 , EH5 , PM2 , CL , CL , CL , CL , ALB , ALB , ALB , ALB
Fan Xiong 3 VC2 , VC3 , VC4
Haruka Yamashita 3 MS1 , MS2 , MS3
Emil Yanos 3 PI5 , PI3 , PI4
Kiran Yella 3 IP1 , IP2 , IP3
Tong Yin 3 IP2 , IP1 , IP3
Chau V. Yoder 3 PM1 , ALS , DTM
Jeffrey Young 5 VC2 , ALB , CC , VC3 , ACB
Anjum Zishan 3 DL2 , DL3 , DL1
Jill K. Zwaanstra 3 PI1 , CL , PI2

Outstanding Achievement Toastmaster Award (OATM) Recipients

OATM awards are final.

Full Name
Full Name
Joann Bradley
Michael Anne Conley
Dara Connolly
Edward Cullen
Jean Cunningham
Carolyn Douglas
Lisa Fairchild
Janice Fairfield
Julie Garrett
Seema Giri
Lorinne Griswold
Bill Holsey DTM
Sherry Hsu
Trish Johnston
Sudha Krishnamoorthy
Jay Ligda
Vivian Ling-Wong
Winnie Ma
Gaganbir Kaur
Kathleen A Mills
Arunavaa Mukherjee
Linda Patten
Michelle Peticolas
Sally J Gibbons Philbin DTM
Stephanie Prausnitz
Venkat Raman
Hema Thumu
Marissa Smithwick
Cynthia Stott
Wendy Wilson
Ramesh Yakkali

 

Club Incentives and Awards

Distinguished Clubs (Presidents Distinguished, Select Distinguished, Distinguished)

2019 - 2020 Distinguished Clubs

Division Area Club Club Name Distinguished Status
Division Area Club Club Name Distinguished Status
H 5 2,452 Amador Valley Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
D 26 1,150,549 Andeesheh Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
D 30 8,933 ARPB Toastmasters Presidents Distinguished
E 15 677 Berkeley Communicators Club Presidents Distinguished
E 4 791,318 Bioradical Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
C 8 2,080 Capitol Speakers Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
A 2 961 Castro Valley Toastmasters Club #961 Presidents Distinguished
H 34 2,332 Chamber Chatters Club Presidents Distinguished
A 1 8,586 Cherry City Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
I 33 654,714 Citizens for Better Communicators Club Presidents Distinguished
I 33 3,756,371 City Speech Toastmasters Presidents Distinguished
A 22 6,781 Coastmasters Presidents Distinguished
B 21 3,972 Confidence Builders Club Presidents Distinguished
B 27 684,665 Creating Communicators Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
F 16 1,785 Danville Toastmasters Club 1785 Presidents Distinguished
B 7 4,027 Diablo Champagne Breakfast Club Presidents Distinguished
B 17 2,056 Early Words Toastmasters Presidents Distinguished
D 26 2,527 East Bay Municipal Utility Dist Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
D 14 9,389 East Bay Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
E 18 1,507 El Cerrito Toastmasters Presidents Distinguished
I 33 595,243 F.A.T. Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
A 2 4,641,440 GenoMasters Presidents Distinguished
D 30 1,463,058 Heart2Heart Presidents Distinguished
A 22 5,229 Island City Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
D 26 2,967 Lakeside Speakeasy Club Presidents Distinguished
D 3 2,767 Lakeview Club Presidents Distinguished
B 17 596,430 LaughLovers Comedy Club Presidents Distinguished
C 9 890 Marin Toastmasters 890 Presidents Distinguished
I 13 1,118 Newark Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
G 25 5,708 Noon Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
D 3 88 Oakland 88 Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
D 3 1,250 Oakland City Center Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
D 30 4,293 Oakland Uptown Toastmasters Presidents Distinguished
H 19 7,360,115 Oracle Pleasant Speakers Club Presidents Distinguished
H 19 4,762 Pleasanton Community Club Presidents Distinguished
D 3 5,409 Rockridge Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
A 1 452 San Leandro Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
C 9 1,441 Southern Marin Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
H 28 1,401 Speakeasies Club Presidents Distinguished
H 19 9,338 Speakers Forum Club Presidents Distinguished
H 28 1,341,774 Speechmasters Presidents Distinguished
A 1 3,442,284 Stagecoach Warriors Presidents Distinguished
I 29 5,067 Star Search Club Presidents Distinguished
C 9 7,075 Talk Of The Town Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
C 24 7,359 Toast of Petaluma Presidents Distinguished
E 4 7,957 Toast of Richmond Toastmasters Club Presidents Distinguished
E 23 4,723,864 Toast On the Hill Presidents Distinguished
G 25 5,434,039 Toast Tronic Presidents Distinguished
D 30 910,103 Toastmasters Leadership Club Presidents Distinguished
E 23 5,306 Toastmasters on Campus Club Presidents Distinguished
H 34 4,961,420 Tri-Valley Toastmasters Presidents Distinguished
H 5 5,154,328 Trident Toastmasters Presidents Distinguished
B 21 7,465,416 Vallejo Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals Presidents Distinguished
D 14 1,888,470 Vision Masters Presidents Distinguished
D 14 5,951,605 Warehouse Evening Toastmasters Presidents Distinguished
D 14 6,061 Warehouse Toastmasters Presidents Distinguished
E 18 1,239 Watergate Toastmasters Presidents Distinguished
A 22 6,605 Windmaster Club Presidents Distinguished
B 21 400 Word Weavers Toastmasters Club #400 Presidents Distinguished
B 7 3,427,556 CSAA Talkers Select Distinguished
G 31 4,069 Downtown Toastmasters Select Distinguished
G 25 6,627 Fountaingrove Club Select Distinguished
F 6 5,339 Goal Achievers Toastmasters Club Select Distinguished
C 24 1,130,768 Rise and Shine Toastmasters Select Distinguished
G 31 182 Santa Rosa Club Select Distinguished
D 14 2,188,234 Scopemasters East Bay Select Distinguished
G 10 8,731 Tenacious Talkers Club Select Distinguished
A 2 8,597 A Cut Above Club Distinguished
H 19 4,582 Diamond Club Distinguished
I 13 5,350,671 Electric Toasters Distinguished
I 13 682 Fantastic Toastmasters Distinguished
I 13 7,451,388 Fremont Heartfulness Toastmasters Distinguished
A 22 1,385,983 Sweet Talkers-ADC Distinguished
F 6 8,629 Walnut Creek Toastmasters Club Distinguished

Club President, Vice President of Education, Vice President of Membership, Vice President of Public Relations, Secretary, Treasurer of the Year to be announced at Awards & Installation Gala

Corporate Recognition Award to be announced at Awards & Installation Gala

Elect to Excellence Incentive Recipients (club officer pins or badges)

Club Name
Club Name
Alameda Tongue Twisters
Andeesheh Toastmasters Club
Arcata Toastmasters
Bear P.A.W.S.
Berkeley Communicators Club
Chamber Chatters Club
Cherry City Toastmasters Club
ChevMasters Club
Citizens for Better Communicators Club
City Speech Toastmasters
Coastmasters
Demosthenes Toastmasters Club
Diablo Champagne Breakfast Club
Diablo Toastmasters Club
East Bay Municipal Utility Dist Toastmasters Club
East Bay Toastmasters Club
F.A.T. Toastmasters Club
Fountaingrove Club
GenoMasters
Hacienda Park Toastmasters Club
Kaiser Communicators
Mare Island Club
Oakland City Center Toastmasters Club
Oakland Hills Toastmasters Club
People Movers Toastmasters Club
Pitch Perfect Toastmasters
Pleasanton Community Club
Scopemasters East Bay
Soaring Eagles
Southern Marin Toastmasters Club
Speakeasies Club
Speakers Forum Club
Stagecoach Warriors
Star Search Club
Sunrise Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders Toastmasters
Talk and Thrive
Tenacious Talkers Club
Toast Busters Toastmasters Club
Toast of Petaluma
Toast of Richmond Toastmasters Club
Toast Tronic
Toastmasters Leadership Club
Top of the Hill Toastmasters Club
Trident Toastmasters
Vision Masters
Warehouse Evening Toastmasters
Watergate Toastmasters
Windmaster Club

#d57online Incentive Recipients ($25 prize)

Club Name
Club Name
Andeesheh Toastmasters
California Maritime Academy Toastmasters Club
Coastmasters
Confidence Builders
Creating Communicators Toastmasters Club
Diablo Champagne Breakfast Club
East Bay Toastmasters
Laugh Lovers Toastmasters
Laugh Lovers Toastmasters
Mare Island Toastmasters
People Movers
People Movers
Pleasanton Community Club
Santa Rosa 182
Southern Marin Toastmasters
Speakeasies Club
Speakeasies Club
Speaker Forum
Star Search Toastmasters
Sweet Talkers -ADC
Tales & Tellers Toastmasters
Toast of Petaluma
Toast on the Hill Toastmasters
Toast Tronic
Toastmasters Leadership Club
Ukiah Toastmasters
Watergate Toastmasters
Windmasters Toastmasters

Club Excellence Award Recipients ($25 or $50 prize)

Club Name Club Goals Prize
Club Name Club Goals Prize
Airport Business Center (ABC) Ruby Goals $50
Alameda Tongue Twisters Emerald Goals $25
Andeesheh Toastmasters Club Golden Goals $50
APAPA TVC Toastmasters Golden Goals $25
ARPB Toastmasters Golden Goals $50
Bayfair Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $25
Berkeley Communicators Club Emerald Goals $25
Bioradical Toastmasters Club Golden Goals $25
Capitol Speakers Toastmasters Club Golden Goals $25
Chamber Chatters Club Golden Goals $50
Cherry City Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $25
ChevMasters Club Emerald Goals $50
Citizens for Better Communicators Club Golden Goals $50
City Speech Toastmasters Golden Goals $25
Coastmasters Emerald Goals $25
Confidence Builders Club Emerald Goals $25
Creating Communicators Toastmasters Club Golden Goals $50
Delta Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $50
Diablo Champagne Breakfast Club Golden Goals $25
Downtown Berkeley Club Emerald Goals $25
Downtown Toastmasters Golden Goals $25
DVC Toastmasters Emerald Goals $25
East Bay Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $25
El Cerrito Toastmasters Golden Goals $25
Entrepreneurial Toastmasters Emerald Goals $25
F.A.T. Toastmasters Club Golden Goals $50
Fremont Heartfulness Toastmasters Emerald Goals $50
GenoMasters Golden Goals $25
Goal Achievers Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $25
Heart2Heart Golden Goals $50
Island City Toastmasters Club Golden Goals $25
Lakeside Speakeasy Club Golden Goals $25
Lakeview Club Golden Goals $25
Las Juntas Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $25
LaughLovers Comedy Club Golden Goals $25
Lunch-Bunch Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $25
Mare Island Club Golden Goals $25
Microcentury Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $50
Napa Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $25
Nisumites Toastmasters Emerald Goals $25
Noon Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $25
Oakland 88 Toastmasters Club Golden Goals $50
Oakland City Center Toastmasters Club Ruby Goals $25
Oakland Uptown Toastmasters Golden Goals $50
Oracle Pleasant Speakers Club Emerald Goals $50
Pittsburg Speakeasy Golden Goals $25
Pleasanton Community Club Golden Goals $50
Re/Max Accord Toastmasters Emerald Goals $25
Rise and Shine Toastmasters Emerald Goals $50
Rockridge Toastmasters Club Golden Goals $25
San Leandro Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $50
Santa Rosa Club Golden Goals $50
SoniCommunicators Emerald Goals $25
Southern Marin Toastmasters Club Ruby Goals $25
Speakeasies Club Golden Goals $25
Speakers Forum Club Golden Goals $25
Stagecoach Warriors Golden Goals $25
Star Search Club Golden Goals $50
Sunrise Toastmasters Emerald Goals $25
Sweet Talkers-ADC Emerald Goals $25
Swift Plaza Toastmasters Emerald Goals $25
Talk Of The Town Toastmasters Club Golden Goals $25
Tenacious Talkers Club Emerald Goals $25
Toast of Petaluma Ruby Goals $25
Toast Tronic Golden Goals $50
Toastmasters Leadership Club Golden Goals $25
Toastmasters on Campus Club Golden Goals $25
Toastranchers Emerald Goals $25
Top of the Bay Club Golden Goals $25
Top of the Hill Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $25
UCT Toastmasters Club Emerald Goals $25
Ukiah Toastmasters Golden Goals $50
Vallejo Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals Emerald Goals $50
Vision Masters Emerald Goals $25
Warehouse Evening Toastmasters Golden Goals $50
Warehouse Toastmasters Golden Goals $50
Watergate Toastmasters Golden Goals $25
Windmaster Club Emerald Goals $25
Word Weavers Toastmasters Club #400 Golden Goals $25

Excellent 7 Award Recipients ($50 pizza prize)

Club Name
Club Name
Andeesheh Toastmasters Club
APAPA TVC Toastmasters
City Speech Toastmasters
East Bay Toastmasters Club
F.A.T. Toastmasters Club
GenoMasters
Heart2Heart
Intarcians
Newark Toastmasters Club
Nisumites
Oakland City Center Toastmasters Club
Oracle Pleasant Speakers Club
Scopemasters East Bay
Stagecoach Warriors
Sunrise Toastmasters
Swift Plaza Toastmasters
Toast of Richmond Toastmasters Club
Toastmasters Leadership Club
Trident Toastmasters
Walnut Creek Toastmasters Club
Warehouse Evening Toastmasters
Watergate Toastmasters

September Smedley and Spring New Member Madness Recipients ($10 per new member)

Club Name September Smedley Spring New Member Madness Total Amount
Club Name September Smedley Spring New Member Madness Total Amount
630 Toast $50 $0 $50
A Cut Above Club $0 $20 $20
Alameda Tongue Twisters $0 $10 $10
Amador Valley Toastmasters Club $0 $10 $10
Andeesheh Toastmasters Club $0 $90 $90
APAPA TVC Toastmasters $0 $20 $20
Arcata Toastmasters $0 $20 $20
Argonauts $0 $10 $10
ARPB Toastmasters $0 $10 $10
Avatar Metaphysical Toastmasters $20 $30 $50
Berkeley Communicators Club $0 $20 $20
Bioradical Toastmasters Club $20 $0 $20
Broadway Toastmasters $10 $0 $10
Capitol Speakers Toastmasters Club $0 $10 $10
Castro Valley Toastmasters Club #961 $10 $10 $20
Chamber Chatters Club $20 $10 $30
Cherry City Toastmasters Club $0 $10 $10
ChevMasters Club $0 $40 $40
Citizens for Better Communicators Club $30 $30 $60
City Speech Toastmasters $50 $30 $80
Cloverdale Club $0 $10 $10
Coastmasters $10 $40 $50
Confidence Builders Club $20 $30 $50
Creating Communicators Toastmasters Club $0 $50 $50
CSAA Talkers $0 $10 $10
Danville AM Toastmasters Club $0 $20 $20
Danville Toastmasters Club 1785 $30 $30 $60
Delta Toastmasters Club $20 $50 $70
Demosthenes Toastmasters Club $10 $0 $10
Diablo Champagne Breakfast Club $20 $0 $20
Downtown Berkeley Club $0 $10 $10
Downtown Toastmasters $0 $10 $10
DVC Toastmasters $0 $20 $20
Early Words Toastmasters $0 $50 $50
East Bay Toastmasters Club $0 $80 $80
El Cerrito Toastmasters $30 $20 $50
Electric Toasters $20 $0 $20
Emery Bay Toastmasters $0 $20 $20
Entrepreneurial Toastmasters $20 $60 $80
F.A.T. Toastmasters Club $30 $40 $70
Fantastic Toastmasters $10 $50 $60
Fountaingrove Club $20 $0 $20
Fremont Heartfulness Toastmasters $0 $50 $50
GenoMasters $0 $30 $30
Goal Achievers Toastmasters Club $10 $20 $30
Hacienda Park Toastmasters Club $0 $30 $30
Heart2Heart $10 $20 $30
Island City Toastmasters Club $30 $20 $50
Kaiser Communicators $0 $10 $10
Lakeside Speakeasy Club $0 $40 $40
Lakeview Club $0 $30 $30
Lam Research Toastmasters $0 $10 $10
Las Juntas Toastmasters Club $0 $40 $40
LaughLovers Comedy Club $10 $40 $50
Lunch-Bunch Toastmasters Club $40 $40 $80
Mare Island Club $0 $10 $10
Marin Toastmasters 890 $20 $10 $30
Microcentury Toastmasters Club $10 $30 $40
Napa Toastmasters Club $0 $30 $30
Newark Toastmasters Club $0 $10 $10
Next Level Toastmasters $0 $10 $10
Nisumites Toastmasters $0 $80 $80
Noon Toastmasters Club $10 $30 $40
North Marin Toastmasters Club $20 $10 $30
Oakland 88 Toastmasters Club $10 $30 $40
Oakland City Center Toastmasters Club $10 $40 $50
Oakland Hills Toastmasters Club $0 $20 $20
Oakland Uptown Toastmasters $10 $40 $50
Oracle Pleasant Speakers Club $0 $60 $60
People Movers Toastmasters Club $0 $40 $40
Pitch Perfect Toastmasters $10 $20 $30
Pleasanton Community Club $20 $30 $50
Power Speakers $0 $40 $40
Re/Max Accord Toastmasters $0 $30 $30
Rise and Shine Toastmasters $0 $30 $30
Roche Toastmasters $0 $20 $20
Rockridge Toastmasters Club $10 $20 $30
SaaSMasters $0 $10 $10
San Leandro Toastmasters Club $30 $20 $50
San Rafael Raconteurs $10 $10 $20
Santa Rosa Club $10 $10 $20
Scopemasters East Bay $10 $40 $50
Soaring Eagles $0 $20 $20
SoniCommunicators $30 $10 $40
South Bay Toastmasters $0 $10 $10
Southern Marin Toastmasters Club $0 $20 $20
Speakeasies Club $0 $10 $10
Speakers Forum Club $0 $20 $20
Speech Masters Toastmasters Club $0 $10 $10
Speechmasters $10 $20 $30
Stagecoach Warriors $0 $50 $50
Star Search Club $20 $20 $40
Sunrise Toastmasters $10 $0 $10
Sweet Talkers-ADC $0 $90 $90
Swift Plaza Toastmasters $0 $10 $10
T*Toasters Club $10 $0 $10
Tales & Tellers Toastmasters Club $10 $20 $30
Talk and Thrive $0 $20 $20
Talk Of The Town Toastmasters Club $0 $20 $20
Tenacious Talkers Club $0 $10 $10
The Daybreakers $0 $10 $10
Thunderbird Club $10 $0 $10
Toast Busters Toastmasters Club $10 $20 $30
Toast of Berkeley $0 $10 $10
Toast of Petaluma $30 $40 $70
Toast of Richmond Toastmasters Club $0 $30 $30
Toast On the Hill $20 $60 $80
Toast Tronic $10 $50 $60
Toastmasters Leadership Club $0 $80 $80
Toastmasters on Campus Club $10 $60 $70
Toastranchers $0 $10 $10
Top of the Bay Club $0 $20 $20
Top of the Hill Toastmasters Club $10 $10 $20
Trident Toastmasters $30 $10 $40
Ukiah Toastmasters $0 $10 $10
Union City Toastmasters Club $10 $20 $30
Vallejo Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals $20 $60 $80
Vision Masters $0 $40 $40
Voices of Energy Toastmasters $0 $20 $20
Walnut Creek Toastmasters Club $30 $40 $70
Warehouse Evening Toastmasters $10 $30 $40
Warehouse Toastmasters $20 $50 $70
Watergate Toastmasters $0 $50 $50
Windmaster Club $0 $30 $30
Word Weavers Toastmasters Club #400 $0 $60 $60

District Awards

To be announced at Awards & Installation Gala:

  • Distinguished Areas & Divisions
  • Online Experience of the Year Award
  • Trainer of the Year Award
  • Membership Growth of the Year Award
  • Club Growth of the Year Award
  • Club Coach of the Year Award
  • Innovator of the Year Award
  • Step it Up Award
  • Area Director of the Year
  • Division Director of the Year
  • District Toastmaster of the Year
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Jack Nguyen
How to Say Funny Stuff

This session is designed to introduce people to the basics of humor and joke writing, why we should care about humor, and how we can apply it to public speaking. In this session we will dissect the basic structure of a joke and learn a basic template for crafting as well as delivering jokes. Finally, we will touch on many of the challenges involved with humor and the secret to developing unshakeable confidence. Along the way you will hear many hilarious and embarrassing stories that will no doubt make you feel better about your own life. 


Bio

Jack Nguyen has been an avid Toastmaster since 2013. He has competed in speech competitions, participated in open mics, and has given close to 100 speeches across 5 districts. He has never cancelled on a speech. He believes that the best people to learn from are the ones that have to struggle the most to succeed. Having gone from being an unfunny dude who took six months to work up the nerve to give his icebreaker to being a district humorous speech champion he believes he’s one of those people. 

Suzanne O’Brien
Career Confidence: 4 Keys to Professional Growth

If you’re looking to take your career to the next level and you think you may need to look beyond your current company to advance or change careers, come learn the 4 fundamentals of strategic career management so you can improve your ability to get the job you deserve. As a bonus, attendees will receive a take-home resource to help them utilize and implement the principles learned in the session. By the end of this session, you will know how to:

  • Evaluate your current approach to career management, and identify gaps
  • Improve how you approach your job search to maximize access to the right opportunities

Bio

Suzanne is a Career Advancement Coach and the Founder and CEO of LevelUp Careers, which she established to provide greater awareness, understanding and tools for aspiring executives to achieve their goals. Previously, as an Executive Recruiter for the Toft Group and Renaissance Leadership, Suzanne led VP and C-Level searches with some of Silicon Valley’s most exciting tech companies backed by Sequoia, Bessemer, and Lightspeed Partners, Khosla Ventures and NEA.

Prior to executive recruiting, Suzanne managed the strategic services program for the New Zealand Government in North America. In this role, Suzanne worked closely with CEO’s on global expansion strategies and recruited C-Level executives to the Board.

In her spare time, Suzanne has served on the board of MBA Women International and has also served on the Graduate Management African Pipeline Advisory Group, along with representatives from top business schools including Kellogg, Booth, Maryland, Wharton and Stanford.

Gary Gardner
How to overcome “Speech Flu” and write Excellent speeches effortlessly

Have you ever been stuck writing a speech? In this session, Gary will share with you how to overcome “speech flu” and create great speeches effortlessly. Using a creative tool that you will use frequently any time you need to write a speech or get clarity surrounding a personal or business issue you need to solve. He will demonstrate how to write a great speech faster than can be imagined, while learning about the greatest problem-solving tool ever invented.


Bio

Gary’s primary focus for many years has been helping clients in transition. Whether it is retirement, sale of a business, the death of a loved one or any other life change, Gary has been a thinking partner with his clients in transition into their new post-transition lives. He is a Certified Financial Planner and Certified Financial Transitionist.

Upon graduating from the University of California Santa Barbara, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa. Upon returning to the U.S., he entered the financial services industry and helped pioneer the fledgling financial planning movement. He served as a board member of Hospice of the East Bay Foundation from 2005-2014 and an Area Governor of Toastmaster International in 2015. He will complete his DTM in 2018.

Orlando Redden
The 6 Human Needs and How to Own Your Perception of the World

This session covers the 6 Human needs from Robbins Madanes Coaching program. We will build a game plan on how to use them to better the way we feel about our lives or give us direction on how to. We will learn what Labeling and Reframing is and how to use it to change the way the world impacts us. Through the process you will be able to either self-reflect or work in a group.


Bio

Orlando is a passionate speaker and strong advocate for self- improvement and communication. Within the course of his studies, he has become a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner and has also completed a coaching certificate from Robbins-Madanes Training. He is an avid student in the areas of human behavior, particularly body language, interpersonal communication, improvisation, public speaking, leadership, and martial arts.

Throughout Orlando’s life, he has experienced and collected a variety of life lessons that have helped him to become more confident with himself and to practice this in his daily interactions with others. These life lessons have helped Orlando maintain a sense of being centered and grounded, especially in difficult situations where it may be needed the most.

Katrina Sawa
Love Yourself to Success & Excellence

Regardless of what type of financial situation you’re in, many people struggle because of lack of love in their life. Join Katrina in this presentation where she will share insights from her book, “Love Yourself Successful”, and you will learn why it’s important to devote a certain amount of time to developing and nurturing the four types of love that will undoubtedly affect your success and excellence in whatever you set out to achieve.


Bio

Katrina Sawa is known as The JumpStart Your Biz Coach because she literally kicks her clients and their businesses into high gear. Katrina is the author of “Love Yourself Successful and the creator of the JumpStart Your Marketing System”. She enjoys inspiring entrepreneurs, speakers and professionals to move faster and more affordably towards their ultimate revenue and professional goals using online and offline relationship marketing strategies, leveraged business models and ongoing accountability.

Katrina is an energetic, tell-it-like- it-is speaker and award-winning coach who has been featured on the Oprah and Friends XMRadioNetwork, ABC and TheCW. She’s a featured contributor to the Women Speakers Association and the Public Speakers Association of which she was awarded the National Collaborator of the Year Award in 2016. With 30 years’ experience in sales, business and marketing Katrina speaks to groups of all sizes and works with dozens of different kinds of industries and businesses.

Meredith Crawford
How to Use Brand Storytelling for Marketing Excellence

Learn the 3 keys for using brand storytelling to develop emotional connections with your customers. Gain a deeper understanding of why brand storytelling is an effective marketing tool, how to develop your business’s story, and how to share it with prospects and customers. Receive a workbook to help you formulate your business’s story at home.


Bio

Meredith Crawford is the founder of Solerno Media, a marketing agency that empowers non-profits, small businesses and entrepreneurs doing business with heart to tell and share their stories. She is also an advisory board member to Hack the Hood, an Oakland-based non-profit that introduces low-income youth of color to careers in tech.

Prior to founding Solerno Media, Meredith was the CEO of MindShare Design, and oversaw Savicom and Vidi Emi email platforms. In 2017, she negotiated the acquisition of WorkStraight, a work order software solution. While she was there, Meredith added 18% to the multi-million dollar company’s revenue stream. Two clients, a Fortune 500 company and a business training company had banner revenue years. Both clients attribute their success to working with MindShare Design.

Randy Wight
Find out How Two Words Can Reveal Your Excellence 

Randy will help you understand the power of acceptance, listening and eye contact. You can throw away the script of life and start living. You will see how you gain greater control by letting go. You will learn how to find excellence by epically failing! Learn how to use new tools to fashion a new outlook and a new you! Stop saying NO and find out the power of YES!

After this session, you will leave with a better understanding of how to communicate more effectively, collaborate more deeply and Co-create more effectively. With just two words, he will show you how to change your point of view and capture excellence.


Bio

Randy is a Toastmaster since 2006, Randy splits his time as an author, inventor and award-winning speaker. He says his claim to fame was serving as a President’s Distinguished Area Governor. A business development leader for over 30 years in the Specialty and Natural Food Industry. Randy established the gold standard for sales performance. In addition to recruiting and training teams that attained all time sales records, his direction resulted in over 150 million dollars of new launch revenue.

Randy began his speaking career in Stand-up Comedy with North Bay Stand-up Comics where he garnered a regional finalist spot in Showtime’s “Funniest Person in America Contest”, Randy’s list of accomplishments includes Corporate Trainer, Co-Founder of Transformational Goals Seminar Series, Randy is founding member and General Manager Act II Improv Troupe, Coach of Business Professionals and aspiring comics.

Don Franceschi
How to “CLICK”—not “CLASH”—with Others

Have you ever noticed there are some people that you instantly “click” with—and some you instantly “clash” with? Why is that? Often the reason is a difference in behavioral styles. In this workshop you will learn the components that make up the four basic behavioral styles, identify your behavioral style and the style of others, and learn how to “click” and not “clash” with those other styles—and have some fun along the way!


Bio

Don Franceschi, ACB, joined Toastmasters five years ago. He is currently a member of three Toastmasters Clubs, including an advanced club. He has been a Toastmasters keynote speaker, trainer, and a District Humorous Speech Contest Finalist. Don recently retired after 29 years with the State of California and has spent some of those retirement hours as a Santa Rosa Junior College Community Education instructor, and a TEDx Sonoma County Organizing Committee member. He is the proud author of the Amazon Best Seller, “From Awful to Awesome: 9 Essential Tools for Effective Presentations”.

Don’s motto— “Let’s save the world—one presentation at a time!”

Dr. Michelle Peticolas
Allow Change to Unblock Your Brilliance

 While change and challenge can be difficult and even stressful, they also can provide an opportunity for growth and empowerment. The same emotions and mindset that feed our resistance to change can also block our brilliance. In this workshop, Dr. Peticolas will explain how our innate brilliance may be tamped down in childhood by trauma, neglect and/or misguided parenting. Discover how the habits and beliefs we develop to keep us safe when we are young can limit both our brilliance and our ability to adapt to change. She will share 3 strategies we can adopt to reduce fear and shift our mindset to more easily embrace change and achieve excellence.


Bio

Dr. Michelle Peticolas empowers women leaders and change-makers to face their fears in order to reclaim their authentic power. She is a national speaker and leads workshops for organizations and groups including: The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, UCSF Medical Center, JFK University, and UC Berkeley. Her award-winning documentary series Secrets of Life and Death is screened in universities throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. She has appeared on Voice America’s Empowering Women, KDIA’s Aging By the Bay, BBM Global Network’s Courage to Overcome, Money 1055’s Rush Hour For Success, and KPFA’s Women’s Magazine. With a Ph.D. in Sociology and over 18 years experience, Michelle coaches people through major life challenges. An expert on loss, emotional wounds and unresolved grief, she is a featured author in the soon-to- be-released anthology: Breaking Barrier.

Robert Strong
How to Tell Stories Like a Wizard

In this fun and interactive magic show and workshop, magician Robert Strong shows and explains both moments when your brain struggles with the wrong assumptions and when a new reality is revealed to create magic. Robert Strong is a Comedy Magician who has been amazing audiences since he was 12 years old. Since then, he has performed on national television, in all 50 states, in over 40 countries, and twice at the White House. He was a 10-year artist in residence at The Smithsonian and regularly leads workshops at Singularity University, Stanford University, and at Google.


Bio

Robert has been crisscrossing the world since 1985 entertaining audiences large and small, young and old, formal and casual, and everything in between! Recently voted “San Francisco’s Funniest Prop Comedian“; “The Bay Area’s Best Performer”; and “San Francisco’s Best Comedian”.

Kiran Patel
From Conflict to Connection: Communicating Collaboratively

Do you sometimes find yourself in challenging interactions? At a loss for finding win-win solutions, you may either forego your needs or impose your needs over others. In this workshop, you will learn and practice a framework to create a connection in which your conflicts dissolve and get resolved to everyone’s satisfaction. Bring your personal challenges and leave feeling relieved and hopeful.


Bio

Kiran Patel, M.A., C.Y.T., is the 2017 winner of the District 57’s Table Topics contest. She is an award-winning speaker, empowering coach, interpersonal communication trainer and engaging performer. Her authentic and playful presence has touched thousands internationally (live, radio and TV) for 40 years. Her writing on nonviolence and yoga has been published in “India West”. She draws on her vast training in Western and Eastern traditions—MA in Social Psychology, advanced yoga teacher certification, mediation certification, year-long Nonviolent Communication leadership training and prejudice reduction train-the-trainer.

Bett Bollhoefer
Dream Big, Be Bold and Write Your Own Book

It’s time to Write your own book! Authors get paid up to twice as much as a speaker without a book. Having a published book makes you an authority. Having a book allows you to have back of the room sales on top of your speaking fee, or if you are speaking for free, allows you to make money. This workshop will allow you to leave with a plan to write, self publish and market your dream book.


Bio

Bett Bollhoefer is a Distinguished Toastmaster and winner of the Division Governor of the Year award. She spoke at 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 Carnegie Mellon SEI SATURN Conference on Architect as Leader. Bett speaks and writes on software design and is the author of several books including How to Write, Self-Publish and Market Your Book. Bett cohosted the popular Software Architecture Concepts podcast for two years and is the co-host of the GE Digital podcast IOT Goes Industrial. And for fun, Bett is a professional Improv actor, enjoys swing dancing, hiking, painting and playing the cello.

James Jeffley
Your Story Matters, Tell It

Everyone has a “story.”  Your story may be of fame and fortune, or fear and famine.  Regardless of your situation, your story is valuable, and by telling it, you can inspire and empower others. In this fun, interactive session, you will:

  • Practice and experience storytelling
  • Learn to identify your story
  • Understand the key parts of a compelling story
  • Develop an outline for telling your story, and more!

Bio

James Jeffley is an award-winning speaker and trainer, professional coach, author, musician, minister and father.  He is the author of “Follow the Signs: Lessons Learned Traveling Life’s Highway,”  a three-time District 57 International Speech Champion and a two-time finalist in the Toastmasters World Championship of Public speaking.  He will spend the 2017 holidays on a speaking tour in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates with other notable Toastmasters.

Dave Blum
The Memory Palace

Have you ever found yourself up there at the lectern, your speech well-practiced, only to realize with horror that your mind has come to a complete blank? If your answer is yes, you’re not alone. At one time or another, we’ve all blanked out on a key element of one of our speeches. It’s no reflection on you or your memory. Most of us rely on “rote memorization” to practice our speeches–an out-dated method that doesn’t work very well with the way our brains are actually wired.

In this highly-interactive session, you will learn how to turn your speeches into a series of highly-memorizable images that work in sync with your brain’s wiring, making the whole process much easier, more effective and more fun.

During this session, you’ll learn how to:

  1. Create unforgettable mental images for each element of your speech
  2. Link these images into a vivid and memorable story
  3. Place your images in a “memory palace”, a technique favored as far back as the Ancient Greeks and Romans.

If you want to never forget another Toastmasters speech, this is the session for you!


Bio

Dave  is  the President of Santa Rosa Toastmasters Club 182. He is a Toastmaster who has jumped into the new Pathways program.  He has completed Level 3 of the Pathway, Presentation Mastery.  He was about to begin Level 4 when a fire roared into Santa Rosa a few weeks ago.

Founder and President of Dr. Clue Treasure Hunts, the world’s largest team-building treasure hunt company, Dave Blum earned a B.A. in English from Pomona College in Claremont, California, a professional coaching certification from IPEC, and is continuing member of the North American Simulation & Gaming Association .  

After a three-year stint teaching English in Japan for the Mombusho English Fellows program, Dave worked in tourism and the non-profit sector before discovering his destiny as a treasure hunt master, team-building trainer, writer, speaker and entrepreneur.

Adrian Chofor
G.R.O.W Into Your Dreams

We all have dreams that we actively wish and hope for, but how do we stop dreaming, hoping, and wishing and start LIVING our dreams? Learn how to achieve goals, produce results and make BIG things happen in your life using the G.R.O.W. Model.


Bio

Adrian Jefferson Chofor is a performance and empowerment coach. She is passionate about empowering women by helping them clarify their vision, reach their goals and live the life they really want. She is an avid traveler, runner, and mother of two active and adorable children.
Adrian is the club president of Oakland Uptown and is well on her way to reaching her goal of raising its status to President’s Distinguished. She is a recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Toastmaster award and Triple Crown Award for receiving three educational awards within a year. She has also served as a host and evaluator on District 57’s Toastmaster Time TV. She has been a Toastmaster since June 2016.

Kevin Markl
Knowing Your Audience Isn’t Optional

Before writing or speaking in any setting, you must connect your content and message to the needs and expectations of your audience. In this session, Kevin Markl will present an interactive framework to understand who your audience is and what they care about the most. Learn how to discover and apply these insights to alleviate any anxiety or stage fright, maximize audience engagement and deliver an impactful presentation.


Bio
Kevin Markl, ACG, ALB, is a product marketing manager at CallidusCloud, where he has worked since 2011. Kevin conducts qualitative research on competitors and buyers. He turns these insights into personas and crafts product messaging and positioning that resonate in the same way Toastmasters develop speeches that resonate with their audience.

Kevin is passionate about helping others reach their goals – whether it’s teaching someone how to ski or coaching others to excel in their sales and marketing role. He embodies this passion for communication, leadership and helping others through his journey in Toastmasters. He joined 7 years ago and has immersed himself across the organization, serving in roles from Club Secretary to Division Director. Kevin currently serves as Public Relations Manager for District 57 Toastmasters and supports member and leadership development at contests, speechcrafts, open houses and officer training.

John Murphy
Technology: Your Partner to A Successful Club

Almost every one of us uses one of the myriad of different softwares available to us for the purpose of enhancing our personal and professional lives. This session will use Google as the example software for taking a closer look at how our clubs (or life) can run more efficiently using a cloud-based platform. This session will dive into how to leverage Google’s suite of free technology to build, connect, and promote your club using the latest technologies. You’ll hear how other clubs are using Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Photos, YouTube, Slides, and more to provide an immersive and shared learning experience. You likely already use some of these, now learn how to be a power user for your club by working smarter, not harder.


Bio

After graduating from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, John Murphy became the lead presenter for equity and debt seminars on behalf of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, then a portfolio engineering trainer for a private, wealth management firm overseeing $70 billion+ in assets. John joined TM early in his career and then like so many others his life became too busy to accommodate being a member. He went on to found, grow, and recently sell his technology start-up of 5 years, where he led his staff using only Google-based applications and extensions. He rejoined and jumped into Pathways with enthusiasm. He has now completed his first Pathway, Presentation Mastery and has completed 3 levels in his second pathway; Visionary Communication. For everything from investor presentations to employee training to logistical engineering, for him it’s all about letting the technology serve its communication purpose.

Jim Kohli

Jim Kohli, DTM
International Director, Region 2
Toastmasters International

Jim Kohli, DTM, of San Ramon, California, is a principal architect at GE Healthcare, where he has worked since 1982. Kohli develops and encourages the adoption of technology strategies, advises senior executives on personnel and technology matters, manages his division’s intellectual property portfolio, and mentors and coaches less experienced leaders.

Kohli holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is also trained as a medical first responder as well as a fire responder. He has received multiple awards from GE for patent authoring and co-authoring, product development and accomplishments relating to excellence in team morale.

He says, “My Toastmasters experience has expanded my professional horizons and is directly linked to a promotion that moved me from Wisconsin to California for a job that required greater communications skills in addition to technology skills.” 

As a member of the Toastmasters International Board of Directors, Kohli is a “working ambassador” for the organization. He works with the Board to develop, support and modify the policies and procedures that guide Toastmasters International in fulfilling its mission.

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