A collection of notes, ideas, and pictures
Notes for my speech on November 12, 2019 at the Toastmasters Club Toast of Berkeley. Typically a coach is someone that is focused on specific goals and generally has a short term relationship with the coached person. A coach helps and guides the protege. A mentor instead is someone that has a long term continued... Continue Reading →
Notes for my speech on October 29, 2019 at the Toastmasters Club Toast of Berkeley. Swearwords are words we are not supposed to use, but most of us use them anyway. Some people use swearwords all the time to emphasize their spoken communications. Other people, like me, use swearwords rarely, mostly in selected contexts, to... Continue Reading →
Table topics I wrote on October 22, 2019 for the Toastmasters Club Toast of Berkeley. At every Toastmasters meeting, one section of the meeting is dedicated to an activity called Table Topics. The Table Topics Master of the evening proposes a list of topics and randomly assign a topic to each participant. Usually al the... Continue Reading →
Notes for my speech on October 15, 2019 at the Toastmasters Club Toast of Berkeley. In order to protect the privacy of the people mentioned in this story I changed their names and some detail. Mentoring is a crucial part of helping a person to grow. We all benefit from having a mentor, and we... Continue Reading →
Notes for my speech on August 27, 2019 at the Toastmasters Club Toast of Berkeley. The cave I discovered as a kid is just a few miles from home. In this speech, I will talk about Homo neanderthalensis, commonly known as Neanderthal and how our perception about those early humans changed over time. I’ve always... Continue Reading →
Table topics I wrote on August 13, 2019 for the Toastmasters Club Toast of Berkeley. For my last meeting at my local ToastMasters Club (Toasts of Berkeley), as Table-Topics-Master I wrote a list of topics to randomly assign to each participant. As theme of the evening i selected The Best Salesperson Ever. Imagine you are the best... Continue Reading →
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