Due to the District 57 Spring Conference (see next news item below),
there will be no regular club meeting on Saturday 05/12/2007,
Members are encouraged to attend the District Conference instead.
There will be a regular meeting on Saturday 05/19/2007. However, it
will not be held at our regular meeting location. The 05/19 meeting
will be held at the Fremont Main Library, located at 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont.
In the absence of any new announcement, regular meetings will resume on 05/26/2007
at our regular meeting venue, the Newark Library.
District 57 Spring Conference
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
The District 57 Spring Conference will be held at The
Diablo Valley College, 321 Golf Club Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523,
on Saturday, May 12, 2007. The conference is a full day event.
There will also be a Friday Night Special Program, "The Speakers Edge"
, showcasing 1999 Public Speaking World Champion, Craig Valentine
, on May 11. The program is held at the Chevron Facility on
6101 Bollinger Canyon Rd, San Ramon, CA.
Members are encouraged to attend both sessions if so desired.
Conference Program Flyer (draft)
Friday Night Showcase Flyer
Registration Form
Division A Spring Speech Contests
Saturday, March 30, 2007
The Division A Spring Speech Contests (International and Table Topics) will be
held at The Alameda Hospital, 2070 Clinton Ave. Alameda, CA 94501. from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
on April 17, 2007. The meeting will be held in Conference Room A, on second floor.
Tom will represent Area 13 in the International Speech Contest. Mike is the backup for
the Table Topics Contest. All members are encouraged to attend the contest to
enjoy the high quality speeches (while they are still free), to learn from the more
experienced speakers, and to support our club members, Tom and Mike.
Yes, The Division Contest is the last level contest that is still free. You will have to pay
a fee to attend the next level contest at the District.
Tom and Mike took home award plaques from Area Contests !
Saturday, March 24, 2007
The Area 13 Spring Speech Contests were held today and the two Fantastics,
Tom and Mike, took home an award plaque each.
Tom won first place in the International Speech Contest and will represent the
Area 13 at the Division A International Speech Contest.
Mike won second place in the Table Topics Contest and will be the backup candidate for
Area 13 at the Division A Table Topics Contest.
Congratulations to Tom and Mike !
The member support was great! There were a total of fifteen Fantastics at the contest,
including our newest member, Vrinda. Wow !
Are there still any doubts that this is a great club? Go Fantastics!
Area 13 International and Table Topics Speech Contests (Spring 2007)
Saturday, March 10, 2007
The Area 13 Spring Speech Contests (International and Table Topics) will be
held on March 24,2007, 10:00AM to 1:00 PM, at Exar Corporation, 48720 Kato Rd. Fremont, CA 94538.
There will be NO regular club meeting on March 24, 2007. All members are encouraged
to attend the Area 13 Contests instead. The attendance and food (yes, food) are free.
Tom and Mike will represent Fantastic Toastmasters for the International and Table Topics Contests,
respectively. Please be there to enjoy the great speeches and support Tom and Mike.
Club International and Table Topics Speech Contests (Spring 2007)
Saturday, March 10, 2007
We held our Spring speech contests today. Pandu, Chezy, and Jim were the Toastmaster,
Table Topics Master, and Chief Judge, respectively. Many members and friends of the
club also came and helped out. We had five International Speech contestants and eight
Table Topics Speech contestants. Thank you all for putting together another great event.
Here are the results:
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International Speech Contest:
- Tom
- Tet
Table Topics Speech Contest:
- Mike Ch
- Trudy
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International Contestants:
Fazlur, Mike Ch, Sheralee, Tet, Tom
Table Topics contestants:
Deepak, Fazlur, Mike Ch, Randy, Robin, Sachin, Stanley, Trudy,
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Tom won the International Speech Contest with the speech titled "Why Do We?"
and Mike won the Table Topic Contest with the topic "I Can Dream Of Winning."
Tom and Mike will represent Fantastic Toastmasters at the Area A13 Spring Speech Contests,
to be held on March 24, 2007 at Exar Corporation.
Congratulations, Tom and Mike !!
Gautam is a CTM!!
Saturday February 24, 2007
Gautam achieved his Competent Toastmaster status today by presenting his CTM speech #10
"Make A Difference!" Gautam has been a member of Fantastic TM since 08/01/2004. For the same period
he worked on his CTM, Gautam has also completed his MBA study from Wharton University.
Congratulations, Gautam!
Fantastic Toastmaster Turns 20!
Big Event to Celebrate!
Saturday February 3, 2007
Fantastic Toastmasters is 20 years old in February. To celebrate, we held a special lunchtime event at Joey Basil's Pizzeria Bar & Grill on February 3.
Pandu is a Competent Communicator!
Saturday December 30, 2006
Pandu has been an active member in 2006, and he leads us into 2007 as our Vice President of Education by making an example of himself, achieving his Competent Communicator goal. Fittingly, his speech topic was "Success".
Congratulations, Pandu!
Officers Elected for First Half of 2007
Saturday December 16, 2006
We elected a new slate of officers for the first half of 2007, led by veteran Toastmaster Jim Thomas. We will formally install the new officers for their new term on January 20, 2007 and thank the outgoing leadership team as well.
Good luck to the new team!
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Sacramento via Amtrak!
Saturday December 9, 2006
We went on a a "just-for-fun" field trip, visiting the State Capitol and Old Sacramento via Amtrak. On the way we learned some Texas Hold-em Poker!
Sue is a CC!
Saturday November 25, 2006
Sue did her 10th speech from the Communication and Leadership manual, fulfilling the requirements for her Compentent Communicator designation. Sue has been a valued member of Fantastic since April, and has progressed quickly through the speech program, stepping in whenever there has been an opportunity to speak. In turn, she has improved steadily in her speech skills since April.
Congratulations, Sue!
District 57 Toastmasters Conference
November 11, 2006
We went to the District 57 Conference today, in San Ramon. We were well represented: 8 of us attended the day long mingling of the Toastmasters of District 57, which stretches from Fremont, up the East Bay, and coastal Northern California to the Oregon border.
The seminars covered valuable topics such as Effective Message Content, Preparing Winning Speeches, Communications for Non-Native Speakers, and many Leadership issues.
The Speech Evaluation Contest and the Humorous Speech Contest were the highlights of the day, crowning the best Evaluators and Humorous Speakers in our 150+ club District.
Fazlur is an AC-Gold!
Saturday October 28, 2006
Fazlur completed his speech for his Advanced Communicator - Gold designation. This is the highest Communications award given by Toastmasters International. Fazlur, a former District 57 Area Governor, has been instrumental in maintaining Fantastic Toastmasters' high standards in running quality meeetings.
Congratulations, Fazlur!
Joint meeting with CBC Toastmasters
Saturday, October 21, 2006
CBC Toastmasters, like Fantastic, meets on Saturday mornings so we thought it was time to pay them a friendly visit for a fun change of pace.
The first half of our Joint Meeting was a hands-on speech evaluation workshop, conducted by the 2005 District 57 evaluation contest champion, Roger Lee. It was an excellent exercise in collaboration among fellow Toastmasters, and it proved that even great speakers could improve with feedback from ordinary folks.
The second half of the meeting was devoted to a "Tell us something we didn't already know" game. Examples? "Who is a prince of Andaman?" or "Who appeared in a Game Show...in Beijing?" or "Who is interested in, and wants to try out, Motorcycles?". Great fun!
Area A13 Fall 2006 Contests: Humor and Evaluation Speeches
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Area A13 held its Fall speech Contests today. Mike, representing Fantastic Toastmasters, took second place in the Evaluation contest, and Randy placed second in the Humor contest for Fantastic. Great job, Mike and Randy!
Congratulations to Humor speech Contest winner Patong Yang of Extreme Toastmasters, and to Evaluation speech Contest winner Judy Peebles, also of Extreme Toastmasters. Don't miss the other area and division contests being held this fall, culminating in the District 57 Speech contests.
2006 Fall Speech Contests: Humor and Evaluation Speeches
Saturday, August 19, 2006
It's that time of year--we held our Fall speech contests today. Tom was our Toastmaster, and Rick was our Chief Judge.
Here are the results:
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Humorous Speech Contest:
- Randy
- Mike
Evaluation Speech Contest:
- Mike
- Lisa
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Randy, Mike, Lisa
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Randy won the Humorous Speech contest with her "Tales of Woe from a Free Food Junkie".
Special thanks to target speaker Tryphine, visiting from Early Risers and Fair Oaks Toastmasters, who delivered a touching tale, "Don't we All". Mike made helpful suggestions and won the nod for the best Evaluation speech.
Thanks to all our contestants: Randy, Fazlur, Mike, Lisa, Piyush, Sachin.
Randy and Mike will represent Fantastic Toastmasters at the Area A13 Fall Speech Contests, to be held in September.
Fantastic Bowling Party
Saturday August 12, 2006
Fantastic Toastmasters bade farewell to Bikas who delivered his CC #5 speech today. Bikas, a rapidly improving speaker, will be attending Berkeley as a freshman, so he will discontinue Fantastic membership.
To see Bikas off, we had a post-meeting fun event at a local bowling alley. A fun time was had by all. Fittingly, Bikas got the high score of the afternoon!
Have a look at a video (4.8 MByte WMV) from the event.
Lisa is a CC!
Saturday August 12, 2006
Lisa, our club President, delivered the grand slam Competent Communicator #10 speech today, All or Nothing. Lisa has been with Fantastic Toastmasters for several years, and has served in various club officers roles. She was VP Education during the Jul-Dec 2005 term.
Stan Ng, VP of Education, presented a CC badge to Lisa on her Fantastic achievement right after her speech.
Congratulations, Lisa!
Rex is a CTM!
Saturday July 15, 2006
Rex delivered his Competent Communicator #10 speech today, Ouch, That Hurt!. Rex is a longtime, core member of Fantastic Toastmasters, who has been steadily working toward his CTM designation while serving as club officer in the recent past.
Congratulations, Rex!
Nirmala is Named Area A13 Governor
Saturday July 1, 2006
Our immediate past president Nirmala has been named Area A13 Governor. This means over the next year, the eight clubs of Area A13 (including Fantastic Toastmasters) will have the benefit of Nirmala's oversight, and will benefit from her experience in guiding Fantastic Toastmasters to Presidents Distinguished status.
We're thrilled once again to have one of our own members take an active district leadership role by serving as the Area A13 governor.
Tet is a CTM! Mike has his second ATM-Silver!
Fantastic Toastmasters is President's Distinguished!
Saturday June 17, 2006
Tet delivered his CTM #10 speech today, Maximize Your Toastmaster Experience. Mike delivered an Advanced Speech project, Accepting an Award to achieve his second ATM-Silver. Congratulations to Tet and Mike.
With these awards, Fantastic Toastmasters has now achieved President's Distinguished status, the highest performance metric that is bestowed under Toastmasters International's Distinguished Club Program. Heartiest congratulations to all the members of the club, and the Officers team that made this possible.
Rick is a CTM!!
Wednesday June 14, 2006
Rick achieved Competent Toastmaster status by presenting his speech "You Always have Options" at a function outside the club. Rick did his icebreaker back on February 2004 and has shown steady progress since then in his speaking style.
Congratulations, Rick!
