About This Year’s Event

In addition to reconnecting with the toastmasters’ community we have two wonderful speakers – Naomi and Larry!

Naomi Takeuchi

With over 18 years of experience as a Toastmaster, Naomi enjoys delivering impactful speeches that encourage us to think about our lives with meaning and purpose. Naomi is a dedicated Toastmaster having served in every officer role at the club level, all three TRIO roles as a District Officer and most recently as the 2019-2021 International Director from Region 1. She is a proud member of Seattle International 10, and she enjoys combining current events, science, pop culture and humor into her speeches. She will be delivering her first in-person keynote speech since February 2020. Her speech, ‘The Toastmasters Forest: Tapping the Power of the Wood Wide Web,’ will provide us some new insight and tools for growing tighter bonds, communicating effectively and cultivating community throughout District 2 and beyond

Larry Asher

Larry Asher is the director of the School of Visual Concepts (SVC), a role that was the inevitable result of saying “why not?” when asked in the 1990s if he’d like to teach a writing class at SVC. In the years since Larry has led the expansion of the School’s offerings into corporate professional development workshops, multi-month certificate programs in User Experience Design, and UX Writing & Content Design. In addition to leading the charge at SVC, Larry also teaches copywriting, case-study writing, presentation skills, and creative briefing and brief writing.

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