
On April 2, a pleasant spring breeze blew in Yokohama Harbor, and the 759th meeting of the Yokohama Toastmasters Club was held. The venue was the club’s home venue, Hashiba Kaikan.
There were 8 participants at the venue and 14 participants online, for a total of 22 people.
The theme of the meeting was “Grandma’s Knowledge.
At the beginning of the meeting, the day’s moderator (TMOD), A-san, started the meeting in a friendly atmosphere by sharing episodes related to Grandmas’ Wisdoms collected from each role taker.
The word of the day was “Auspicious” tastefully chosen by newcomer T-san. The new word was put into the members’ heads.
Newcomer P-san was also in charge of the impromptu speech session, and she prepared a variety of life wisdom questions related to the theme of the meeting. What advice would you give to young people? What was the most impactful event in your life? What’s the best thing about being a parent?” What words would you send to your child on his or her coming-of-age day? What did you learn from your parents? Who encouraged you to leave your hometown? Such as. Simple questions, but they elicited a wide range of experiences and thoughts from the respondents. Really, they were all great questions. Awesome!

In the prepared speeches section, four speakers presented their speeches.
The first was A-san, who is a brand manager at a manufacturing company. It was a unique speech that imitated branding training for new employees, and it was impressive that T-san, who was suddenly assigned by A-san to play the role of a new employee, was surprised when he answered the question.
The second was N-san, a yachtsman who delivered a public speech honoring a star he admired. The star he admires is also a famous yachtsman. The name “Young General” should ring a bell, right? I felt his extraordinary fan spirit.
Third was K-san, an engineer who talked about his hero, Edison, who became an engineer because of his admiration for Edison. He said he became an engineer because of his admiration for Edison, but that admiration led to his company sending him to the U.S., where he was able to realize various ideas he had at work and achieve success. Who is your hero/heroine!”
The fourth speaker, I-san, an active teacher, talked about education, saying that “thinking is more important than crammed knowledge,” and his talk based on his own experiences and real feelings was very convincing. It was an opportunity for us to rethink the importance of “the ability to think” in a world that will become more and more complex in the future. I listened while nodding my head.
Thank you all for your wonderful speeches.

In the evaluation session, veteran members gave thoughtful advice to each speaker: I-san gave advice on how to save time by using slides; K-san gave advice on how to attract interest with an episode that only the speaker knows; M-san gave advice on how to refrain from introducing oneself in a negative light. T-san advised the use of body language in speech assignments.
The best prepared speaker was K-san, the best table topic speaker was guest I-san, and the best reviewer was T-san.
It was another productive meeting.
横浜港に春を感じる心地よい風が吹いた4月2日、横浜トーストマスターズクラブの第759回ミーティングが開催されました。会場は当クラブのホームグラウンドの波止場会館でした。
会場の参加者が8名、オンラインの参加者が14名で総勢22名でした。
ミーティングのテーマは「おばあちゃんの知恵袋(Grandma’s Knowledge)」。
例会の冒頭、当日の司会者(TMOD)のAさんが、各役割担当者から集めたおばあちゃんの知恵袋に関するエピソードを披露し、和やかな雰囲気で例会が始まりました。
本日の言葉は新人のTさんがセンス良く選択した「Auspicious(幸先の良い)」。新しい単語がメンバーの頭にインプットされました。
即興スピーチのコーナーも新人のPさんが担当しました。Pさんは例会のテーマに関連して様々な生活の知恵に関する質問を準備していました。「若者へのアドバイスは?」「人生でインパクトのあった出来事は?」「親の良いところは?」「成人式に子供に送る言葉は?」「両親から学んだことは?」「故郷から離れるとき誰に後押しされた?」など。簡単な問いだけど、回答者から様々な経験や考えを引き出していました。ほんと、全部素晴らしい質問でした。凄い!
準備スピーチのコーナーでは4名がスピーチを披露しました。
1番目は、メーカー企業でブランドマネージャーをしているAさん。新入社員へのブランディング研修を模倣したユニークなスピーチでした。Aさんから新人社員役として急に当てられたTさんはびっくりしながら回答してたのが印象的です。
2番目は、憧れのスターを表彰するパブリックスピーチを披露したヨットマンのNさん。憧れのスターもヨットマンとして有名な方。「若大将」といえばピンときますよね。並々ならるファン魂を感じました。
3番目は、自身のヒーロー「エジソン」について話をしたエンジニアのKさん。Kさんがエンジニアになったのはエジソンへの憧れからだそうです。でも、その憧れがきっかけとなり、会社から米国に派遣されて仕事上のいろいろなアイディアを形にして成果をあげられたそうです。「あなたのヒーロー/ヒロインは誰ですか!」
4番目は、現役教師のIさんによる「詰め込んだ知識よりも考えることが大切」という教育の話。Iさんの実体験や実感に基づくお話はとても説得力がありました。これからの複雑化した世界で「考える力」の重要性を改めて考える機会となりました。うなずきながら聞きました。
皆さん、素晴らしいスピーチをありがとうございました。
論評コーナーは、ベテラン会員が各スピーカーに心のこもったアドバイスをしました。Iさんからは、スライドを使って時間短縮するアドバイス。Kさんからは、スピーカーしか知らないエピソードで興味を引くためのアドバイス。Mさんからは、自分をネガティブに紹介するのは控えるようにとアドバイス。Tさんからは、スピーチの課題(ボディランゲージ)の活用をアドバイス。
ベスト準備スピーカーはKさん、ベストテーブルトピックスピーカーはゲストのIさん、ベスト論評者はTさんでした。今回も充実の例会でした。









The meeting went very quickly. Thank you, Ms. A, for a wonderful meeting!









Let’s sing a song!!
We had 3speakers in a prepared speech session. There were various topics like hobbies work, or daily habits. All speeches had each own character, and they successfully got member’s attention!
Finally, TM N.S, TM Y.O and TM M.T got the best award! Congrats!!
歌を歌おう!今日のミーティングではこの言葉が至るところで現れていました。司会のH.Oさんがこの日のミーティングのテーマを「春の歌」にしましたからでしょう。役割を持っているメンバーは、みんな自分の好きな春の歌を紹介しました。中には歌うメンバーもいましたよ!


The 756th regular meeting of YTMC was held at the meeting room of Pio City, which is located near the JR Sakuragicho Station. The meeting was held in a hybrid style, with 10 members physically attending and 7 members attending online. What surprised us was the mysterious guest from Melbourne, Australia, whose identity no one knew, joined our meeting without notice! We assumed that he found out about our meeting through “EasySpeak”, a Toastmasters online system that allows members of participating clubs to view meeting information of clubs around the world. It was funny that even though no one knew about him, he won the Best Table Topics Speaker award.





The Yokohama Toastmaster’s 754th meeting was SPECIAL.
After the intermission, the contest continued. In the International English Speech category, we had four contestants who competed one another. First speaker strongly suggested that we follow our instinct in a desperate situation by talking about her childhood memory. The second speaker told us about his dreams with an anecdote of his business trip to the U.S. The third speaker said communication is a gift to you, and his closing remark was so impressive that he won the second place in this category. The fourth speaker delivered the touching story in a comedic manner and gave us a fabulous idea of being our own godfather. He grasped our hearts and won the first place.
横浜トーストマスターズ第754回例会はSPECIALでした。



In the table topic session, the theme was “generation” facilitated by today’s Table Topic Master Mr YO, respondents struggled with squeezing the unique answers for the questions;
1: What is the soul made of? – TM YN raised the scientific question; if teleportation can be done, where will our soul go? The speech came from that. It was a very interesting speech she made.
準備スピーチの部は、4名がスピーチを発表しました。



Website Report – December 18th, 2021

As the first session, the third workshop of easySPEAK was held by TM AT. He explained how to submit the attendance and how to confirm the role. easySPEAK will be formally implemented as operation tool in YTMC from January next year.
TM HO led the evaluation session. He said that the experience of Toastmaster’s evaluation contributes to the actual business environment. Three members evaluated each prepared speech by pointing out several good points and improvements / suggestions.





Meeting #751, December 4, 2021
In the evaluation session, it was a valuable opportunity for everyone to learn an improved speech and presentation.



Meeting #750 Nov. 20th at Hatoba Kaikan 1F.
The 750th meeting was brought to a close with the sound of a ship whistling from the harbour during speeches and a taste of the port city of Yokohama.

