第752回例会レポート / The 752nd Regular Meeting Report

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Website Report – December 18th, 2021
It was the Christmas and year-end meeting in 2021. Officers and many other members came to the meeting place one hour earlier than standard opening time to decorate the room with Christmas atmosphere. They also prepared a lot of Christmas costume.
Meeting started on time in Christmas atmosphere with guitar playing by TM KO and TM HM, together with everybody singing a Christmas song. Today’s meeting theme was “Present (Gift)” and the related question was “What was the most memorable present in this year?”
今回は2021年のクリスマス&最後の例会でした。役員をはじめ、多くの会員が通常の開会時間より1時間早く会場に来て、クリスマスの雰囲気の飾り付けをしてくれました。クリスマスの衣装もたくさん用意されていました。
KOさんとHMさんのギター演奏、そして全員でクリスマスソングを歌い、クリスマスムードの中、定刻にミーティングがスタートしました。今日のテーマは “プレゼント(Gift)”で、”今年一番印象に残ったプレゼントは何ですか?”という質問でした。

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.
Table topic session is the impromptu questions and answer session to brush up our speaking skill. TM HN held the session and gave five questions. One of them was “What was your most memorable news this year?” TM TS answered that she stopped smoking this year but her health condition worsened … Oh my goodness!
最初のセッションとして、TM ATによるeasySPEAKの第3回ワークショップが開催されました。easySPEAKは、来年1月からYTMCの運用ツールとして正式に導入される予定です。
テーブルトピックのセッションは、即興の質疑応答で、スピーキングスキルを磨くためのセッションです。TM HNは、このセッションを開催し、5つの質問を投げかけました。その中で、”今年一番印象に残ったニュースは何ですか?”という質問がありました。TM TSは今年はタバコを止めたが、体調が悪化した・・・と答えました。

Prepared speech session was led by today’s Toastmaster of the day, TM KT. Three speeches were presented. TM HK delivered social speech titled “YTMC 750th regular meeting”. He showed three advantages of Yokohama Toastmasters Club and emphasized the importance of individual effort. The title of second speech was “What is the communication style needed now” given by TM AI. He showed four communication styles and concluded that co-operative communication style is needed to overcome Corona pandemic. The last speech was given by TM YA, who started her presentation by singing a song. Her presentation was titled as “Starting with egg nog”. She explained her experience when she visited her mother-in-law in Canada, utilizing a high-tech tool with effective visual aids.
最初のセッションとして、TM ATによるeasySPEAKの第3回ワークショップが開催されました。easySPEAKは、来年1月からYTMCの運用ツールとして正式に導入される予定です。
テーブルトピックのセッションは、即興の質疑応答で、スピーキングスキルを磨くためのセッションです。TM HNは、このセッションを開催し、5つの質問を投げかけました。その中で、”今年一番印象に残ったニュースは何ですか?”という質問がありました。TM TSは今年はタバコを止めたが、体調が悪化した・・・と答えました。
スピーチセッションは、本日のトーストマスター、TM KTが担当しました。3つのスピーチが発表されました。TM HKは、「YTMC750回例会」と題して、ソーシャルスピーチを行いました。横浜トーストマスターズクラブの3つの利点を紹介し、個人の努力の重要性を強調しました。続いて、AIさんが「今、求められるコミュニケーションスタイルとは」と題してスピーチされました。4つのコミュニケーションスタイルを紹介し、コロナ大流行を克服するためには、協調的なコミュニケーションスタイルが必要であると結論付けました。最後に、TM YAのスピーチは歌で始まり、「エッグノッグから始めよう」と題した発表でした。カナダの義母を訪ねたときの体験を、ハイテクツールを使って、効果的なビジュアルエイドを駆使して説明しました。

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.
The supporting role takers, who are grammarian, ah-counter and word of the day, reported the result accordingly. Toastmaster of the Day gave the awards (best speaker, best table topic and best evaluator) to the winners respectively. Associating with Christmas, Santa Claus gave the special gifts to the winners. At the end of the meeting, the president thanked for members effort this year and wished the merry Christmas and happy New Year.
評価セッションはTM HOが担当しました。トーストマスターの評価の経験は、実際のビジネス環境で使うことができるということを実例を交えて話しました。 3人のメンバーが、スピーチを評価し、良い点、改善点、提案などを指摘しました。
また、グラマリアン、アーカウンター、ワード・オブ・ザ・デイのサポート役が、適宜結果を報告しました。そして、ベストスピーカー賞、ベストテーブルトピック賞、ベストエバリュエーター賞が発表されました。また、クリスマスにちなんで、サンタクロースから特別なプレゼントが贈られました。最後に、会長から今年一年の会員の努力に感謝し、メリークリスマス、新年のご挨拶がありました。

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第751回例会レポート / The 751st Regular Meeting Report

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Meeting #751, December 4, 2021

The weather condition was so good and it was no doubt that the club members who attended the meeting on-sight were happy to go out from home today. The meeting theme was, “Ambitions for the next year in YTMC”. The TMOD who joined the club in 2013 wants to share his experiences with new members.

今日はたいへん天気が良かったので、オンサイトで出席するクラブメンバーにとってはミーティングに出掛けることが楽しかったのではと思います。ミーティング・テーマは「来年にクラブで成し遂げたいこと」でした。今日のミーティング総合司会者は、自分が2013年に入会をしたことから、新しいメンバーと自分の経験を分かち合いたいということでした。

We had 4 guests from a variety of locations: Kamakura, Shiga and Vancouver and this could add something ornate atmosphere on the meeting while they were an online participant. In the beginning, we had an induction ceremony for a new joiner and a brief guidance for the coming speech contest in 2022. The word-of-the-day was, “Cozy” prepared by Mr MF. All members were encouraged to use it in their speeches as much as possible.

今日の4人のゲスト参加者は、鎌倉、滋賀、バンクーバーからと、オンラインでの参加ではあったものの何となく華やかなものとなりました。ミーティングの冒頭には、新しいメンバーの入会式と来年度のスピーチ・コンテストの説明がありました。MFさんにより、今日の言葉「Cozy」が発表され、メンバーはできるだけこの言葉を使用するように努めなければなりません。

In the table topic session, conducted by today’s Table Topic Master Mr SI, we had a timely topic, winter:
1: What do you recommend eating in winter?
2: What do you want for a X’mas present?
3: What do you recommend for a sight seeing spot in winter?
4: What sports do you recommend watching in winter?
5: What movies do you recommend watching in winter?
6: What books do you recommend reading in winter?

即興スピーチの部はSIさんの司会によって行われ、季節に相応しいトピックが提供されました。
1: 冬にオススメの食べ物は何ですか?
2: クリスマスプレゼントには何が欲しいですか?
3: 冬の観光ではどこへ行くのがオススメですか?
4: 冬に観戦するスポーツは何がオススメですか?
5: 冬に鑑賞する映画は何がオススメですか?
6: 冬の読書は何を読むのがオススメですか?

In the prepared speech session, we had 4 speakers:
1: HATO BIRDS—Ms HM demonstrated her confidence she acquired through Toastmasters journey. Her speech was accompanied by playing a guitar and she mentioned that was something to prove she was no longer being shy.
2: 5 ROUND SYSTEM “NEW STYLE OF ENGLISH EDUCATION”—Ms HA, who are working as an English teacher of a public junior high school, introduced her challenge on a new education method at school that is to be enrolled in the whole country next year.
3: AN FORGETTABLE TEACHER—Ms KN shared her experience she was taught from an excellent teacher when she was in US. She said a demanding or strict teacher was not necessarily a bad teacher.
4: LEADERSHIP STYLE—Mr NS delivered a challengeable speech. In accordance with his Pathways requirement on this speech, he had to invite counter arguments from the audience during his speech and he had to deal with them practically. The content of the speech was to introduce a variety of leadership styles.

準備スピーチの部は、4名がスピーチを発表しました。
1: 「ハト・バーズ」HMさんは今までトースト・マスターズで活動してきたことが、人前で話をすることに自信がつくことに繋がったということをスピーチされました。今日、こうしてギターを携えてスピーチをしていること自体が何よりの証拠とのことでした。
2: 「英語教育の新たな方法ー5ラウンド・システム」HAさんは現役の中学校英語教師でもあり、来年度に全国的に導入される新たな授業方法について説明をしてくださいました。
3: 「忘れられない先生」KNさんは在米中に出会ったご自身の素晴らしい先生との体験を具体的に披露してくださいました。厳しかったり口うるさい先生は良い先生のようです。
4: 「リーダーシップ・スタイル」NSさんの今回のスピーチは、トースト・マスターズのカリキュラムに基づき、スピーチ中に「聴衆者からの反論を求め、それに対しての説得を行う」という難度の高そうなものでした。スピーチの内容は様々なリーダーシップ・スタイルを紹介するというものでした。

In the evaluation session, it was a valuable opportunity for everyone to learn an improved speech and presentation.
1: Mr YO suggested never allow yourself to show your nervousness to the audience.
2: Ms YN praised a well-organized structure and a variety of the voices.
3: Ms TS said the speech entertained the audience effectively because they could imagine what happened easily.
4: Mr HN was so impressed in managing the difficult task on the speech.

論評セッションは、ミーティング参加者みんなにとってスピーチやプレゼンテーションの向上を学ぶ良い機会です。
1: YOさんからは、スピーチをする人はみだりに自分が緊張をしていることをわざわざ聴衆者に表明すべきではないとの指摘がありました。
2: YNさんはスピーチの構成と声色の使い方を称賛しました。
3: TSさんからは、とても聴衆者を楽しませたスピーチであり、何が起こっていたかを思い描きやすかったとの指摘がありました。
4: HNさんからは、難しい課題をやり遂げたスピーチに感銘したとの感想がありました。

In the grammarian report, Ms YA gave a remarkable note in usage of ‘-ing form or infinitive’ with ‘recommend’. Do not say ‘recommend (someone) to do something’. Say recommend doing something or recommend that someone (should) do something.

文法報告では、今日の担当者であるYAさんから「recommend」に続けて動詞を使う際の注意が指摘されました。

Finally, TMOD announced the awards:
The best Table Topic Speaker: Mr DM (Guest)
The best Evaluator: Ms YN
The best Speaker: Ms KN

最後に、総合司会者より各賞が発表されました。
ベストテーブルトピックスピーカーはゲストのDMさん、
ベスト論評者は、YNさん、
ベストスピーカーは、KNさんです。

What a fantastic meeting today! See you again!

今日も素晴らしい会でした。ではまたお会いしましょう。

Reported by M.N

 

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第750回例会レポート / The 750th Regular Meeting Report

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Meeting #750 Nov. 20th at Hatoba Kaikan 1F.
This was the 750th meeting, and we were blessed with a beautiful autumn day with a clear blue sky to celebrate.
今回は記念すべき750回目のミーティングで、お祝いに相応しい、抜けるような青空の気持ちよい秋晴れに恵まれました。

The venue was decorated so colorful as if it was an early Christmas, and YTMC Founder TM I was wearing a stylish suit, which gave the atmosphere of venue for celebration. Right behind him, there were members in Mario and Luigi costumes operating audio equipment, and TMOD wore birthday-cake-hats and “Happy Birthday” tassels, and members wearing cute animal hats took the stage in turn. It was a very humorous meeting.
会場は一足早いクリスマスのように華やかにデコレーションされていて、YTMC FounderのIimureさんがビシリと格好よくスーツを着ていらして、場のお祝いムードが各段にアップしていました。ちなみにIimureさんのすぐ後ろにはマリオとルイージのコスチュームを着たメンバーがオンライン機材を操作していて、TMODはバースでケーキの帽子と「Happy Birthday」のタスキを身に着け、かわいらしい動物の帽子をかぶったメンバーたちが入れ替わり登壇するという、なんともユーモア溢れるミーティングとなりました。

The meeting theme was “color”. We enjoyed everyone’s speeches with a few words of their own personality, sharing what colors they like, with a little story. One of the member said that “my favorite color changes with age and occasion, for example…” I thought that was very interesting.
本日の例会テーマは「色」でした。どんな色が好きなのか、その理由やちょっとしたエピソードをシェアしながら、皆さんの個性あふれる一言を添えたスピーチを楽しみました。中には「年齢によって好きな色も変わっています、例えば・・・」という人もいて、なるほどおもしろいな、と思いました。

The Table Topic was well thought out to coincide with the 750th anniversary, such as “What is your most memorable speech to date?” “What role would you like to play in the next big celebration, the 35th anniversary?” All of the veterans gave skillful and heartwarming answer speeches, and it was a good time to think about this club’s history of the past and the future a little further ahead.

Table Topicは750回目の区切りに合わせてよく練られていて、「これまでで一番心に残るスピーチは?」「次の大きなお祝いイベントとなる35周年記念にはどんなロールを担当したいですか?」など、いずれも大ベテランの方々が巧みで心暖まる回答スピーチを披露し、これまでの歴史と少し先の将来に思いを巡らせるいい時間となりました。

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.

スピーチの合間には港から船の汽笛が響き、港町横浜を堪能しつつ、750回目のミーティングはお開きとなりました。

Of course, after the meeting we had a small celebration (with due consideration for Corona) and had a very enjoyable day.
もちろん、例会のあとは(コロナに配慮しつつ)ささやかなお祝いをして、とても楽しい一日となりました。

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第749回例会レポート / The 749th Regular Meeting Report

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Meeting #749 Nov. 6th at Hatoba Kaikan 1F.
The meeting theme today was A “favorite place?” Since we are YTMC, 2 members replied “Yamashita Park”.
“It was our toastmaster of the day, TM N. He could not join as Onsite since his lovely dog is now hospitalized.”
TM. N. introduced himself as Rain man and that is why we had a fine day for onsite meeting! (He stayed at his house).
本日の例会テーマは「お気に入りの場所」でした。横浜クラブらしく「山下公園」と回答するメンバーが二人もしました。TM.Nは自分を雨男と紹介し、今日晴れたのは自分が外出していなからだとユーモアな雰囲気ではじまりました。

Today, we had 3 guests in onsite. Most of guests wants to improve his/her English skill and public speaking skills.
Toastmasters is the best place to enhance those skill with FUN!
今日は三名のゲストが会場に訪れてくれました。ゲストの方のほとんどは英語力と人前でのスピーチ力を養いたい方たちです。トーストマスターズはこれらを楽しみながら向上させられる最高の場所ですね!

Today`s World of the Day was “Forthright” prepread by TM. N.
It has same meaning of “Frank” means directly and without evasin.
今日のWODはForthrightです。TM.Nが準備されました。
Frankと同じ意味があり、これを使えるようになれば語彙が広がりますね。

Today`s table topic master is TM. N. (Same last name of TMOD!).
She choose today`s theme from most popular events of Japan today “Difficult Marriage!”.
“Based on this theme, she asked various questions that really entertained all members.”
本日のテーブルトピックマスターはTM.Nです。(苗字が今日のTMODと同じ)
彼女が選んだテーマは”困難な結婚”です。今、ニュースで話題のトピックですね。
このテーマをベースにして、様々な質問を展開し、メンバーを楽しませてくれました。

Questions are followings.
1. What who you do if everyone surrounding you are against your marriage?
2. Will you follow with your fiancé to move NYC?
3. If you are the loyal family member and your daughter want to marry which you are not approve. What would you do?
4. If you can invite anyone from celebrity in your dinner, whom you want to invite?
5. If you can receive one talent from the heaven, what kind of talent you want to be gifted?

下記が質問です。
1. もし周りの人があなたの結婚に反対していたら?
2. あなたの婚約者がNew Yorkにいくといったら?それでも結婚しますか?
3. もしあなたが皇室のメンバーで、あなたの娘が言うことを聞かないで結婚しようとしております。 どうしますか?
4. もし、有名人をだれでもディナーに招待できるなら、誰にしますか?
5. どんな才能も天から与えられるとしたら、どんな能力が欲しいでしょうか?

We had 4 prepared speaker today. There were so diverse speakers from experienced ones to first speaker as Toastmasters. “Also, most of speakers are from foreign counties.”
今日は4人のプリペアードスピーカーが発表しました。 経験豊富なスピーカーから今日がトーストマスターズとして初めてのスピーカーなど多岐にわたっていました。
また、今日のスピーカーのほとんどが海外出身のスピーカーでした。

Speech 1: “Is School uniform essential? ” by TM. T
Japanese core value: Harmony.
TM. Tさんは日本の文化の本質をスピーチし
Speaker 2: “Who am I” by TM. N.
His deep analysis of value by defining questions.
改善を研究している学者らしい分析的な内容でした。
Speaker 3: “Independent” by TM. P
Her own story to be independent with responsibility.
自立するための責任とそれを勝ち取るまでの経験ストーリー
Speaker 4: “My life with English” by TM. K.
To communicate with people, grammar and memorizing vocabulary is not that best way! Speaking skill is the most relevant!
英語でコミュニケーションするためには文法や単語ではなく、会話力!

Evaluation Secession.
Toastmaster has systematic approach of enhancing speaking. We evaluate each other to lean for improvement of speech.
Today, we had many experienced evaluators and they gave concrete suggestions to each prepared speakers.
トーストマスターズにはスピーチを向上させるためにとてもよい仕組みあります。 評論セッションで改善点をシェアし次のスピーチ向上をめざします。
今日の評価者はとても経験深い方たちで、スピーカーにきちんとした改善ポイントを伝えることができました。

TM.N to TM. T: Be aligned with speech them “Leadership style”. More eye contact and make conclusion more strong!.
TM. K. to TM. N: Slow down of pace in order to make it easy for audience to follow and understand.
TM. S. to TM. P:Tone of speaking is too flat. Emphasize more for conveying important message!
TM.O. to TM. K: It is better to add story of how you want to do with good English skill. More guestures!

Finally, Toastmaster of the day announce the Awards.
Best Table Topic spaeker: TM. A
Best Evaluator: TM. S
Best Prepard Speaker: TM. P

During Bouquets & Brickbats, TM. N suggested 3 things which is really relevent for YTMC.
1 Do not put “San” even you call him/her TM. (like TM. 〇〇san)
2 Most of speaker gave speech behind the lectern. Sometimes, it could be impactful if you can make speech in front. 
3 Time judgement is getting loose. Time management is one of the important aspect Toastmasters, so be strict.

ミーティングの最後の”今日の賞賛と批評”で、TM.Nは横浜トーストマスターズに価値のある提案をしました。
1 TM.●●さんの「さん」はいらない。TM自体が敬称。
2 ほとんどのスピーカーがレクターン(発表台)の後ろで発表をしている。たまに前に出てスピーチするとインパクトがでる。
3 時間制限が甘くなっている。タイムマネジメントもトーストマスターズも重要な項目なので厳しくすべし。

Also, we awarded TM. K as 1st place of Rookie’s contest of YTMC!
He will go to Kanagawa Rookie’s contest, so please cheer him up!
先月に行われた新人戦の予選会の表彰もおこないました。
TM.KがYTMCの代表として神奈川の新人戦へ出場します。皆さん、応援しましょう!

Overall, it was very frindley and fun event.
Very well prepared by TM. N as TMOD and it was really engated meeting.
See you next time!
全体的にとても良いムードで楽しいミーティングでした。
TMODのTM. Nのよい準備のおかげで、皆をうまく巻き込んだものとなりました。
次回もまた会いましょう!

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第666回例会レポート“Discovery Through Travel” #666 TMOD Meeting Report

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第666回の例会は、ゴールデンウィークの後半に開かれました。
テーマは「旅先での発見」です。多くの会員からコメントをいただき、例会中に一つひとつすべてを紹介したいと思うものでした。例会中にはキーワードのみご紹介しました。

テーブルトピックセッションで尋ねられた質問は、どれも話し手にぴったりのもので、それぞれ個人的なエピソードを聞くことができました。

準備スピーチでは、二人のスピーカーがPathwaysに挑戦し、アイスブレーカースピーチを披露しました。

例会の後半には、Oさんによる大きな場面でのスピーチを聞くことができました。貴重な機会をいただき嬉しいです。
この例会も、思い出に残るものになりました。
TMOD: K

Hello members and guests.
The last meeting #666 was held in the latter half of Golden Week holidays, but many members and guests joined it.

The meeting theme was “Discovery Through Travel.” Members had given me a variety of comments about it and although I wanted to share all of them with other members, I only introduced keywords of them at the meeting.

Questions asked in Table Topics Session fit each speaker and all of them could show their own episodes.
In this meeting, two speakers tried the Ice Breaker speeches based on our new education system, Pathways.
They were well prepared and the audience enjoyed them.



After the meeting adjourned, we had an opportunity to hear a rehearsal speech made by TM O, who was going to participate in the Toastmasters International District 76 Spring Speech Contest. It was great and I was happy to be given such a precious opportunity to listen to it before the big contest.
I believe this meeting was a memorable one.
Thank you,

TMOD: K






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The 607th Meeting Report

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23_TMODandWinnersGreetings all,

The 607th meeting was held on November 7th, 2015.
2 guests joined us and we had a lively meeting.

The word of the day was “mitigate”.
And table topic session was about “Santa Claus”.
4 questions were all unique and enjoyable.
So we could “mitigate” our nervousness and relax!

About 3 prepared speeches, all speakers were women!
And the speeches had plenty of variety.

TM M.N. – Her 1st speech (Icebreaker)
TM W.Y. – Speech about “Leadership”
TM H.A. – Interpretive Reading

Especially, TM M.N. made the 1st speech as a new member of YTMC.
She introduced herself by a unique method, and got the prize “Best Speaker”.
Congratulations!

There was the special workshop about Division E Contest that was hosted by YTMC last month.
We could get impressions and opinions about the contest from both a contestant and committee members.
And it was useful for us to learn the importance of Toastmaster’s activities outside YTMC.

As TMOD, I realized that the meeting was made up of much support from the members.
And I’m very grateful to all the role takers, members, and the guests.

Next regular meeting will be held on Nov. 21st at Hatoba Kaikan.
See you at the next meeting!

 

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The 598th Meeting Report

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On june 20th We had our 598th regular meeting.

We had a special event, New officer’s Installation.Therefore the day was the last day to hear the previous President TM T’s “Call to Order”.

The Installation Ceremony Chair was Area 42 Governor TM K. He expressed gratitude for the previous officers, and introduced new officers.The Previous President TM T and The New President TM N had 3 minutes speeches.

After that, We started a regular meeting.The word of the day was”Capability”.TM H challenged Tips session, and he had a great speech even though it was the first time for him to take the role,and he hadn’t received the magazine yet.TM F’s Topic master session entertained us like a show. At the Prepared speech session, TM T spoke about her way to celebrate the Mother’s day and the Father’s day. In addition, she released a special happy news.TM S redo TM K’s speech which TM K had delivered it last year. It was about the man who established the first beer factory in Japan. We felt drawn to his story.

After a short break, We had a Evaluation Session, and Award Presentation. In that day, we could vote only for the Best Table Topic speaker, because there are only two speeches, and TM S got the Best Table Topic speaker Award. We finished our meeting with Next New President TM N’s “Adjournment”.

It was the first time for me to take the TMOD role, and I noticed every meetings were composed of lots of members’s supports. I greatly appreciated all members who supported the meeting, and all attendants for their cooperation.

TM Y wrote

 

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The 597th Meeting Report

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On June 6th we had our 597th regular meeting.

We had many attendants, including 2 guests from other Toastmasters Clubs.

The schedule was rather tight, but we could finish it successfully, almost on time.

As it was the first meeting in June, theme of the meeting was “ Rainy season is coming”.

In Table Topic Session, TM Y.T gave us questions related to the meeting theme, as she talks along the story. It was certainly a fresh way of conducting the session.

In educational session, we had 3 speakers. TM W.Y‘s speech “Struggle with R and L” was about how she tried to overcome her difficulty in pronunciation. TM Y.H tried his ice breaking speech, “My Nicknames”. From TM A.I’s speech “Hubble’s Apprentice”, we learned interesting yet not so common story.

We also had TM H.A’s workshop “Enjoy working with Your Team!”. Through the workshop we found out that each of us belong to several kinds of teams, and learned many tips how we could get along well with other team members.

It was my first time to take the TMOD role, but I could manage to wrap up the meeting without any issue. I would like to thank all attendants for their cooperation.

TM A.S wrote

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The 596th Meeting Report

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The 596th meeting was held on May 23, 2015. This meeting is characterized by three features: Officers’ election, a report on District 76 contest and an invitation of a guest speaker.
The election is one of important annual event of our club, a kind of a ritual. After the ritual, I activated a regular meeting as a master of the meeting. In a warming up session, we had four table topic speakers who made a two-minute speech as well as a contest report on District 76 contest, whose champion will represent the district 76 for the international contest at Las Vegas in this summer. The reporter seemed to enjoy sophisticated speeches as well as a drinking party after the contest. Then, we had two 7-minute speeches and two 3-minute evaluation for the speakers. One of speeches was presented by a guest speaker from Nihonbashi century toastmasters club. He brought a fresh air to our club by his own speech style and his own point of view, which are slightly different from our club members, I think.
Honestly speaking I had no enough time to prepare for this meeting. But thank for member’s cooperation, I could successfully handle it. Thank you for all attendances especially the guest speaker, a mediator of a guest speaker, the election chair, and a member from Nagoya!
TM E.Y. wrote.

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The 595th Meeting Report

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May 2nd was middle of Golden week.
Even middle of The Golden Week, we had lot of participants. Theme of meeting w
as “What to do in GW?”. Some member enjoy to wait for his younger son and ta
lk with him.
Someone was planning to go to hot spring near who was living. Another member p
lan to go to Nagano to stay in the nature.
Or plan to bake a cake for the mother’s birthday. Sounds were wonderful. Word
of the day was “ Verdant ”.
It was fit with this season.
Prepared speeches were ” Luncheon Party ” (Interpersonal Communication Project
) and
” Trip to Bahamas ” (Basic Manual) and
” Who is our leader ” (The Entertaining Speaker).
We really enjoyed interesting speeches and had fun.

 

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