やまのてトーストマスターズクラブ― 東京･中目黒で英語と日本語でのプレゼン、スピーチ、コミュニケーション、話し方を学ぶなら

This week was the first meeting in this Japanese new fiscal year so I suppose many members had work-related engagements. This probably explains why there were some people who came to the meeting late BUT we are taastmasters!
The meeting was call to order at 19:15, as scheduled. President MH had an elegant opening, relating her remarks with cherry blossoms! We also had a great turn out of guest, 6 in total, with one of them becoming a member later at the meeting.
President MH offered a short time to guests for their self-introductions. Then, I as the Toastmaster of the Evening, took control of the meeting.
Due to some members coming late, I worked on rearrangements of my agenda with members already there at the meeting. TM HO was Word of the Evening (admire) and Ah Counter. TM NI was Grammarian. TM SA was timer and TM CT was Vote Counter. Each of these helpers briefed their assignments to other meeting attendees.

In the English Language Session, the biggest “attraction” was Tabletopics during this meeting—yes, we need to start our preparation for Tabletopics Contests coming autumn this year, as TM AA suggested before. TM TO, who also serves as our Vice President Education, conducted this session. Since this weeks was a season of school enrollments in Japan, TM TO gave 6 questions to members. He asked Tabletpics participants to play roles of President, alumni, academics and Vice President of a university and asked them to give remarks to freshmen there. All answers were very timely! The English Session was closed with report from the helpers.

By YH

225th (March 16, 2012) Yamoanote Meeting Report:

Although it was cold wintry rainy eve, with four welcome guests, President exploded Opening address. The meeting was rising up and in full bloom during the Table topics.

<Japanese Session>
Word of the evening: Kojunkan (Virtuous circle)
Saisho no Speech ga koujunkan wo motarashita.
(The first Speech started the virtuous circle of the meeting.)

Prepared speech No.1: “ My true hero, AA’s version”
”With Dream, hope and love, young AA left for study at CSU, then change to SLU where she lost them all and returned home town with hopeless. “My dream was broken because of Mr. D”, her thought at the beginning had been changed as “I am able to start my true life because of Mr. D.”

Prepared Speech No.2 “Detroit Diesel Toastmasters Club”
“A visitor from the Detroit Diesel didn’t know anything about the Toastmasters Club. However, through homepage he had a member’s mail which said the club is located in the company and members due is on the company etc. what a fun of speech telling life.”

<English Session>
Word of the Evening: “Cheer up, cheer on”
ex: “I cheered my friend who was in the hospital up.” “I cheered the team on.”

Prepared Speech No.3: “Message from Kesennuma”
“TMC’s volunteers’ team visited Kesennuma where they had joint TMC meetings” (on the spot report with serious and humorous bus tour episodes)

Prepared Speech No.4: “Reason and emotion”
“Emotional person is more often problematic, imagine if you go for Dinner with Marriage
swindler KK..”

Evaluator 3: “Powerful speech, accurately emphasized, no jargon…how much have audience”
Evaluator 4: “Interesting speech: Emotional try to be Reasonable, reasonable try be emotional”

<Table Topics Session>
“What is your Happiest Time in your daily life?”

1) What is your HT? A: Educational Work for TMC.
2) Who to share HT? A: Sleep until noon, share with family.
3) How to cheer up your friend in difficulty? A: Drink together, sing together.
4) Which role makes you happy? A: Timer! (He was the timer of the eve.)
5) What to say to make TMOE Happy? A: (cut; extreme flatteries!)

by G3

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