MeetingMinutes

Minutes ＃354 Minutes 2025/March/15 Introduction Today’s meeting was online meeting. We were expecting two guest but unfortunately they could not participate. Today we had 10 participants and everyone shared their good or new things that happened during the past couple of weeks and interesting stories. Today’s word of the evening was “specification”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM A.M. The table topic session was very interesting and very random questions like “Do you think the climate can influence your mood?” or “How do you make decision?”, etc… Speech Session Today, we had one speaker. TM H.S.’s speech was his [...]

Minutes ＃353 Minutes 2025/March/1 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid meeting (online and offline meeting). We had 2 guests today. From the beginning of this year, we have been able to get a lot of guests. Today we had 11 participants and everyone shared their good or new things that happened during the past couple of weeks and everyone was very interested in sharing. Today’s word of the evening was “dwindle”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM S.K. The table topic master selected the questions very carefully and socially relevant topic like introduction of 4 days work and 3 days [...]

Minutes ＃352 Minutes 2025/February /15 Introduction Today’s meeting was online meeting. We had 3 guests but 2 of them are going to be the official members from March. Today we had 10 participants and everyone shared their good or new things that during the past couple of weeks and everyone was very interested in sharing. Today’s word of the evening was “In other words”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM A.M. Today’s table topic session was very interesting. The theme was chance and difficulty. The questions were like what is the different situation you have faced in your life, [...]

Minutes ＃351 Minutes 2025/February /1 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid style (online and offline). We had 3 guests today. Today’s meeting was energetic and lively. It’s very nice and refreshing start with sharing good and new things happened in the past two weeks. Everyone shared their story. Today’s word of the evening was “sophisticated”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM W.M. Today’s table topic session was not based on specific topic, but he initiated each question with his personal questions and the speaker can connect the question easily. Like how to find a suitable job as he will be [...]

Minutes ＃350 Minutes 2025/January /18 Introduction Today’s meeting was online. We had 2 guests today. Today’s meeting was special because we had only one week gap between the meetings. Having said that, everyone enthusiastically shared good or new things happened. Today’s word of the evening was “Having said that”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM Y.T. Today’s table topic session theme was most of the people’s favorite theme “travel“. The most appreciated thing was that even guest speakers tried to make impromptu speech till the red card was displayed to use the maximum amount of time allowed. Speech Session [...]

Minutes ＃349 Minutes 2025/January /11 Introduction Today’s meeting was Hybrid (online and onsite). We had 3 guests today. Today the meeting was our first meeting of the year. It’s a very nice and refreshing start with sharing good and new things happened in the past couple of weeks so everyone can break the ice and get warmed up. Today’s Word of the Evening was “Cherish”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM A.M. Members were asked random questions. More interestingly, our guests also participated and won the best table topic speaker. Speech Session Today we had one speaker. TM A.M.’s speech was about [...]

Minutes ＃348 Minutes 2024/December/21 Introduction Today’s meeting was a joint meeting with Yokohama Hiyoshi Toastmasters Club. We have lots of guests from other TM clubs as well. This meeting was special, half time in Japanese and half time in English. Each club member introduced himself. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM K.T. The table topic theme was related to the New Year. Questions were like how do you spend the New Year, what will be the character for the New Year, etc. Speech Session Today we had two speakers, one in Japanese and another in English. The [...]

Minutes ＃347 Minutes 2024/December/7 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid style. We had no guest today. The theme of today’s ice-breaking session was the summary of this year. Today’s Word of the Evening was “comprehensive/comprehensible” Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM S.K. The theme was the summary of this year. There were very interesting questions like what is the word do you use to describe this year, what is the new thing that you learned this year, etc. Speech Session Today we had one speaker. TM Y.T. spoke about “Why speech?”. He introduced how he prepares a speech, how important it is [...]

Minutes ＃346 Minutes 2024/November/16 Introduction Today’s meeting was only online We had no guest today. Today the meeting was missing only one TM member. It’s very nice and refreshing to start with sharing good and bad things happened in the past couple of weeks so everyone can break the cold weather situation and get warmed up. Today’s word of the evening was “Consistent ” Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM W.M. Today’s table topic session was full of very interesting random questions like what is your advice for the new job hunting person, if you had time machine where would [...]

Minutes ＃345 Minutes 2024/November/02 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid(online and onsite). We had 1 guest today. Today the meeting was full quorum. It’s a very nice and refreshing start with sharing good and new things happened in the past couple of weeks so everyone could break the ice and get warmed up. Today’s Word of the Evening was “Nailed it” Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM Y.T. Today’s table topic session was very interesting. Given three words, like clock, trust, adventure, you have to cook up a story and present it to the audience within seconds. It was very refreshing one. [...]