MeetingMinutes

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. [...]

Minutes ＃344　Minutes 2024/October/19 Introduction Today’s meeting was zoom style. We had 2 guests today. At the Ice Break session, we shared our recent news. Many members had recently enjoyed autumn excursions. Word of the Evening was “resonate”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM A.M. The theme was how to handle someone who has bad manner. When you have trouble with a nuisance, what do you do? The member answered their reaction against sounds leakage on trains, cutting into line, illegal parking, and so on. Many members answered that they will warn politely, but one member answered he will punch the annoying [...]

Minutes ＃343　Minutes 2024/October/5 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid style. We had one guest from another toastmasters club. Today’s icebreaker was as usual: Sharing about good or bad things happened in the past weeks. Today’s Word of the evening was “eloquent”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM S.K. Today’s table topic session was interesting and relevant to the current political scenario of Japan. What should the new PM take on measures on environmental issues? How the new PM take measures to protect the economy? etc Speech Session Today we had one speaker. TM T.M. spoke about “Introducing my [...]

Minutes ＃342　Minutes 2024/September/21 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid style. We had 2 guests today. At the Ice Break session, we shared our recent news. Word of the Evening was “in my eyes”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM H.S. He asked Chat GPT to make questions related to reading in autumn. Chat GPT worked well and we answered the questions, such as recommended book, influence of autumn for reading, and so on. Speech Session Today we had one speaker. The title of TM A.M.’s speech was “world of changes”. She told about her experience in making a decision with different background person. [...]

Minutes ＃341　Minutes 2024/September/07 Introduction Today’s meeting was online (zoom) We had 2 guests today. Today's meeting was the last meeting of our veteran TM Y.T. President TM Y.T. wanted to keep the ice breaking session simple by fellow toast masters as well as the guests shared good or bad things happened in the past 2 weeks. Word of the Evening was “invigorate”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM W.M. Today’s table topic main theme was about choosing one thing from given choices like will you choose science or history and why you choose. The questions are  seems difficult but it was [...]

Minutes ＃340　Minutes 2024/August/24 Introduction Today’s meeting was zoom style. We had no guest. At the ice-breaking session, we shared about our recent news. Many members enjoyed summer vacations, but some members could not have off days. Today’s Word of the evening was “intend/intention”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM Y.T. She prepared the questions by using Chat GPT. The questions were about someone who has passed away that you would like to meet, the household chores that you can be proud to do, the recommendable thing you did in the summer, and so on. We enjoyed answering [...]

Minutes ＃339　Minutes 2024/August/3 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid style. We had one guest, area director of E-3 area, today. At the ice-breaking session, we shared about our recent news. Today’s Word of the evening was “surge”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM S.K. Since the Olympic Games are now being held in Paris, the questions were related to the Olympic Games. Questions were about favorite sports, commercialization of Olympic, politics and Olympic, and so on. We enjoyed answering questions. Speech Session Today, TM A.M. talked about “Serious Match”. He shared his experience that serious match attracted the [...]

Minutes ＃338　Minutes 2024/July/20 Introduction Today’s meeting was zoom style. We had only 4 regular members and one guest today. At the ice-breaking session, we shared about our recent lives. Today’s Word of the evening was “I’m not going to lie,---”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM T.M. Surprisingly, TM T.M. had prepared 365 questions by using IT. We enjoyed answering these questions, such as the activities that make you lose track of time, something that makes you smile, etc. Since the number of people was small, the atmosphere was relaxed. Speech Session Today we had one speaker. [...]