MeetingMinutes

Minutes Tonight's meeting was the second one in 2020. We only had a week for preparation, but all members did very well for the meeting. In the Table Topic Session, S.K asked very good questions common to all members, such as "What would you do if you've got a month vacation", or "Who is the best leader for you?". It is pretty difficult to think of questions common to everyone, but not too easy. He did a great job to prepare such questions. In the prepared speech session, we had three speakers. Y.O delivered his very first speech in Toastmasters. Although [...]

What is Contest? Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. As I wrote in the Meeting Minutes, the first meeting in 2020 was a Club Contest. I'm sorry that I could not create a warm atmosphere... I had no room to do that. By the way, what is "Contest"? Toastmasters has a contest every year. Let me briefly explain what the contest is.   Toastmasters holds a contest every spring and it is called the International Contest. International Contest venue differs every year, but it seems that somewhere in North America is the main venue. The contestants have to [...]

Minutes Happy new year! Tonight's meeting was the first one in 2020! I was very happy to see the members faces. However, I didn't have a room to do such a warm greeting (I'm sorry...), because we had an In-house contest for the up coming Area Contest in February! This time, four contestants competed with each other. It was a very high level and exciting contest, as all contestants were well experienced and highly motivated for the contest. The first speaker was YT. She made a speech about 100 years life. Instead of terrifying the audience by saying negative aspects of [...]

2020 resolution Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. 2020 has come! Shougatsu holidays have passed rapidly... Have you enjoyed it? Let me write club resolutions for 2020.   1. 3 more new members As a goal of this fiscal year, I'd like to add more members. Namely, I'd like to add 3 more members by June. Last year was a year of preparation, updating this website and start using Meetup. I expect them to bear a fruit this year.   2. Facilitate Area Contest We are assigned as a host club for the Area Contest in February. I [...]

Reflecting 2019 Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. 2019 is about to pass. In this article, let me reflect 2019.   February: Area Contest In Feb 2019, Area Contest was held and our veteran member HK competed in it as our representative. She made a speech about her love toward pandas with a message that one must not hide his/her love toward something because of external opinion. It was a great speech, because even my wife, who can't understand English, understood her message. April: Joint meeting with Yokohama TMC We had a joint meeting with Yokohama TMC, pretty [...]

Benefit of Toastmasters Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. I have been writing about the overview of Toastmasters. Learning public speaking and leadership in a global organization through meetings and Pathways. This is the main activities of Toastmasters. What are other benefits of joining Toastmasters? 1. Connection with diverse members Toastmasters has a great diversity, sex, age, background, etc. You can have a connection with such a diverse members through meetings and other activities. This is a great opportunity especially for business persons. You may be able to find a new career through this connection. Experience of having [...]

Minutes Happy Christmas!!! Tonight's meeting was the last one in 2019 and Christmas special! Members were asked to wear something red and bring a present. At the beginning of the meeting, we exchanged our presents. Presents varied a lot, from the typical ones to unique ones. In the Table Topic Session, KT asked questions reflecting 2019, such as a word of this year or some sad news. Members were asked to give their opinion to questions like "What is a solution to prevent a traffic accident caused by elderlies." Some questions were very difficult, but interesting and meaningful to reflect this [...]

What is Pathways? Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. I have introduced the basic procedure of Toastmasters meetings in the previous article. There, I have used a word "Pathways". This is an education program offered by Toastmasters International, which all members follow. It contains plenty of practical contents, but it is pretty difficult to understand, especially for beginners. So, I would like to introduce what Pathways is! Pathways has 11 paths. Each path has different competencies, so each member is advised to choose the most suitable path before he/she starts the education. The list of paths is as [...]

What are Toastmasters activities? Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. I have introduced what Toastmasters is in the previous post. As written in the post, Toastmasters is an organisation which aims to develop public speaking skills and leadership. Then, through what kind of activities do members develop those skills? Today, I would like to introduce Toastmasters main activity, club meeting. Club meetings are usually held twice a month, two hours each. Meeting venue and schedules differs from club to club. We, Visionaries, usually hold meetings on the first and the third Saturday, from 18 pm at Musashikosugi. Each [...]

Minutes Usually, Toastmasters meeting proceeds only with members and guests. However, tonight, we got a guest speaker from other club, Yokohama-Hiyoshi TMC! It was an exciting night to hear other club members speech, needless to say, our members speeches as well! In the Table Topic Session, TA gave a very unique questions. They were based on his experience during world travel, but he required "creative" questions. As I'm not a creative person, I was relieved that I was not assigned as a speaker... Not only hearing members answers, but also TM TA's unique experiences was fun for me. In the Prepared [...]