MeetingMinutes

Minutes ＃320　Minutes 2023/October/7 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid style. There was no guest. Since TM Matsuyama attended the meeting for the first time as the official member, he offered greetings at the beginning of the meeting. We had an ice-breaking session and gave a talk about what comes to mind when we hear the word autumn. Today’s Word of the Evening was “vibe”. The meeting was really good vibe. Table Topic Session TM S.K. gave some questions about autumn. Each speaker talked about autumn food, autumn fashions, autumn events, and so on. Since October is called “Kannazuki” in the lunar [...]

2023/September/23 On Sep. 23rd, we, Visionaries members, were invited to a Area H2 Joint Picnic at Hikarigaoka Park. We had a wonderful time, eating, drinking, and playing games. It was fun! Any interest? Please visit our club! See detail to visit our club here.

Minutes ＃319　Minutes 2023/September/16 Introduction Today’s meeting was zoom style. There were two guests. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. TM Kamitaki introduced a video about peer pressure. We shared each opinion about it and this was a new style of ice-breaking session. Today’s Word of the Evening was “familiar with”. To be more conscious of WoE, we set a numerical target. Table Topic Session TM Y.T suggested a kind of new style of Table Topic Session. Instead of asking questions, he gave 3 key words and the answerer told a story using these key words. [...]

Minutes ＃318　Minutes 2023/September/2 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid style. There was one guest. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. The theme was about sports. Today’s Word of the Evening was “polish”. We polished our English skill each other. Table Topic Session TM H.S was the table topic master. He asked some questions about travel such as good memory, memorable food, accident, etc. We, including the guest, shared each experience about travel and enjoyed the session. Speech session We had two speakers today. TM Y.T talked about her respect person, former boss. Interestingly, his documentary was [...]

Minutes ＃317　Minutes 2023/August/19 Introduction We had joint meeting with Sunrise Toastmasters Club today. There was no guest. Today’s Word of the Evening was “fantastic” means extremely good. We enjoyed fantastic meeting with Sunrise Toastmasters Club members. Ice breaking Session Each member talked about movie. Three members mentioned the same movie, Top Gun: Marverick. Speech session Two speeches were given from each club. TM S.K from Visionaries shared his experience of other Toastmasters club. He visited 6 other clubs in this half year and learned important 3S, Speech, Style, and Smile. TM T.T from Sunrise talked about not to be afraid [...]

Minutes ＃316　Minutes 2023/August/5 Introduction We had one guest here today. Today’s Word of the Evening was “skosh”. “skosh” means small amount or a little bit. As you can imagine, the word comes from a Japanese word “sukoshi”. Like “manga”, some Japanese words have become English words. Ice breaking Session Each members talked about their plans for summer vacation. Table Topic Session A guest Y.Y belongs to Tokyo Table Topics Toastmasters. He gave us a mini lecture tip for table topic session. His advice was to hold a feedback time for one minutes and half, on top of usual 2 minutes [...]

Minutes ＃315　Minutes 2023/July/15 Introduction We have two guest here today. Today’s Word of the evening was “delighted”. Ice breaking Session We omit this session today. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM Y.U. His table topics related to time management. Each table topic speaker enjoyed answering. Speech session Today we had two speakers. TM H.S is about the “Job Interview with a reinsurance company”. TM S.K is about the “Whisper in my ear”. Both speeches were very well prepared. Evaluation session It was a very informative time for both those who evaluated and those who were evaluated. Comments [...]