MeetingMinutes

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 [...]

Minutes ＃314　Minutes 2023/July/1 Introduction We have two guests here today. Today’s Word of the evening was “arbitrary”. Ice breaking Session We were talking about appreciation. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM H.S. His table topics related to the turing point in our life. There were some challenging questions for Table topic speakers. Each table topic speaker enjoyed answering. Speech session Today we had one speakers TM E.W. delivered a speech focused on “self-introduction”. She introduced her three essential elements. We all enjoyed their speeches. Evaluation session TM S.K. evaluated what was good and what needed to be improved [...]

Minutes ＃313　Minutes 2023/June/17 Introduction We have two guests here today. Today’s Word of the evening was “manifest”. Ice breaking Session We were talking about what you do at home. Installation Ceremony We had an Installation Ceremony by I.P.P TM Y.U.  We had seven new officers. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM H.Y.(1st timer) Her table topics related to the impromptu speech. There were some challenging questions for Table topic speakers. Each table topic speaker enjoyed answering. Speech session Today we had two speakers TM A.M. delivered a speech focused on “non-verbal communication”. TM Y.U. delivered a speech about [...]

Minutes ＃312　Minutes 2023/June/3 Introduction We have three guests here today. Today’s Word of the evening was “overwhelm”. Officer election We had an officer election for the next Toast Masters term by IPP TM Y.U.  We had seven candidates for each role and elected. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM S.K. His table topics related to the issue related to debate. There were some overwhelming questions for Table topic speakers. Each table topic speaker enjoyed answering. Speech session Today we had 1 speaker TM Y.T. delivered a speech about “His self-introduction” for his new activity in our club. His [...]

Minutes ＃311　Minutes 2023/May/20 Introduction We have two guest here today. Today’s Word of the evening was “I am not going to lie”. Ice breaking session Talking about Moments when you feel still young or Moments when you feel getting old. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM S.K. His table topics related to the Hiroshima summit. Each table topic speaker enjoyed answering. Talking about Hiroshima summit things. Speech session Today we had 2 speakers. TM H.Y. delivered a speech about “Her self-introduction”. TM T.A. made a speech about "Sense of humor". Both speeches were well organized and interesting. We [...]

Minutes ＃310　Minutes 2023/April/15 Introduction Today we had one guest. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today’s theme was about a new thing that you tried recently. Today’s Word of the evening was “admire”. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM A.M Is your wife happy to receive flowers? What if your wife is in a bad mood? Each table topic speaker enjoyed answering. Speech session Today we had 2 speakers. TM T.M. delivered a speech about “Helpful person”. TM Y.T. made a speech about "You are what YouTube". Both speeches were well organized, and [...]