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On Dec. 9, we had an year-end party. Some old members also joined us. It was so nice party! Any interest? Please visit our club! See detail to visit our club here.

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Minutes ＃308　Minutes 2023/April/1 Introduction Today we had 2 guests. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today's theme was about relationship during the spring. Today’s Word of the evening was “articulate”. The word of the evening was the roukee. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM .H.S His table topics related to how to Spring or April. Each table topic speaker enjoyed answering. Speech [...]

Minutes ＃308　Minutes 2023/March/18 Introduction Today we had 3 guests. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today's theme was about recent bad luck. Today’s Word of the evening was “inordinate”. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM E.W. Her table topics related to how to increase the number of members. Each table topic speaker enjoyed answering. Speech session Today we had 2 speakers. TM [...]

Minutes ＃307　Minutes 2023/March/4 Introduction Today we had no guest. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today's theme was about going back to 21 years old. Today’s Word of the evening was “pinnacle”. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM Y.T. Her table topics related to celebration. Each table topic speaker enjoyed answering. Speech session Today we had 1 speaker. TM A.M. talked about [...]

Minutes ＃306　Minutes 2023/February/18 Introduction We have one guest here today. Today’s Word of the evening was “take it granted” Ice breaking session Talking about Recent days or AI related thing. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM T.M. His table topics related to memories of giving presents or memories of received presents. Each table topic speaker enjoyed answering. Rehearsal for the Area Speech Contest We listened to speeches [...]

Minutes ＃305　Minutes 2023/February/4 Introduction Today we had 4 guests. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today's theme was about recent activity like hiking. Today’s Word of the evening was “outgoing”. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM H.S. His table topics related to winter. Each table topic speaker enjoyed answering. Technical Presentation session Today we had 1 speaker. TM Y.T. talked about the [...]

Minutes ＃304　Minutes 2023/January/21 Introduction We have two guests here today. One is from ToastMaster in Tunisia. The other will be a first time ToastMaster. Today’s Word of the evening was “walk in the park”. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM T.A His table topics related to News from TV, Sports that is suite to talk at dinner table, Ice breaking talk in business, romance and love, related [...]

Minutes ＃303　Minutes 2023/January/7 Introduction Today We have three guests Mr. T.S, Ms. A.F, Mr. T.G. Today's ice break session was about this yearend holiday. Someone visited his/her hometown, someone did nothing special. Anyway all members made a prompt speech about their good vacation. Today’s Word of the evening was prune. This meaning of this word is ① To cut off some of the branches of a tree or bush to make it grow [...]

Minutes ＃301　Minutes 2022/December/3 Introduction Today we had two guests. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today's theme was world cup soccer. Today’s Word of the evening was “prone”. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM Y.T Her table topics related to world cup soccer in Qatar, What if Japan won the world cup top 8 happen, Soccer is famous in Japan but in [...]

Minutes ＃300　Minutes 2022/November/19 Introduction Today we had our 300th Anniversary Reunion. We had a total of 13 guests including 8 former members, 2 other club members, and 3 new guests. In the ice-breaking session, we talked about the tastes of autumn and actively mingled by introducing ourselves to each other. Word of the Evening: Sustainable Prepared Speech Three guests, R.K., Y.S., and Y.T., gave speeches today. They are all [...]

Minutes ＃299　Minutes 2022/November/5 Introduction Today we had one guest. Today’s Word of the evening was “Substantial”. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM H.S His table topics related to business leaders, asking about their favorite business leader, skill in the business leader, favorite business leader internationally, why the number of woman business leaders is less. Each table topic speaker answered seriously. Prepared Speech Today we had two speakers. [...]

Minutes ＃298　Minutes 2022/October/15 Introduction We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today's theme was about activities during the weekend. Today's Word of the evening was “walk in the park”. Table Topic Today’s table topic master was TM R.F. His table topics related to Activities in Autumn places to feel the season, recommended books, food, etc. Each table topic speaker enjoyed answering. Prepared Speech Today we [...]

Minutes ＃297　Minutes 2022/October/1 Introduction Today We have one gueat MS.Y.K. Today's ice break session was about this years achievement. All members made a prompt speech about this years resoluton such as health and cleaning up my room. Table Topic Today's Table topic master was TM Y.U. Today’s theme is school days, favorite subject, favorite teahter and so on. And after this theme, topic master gave one word and topic [...]

Minutes ＃296　Minutes 2022/September/17 Introduction Today we had one guest. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today’s theme was a plan for this or the next successive holidays. Today’s Word of the evening was _elaborate_ (as a verb, not an adjective). Table topic session Today’s table topic master was TM Y.T. Her table topics were related to British something, the impressed royal member, what we want [...]

Minutes ＃295　Minutes 2022/September/3 Introduction Today we had one guest. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today’s theme was an achievement this summer. Today’s Word of the evening was “wow” (as a verb not interjection). Table topic session Today’s table topic master was TM S.K. His table topics were related to autumn or September like songs, the beginning of the semester, national holidays, etc. Each table-topic [...]

Minutes ＃294　Minutes 2022/August/20 Introduction Today we had one guest. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today’s theme was about some challenges in Summer. Today’s Word of the evening was “Awkward ”. Table topic session Today’s table topic master was TM S.K. His table topics related to Job, success, failures, change jobs, etc. Each table topic speaker answered very seriously. Prepared Speech session Today we [...]

Minutes ＃293　Minutes 2022/August/6 Introduction Today we had two guests. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today’s theme was a plan for this summer vacation. Today’s Word of the evening was “crazy”. Table topic session Today’s table topic master was TM M.S. Her table topics related to summer memories such as food, place, songs, etc. Each table topic speaker made a crazy speech. Prepared Speech session [...]

Minutes ＃292　Minutes 2022/July/16 Introduction Today we had no guests. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today’s theme was the plan for this three-day vacation. Today’s Word of the evening was “astonishing”. Table topic session Today’s table topic master was TM A.M (1st timer). His table topics were related to manga, best, most impressive, etc. Each table topic speaker made a wonderful speech. Technical Presentation, Professional [...]

Minutes ＃291　Minutes 2022/July/2 Introduction Today we had no guests. We had an ice-breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today’s theme was the description of a hot day. Today’s Word of the evening was “invincible”. Table topic session Today’s table topic master was TM S.K. His table topics were related to seasonal topics like the rainy season, and the star festival (Tanabata). Each table topic speaker made a [...]

Minutes ＃290　Minutes 2022/Jun/18 Today we had  no guest.  We didn't have an ice breaking session at the beginning of the meeting, because we had an installation Ceremony for the next Toast Masters year. Today’s Word of the evening was “terrific”. Installation Ceremony We had an Installation Ceremony of officers for the next Toast Masters year. President: TM Y.T. Vice President education: TM S.K. Vice President membership: TM M.S. Vice [...]

Minutes ＃289　Minutes 2022/Jun/4 Today we had  no guest.  We didn't have an ice breaking session at the beginning of the meeting, because we had an officer election for the next Toast Masters year. Today’s Word of the evening was “tremendous”. Officer election We decided officers for the next Toast Masters year. President: TM Y.T. Vice President education: TM S.K. Vice President membership: TM M.S. Vice President public relationship: TM [...]

Minutes ＃288　Minutes 2022/May/21 Today we had  no guest.  We  had an ice breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. The theme is a plan after covid-19. Today’s Word of the evening was “vulnerable”. Table topic session Today's table topic master was TM. M.S. Today's table topics were related to memories. the earliest memory, first music or books, ect. Each table topic speaker made a wonderful speech. Prepared Speech [...]

Minutes ＃287　Minutes 2022/May/7 Today we had  no guest.  We  had an ice breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. The theme is a plan after covid-19. Today’s Word of the evening was “vulnerable”. Table topic session Today's table topic master was TM. Y.U. Today's table topics were debate style. one speaker takes one side (positive or negative) the other speaker takes opposite side. There were some controversial topics. [...]

Minutes ＃286　Minutes 2022/Apr/16 Today we had  no guest.  We  had an ice breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. Today’s Word of the evening was “absolutely”. Table topic session Today's table topic master was TM. Y.T. Today's table topics were about environmental problem. Each table topic speaker made a nice speech. Prepared Speech Session Today we have 2 prepared speakers. First speaker is TM R.F. His speech was [...]

Minutes ＃285　Minutes 2022/Apr/2 Today we had  one guest.  We  had an ice breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. The theme is a movie related to the academy aword. Today’s Word of the evening was “abundant”. Table topic session Today's table topic master was TM. S.K. Today's table topics were about spring cherry blossom, new fiscal year etc. Each table topic speaker made a nice speech. Technical Presentation [...]

Minutes ＃284　Minutes 2022/Mar/19 Today we had  one guest.  We  had an ice breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. The theme is a change for the coming new fiscal year. Today’s Word of the evening was “undeniable”. Table topic session Today's table topic master was TM. R.F. Today's table topics were about spring cherry blossom, Golden week etc. Each table topic speaker made a nice speech. Technical Presentation [...]

Minutes ＃283　Minutes 2022/Mar/5 Today we had six guests.  This is the first meeting in a month. We  had an ice breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. The theme is a sign of the changing the seasons. Today’s Word of the evening was “stunning”. This word has the meaning extremely attractive of beautiful. Table topic session Today's table topic master was TM. S.K. Today's table topic session was [...]

Minutes ＃282　Minutes 2022/Mar/5 Today we had six guests.  This is the first meeting in a month. We  had an ice breaking session at the beginning of the meeting. The theme is a sign of the changing the seasons. Today’s Word of the evening was “stunning”. This word has the meaning extremely attractive of beautiful. Table topic session Today's table topic master was TM. S.K. Today's table topic session was [...]

Minutes ＃281　Minutes 2022/Jan/22 Today we had three guests.  We didn’t have an ice breaking session because we had a inhouse contest. In house contest Today we have three contestants. 1st speaker is TM S.K. 2nd speaker is TM E.W. 3rd speaker is TM Y.U. Each contestant made a tremendous speech. Results 1st prize : TM Y.U. 2nd prize: TM S.K. Both of two contestants will go to the erea [...]

Minutes ＃280　Minutes 2022/Jan/8 Today we had three guests.  This is the first meeting in 2022. We didn’t have an ice breaking session because we had a special session for humorous speech contestant. Today’s Word of the evening was “align”. This word has the meaning not only arrange in a straight line, bring into an agreement. Table topic session Today's table topic master was TM. T.A. Today's table topic session [...]

Minutes ＃279　Minutes 2021/Dec/18 Today we had no guest.  Christmas Present Exchange This is the last meeting in 2021. We had an event “Christmas Present Exchange” All on-site member brought various Christmas gift, coffee, chocolate, flower and so on. We all explain the gifts and the reason of choice. That was such a fun time! Table topic session Today's topic master was TM E.W. The topics were related Toast Masters [...]

Minutes ＃278　Minutes 2021/Dec/4 Today we had no guest.  Humorous Speech Contest In today's meeting, we had a humorous speech contest. Three speakers delivered original funny stories. The results are 1st prize TM S.K. 2nd prize TM Y.U. 3rd prize TM M.S. TM S.K. and TM Y.U go to the area contest. Table Topic In today's table topic session, TM H.S. was the topic master. Today's table topic session was [...]

Minutes ＃277　Minutes 2021/Nov/20 Today we had no guest. In Ice break session, we talk about MVP in our surrounding people. We enjoyed sharing our MVPs.  Today's Word of the evening was “unanimous”. This word is from Syohei Ohtani' MVP  shared with TM. S.K. Table Topic In today's table topic session, TM R.F. was the topic master. He gave us several questions about Christmas. We enjoyed a lot in the [...]

Minutes ＃276　Minutes 2021/Nov/6 Today we didn't have ice break session because we had a special session for humorous speech contest. We have three guests. That was exiting. Table Topic Today's Table topic master was TM K.M. His first question was if you had time what did you do. Other topics related to how to spend your extra time. Some guest asked to topic master to assign topic speaker, and [...]

Minutes ＃275　Minutes 2021/Oct/16 In today's ice break session, we talked about what was the most expensive purchase in the past year. Since the iPhone 13 was recently released, many people said that iPhone 13 was their most expensive purchase. TM M.I. introduced a unique and limited-edition doll that is only sold in Shanghai Disney land. She said it was very expensive because it was imported and only available there. It [...]

Minutes ＃274　Minutes 2021/Oct/2 In the Ice break session, we discussed a slightly interesting agenda. “If you were Marketing manager and wanted to raise Toastmasters dues, what strategy would you come up? It was good opportunity for the club members to think about the strategy. Today's Word of the Evening was “Elaborate”. Table Topic Table topic session was handled by TM Y.K. and main topic was Covid-19 The state of [...]

Minutes ＃273　Minutes 2021/Sep/18 There were few participants today, probably because of the start of national holidays. Therefore, we had a little more time today and started the meeting with a relatively longer ice break session of about 15 minutes. The topic was whether we can control our luck, and we were divided into four groups and each group shared their opinions. Since most of us are positive people, we [...]

Minutes ＃272　Minutes 2021/Sep/4 Today's ice break session was about what could happen in the next coming year. At this time of the year, the financial companies seem to make a top 10 list of things that will happen in the future, so we decided to imitate that. We were divided into four groups and had various discussions. The most frightening conclusion was the decline of the stock market. It's scary [...]

Minutes ＃271　Minutes 2021/Aug/21 The director of Area 96 was our guest today. He gave us very good feedback from our club about good things and differences from others. The most surprising feedback was, other clubs usually have table topic at the very end of all sessions. It would give all of speakers including prepared speaker to have a chance to have impromptu speech, which we are now avoiding for their [...]

Minutes ＃270　Minutes 2021/Aug/7 Today, to our surprise, one of our guests became a member of our club. This is going to make our club livelier. Icebreaking session The ice-breaker session was about the Olympics because the Tokyo Olympics are going on right now! The members discussed many things about the Olympics held during this pandemic. The content was very rich, and we could have talked a lot more if we [...]

Minutes ＃269　Minutes 2021/Jul/17 Today’s meeting is a first day held by our new President and new officers! Icebreaking session Our president brought us two topics: (1) Space travel (2) Findings around neighbors recently Table topic The agenda for the table topic was about how our lives are affected by natural disasters. What action would you take if you found out that your house was built in a dangerous place? It [...]

Minutes ＃268　Minutes 2021/Jul/03 Today’s meeting is a first day for our new President and new officers! Our president is very experienced TM member, and this is his 2nd opportunity for the president role for his 11 years TM career. The president said "We may need to improve the way of having the meeting with expecting the pandemic situation better. If possible, we want to see in person this year." Word [...]

Minutes ＃267　Minutes  2021/6/19 Tonight’s meeting was the final meeting held by current officers, President S.S, VPE M.U, VPE M.S, VPPR K.K, Secretary M.S, Treasurer K.M and SAA T.K, thank you for all officers’ efforts and members supports for through a year even though in rigorous situation due to COVID-19! This last meeting was started with free conversation about what you are interested in and are good or not good at, [...]

Minutes Today’s meeting was a special one.  We had the annual officer election for the first half, after that, the Table Topic Fest. Officer election is a kind of futuristic Toastmaster’s event held once a year before the end of each term, which follows the idiosyncratic flow to elect officers for the next term.  Toastmasters has seven officers in each club, President, Vice President of Education, Vice President of Membership, [...]

Minutes ＃265　Minutes 2021/5/22 Under the extended “Semi precaution emergency statement” in Kawasaki city, we had today’s meeting only on zoom. Yet, tonight’s meeting was full of warm atmosphere thanks to friendly members. Icebreaking conversations in each break room, we talked about both a) new routine and b) favorite time during stay home. Many members’ favorite moment was drinking at home. I am one of them, we are loving drinking! Today’s [...]

Minutes ＃264　Minutes 2021/5/8 As we took ‘Golden Week’ into account, today’s meeting was held on the 2nd Saturday of May. We had ten attendees, so, the meeting was compact but filled with friendly mood, even on zoom. Two of Ice breaking session’s theme were a kind of self-introduction, “What you like” and “What you hate”, which were nice to re-explore unknown preferences of familiar faces. S.K proposed tonight Word of [...]

Minutes ＃263　Minutes 2021/4/17 It was a rainy day. R.B who is a member from India didn’t carry her umbrella. But she said. She doesn’t care about the weather forecast even if it would rain. Also, the reason why she does not so is because she loves dancing in the rain in her home province, Bengal. Imagine. A young girl with a beautiful saree dances in the rain. What a romantic [...]

Minutes After the state of emergency was eased, today, we returned to hybrid style, at Nakahara Shiminkan and zoom. So some members could reunited onsite. First, we had an ice breaking session, discussing about an idea of the shift of the beginning of academic year from April to September, which is the issue that is discussed its pros and cons around this season every year. Word of the Evening was [...]

Minutes Today, though we had an earthquake immediate after the start of the meeting, our meeting was finished safely. We had two guests, one was from Myanmar and the other was Japanese who declared to join our club at the end of the meeting. Spring wind brought new member. Wow! First, we had a free discussion in each small four group as ice breaking session, speaking about plan or change [...]

Minutes Though smaller number of attendees than usual, we, Visionaries had an enjoyable meeting with a warm atmosphere in zoom. During the relaxed ice breaking session, we discussed about the theme ‘Can you accept eating insect?’ We could have a unique conversation about a food shortage in the future. Table Topics Master S.K. asked six questions about recent issues, gender equality, anti-COVID vaccination, SNS, earthquake, etc. Thanks to all answers [...]

Minutes According to the calendar, tonight meeting was the first meeting in 2021 spring after “Setsubun; the day of the close of winter” in Japan, though, weather is still chilly in Kawasaki area. However visionaries’ meeting on zoom was exciting! We welcomed two guests, including international one.   Today, the ice breaking session’s theme was about the women’s rate in office, on which we exchanged our opinions each other. The [...]

Minutes Tonight was the first meeting in 2021! Although  we didn't have any guests, we enjoyed a cozy atmosphere. The Table Topics Session was presented by T.A. He  asked seven questions, which were seasonal and entertaining. Prepared speech session was started by M.U. She shared an idea of fortune telling saying that the new period of "air" has just started. Whether or not we believe in fortune telling, it is true that the world [...]

Minutes Tonight was the last meeting in 2020. We had one international guest and enjoyed a warm atmosphere regardless of this rigorous year due to Covid-19, which was appropriate as a farewell to this year.   Today’s ice breaking session was presented by the President S.S.  Topic was ‘What kind of present did you want when you were a child?’, which was asked to all attendees.  This heartwarming topic reminded [...]

Minutes Today, we had one international guest! It is a great opportunity for us to invite a guest from overseas and have a feedback or a comment.   M.S asked some seasonal questions in the Table Topics Session. Questions like "Do you think the Olympic games will be held in 2021?" made us reorganise our way of opinion.   In the prepared speech session, we had four speakers. M.S made a [...]

Minutes Today, we had two international guests again! Current tough situation of the COVID-19 has provided us a lot of chance to communicate with the international Toastmasters. Why don't we utilise it?   Y.T facilitated the Table Topics Session creatively. He asked a member to choose three numbers and gave them three words linked to them. The assigned member had to make a speech using those three words. It was a [...]

Minutes Today, we had two international guests! And more excitingly, one of them made a prepared speech! It is a very rare chance for us to hear a speech by an international Toastmaster.   In the Table Topics Session, T.K asked questions related to autumn, such as "What do you come up with from a word autumn?" or "Which sports do you like to play?" Seasonal questions are the basics [...]

This Saturday, we had a special meeting instead of our regular meeting! The main theme of the meeting was "Re-explore opportunities in Toastmasters". Instead of following our regular meeting agenda, we set three session and had a free discussion in each. The first session was about "Leadership". As all members know, one on the main purposes of Toastmasters is to cultivate our leadership. We discussed how we can cultivate it through [...]

Minutes Today, we had 8 guests! The most exciting thing was that we got some international guests from Korea, India, and Philippines. We don't usually have international guests, so it was highly exciting opportunity for us.   In the Table Topics Session, R.B asked questions about "The most memorable event in 20XX." Some members shared her experience of purchasing a house or having a baby. It was a nice them [...]

Minutes Today, we had more than 5 guests! Since we have moved to a hybrid-styled meeting, this was the largest number of guests to have! It was a great opportunity for us to hear a diverse opinion.   In the Table Topics Session, R.F asked questions about the change in the Japanese politics, such as "Do you support the new Prime Minister?" or "What do you prioritise if you were [...]

(Report) Visiting AYP Toastmasters Club Hello everyone, this is your blog writer, Y.T!! Last week, I and two more Visionaries members visited AYP (Australia Young Professional) Toastmasters Club, a club located in Australia, meeting. Since most of the members were native speakers, they talked far faster than us about complicated topics. I got nervous for the first time in the last few months. Members were pretty young, as its name shows, [...]

Minutes Long time no see all! Three months have passed since our new leadership team has been installed. We are now enjoying hybrid styled meeting at Nakahara-shiminkan + ZOOM.   In the Table Topics Session, T.A, asked very unique questions. He supposed each speaker is a prime minister of Japan and asked several tough questions, like "How do you tackle with the COVID-19?" or "How do you increase Japanese birth rate?". [...]

Minutes Finally, FINALLY! We had our onsite meeting for the first time since February! Of course, all of them were very conscious to the infection risk. Everyone wore a mask and took a distance between each other. In addition, we tried a hybrid-style meeting for the first time, connecting the venue with ZOOM. It was a very challenging try, but we successfully managed it!   In the Table Topics Session, R.B, the [...]

Minutes I'm very sorry I forgot to update the blog for the last two weeks... June has started! It's the last month of this Toastmasters fiscal year.  We only have another meeting left.   In the Table Topics Session, M.S asked questions about "present", like "What is the most impressive present you have ever got?" or "What do you want know for a present?". It is one of the most [...]

Minutes How did you spend your Golden Week? Oh, I'm sorry; it was not Golden Week, it was Gaman Week. I spent my time studying some political issues and programming. And of course, I completed my Gaman Week with our wonderful meeting!   In the Table Topics Session, H.S asked very interesting questions , such as "Which do you focus more, result or process?" or "Do you think your mentality [...]

Visiting club meeting internationally Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. One of our members said in the last meeting, "Many clubs are holding meetings online. Maybe we can visit some meetings internationally." It made me take a challenge to visit Wall Street Toastmasters Club, located in New York! Main procedure of a meeting was pretty much the same as ours, but members spoke English much faster than [...]

About our upcoming meetings Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. Two months have passed since we moved our meetings to online. Although it was our very first challenge, I believe we are doing very well with it; the number of attendees are increasing and we got a new member in the last meeting! I really appreciate everyone's contribution. For our upcoming meetings, we will hold them online. [...]

Minutes What do you do to mitigate your stress staying at home? Why don't you join our meetings? We had our third online meeting. Almost two months have passed since we started our meeting online. It seems members are getting used to it and could enjoy it as well as our onsite meetings!   In the Table Topics Session, H.W asked some very critical questions about our life, society, and [...]

Changing world Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. Due to the pandemic of the COVID-19, Japanese government has declared a state of emergency. How are you spending these days? I really feel that our society or the world is changing rapidly in the last few months. Remote working, which many companies hesitated to adopt, is now becoming common rapidly. People are seeking a lifestyle reducing connection with [...]

Minutes Are you staying at home? Yes, we are! Having our regular meeting online! Due to the pandemic of the COVID-19, we have been holding our meeting online since March. Yesterday, we had our third online meeting. Until yesterday, we only had a few members without any guests, but this time, we got many members and wonderful guests!   In the Table Topics Session, two members played the role of [...]

Minutes Amid the agitation of the COVID-19, we held our regular meeting online for the first time. The meeting timetable was shortened and only limited number of roles were assigned. Everyone was a bit confused to attend this unique style of a meeting. In Table Topics Session, Y.S asked some questions on the COVID-19. Everyone seemed to be affected by it in some way, but I was really relieved to [...]

21st March meeting canceled Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. Visionaries officers have decided to cancel our next meeting on 21st March, considering the situation of COVID-19 corona virus. Instead, we'll hold an online meeting! It will be our second time to do it, but what will happen...? Please make sure you take care of yourself. 3/21例会はキャンセルいたします こんにちは、Visionaries TMC会長のY.Tです。 役員会議を行い、コロナウイルスの状況を鑑みて、3/21の例会はキャンセルすることにいたしました。 代わりに、オンラインでの例会を開催いたします。2回目の開催となりますが、どうなるでしょうか。。。 みなさま、くれぐれも感染予防に努めてください。

Online meeting Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. As I have announced in the previous article, we canceled our next meeting on 7th March, considering the situation of COVID-19 corona virus. But instead, we tried an online meeting for the first time! We used an app called ZOOM and found that the meeting was far better than we expected. There were some noises due to the network [...]

7th March meeting canceled Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. Visionaries officers have decided to cancel our next meeting on 7th March, considering the situation of COVID-19 corona virus. 21st March meeting is expected to be held as usual. We'll make announcement again. Please make sure you take care of yourself and looking forward to seeing you all in the 21st meeting. 3/7例会はキャンセルいたします こんにちは、Visionaries TMC会長のY.Tです。 役員会議を行い、コロナウイルスの状況を鑑みて、3/7の例会はキャンセルすることにいたしました。 3/21の例会は通常通り開催予定ですが、改めてご連絡いたします。 [...]

Announcement about up coming meetings Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. Considering the epidemic of the new corona virus, we have decided a policy for up coming meetings as the follows: No socialisation parties for up coming meetings We will avoid socialisation parties until the threat of corona virus ends or weakens. We will decide when to resume it considering the situation. Avoid attending the meeting with [...]

Area Contest 2020 Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. We had the Area Contest yesterday. Our contestants were me  for English contest and another Y.T for Japanese contest. And the result was... we both won the third position! It was a very high quality contest as all speakers made great speeches. Although I was in a third place, I'm really satisfied with it. Everyone who contributed to [...]

Minutes We didn't have any guests in the yesterday's meeting. Although we'd like to have many guests, a meeting without any guests makes us relaxed. In the Table Topic Session, K.M asked questions about Tokyo Olympics, Corona virus , and Global warming. All questions were very timely and close to us. All members could think of their own answers easily, so it was a very nice session. In the prepared [...]

What is contest speech? Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. February 16th is the Area Contest. The Area Contest is a contest which around 5 clubs compete with each other on speeches. The winner can have a chance to participate in the International Contest. Contest speeches are different from the speeches done in our regular meetings. You need to design it carefully with a concrete tactics. The [...]

Minutes I'm sorry for my late update... Last weeks' meeting were full of guests, we got 4 guests! I hope we welcomed the guests with warm and friendly atmosphere. The more the atmosphere gets warm, the happier we get. In the Table Topic Session, H.M asked philosophical questions about "Happiness", such as "What does 'happiness' mean for you?" or "What can a society do for you to increase your happiness". [...]

Who runs a club? The main place of Toastmasters activities is each club. There are 16,800 clubs in total around the world and about 200 clubs in Japan. Then, who runs the clubs? Today, I'd like to introduce the Officers who run the clubs. Each club has 7 officers. They are elected in every June and operates the clubs for a year from July. Details of each officers is as [...]

COT and TLI 2020 Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. Yesterday, 19th Jan, I attended COT and TLI in Odaiba. COT stands for Club Officers Training. It is an annual event where club officers gather and discuss varieties of issues. Usually it is held by each Division, but this time, it was held with several Divisions together. The main topic was "How to increase memebers". Each club [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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! [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

What is Toastmasters? Hello everyone, this is Y.T, President of Visionaries TMC. I have been a member of this club, or Toastmasters, for three years. I really enjoy our activities and would recommend many people to start Toastmasters journey. However, as soon as I introduce Toastmasters to my friends or colleagues, any people just say, "What the hell is Toastmasters...?" So, today, I'd like to introduce what Toastmasters is. Toastmasters [...]

Minutes Tonight's meeting was the first one after the huge typhoon hit Kanto area on 12th Oct. Everyone was relieved to see each other without any injuries. We realised that gathering twice a month regularly is a very precious thing. Considering such a situation, meeting topics were pretty much linked with "disaster" or "risk management". In the Table Topics Session, MU asked some questions about disaster, such [...]

Minutes Tonight we were supposed to have a presentation by a Toastmaster from another club who had set up an in-house club within a multinational company. Unfortunately she could not make it anymore so we quickly had to come up with additional things to fill the agenda. First of all, during the opening session our president conducted an activity to learn about TMC's mentorship program. We actually [...]

Minutes We had our final meeting in Heisei! I hope everybody had a good time. At first our president introduced the list of 100 people who were considered most influential by the TIME magazine. If you want to know more about them, please check the following link out; http://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/ TMoE was MU who was a first timer who did a wonderful facilitation. She made nice comments after [...]

Minutes A new fiscal/academic year started in Japan and many of us had a fresh start, too. Some members left the club because of changes in their personal lives but for the first time in about a year KT visited our club. He just missed a payment but will be reinstated as a member very soon. We also welcomed a new member, HW who we are sure [...]

Minutes We had a nice cozy meeting. The number of attendees was small. There were only 11 of us. Still we leverage the small turnout to our advantage. Our president decided to interview HK as she represented our club at the area contest the other day. It was fun to ask her questions and hear her answers. TMoE was YT, our dedicated VPE. The word of the evening was [...]

Minutes #212 meeting has started with the question from our president.He asked members which Chinese characters might be used for the name of the new era. The order was to choose one character but some teams actually came up with a full name for it. Our club really excited about finding out what it is.Tonight's topicsmaster was SM who asked many philosophical questions. She said that at night [...]

Minutes Tonight's TMoE was AM. Due to many cancellations she must have had a hard time but she facilitated the meeting impeccably. Topicsmaster was HS who came up with many questions with the theme of history. He asked interesting questions such as 'who is your favourite historical figure/building/novel?' and engaged the audience very well. Even people who were unlikely to be appointed had their minds rolling with [...]

Minutes We felt like we were in a movie theater. Our club's president played the video of the champion's speech from last year's international speech contest during the opening. It was fun to be in a dark room and watch the video. Big thanks to MK and HS who prepared the audio-visual environment. YU's speaker did a good job.Meeting #210 had a problem to solve; there were only [...]

Minutes We had our very first meeting of this year. I felt that there was a lot of energy in the room. The turnout was good. The topicsmaster had of course the theme of 'new year'. HK asked some good old questions such as 'How was your new year holiday' and 'What is your new year resolution?' as well as something a little bit trickier such as 'Is [...]

Minutes Meeting number 208 was a special meeting with a Christmas theme. I gave a very quick opening remark introducing this year's Chinese character which is 災(pronounced sai) which means disaster. I said I wanted the meeting to be a different sai i.e. 祭which means festival. We welcomed 3 guests. The more the merrier! TMoE was SK who conducted the meeting [...]

Minutes Tonight's TMoE was KK, who was a first-timer. He was thoroughly prepared. He had even printed out the script and used variety of expressions to facilitate the meeting. The word of the evening was 'versus'. What I liked about his introduction of helpers was that he mentioned that there was a first time guest so the explanations should be catered for their needs. Yes members [...]

Minutes Today we had a different meeting than usual. Since TM KS is going to be our representative for the upcoming Rookies Contest at the beginning of December, we had a meeting focused on contest. We had a slightly longer table topics session than usual led by TM MS. She asked 5 questions all of which were very topical. I did think some of the questions [...]