The 148th Meeting November 21,2020
Today’s meeting was a special Joint Meeting with ASHIYA Toastmasters Club. It was a wonderful opportunity to learn many new things from many new friends.
Toastmaster of the Day: K.K., Theme for this meeting: Autumn Leaves
Word of the day: Serendipity. The meeting created a wonderful serendipity!
The meeting started with a self-introduction rally as an icebreaker. It was fun to know everyone’s “favorite things or activities in Autumn” Thank you M.K., we enjoyed interacting with ASHIYA Toastmaster Club members on Zoom!
There were 8 prepared speeches.
1st Speaker TM Y.C. “Comments from an Immigrant “
I love the expression, digital immigrant. Thank you for pointing out the merits and demerits of both the analog and digital world. You used the visual aids really effectively. I don’t think you are a digital immigrant!
2nd Speaker TM T.I. “What is your personal song?”
She introduced three memorable pieces of music which induce happy emotions to herself. It is also interesting to know that personal songs stimulate dementia people to socialize. It was a resourceful story.
3rd Speaker TM R.H. “ Teacher Lyn . . . “
She shared the memory of when she first joined Toastmaster's club in 2001. I am surprised to hear the evaluator of her first speech was TM K.K., today’s toastmaster of the day! What a long and beautiful relationship they have built. It was interesting to know the serendipities that led her to become a teacher and a toastmaster.
4th Speaker TM M.W. “Laugh lines “
The episode with her grandma convinced us that the smile has a power to make people happy. I will try to keep smiling to have lovely laugh line like your grandma. Your story vividly described what a wonderful family and happy life your grandma had.
5th Speaker TM M.A. “Balanced Choice “
She presented a proposal regarding plastic waste. Recently she keeps creating and delivering the speeches at almost every meeting. I admire her energy. Thank you for the resourceful speech.
6th Speaker TM M.Y. “Pre-toast Speech for after Joint Meeting Party “
The beautiful scarf really suited her and worked well to let us imagine the party scene. She introduced the distinctive points of both ASHIYA and SENRI club. It helped us understand both club's features and similarity more.
7th Speaker TM T.F. “Sumo Wrestling “
He always does detailed research on his speech topic. After listing to his speech, we will be able to enjoy the Sumo tournament even more.
8th Speaker TM Y.K. “Inaugural Address“
This was a special funny project. The objective of the speech was to handle a difficult audience. During his formal speech, some people disrupted it by cutting in, chatting with others, or not paying attention because of shyness. We enjoyed watching and listening to how he managed a disruptive audience. It was amazing to see how creative we can be on Zoom!
We learned a lot about improving speaking skills from 8 evaluators and the skillful General Evaluator, C.M.
Thank you ASHIYA members, it was a valuable experience to have the joint meeting with you.
Next meeting :149th Meeting December 19,2020 on Zoom 2pm-4pm
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