Highlights from July Meeting

  “Ask the experienced rather than learned.” It is an Arabic proverb. In Toastmaster’s meeting, there is full of opportunities to hear the story that the others experienced. Here below are the highlights of the July meeting.

Toastmaster of the day: TM K.K./ Meeting theme: Summer vacation

Word of the day: Painstaking

News Master Session: TM R.H. “Eco bag

Prepared Speech session

1^st speaker: TM A.S.

Speech Title: Ears, Eyes and Heart

===Script from TM A.S.===

Today I would like to share my thoughts on what kind of leader I would like to be. I believe listening is one of the most important skills in becoming a good leader. As you may know, the Greek philosopher Epictetus said, We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” But even so, listening can be a challenging skill to master. Now, I’d like to introduce 3 practices which can help us become better listeners.
The first is to show the person that we care. We can practice this by…..

 

2nd speaker: TM T.F.

Speech Title: Fermented food

TM T.F. always studies the speech topics carefully and provides specialized information. He knows really well about farming and health. The topic he selected today was Fermented food. By learning the merit and risk of them, he made us want to try Fermented food after listening to his speech. It was a nice educational speech to motivate us and enrich our food life.

 

3rd speaker: TM M.A.

Speech Title: Inconvenient truth

It was a new style of speech. She spoke from the view of her dog, SAKURA. By showing the street pictures taken from low angle, she invited us to the dog’s world and explained the problems on the urban street that was hard to find from the view of human. Her voice was cute just like a puppy. It was a new way to enlighten the audience by using Zoom technology.    

 

Table Topic session: TM K.Y./ Theme: Summer

Questions:

1.Summer festival              TM Y.T.

2. Straw hat                        TM E.I.

3. Ultraviolet                      TM. M.K.

4. T-shirts                           TM J.H.

5. Sunglasses                     TM J.C.

6. Ice cream                       TM. F.T

Thank you, everyone! I look forward to meeting you on Zoom again in Aug!

E.I  

Highlights from June Meeting

 As a measure to curb the spread of coronavirus, we had a zoom meeting instead of a F2F meeting in June also. It seems it helped us improve our online presentation skills! Here below is the highlight of June meeting:

 

 The first session was the Prepared speech session. The speakers organized and delivered the speech based on their manuals.

 

1^st speaker: TM F.T.

Speech Title: What the pandemic brought us

Manual: Leadership Development Level 1; Project 4. Researching and Presenting Research and present an unfamiliar topic; organize the speech clearly to maximize audience understanding; craft clear and engaging transitions between main sections of your speech;  use and cite sources to support speech content, make source list available

Summary:

COVID-19 brought us Chaos, but it also brought us ‘clean air’ thanks to the lockdown.

We noticed that if we want to, we can recover the better environment. One possibility to do it is ‘sharing economy’, which young people in particular are interested in. In addition

to matching platforms such as ‘Merucari’ and ‘Uber’, unique businesses like ‘goat sharing service’ are getting popular. In the future we will see more diverse businesses in this field, which will stimulate the economy. Young people prefer sustainable economy rather than economy burdening environment. So middle-aged and older people as well as government should support them because they are our future.    

                                                                                                           

2^nd speaker: TM E.I.        

Speech Title: The Candlelight

Manual: Interpretive Reading; Project 4. The Play                                            

Adapt a play for interpretive reading; Portray several characters in one reading, identifying them to the audience through voice changes and movement.         

Summary:

It was a Japanese RAKUGO story about a lazy and greedy man’s life. As it has consisted of dialog and inner thoughts of some characters, it was a good opportunity for the speaker to practice the vocal variety and the movement.                                    

 

The second part was the Table Topic session. Some speakers were selected randomly and asked questions to deliver impromptu speeches.

 

Questions:

1. What makes you smile?                            TM Y.U.

2. What worries you about the future?          TM J.C.

3. What makes love last?                              TM. Y.C.

4. What makes you angry? Why?                 TM M.A.

5. What small acts of kindness bring you joy? TM T.N.

6. What things/situations build up your fear? TM. T.F                                        

E.I   

Highlights of May Online Meeting

News Master: A presentation about any current event  3 min  by Tm F: This was an  interesting presentation which introduced how the Corona Virus has affected the Sumo Tournaments. 

" Regretfully to be announced, the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament has been canceled due to avoidance of the corona spread.
But all wrestlers now well prepared for the opening of the Nagoya(namely Ryougoku) tournament in July by practicing  much harder" Shiko(四股)” than before, to kick out the strong virus into the ground to show Shinto sprit..."

Pathways Mastery #2-2 Understanding Your Communication Style 5-7 min                        Share a communication style and its impact on professional and personal relationships; avoid reporting on the content of this project. Avoid reporting on the content of this project.

Speaker: Tm N     Speech Title: The Source of Concern

A new deadly virus has spread to a great number of countries.  The number of patients is even now increasing in the world.  Its outbreak occurred in Wuhan City, China, last December.

The new deadly virus belongs to the coronavirus.  It’s called COVID-19 and very similar to the SARS coronavirus, so it has a strong power to infect humans and cause serious illnesses.        

Chinese authorities say, “Since we shut down the seafood market, brought many doctors, and locked down Wuhan, there have been no reports of new cases of the new coronavirus in the city.”

However, a professor at Hong Kong University, famous as one of the first to decode the SARS coronavirus explains.....                                                                                                                                                                 

Evaluation by Tm T     Time: 2-3 min                                                                                

TM N's speech was well-organized and informative. She let the audience know the cause of coronavirus and four solutions to handle wild animals safely. She delivered a strong message with gestures effectively. 

Pathways Innovative Planning #2  Understanding Your Leadership Style 5-7 min          Objectives and Purpose: Share some aspect of a chosen leadership style in general; discuss style preferences when working with others, how to adapt the chosen leadership style to situations, or leadership styles in general, and how they impact a group. 

Speaker: Tm M    Title: My Role Model Time: 5-7 minutes

To be updated soon! 

Evaluator: TM A   2-3 min    You excelled at organizing your speech well. It enabled the audience to follow your journey from a music student to your current position in a company. You may want to work on using more descriptive language to appeal to the audience. For example, my teacher was charismatic and patient. He was an active listener and made me feel confident.  The leadership skills you mentioned were clear and easy to relate to.  As a mother, I was able to relate to your teacher and how he motivated you. 

A.S

Highlights of April Online Meeting

Highlights from April Meeting/ Guests Welcome to join in !
  Pathways  Level 1 Project 3: Researching and Presenting  The Objectives and Purpose 

Research and present an unfamiliar topic. Organize the speech clearly to maximize audience understanding. Craft clear and engaging transitions between main sections of your speech. Use and site sources to support speech content. 

Speaker: Tm A     Title: The Thirty Meter Telescope  Time: 5-7 minutes

Introduction:  Growing up in Hawaii, I've naturally grown a deep connection to the Hawaiian Islands. I love to look up at the sky at night and gaze at the beautiful stars that shine so brightly above the mountain tops. Today I'd like to call attention on a current issue surrounding one of the beautiful mountains in Hawaii, Mount Mauna Kea. Mauna means mountain and Kea means white. 

Part of the Conclusion: The last and most important reason is for the concern of cultural aspect. Since ancient times, Mauna Kea has been considered sacred and the most spiritual mountain in Hawaii. If you think that snow does not exist in Hawaii, you will be surprised to know that that you can actually see snow on the slopes of Mauna Kea in winter. It is believed that the Goddess of Snow, the beloved Poliahu presides on the mountain. The level of spirituality could be compared to that of Mt. Fuji or Mt. Koya, which are sacred sites of heaven in Japan. 

                       Evaluator Comments by Tm K:

Your presentation was held on line.  So you prepared to suit the on-line surroundings, and gestures also were made to suit on line.  This is also good point.  Opening started with your gentle smile, which made us relaxed. You talked about Mauna Kea showing some pictures and maps etc. So we could know Mauna Kea which is beautiful and mysterious.

About the problem on TMT construction and pollution of nature so on, I would like to know more in detail. If you had more time explaining about the problems concerning TMT construction and keeping nature with plants, trees and flowers in Mauna Kea, it would make your speech more exciting and attractive.

Your presentation was smooth and enjoyable. I would like to have it again.

Area 63 Speech Contest 2020年2月15日

We held our annual club speech contest on February 15,2020.  Congratulations to Tm MK, Tm AS and Tm TK!

The Area 63 Contest was held at Yodogawa Kumin Center on Feb. 29.   Senri TMC member Tm MK won 1st place and Tm AS won second place in the English Contest.  Tm MK also won 2nd place in the Japanese Contest. 

Interview Question: What does Toastmasters mean to you?  Answers: "A happy place."

" A place where I meet good people who inspire me a lot! "

139th Meeting 18January2020 - Happy New Year!

千里TMC139回定例会（レポート）

令和二年、最初の例会は久しぶりにコラボのベースルームに戻り開催されました

メンバー14名とゲストには過ってのメンバーY.Kさんが参加されました

今回TOMDを務められるのはA.Sさん　テーマ―は“JOY”

事前に各自にショートスピーチを依頼されていて、セッションの合間に５名の方が

今日の言葉“SQUEEZE”（ワードマスターＥ.Ｉさん提供）も織り込んで、それぞれ

身近な喜びの発見について言葉を「絞り出しながら」述べられました

M.Kさん、R.HさんはJOYを使った折句も披露　さすがプロですね

次には定例の準備スピーチについて

最初のスピーカはアイスブレイカーのY.Cさん

日英ともご堪能でご自身の趣味（旅行）を通しての自然や人々とのふれ合い・出会いに

ついて紹介されました（屋久島は素晴らしいところですね！）

二人目は最近Evaluatorも経験され、またスピーチにも磨きをかけられているM.Iさん

PKO（国際連合平和維持活動）に引っ掛けての家庭内PKO活動についてユーモアも入れ

かつ心理的分析による対応策も示されて非常に為になるお話でした

ラストは超ベテランのR.Hさん

今回は上級コースマニュアルFacilitating　Discussionの最終プログラム（Reaching　a

Consensus）に基づく討論統括型スピーチを披露されました

今回も全員参加型で問題・トピックス（Plan　for　2020）の列挙から絞り込みに至る統括

話法を示され興味深いものがありました

全５回に渡る統括話法（Panel　Discussion、Brainstorming含）は通常のパブリック

スピーチとはまた違う話法であり非常に勉強になりR.Hさんありがとうございました　

それと最上級コース（ACG）修了おめでとうございます

以上の準備スピーチでしたが、今回はR.Hさんがスピーチ時間オーバーでベストスピーカーはなしでした

次に評価スピーチについては

各評価者、評価手法・各スピーカのObjectivesに基づき卒なく評価スピーチをされました

実のところ各準備スピーチ（スピーカー）の構成・デリバリーが良く、余り批点・改善が見当たらないようでしたが、マナー面で的確な指摘をされたT.Kさんがベスト評価賞を

受けられました

最後にテーブルトピックススピーチについて

マスターはF.Tさん　トピックスは　What’s　JOY　for　you（famous　figure）？

丁度たまたま今回のテーマ―“JOY”を取り入れての、著名・有名人になりきっての

即興スピーチを行うというものでした

因みになりきる人は（オバマ元大統領、アマゾンCEO、林おさむ、明石家さんま、トムクルーズ、クインエリザベス、トランプ大統領、そして　あのゴーンさん）

ゲストY.Kさん含め８名が即興スピーチをされました。

その人になりきるのではなく、間違ってその人についてスピーチをされた方もおられましたが、時の人、トランプ、ゴーン（二人共にFAKER）に徹し流ちょうに演出されたA.SさんとT.KさんがダブルでベストTTS賞を獲得されました

TMOD　A.Sさんのいつもの楽しい愉快な演出もありオンタイムでの閉会となりました

合間に入るあのサイレンの音なかなか良かったです。また使いましょう

次回の例会（２月１５日）はクラブコンテストです

コンテスタント出場はまだオープンです

またコンテスト役員もアサインされますのでよろしくお願いします

ゲストのY.KさんOBITUARYからの復活を願っています

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