#48 Meeting

Toastmaster: Midori-san

Meeting Theme : beer🍺 (Beer?! Midori-san explained why she chose it as the theme. The advertisements of Oktoberfest are seen everywhere in Japan around this season though it’s originally from Germany. I can’t drink, but indeed I have noticed that😉)

4 guests from India, Vietnam, other 2 countries. One of them belongs to Toastmasters Club in Spanish and the other person speak Russian as her mother tongue. Wow! We are really Diversity Toastmasters Club.

Word of the Day introduced by Takako-san: rejuvenate

1. to make something work much better or become much better again

e.g.) plans to rejuvenate the inner city areas

2. to make someone look or feel young and strong again

e.g.) I came back from holiday feeling rejuvenated.

A glass of beer🍺 after work rejuvenated me.

The word is what I really need! I have been like an old woman with severe back pain.

Timer:Yuki-san

Grammarian: LanAnh-san

Ah Counter: Yuri-san

1. Prepared Speech Session

(1)Masashi-san with his speech title “Kick off to make a blog”

From Dynamic Leadership #1-3 - Evaluation and Feedback - 2

The objectives: to Present either a new speech or the same speech that incorporates some or all of the feedback received from the presentation of the first speech

He started his speech with the hot topic called “school strike for climate” by that Swedish girls as an example of sharing your opinion to the public. Then he introduced a book titled Outstanding Power, which describes how to make a blog on social media platform. He has been thinking of taking up a blog because he has a lot of topics to shared based on his personal experience. In conclusion, he asked the audience how to write a good blog. And I wanted to listen to advice from them too.

(2)Hideki-san with his speech title “Thank you, Mr. Hegel”

From Presentation Mastery #2-3 - Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring

The objectives: to present a speech about a time when being a protege; share the impact and importance of having a mentor; avoid reporting on the content of this project

First off, Hideki-san quoted with a little joke from “We learn from history that we do not learn from history.” by German philosopher Hegel. Then he asked why we live. He went on to say that his answer was to live happily, while sharing pictures of a lot of children with a happy look. Children’s smiles bring happiness to the world, indeed.

2. Table Topics Session conducted by Mikiko-san.

The theme: Tell us about your memory of autumn with 6 questions and the 1 condition. It was to start your speech with “wow!”

#1 Outing… Paul-san shared his good experiences of hiking with his friends.

#2 Reading…Takako-san likes mystery and she has tried reading Harry Potter series in English. And she is a big fan of the story.

#3 Big appetite…Midori-san is always a big and fast eater. Autumn season is not matter. Haha..

#4 Free speech about autumn…A wonderful guest proudly talked about her hometown which beautiful colored leaves in this season.

#5 Sports…Another wonderful guest likes autumn season and it is the best to play sports.

#6 Another free speech about autumn…She has always wanted to come to Japan for a long time and shared her exciting trips around the country. Welcome!

3. Speech Evaluation Session conducted by General Evaluator by Yukimasa-san

4. Award Session

Best Table Topics Award: Wendy-san

Best Evaluator Award: Kazuko-san

Congratulations👏👏