Meeting minutes of October 2nd meeting

Attendees: 21 members and 1 guest

Opening remarks & Guest introduction

TM Atsuko Karakasa

Thought of the Evening TM Akiko Yuge

Word of the Evening TM Taeko Hayashi

  “Practicable”

Business Session:

*Table Topic Speech Contest Schedule

(Area: Oct 6th, Division: Oct 21st , District: Nov 18th )


Toastmaster of the Evening TM Hideki Hashimoto

Grammarian TM Miki Saito

Am-Uh Counter TM Ayako Hirota

Timer TM Kazuko Iwatsuki

Vote Counter TM Mari Kanno

Table Topic Session TM Ann Sado Honjo

Prepared Speech Session

1. Project No.1 Ice Breaking TM Ryuji Yokoyama

Title: “My Hobby”

2. Project No. 4 “How to say it” TM Kasey Yawata

Title: “The end of human era in 35 years?”

3. Project No.9 “Persuade with power” TM Atsuko Karakasa

Title: “Mutual Understanding”

4. Advance Manual “Oratorical Speech”

Title: “Sonja Ghandi” TM Drian Von Golden

Evaluation Session

For No.1: TM Motokazu Kanokogi

For No.2: TM Masako Kuroda

For No.3: TM Akemi Maruyama

For No.4: TM Rieko Ichiya

Best speakers:

Best Table Topic Speaker : TM Ayah Kakinuma &

TM Raphael Toyama

Best Evaluator: TM Masako Kuroda

Best Speaker: TM Ryuji Yokoyama

We had very fruitful meeting with four prepared speeches.

It was interesting with a variety of subject spoken from Ice

breaker to Advanced speaker.

In a table topic session the contestants who are supposed to

compete at Area 23 Table Topic Contest were appointed to

make impromptu speech for their practice.

We wish all contestants the best of luck at Area 23 Table

Topic Contest on October 6th .

Meeting minutes of September 18th meeting

(In-house Table Topic Contest)

Attendees: 19 members and 1 guest

Opening remarks by Contest Chair: TM Mariko Misaka

Welcome remarks & Guest introduction:

TM Atsuko Karakasa

In-house Table Topic Contest:

Contest Chair: TM Mariko Misaka

Chief Judge: TM Masako Kuroda

Timers: TM Yasuyo Sato

TM Taeko Hayashi

Tally Counter: TM Rieko Ichiya

TM Yasuyo Sato

TM Taeko Hayashi

Sergeant At Arms: TM Rieko Ichiya

Contestant:

1. Ryuji Yokoyama

2. Kasey Yawata

3. Arito Tokimoto

4. Ayako Hirota

5. Miki Saito

6. Mari Kanno

7. Drian Von Golden

8. Raphael Toyama

Question:

If you could be born again, would you like to be a man or

a woman? Why?

It was very exciting and competitive In-house Table Topic

Contest with eight contestants.

All contestants made great impromptu speech with various

idea and different view point.


Result:

1st place: TM Drian Von Golden

2nd place: TM Raphael Toyama


3rd place: TM Kasey Yawata

Drian and Raphael will proceed to Area 23 Table Topic Contest

on October 6th as the representative of KeyForce TMC.

Let’s cheer on Drian and Raphael at Area 23 Contest which

will be held on October 6th at Aoyama Life Long Learning

Center from 10:00 am.

TM Ayako Hirota will compete at Japanese Area Table Topic

Contest on the same day and at the same place.

Let’s cheer on her, too!

Attendees: 21 members and 3 guests

Opening remarks & Guest introduction

TM Atsuko Karakasa

Induction ceremony TM Akemi Maruyama

Thought of the Evening TM Taeko Hayashi

Word of the Evening TM Hiroko Yamakawa

  “Stupendous”

Business Session:

*Table Topic Speech Contest (In-house-Area-Dision-District )

*Membership due renewal

Toastmaster of the Evening TM Masako Kuroda

Grammarian TM Drian Von Golden

Am-Uh Counter TM Ann Sado Honjo

Timer TM Miki Saito

Vote Counter TM Mariko Misaka

Table Topic Workshop ' TM Rieko Ichiya

Table Topic Session Round 1 TM Kazuko Iwatsuki

Table Topic Session Round 2 TM Akemi Maruyama

Best speakers:

Best Table Topic Speaker of Round 1 TM Raphael Toyama

Best Table Topic Speaker of Round 2 TM Ryuji Yokoyama

We had very exciting meeting with the special program to

practice Table Topic Speech.

We learned about some tips for making Table Topic Speech

more successful at the workshop and practiced a lot of

making impromptu speech at Table Topic Sessions,

Round 1 & 2.

Many new members were encouraged to participate at

In-house Table Topic Session as a contestant which will be

held on September 18th.