Venue: Machida Chuo Kominkan
Attendees: Members 17, Guests 3 including other club member
TMOD: TM TO (English session) & TM KN (Japanese session)
Word of the day: TM TK (English session) well+p.p
TM NY (Japanese session) 素晴らしい
Ah-counter: TM KI
Timer : TM ZT
Grammarian : TM YH
Vote counter : TM YI
Table Topics : TM MH
1. If you think about your marriage, would you like to get marry in June? TM RY 1’18”
2. Which do you prefer a cooler rainy season or a hotter summer season? TM KF 1’31”
3. When you look back on this half year, what was the most important event for you? TM ZT 1’29”
Prepared speech (準備スピーチ)
1. “My hobby and occupation”(CC #1 Icebreaker) TM KK 5’25”
Singing a song using abdominal breathing is very useful and effective to keep good health for elderly people. She is a nurse and she has learned jazz for 5 years.
2. 「120歳まで生きていける秘訣」(CC #2 スピーチの構成) TM SH 7’05”
老化のプロセス、老化を遅らせる仕組み、そしてどのようにして老化を遅らせればいいのかを、ある大学での実験の結果をもとに話されました。
3. 「Evaluate to Motivate (日本語)」(The Successful Club Series) TM KI 15’36”
論評の基本の復習とご自分の経験や実例を挙げて、より一歩進んだ論評の仕方を紹介してくださいました。
個人論評 (Evaluation)
1. TM KF 3’29”
He praised the speaker’s great effort into her speech. It was well organized and she didn’t use a note. He mentioned three good points and one suggestion.
2. TM KI 2’57”
構成も内容もよくできていて、ゆっくりと話されていたのでとても聞き易いスピ－チでした。はじめに聴衆に質問したのは良かったのですが結論までその答えが無かったので、最初に種明かししておいた方が良かったのでは、と話されました。
3. TM SS 2’27”
「論評、やってみようかな」と思った人がいたという事は、このスピーチは大成功。スピーカーの為なら何を言ってもいいとありましたが、言い難いことは後で個人的に柔らかく言ってあげるといいのでは、と話されていました。
総合論評 TM RY
英語の部も日本語の部も素晴らしい例会でした。ただ、時間をおしてしまうので、役割などの紹介を省略するなど、工夫をしたらいいのではないかと提案されました。
The 38th Machida Bilingual TMC regular meeting
Date: June 10,2011（Fri.）19:00~
Venue: Machida Chuo Kominkan
Attendees: Members10, Guests 4 including other club member
TMOD: TM KT
Word of the Day: TM YI "Positive,Positively,Positiveness"「積極的（な）、積極性」
Ah-counter: TM YI and Guest Mr.S kindly helped the role.
Timer: TM Kei I
Grammarian: TM TK
Vote counter: TM TO
Joke master: TM TO told us funny experiences among he, his wife and flight attendants.
Table topics: TM NY
1: What do you think about "Thinking out of the box"? TM HS 1'23''
2: What do you think of surrogate mother? Guest Mr.S 1'35''
3: What do you think of being house husband(主夫)？Guest Mr.U 2'13" Best
準備スピーチ１：「抽象は死んだのか？」
（Speaking to inform #5 The abstract Concept）Guest TM KA 8'34" (Best)
抽象の概念が受け入れられることの大切さを日本の戦後の成長に沿って訴えられました。
準備スピーチ２：「論評コンテストを目指して」
（Facilitating Discussion #1 The Panel Moderator） TM MH 25'48"
秋に開催される論評コンテストの紹介を3人のパネリストを交えて行いました。パネリストは①ルールに沿ったコンテストの説明、②審査基準の説明、③コンテスタントの心構えについてを説明しました。
It has been raining all day long but, as shown in the picture, it was
very nice to share with you today another historic moment for the
club--Charter Ceremony!!!
Although it has been chartered, there are many things we need to do such
as maintaining/growing the membership. Let's get together and enjoy
toastmastering in Machida BTMC.
Machida Bilingual-Toastmasters Club The ３５ｔｈ Meeting date；23th Apr,2011 PM1:30~3:20 Venue；Machida Bungakukan Kotoba-land Attendees；１６（members １４、guests ２） Toastmaster of the Day；TM. RY Word of the Day/今日の言葉；TM. K Im 「felicitate //寿ぐ (ことほぐ) 」 Ah-counter；TM. K Im Grammarian；TM. IY Timer；TM. KK Vote Counter；TM. IY
Table Topics(TM NY) 1. What do you think about self-regulation after the earthquake? TM JI 2. What do you think about Sustainable development? TM TK(2m37s) 3. What do you think about animal experiments? TM KIy(1m16s)
Prepared speech
1st “Playing golf”(CC#5 Your body speaks) 5m52s TM MS TM MS talked about golf wearing golf wear and cap. She spoke about her golf history and the attraction. Evaluation:TM TK(4m3s) Dressing in golf wear and the cap made the speech easy understood by audience. It might be better to move bigger.
2nd “The Answer”(CC#3 Get to the point)7m21s TM TZ TM TZ told the answer why she came to Japan, and what should we do if there are opposite opinions which hard to decide which is correct. Evaluation:TM YH(3m16s) The speaker made speech without memo and the English was fluent. It might be better to tell the conclusion ”the answer” earlier and change the direction of your body when you suppose different ideas.
3rd”Just around the corner”(CC#2 organize your speech)６ｍ５２ｓ TM KT TM KT talked about when she struggled to find job and deal with the task with humor. The speech is rehearsal of the division contest hold the next day. Evaluation:TM JI(3m25s) TM JI evaluate the speech as contest judge and gave the advice according to the standard of the contest.
総合論評 The helpers worked well. TMOD dealt with some happenings with flexibility. It might be better if she has stronger leadership to do them. It was good that the evaluation of TM KT’s speech was made from the view of contest judge.日本語の部では、英語の部で延びていた時間を予定通りにするために役割紹介を省略するなど対応できていた。
Prepared Speech “The Reunion After Long Years!” (The Entertaining Speaker, Speaking After Dinner) TM YI 14’45” He joyfully talked about his old teacher and 2 dozen classmates in the reunion of his elementary school last year, and some parts of his history.
Evaluation TM YH 3’17” (Best) He explained the objectives of the project first and commented a couple of good points of the speech especially about very entertaining opening.
Table Topics Table topics Master TM KenI Three topics were related to this biggest earthquakes and the tremendous consequent tsunami. 1: Do you think the current rolling blackout is good? Do you have any other ideas? TM KeiI 2’06” 2: Which option do you think we should choose to prohibit nuclear power plants or to build safer ones? Guest TM HD 1’47” (Best) 3: Do you think the self-restraint is over reaction? Guest TM HY 2’09”
General Evaluation TM KT She made comprehensive evaluation of the meeting with favorable comments such as, the proper time management of the meeting, conducted the induction ceremony smoothly, accurate evaluations and so on.
特別セッション 「Moments of Truth」TM. Y.H. (30分25秒) 町田バイリンガルTMCの現状の問題を考えさせられる、いい機会となりました。
Prepared Speech 1 “At just the right time”, (5m. 20s.) TM.R.Y. insisted the timing is very important about our life. Related to marketing strategy, she told us about her experience of changing jobs
Prepared Speech 2 “At tulane commencement”, (12m. 14s.) TM.J.I. introduced us the impressive speech, which was made by James Carville at Tulane University.
Individual Evaluation 1，(3m.06s) TM Ok pointed out correctly that she has many strong points such as understanding easily, seeing to all the audience and asking questions. On top of that, he recommended her to use vocal variety instead of speaking stedily, calm and flat.
Individual Evaluation 2，(3m.35s) TM K.T. pointed out that she made a impressive speech held at Tulane University. Also, she told us strong points such as the background of the speech, good topic and delivery statue. She pointed out too much body language.
総合論評(General Evaluation) TM.T.K. As usual, she evaluated the overall meeting.
Minutes of Machida Bilingual TMC meeting on 26 Feb 2011
The club has been formally recognized by Toastmasters International on 1 Feb 2011 as a full-fledged club, which is needless to say a historic moment for the club. The club has had another historic moment on 26 Feb 2011, which was our fist In-house Speech Contest!!! The following is a brief summary of the Contest, for those who unfortunately missed it.
There was Contestant / Chief Judge Briefings conducted prior to the commencement of the meeting, in which Contestants were reminded of Contest Rules whereas Judges, timers, tally counters, were informed on judging criteria, etc.
Then the meeting stated at 18:30. Guests were instroduced to the attendees, Next, the Contest Chair/ Master of Ceremony (YH) explained everyone on the Contest Rules—5-7 min speech, speaking order, etc. Chief Judge, TM MH who challenged this job for the first time, advised attendees on the judging criteria and announced that his judging team was ready to begin the contest.
There were 5 speakers in the English Contest: TM TK, TM YI, TM KT, TM NY, & TM TZ (speaking order). TM TK presented a speech titled “YUTOMI” on her childhood experience with her grandmother who used to tell very softly to her that she can say what was wrong. She also spoke how this granma’s encouraging atomosphere now helped her back then and now.
The second speaker was TM YI presented a speech titled “HOLLAND IS PARADISE!”. It was about his experience working/living in Netherlands and how he encountered cultural differences and also enjoyed them.
The third speaker TM KT spoke on her experience on job hunting under the title of “Middle-aged people, never give up”. She talked about how it was hard for her to find a job, which had to come at a cost of not succeeding numerous interviews. After she got a job, she also had another miscommunication situations, which I understood she kind of enjoyed and wanted to tell the audience that they should never give up.
The forth speaker TM NY gave a speech titled “Developmental Disability. Trouble for the Self and Others”. He first explained that he has a learning challenge and wanted the audience to understand his special situations. He then spoke on his experience on this matter.
The fifth and the last speaker for the English Contest was TM TZ presented a speech titled “The Answer”. She talked about her experience coming to Japan from China and what she has been doing since then—which I understood a kind of identity search.
After a short recess, all the participants were given certificates of participation each. We then presented the First Place Winner Award to TM TK, Second Place Winner Award to TM KT, Third Place Winner Award to TM TZ—Congratulations on all winners and well done for other participants. The First and Second Place Winners can proceed to the Area 44 Speech Contest representing our club (The Third Place Winner will a substitute representative in the absence of a higher-raking winner).
Despite the snow, 15 TM members gathered and enjoyed 2 prepared speeches, table topics and wonderful workshop. And after the meeting, we ate three super-big OKONOMIYAKIs together!
Prepared speech CC#1 TM TS5’48”
“Things We Can Do for Next Generation: Give Them a Switch”
He told us about his theory of life and his family members. The speech inspired us a lot.
Evaluation TMKT 3’19”
She praised TM TS for his achievement of the first speech and told good points such as persuasive contents, good eye contact, and 2 improvement points.
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