Monday, February 1, 2010

Joint meeting with Kamakura TMC on Jan. 31st, 2010

The Atsugi-Zama Toastmasters club and the Kamakura Toastmasters club held a joint meeting on Jan. 31st, 2010. This was a truly great event, with 32 attendees and 1 visiting guest!



Word of the day
  • collaborative (adj.): characterized or accomplished by collaboration
Summary of the meeting
  • TM Tamura (Kamakura) opened the meeting with the Joke Master Session, telling us about funny English mispelling spotted all around the world;
  • TM Lenglet (Atsugi-Zama) led the Table Topics Session;
  • Four members gave great prepared speeches:
    • TM Asano (Atsugi-Zama) gave a speech, titled "Coffee" (Project #7, CC Manual), on one of his trips to Germany where he got lost;
    • TM Mamuro (Kamakura) advertized the charms of the Kamakura region (the Kamakura Alps, etc.) in her speech titled "Kamakura, My Town" (Project #4, Advanced Communication Manual);
    • TM Ofori (Atsugi-Zama) gave a strong motivational speech, titled "Achieving your Dreams through the 4 D's", on the importance of dedication and ethics to reach our goals (Project #5, Advanced Communication Manual);
    • TM Utashiro (Kamakura) gave a dramatic speech, titled "An Unforgettable Boy", based on his experience as a baseball coach (Project #4, Advanced Communication Manual);
  • Evaluations were given by the General Evaluator (TM Okamoto from Kamakura) and four Evaluators (resp., TM A. Tanaka from Kamakura, TM Komura from Atsugi-Zama, TM Nishida from Kamakura, and TM Higuchi from Atsugi-Zama).
Awards
  • Best Table Topics Speaker: TM Hayashi (Kamakura)
  • Best Prepared Speaker: TM Ofori (Atsugi-Zama)
  • Best Evaluator: TM Higuchi (Atsugi-Zama, evaluating TM Utashiro)
Congratulations to the winners!

Join us!
You are very welcome to attend any meeting as a guest! It's free, and you will enjoy great quality speeches from our members!
Check the Atsugi-Zama Toastmasters Club website for more information: more pictures, the calendar of our next meetings, etc.