Word of the day
- spice (v.): used as "to spice something (up)"; (1) to add interest or excitement, (2) to vitalize
- TM Tomoda has officially become a new club member; welcome TM Tomoda!
- This time, we experimentally held a speaker coaching session, an extra educational session before the regular meeting to coach some members and help them prepare their speeches. This coaching session was very effective and appreciated by the speakers.
- TM Wada opened the meeting with the Joke Master Session;
- TM M. Inoue led the Table Topics Session;
- Four members gave prepared speeches:
- TM Senda delivered a insightful speech about solutions to prevent suicide, titled "Did I sleep?" (Project #7, CC Manual);
- TM Tateishi told a story titled "The Best Gift", introducing Paralympics gold medalist Yoshihioro Nitta (Project #4, Storytelling, Advanced Manual);
- TM Komura introduced another touching and interesting story tilted "Love Letter" based on her personal experience (Project #6, CC Manual);
- TM Asano made a funny speech, titled "Never give up", from his daily life explaining how his speech title was changed and decided (Project #8, CC Manual);
- Constructive speech evaluations were given by the General Evaluator (TM Y. Inoue) and four Evaluators (resp., TM Inagaki, TM Ofori, TM M. Inoue, and TM Yoshikawa);
- TM Inagaki encouraged us to attend this year's International Convention, and introduced the Let's go to the 2010 Toastmasters International Convention web site.
- Best Performance: TM Horioka (TMOD)
- Best Table Topics Speaker: TM Inagaki
- Best Prepared Speaker: TM Tateishi
- Best Evaluator: TM Ofori and TM Inagaki (resp. evaluating TM Tateishi and TM Senda)
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.
