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No.633 Regular Meeting was held on December 14, 2024 at Fplace 301. Seven toastmasters participated and there was no guest at the meeting. VP Education TM Eiki called the meeting to order in place of President TM Tsukasa who was away on a business trip.
In the Business Session, TM Eiki announced the date and the place of Area speech contest on March 20 at Odawara and Division speech contest on April 13.
TMOD for the meeting was TM Takeo and the Grammarian was TM Eiki, the Vote Counter was TM Hiroko and the Timer was TM Jade.
[Word of the Day]
Word of the Day was “crucial” (adjective) as selected by TMOD Takeo. The word has two important meanings. Extremely important or necessary aspects, or subjects as:
1. Her work has been crucial to the project’s success.
2. It is crucial that the problem is tackled immediately.
※A Word of the Day is selected by a member for every meeting. Members try to use the word as often as possible for practice.
[Prepared Speech Session]
※Speakers are assigned a few weeks prior to the meeting for a 5-to 7-minute speech based on a manual called “Path”, which has various objectives including presentation, facilitation, and panel discussion.
The first speaker was TM Ichii and the title of his speech was “To be better communicator.” He introduced one way for grouping communication styles into four – Analytical, Amiable, Driver, and Expressive – using two axis of Emotion and Assertiveness. Where do you fit? Understanding the style of your speech may be the key to be a successful communicator.
The second speaker was TM Hiroko and the title of her speech was “My precious ordinary backpack.” So light, so handy, yet so practical to carry, that she takes it to wherever she goes. We enjoyed listening to some precious memories she had with her ordinary backpack.
[Table Topics Session]
Table Topics Master of the meeting was Jade. Her table topics questions theme was HEALTH. Various questions were posed on topics such as exercising, drinking, and health checkups!
[Best Table Topics Speaker Award and TMOD Award winners]
In the General Evaluation Session, the G.E. Master, TM Kaneko asked TM Mizuno to do the Grammarian’s report and then TM Kenko did the General Evaluation Report.
In the Award Presentation, TMOD announced three best table topics speakers: TM Hiroko, TM Icchi and TM Yassi. Congratulations!
As for the TMOD Award, it was presented to TM Hiroko, because she bought the Christmas goods for the meeting and displayed these for the meeting.
TM Hiroko, thank you for your time and efforts!
Our next regular meeting will be January 11th, when we will have a New Year Party. Doors will open from 13:50 at Fujisawa City Hall and online ZOOM. Everybody is welcome. Please check the venue at Access.
湘南の例会は17時まで約3時間。英語を聞きに、話しに、来ませんか？12月の例会開催場所は通常の開催地 Fプレイスです。 Accessでご確認ください。
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