11(14時～17時)

投稿日: 2025年1月14日

みなさん、こんにちは。
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本日は、第634回の例会で2025年初の顔合わせです。お正月の清々しい雰囲気の中で会長のTsukasaさんの新年のご挨拶を皮切りに新年早々お二人のゲストをお迎えし、新会員 Keikoさんを迎える入会式を執り行い、気分の華やぐ例会となりました。TMOD（本日の司会）は、いつも元気なBobさんです。　それでは、本日の例会の様子です。

[Word of the Day]
Word of the Day（今日の言葉）は、”bling”です。
「キラキラ光る（もの）」という意味で、世界的ヒットになっているCreepy Nutsの楽曲の中でも使われています。
※毎回“本日の単語”を設定します。例会参加者は、自分の発言時に”bling”を使うと、もっともっと良いことがあるかも！？　Bling-Bang-Bang-Born!

[Prepared Speech Session]
※スピーカーは、数週間前からスピーチの準備をし、本番（当日）に臨みます。スピーチ時間は約５～７分。その後で４分の自由参加·フリートーク形式のQ&Aセッションがあり、実践でプレゼン能力を鍛えます。それぞれいろいろな分野のスピーチを集めたPathというオンラインベースのマニュアルで学びます。

Speech1：TM Yasuhiko Ueda　Title： Mahjong and preventing frailty
Team Collaboration　L1（Master the Fundamentals）　Writing a Speech with Purpose
とっても多趣味なヤッシーさんですが、今回は健康麻雀の効用についてスライドを駆使して語ってくれました。”ポン・チー・ローン”でアンチ・エイジングを目指しましょう！

Speech2：TM Tsukasa Aizawa　Title： Is it resolution?
英語教師の経験から、短い時間を上手にマネージメントして英語学習のモチベーションを維持させる方法を披露してくれました。 “Persistence pays off” （継続は力なり）ですね!

[Table Topics Session]
さまざまなお題に沿った2分程度の即興のスピーチに、毎回全員が取り組みます。
今回のテーブルトピックスマスターはIchiさん　お題のテーマは2025年年頭に当たっての夢について．．．　～就寝時の夢、若しくは今年、あるいは今後の人生にて実現したい夢～など、さまざまな夢について即興で語りました

Bob:　20歳時の夢について：　野球に没頭しており、MLBで活躍したいというものでした。
Tsukasa:　悪夢体験について：　夢で自宅のカギを無くして家に入れないという悪夢を見ました。
Yassy:　５億円のドリームジャンボ宝くじが当たったら：　まず行いたいのは、世界一周旅行をしたい。
Eiki：　今年実現したい夢：　毎日英語の勉強をする。　また毎日ワークアウトを行って体を強化したい。
Kazuo:　敵に襲われて壁に阻まれて逃げられないという夢を何度か見ました。
Jade:　夢の国（ドリームランド、ディズニーランド等）に行った時の体験談：　孫とキッズランドに行ったら、現代の孫がビジネスマインドを持っていることに吃驚した。
Keiko:　過去に実現した夢、または今後実現したい夢について：　英語でもっと話が出来る様になりたい。また、スラックキーギターで最低１曲演奏出来る様になりたい。

最後にアワード受賞式です。
Best Table Topics Speech Award: Kazuoさん
TMOD Award: Tsukasaさん　ビジネスセッションでリーダーシップを発揮され、エリアコンテストのコンテストチェアを率先して引き受けられたほか、役割分担をスムーズに決めていただきました。今年の地区スピーチコンテストは、3月20日（木曜日）の春分の日に、小田原のUMECOで開催されます。
エリアＤ２に所属する5クラブの代表が競う日本語と英語でのスピーチコンテスト
ぜひ楽しく盛り上げ、成功させたいですね　

Kazuoさん　Tsukasaさん　おめでとうございます！！

次回の例会は１月２５日(土)13時50分開場、湘南の定会場のFプレイスとオンラインで開催します。ご参加はどなたでも大歓迎です。Accessで確認してくださいね。

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？

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第633回例会 2024/12/14(14時～17時)

投稿日: 2024年12月21日

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。

第632回例会 2024/11/24(14時～17時)

投稿日: 2024年11月25日

Here is the report of the Day by TMOD Tsukasa. TMOD serves as emcee.
This time our venue was Fujisawa City Hall. With a small attendance of just seven including one guest, our meeting went on quite active as usual. Moreover, TM Ishii who are one of the veteran members positively participated after a long absence and gave a prepared speech!

[Word of the Day]
Word of the Day was “miscellaneous” (adjective) as selected by me, Tsukasa. The word has two important meanings:
1. consisting of elements of different kinds
2. having various qualities, aspects, or subjects
※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.
※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 1 was Toastmaster or TM Ishii’s “Chigasaki Cross Culture Festival”, in which he stated why he joined the local cultural exchange program with foreign people in Chigasaki. The 2nd was “My Resolution” by TM Eiki in which he explained how it was inevitable to get ready for the final moment.

[Table Topics Session]
Table Topics Master of the meeting was Kazuo. Here is his report on his table topics questions on miscellaneous topics:

Who, among those in the history, would you like to meet and talk with? Answered by Hirota
Who, among those in the present world, would you like to meet and talk with? Answered by Mizuno
What scene in the history, would you like to be in? Answered by Aizawa
What scene in the present world, would you like to be in? Answered by Sugiyama
Where in the world, would like to visit? Answered by Ishii
What time of your past, would you like to go back in, just for one or two months? Answered by Guest Yoshikawa

[Best Table Topics Speaker Award and TMOD Award winners]

– Best TTS: Guest Yoshikawa, TMOD Award: Icchi, because he made lots of contact with new members and took double roles.
Congratulations, Yoshikawa-san! Good job, all!

Our next regular meeting will be December 14th. Doors will open from 13:50 at Fujisawa City Hall and online ZOOM. Everybody is welcome. Please check the venue at Access.

第631回例会 2024/11/9(14時～17時)

投稿日: 2024年11月11日

Here is the report of the Day by TMOD Kazuo. TMOD serves as emcee.
Regrettably, we had only a small attendance of six including. Never-the-less the meeting went on quite active as every member took double roles. Moreover, three guests, including one first-time visitor, positively participated in giving prompt short speeches in Table Topics Session. Two non-toastmaster guests decided to join the club on the day in the presence of the third guest- Area Director Matsuno – making her official visit to the club.

[Word of the Day]
Word of the Day was “Faint”（adjective）as selected by TM Yassi. The word has various meanings such as not strong, not clear, feeling weak.
※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.

Prepared speech 1 was Toastmaster or TM Sugiyama’s “Why I joined STMC”, which he started from his experiences in U.S.A. The 2nd was “New Pathways” by TM Hirota in which she explained the basic procedures to deal with the revised Toastmasters International education system.

[Table Topics Session]
Table Topics Master of the meeting was Yassi. Here is his report on the meeting table topic theme 5 senses:
From morning till night, and even while we are asleep, we feel something all the time. That is because we have five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch Thanks to these senses, our lives are full of wonder and joy. Yes, “feeling is being alive.” Today’s topic is such a blessed matter, “the five senses.”

What do you most enjoy watching or seeing? And tell us how you enjoy that. Answered by TM Mizuno and Guest Umeshita
What was the most impressive sound or voice you’ve ever heard? And please describe that to us. Answered by TM Sugiyama
What smell or taste sharpens your appetite most? And tell us something about that. Answered by TM Kaneko
Please tell us about an experience you had with touch, one of the five senses. For example, something your parents taught you as a child. Answered by TM Hirota
Which sense do you think you are most sensitive to? And why do you think so? Answered by TM Yaoita
If you were to lose one of the five senses by some misfortune,which one would you give up? And why is that? Answered by Area Director Matsuno
Do you know what anniversary today, November 9th, is? It’s the day of the telephone number 119. So, if you have any stories related to 119. Example you have ever called an ambulance, please tell us about. Answered by Guest Takuma

[Best Table Topics Speaker Award and TMOD Award winners]

– Best TTS: Guest Umeshita talking on his hobbies.
– TMOD Award: All attendants who took double roles to make the meeting quite successful and jolly that made 2 guests decided to join!
Our Vice President Education Eiki is on the photo as our representative.

Congratulations, Umeshita-san! Good job, all!

Our next regular meeting will be November 23rd. 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？11月の例会開催場所は通常の開催地 Fプレイスではなく、市役所会議室です。 Accessでご確認ください。