6. We started preparation and briefing at 11:30.
Members at all clubs could confirm the main
purpose of the event and roles of each club.
At 13:00, TM Matsuda (HTC) began a warm up
session, asking all participants to assemble two
circles and make a 1 minute introduction
changing partners.
This session helped participants to get closer
and relax.
7. Area Governor TM Hirao made an opening
address. He thanked all the people for their
cooperation and asked them to support the
charter of the Momiji Bilingual Club officially.
Note : Momiji TMC got chartered in February 2011
8. Then LGM Suzuki made a presentation titled,
“What is Toastmasters?”
He talked about the history, values and mission of
TMCs.
He persuaded the audience that to play roles as
positive as to work on each speech projects is the key
and mission to be a competent toastmaster.
10. From 13:30, TMOD Uemoto (Aki) started the
formal speech and evaluation session.
We had 5 English representative speakers from each club and 1
Japanese representative speaker from the bilingual club.
Speakers had precious opportunities to have evaluators from
different clubs.
Therefore, though it was not held in contest style, all the formal
speakers and evaluators prepared well and made speeches
sincerely. We enjoyed the various projects and
styles.
11. The 1st speaker, TM Tanimoto’s (Kure) speech
project was “Folk Tale.”
She acted the folk tale out in a fabulous way
and showed excellent entertainment skills with
vivid vocal variety.
12. The 2nd speaker, TM S. Morikawa’s (Momiji)
speech project was “Organize Your Speech.”
She asked TMs to cooperate to lead her
students to contribute to globalize Hiroshima
using English and TMs experience.
13. The 3rd speaker, TM Minokami’s (QTC) project
was “Get Comfortable with Visual Aids.”
He shared a strategy to control our thoughts
and feelings to realize our potential.
14. The 4th speaker, TM Kohzawa’s (HTC) project
was “Organize Your Speech.”
He told a way to use our precious time wisely
as a group using an interesting mathematical
formula.
15. The 5th speaker, TM Awa’s (Aki) project was
“The Abstract Concept.”
She suggested that we should not sacrifice
ourselves too much, but rather take care of
ourselves as well as others illustrating a
Japanese famous folk story, “Yuzuru.”
16. The Japanese speaker, TM Echigo’s (Momiji) project
was “Ice Breaker.” He spoke about his change in
attitude towards pictures. He used to take pictures of
products in a stylish way to get people’s attention, but
now he believes pictures of people working
passionately are more attractive.
All the audiences nodded and reacted well to support
the speakers and TM Uemoto gave warm and inspiring
comments for every speech. We enjoyed good
cooperation.
18. Every evaluator gave good encouragement and
constructive advice to improve speeches. TM Marunaka
(QTC) applauded TM Tanimoto’s splendid performance.
19. TM Forsyth (Kure) gave his word to cooperate TM S.
Morikawa’s project.
20. TM Kamimoto (Aki) acclaimed the good combination of
TM Minokami’s speech and visual aids.
21. TM E. Morikawa (Momiji) introduced TM Kohzawa’s
mind map script as a smart way to brush up on the
organization of a speech.
22. TM Matoba (HTC) praised TM Awa’s good illustration
and commented about making a speech credible.
23. TM Yanagida (HTC) talked about TM Echigo’s good skill
to make his speech short and effective in an admiring
tone.
Through their evaluation speeches, we celebrated each speaker’s
success and we learned good ways to improve speech skills.
24. COFEE BREAK
COFEE BREAK
COFEE BREAK
From 14:40, TM Fujiyama (HTC) and her team served delicious
sweets and a light meal at coffee break.
We enjoyed talking with people in different clubs and many
audiences gave feedback to speakers. Then representatives of
each area introduced their clubs on the stage and invited audience
to visit them.
25. At 15:10, TM Yoshina (QTC) and other QTC members
entertained us with “Joyful Time.”
TM Hirao did magic tricks with his humorous talk.
26. TM Oishi taught us a basic belly dance for
physical exercise.
27. TM Pahm talked about a funny story of
his unique experience of the toilet.
We shared a good laugh and relaxed.
28. TM Pahm talked about a funny story of
his unique experience of the toilet.
We shared a good laugh and relaxed.
30. At 15:50, TM Tran (Kure) held a workshop and taught
us how to use our emotions to make a speech delivery
more attractive using “gestures”, “vocal variety”, and
“giving our mind to be here”.
He used pair work and helped us to experience how
these three key essences influence the audience.
31. At 16:40, TM Imamura, a member of Kitakyushu TMC
made a special presentation.
He introduced a book, “”Dear Miss Breed” which he
translated and published.
It was about an American librarian who sent books to
give hope to Japanese Americans in despair in
internment camps during World War .
We were moved with this real and touching story.
32. At 16:50, TM Ota (HTC) made a closing address.
He told us that the cooperation and communication of
different club members would activate and improve
both each member and each club activity.
33. After that, we took group photos.
At: 17:00, TM Hisamatsu celebrated the
success of this joint meeting and called
an adjournment in a joyful manner.
