COSMOS Toastmasters meeting #106 held at the Chiyoda-ku Kudan-Ue meeting room #A on 1/6/2018
TMoD: TM Seiken
Best Speaker: TM Momoyo
Best Evaluator: TM Mao
Best Table-Topics Speaker: Miao
We entertained 10 guests.
Voice Training was conducted by TM Ken using ‘Honesty’.
The Induction Ceremony for Fuyo was conducted by TM Yasuo. Fuyo’s membership was approved by the meeting.
Table-Topics Session:
TM Kunito conducted the session.
1. ‘What is your new year’s resolution?’ given to TM Maki
2. ‘What is your new year’s dream?’ given to TM Yukako
3. ‘What kind of animal do you want to keep as pet’ given to TM Miao
Speech Session: Three speeches were presented.
1. ‘Thought of the east and west’ given by TM Shigataka
Referring to the recorded sayings of Confucius and Jesus, he reminded us of the current worldwide chaos caused by the ignorant world leaders.
2. ‘Thank you!’ given by TM Momoyo
Using statistics, she inspired us of how rarely we use the phrase ‘thank you’ in our lives and how we complicate our human relationship by overlooking its use, which tend to occur more often as we get older.
3. ‘Next!’ given by TM Reiko (invited)
By her power of narrative, she described the hardship she had experienced in her English dialogues at her workplace to us. Her message reminded us of the challenge and opportunity we can find everywhere.
Evaluation of the speeches was given by:
1. TM Miao
2. TM Mineko
3. TM Mao
After the regular meeting, a ‘Speech Workshop’ was presented by TM Reiko (invited)
She explained us how she had organized her contest speech: structured three topics and subtopics that support each topic. She recommended us to write down speech in text and examine it well. She also referred to the use of narrative skill to do a double-take for the audience. Her talk was very informative. Thank you, Reiko-san.