Great result at Division A Japanese Competition

It was a real treat to go with TMs Hirose and Thompson to see TM Yang participate in the Division competition in Shibuya. Although it was a hot sunny day, the room was packed. I’d never seen a Japanese competition before and the energy and connection of the speakers, much greater than when Japanese speak in English, really struck me. There was even practice for the audience at how to clap!

From our seats at the back, we got to see our representative psyching himself up through seven great speeches. The audience was charged, and finally Jason got up to speak.

His speech ‘あれ、あれ　(A-re, A-re?’) began with him getting the audience involved with chorus of ‘so desu neh…’. I could see how this fused the energy of audience and presenter, and helped him to get off to a strong start. He told his message – watch out for when things go wrong and look at how to learn from them – with anecdotes, analysis, and through inviting the audience to visualize how they would like to change their lives.

Finding developmental points in such a great speech is hard, but I think that more personal stories to get the idea across would have been more effective. He also said that he felt the audience connection drop when he invited them to close their eyes for a second time.

However, it was a really ambitious speech that was delivered with tremendous energy. We were delighted that he was placed third; a great achievement given that he has only been in Toastmasters for around three years. The learning curve may seem steep, but it really pays off.

Helen

District 76 (All-Japan) Spring Conference 2009

May 29, 2009toMay 30, 2009

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Reasons to go:

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●5/29(金)夕方 / 29th May Evening
ワークショップ(食事付) 3000円 / Workshop(+meal) 3000yen
●5/30(土)午前 / 30th May AM
日本語審査員講習会 / Japanese Judge workshop
日本語テーブルトピックワークショップ / Japanese Table Topic Workshop
英語テーブルトピックワークショップ / English Table Topic workshop
●5/30(土)午後 / 30th May PM
日本語コンテスト 3000円 / Japanese Speech Contest 3000yen
●5/30(土)夕方 / 30th May Evening
懇親会 6000円 / Party 6000yen
●5/31(土)午前 / 31th May AM
英語コンテスト 3000円 / English Speech Contest 3000yen
●5/31(土)午後 / 31th May PM
市内観光 / Optional city tour

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Mtg #164

May 20, 2009
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

Place: Jiyugaoka Community Center
場所：自由が丘住区センター

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Division A English Contest

April 12, 2009

Division A English Contest
Place: Gakuen Toshi Center (Hachioji)
http://www.hachiojibunka.or.jp/gakuen/gakuenn-top.htm
Hosted by: Eight Princes TMC

A detailed agenda will be posted when available.

Division A 英語
日程：4/12
場所：学園都市センター（八王子）
http://www.hachiojibunka.or.jp/gakuen/gakuenn-top.htm
主催：Eight Princes　TMC

Division A Japanese Contest

April 19, 2009

開催場所・日時
[日　時] 2009年4月19日（日）
［受付］14：00
［コンテスト］14:30～16:00
[場　所] 渋谷区勤労福祉会館（渋谷駅徒歩7分）
http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/est/kinro.html
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5fyMUerrc （ハチ公口からの動画）
[ホスト] 江戸TMC