Division C Japanese and English Contest Winners

Posted on April 21, 2008
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Congratulations to the winners! The first-place winner of each contest will play at Hiroshima

日本語の部

泉健二 (Yokohama Toastmasters Club)
藤山亜美 (Tokyo International Toastmasters Club)
酒井こずえ (Musashi-Kosugi Toastmasters Club)

English Portion

Kiminari Azuma (Yamato Bilingual Toastmasters Club)
Matthew Ownby (Atsugizama Toastmasters Club)
Jason Yang (Tokyo Bilingual Toastmasters Club)

130th meeting

Posted on November 21, 2007
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Word of the Day

Word of the Day：brilliant

Explanation：bright

Example： brilliant ideas

A Word from the Grammarian

Good sentences: Let’s be brilliant in our word usage tonight.

Word usage or grammar advice: Use “I’ve never….” And the past tense instead of “It is my fist time” eg “I’ve never tried that” “I’ve never heard that”

今夜の言葉

今夜の言葉：鮮やか

簡単な説明：ものの色彩・形などがはっきりしていて、目立つさま。技術・動作などがきわだって巧みであるさま。容姿などがきわだって美しいさま。鮮度が高いさま。生き生きとしたさま。

例： 「鮮やかな若葉の緑」「印象鮮やかな短編小説」

文法係からの言葉

いい表現：間のとり方

A Word from the General Evaluator

It was an active and friendly meeting tonight. But it could be better if timer sat in front of the speakers so that he or she can see the sign. All evaluators were very precise and encouraging the speakers. I am so happy to be a member of Tokyo Bilingual Toastmasters.

総合論評者からのメッセージ

スピーチの内容がうまくてよかった。スピーカー（外人）論評者（日本人）の対象が鮮やかで、論評者（日本人）がもう少しゆっくり論評してあげることがバイリンガルクラブとして配慮が必要です。サンドウィッチ話法での論評ができていたがもう少し深く改善点の提示だできていれば良い。外人対日本人のバイリンガルのクラブとしての会の流れが対象的であった。.

129th meeting

Posted on November 8, 2007
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Word of the Day

Word of the Day：Art

Explanation：

Example：

A Word from the Grammarian

Good sentences: Enough is enough

Word usage or grammar advice: Following in his footsteps

Worked hard to raise me up

今夜の言葉

今夜の言葉：芸術

簡単な説明：特定の材料・様式などによって美を追求・表現しようとする人間の活動

例：

文法係からの言葉

いい表現：あなたがいないで生きない。擬声語、黄金豚

A Word from the General Evaluator

Although there were several changes to the program, we kept the pace and energy up reasonable well. Thanks to TM Maekawa for spontaneously leading a second Table Topic session. Avoid making too many last minute changes; I know this is hard though. Honest and helpful criticism. Tonight’s meeting is a very warm and educational meeting.

Summary of 128th meeting

Posted on October 17, 2007
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Word of the evening: Encouraging

今夜の言葉：色めく

Best Speaker: TM Maekawa, with the speech “A Day in Rwanda”
The Best Speaker

Best Table Topics: TM Maekawa
Best Evaluator: TM Mochida
Ms. Ohtada, twice a guest, declared her wish to join! Her induction ceremony is planned for Nov 7.

Why Join Toastmasters?

Posted on June 26, 2007
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This will help you get people to think of the value of Toastmasters in their own terms, to bring guests and new members to the club, as well as get you to think harder about the value that you want to get out of Toastmasters.

Jeffrey Gitomer, in his Little Red Book of Selling, speaks of the importance of asking value-based questions.

For example: Do you want to do polish you public speaking skills in English/Japanese?
may be a good question for someone who has already reflected on the value of public speaking skills in English/Japanese, but a mediocre question for someone who has never thought about the implications of these skills.

Such a person would be better served by value-based questions. Ones that get him to think in terms of his own interests, and answer in terms of membership to Toastmasters.

Here are some examples:

-Jason

Hello world!

Posted on June 8, 2007
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Welcome to the TBTMC blog. This is an exciting time. Our leadership is changing hands, and our membership is growing. I get a lot of energy from you guys, and I hope you get a lot of energy from the club, too.

Jason

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