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Tottori 

Toastmasters Club

September 10, 2023

Feel the Atmosphere of Tottori Toastmasters!

We had a regular meeting with our desks arranged in a U-shape. We could see each other's face clearly and could feel the lively atmosphere even before the meeting started. In addition, I was impressed by the way the speakers looked at audience members as if they were talking to them, and how they spoke naturally in their own words, making me feel closer to them psychologically than usual.

Halfway through, one of our members showed up with her 3-month-old daughter, and the room turned even more filled with smiles. I fully enjoyed the great atmosphere of Tottori Toastmasters.


久しぶりに机をコの字にならべての例会でした。お互いの顔がよく見えて、始まる前からにぎやかな雰囲気が感じられました。加えて、スピーカーの話しかけるような目線の配り方、自分の言葉で自然に語る伝え方が印象的で、いつもよりスピーカーとの心理的距離感が近く感じられました。

途中、会員のお一人が3か月になる娘さんと一緒に顔を出してくれて、場もいっそう笑顔でいっぱいになります。鳥取トーストマスターズの魅力「いい雰囲気」を存分に楽しめる例会となりました。



(今月のTable Topicsより)

What were your favorites, when you were in high school?


Let's talk about something you loved when you were a child. Looking back on the past can be said to be a reunion with who you were back then. If you think about why you liked it and how much you liked it from your current perspective, you may discover something new.

子どものころ大好きだったことについて話してみましょう。昔を振り返ることは、当時の自分との再会とも言えます。今の自分の視点で、なぜ好きだったのか、どれくらい好きだったのかを考えると、新しい気づきがあるかもしれません。


VPPR 2023-2024

August 20, 2023

What a Hilarious Day!

We had fewer people than usual, so all the participants spoke a lot. "Hilarious" was perfect word for the meeting.

The prepared speaker did a 22-minute-long speech. Towards the key message of the speech, the content and structure were great, so that the audience didn’t distract from the speech. I was overwhelmed by his delivery that conveyed passion of the speaker's thoughts in his calm manner of speaking.

At the workshop, we had “Biblio Battle”, which was the first time in Tottori TMC. The members introduced their recommended books in English within 2 minutes and decided the best books. The venue burst into laughter when a member talked about the story that she put a picture book with yokai monsters into an empty box of somen noodles so that her grandson won’t scared of the book. It was obvious for her grandson, though. Books from various genres were gathered, and “Not mines, but flowers” was selected as the best book!

In the Table Topics, members delivered speeches themed “books.” It was an opportunity to learn more about each speaker’s thoughts with easy-to-understand questions.


いつもより少ない人数での例会でしたが、参加者全員がたくさん話せました。まさに本日のワード「Hilarious」がぴったりの雰囲気で例会を終えることができました。

今回の準備スピーカーは22分のロングスピーチに挑戦。スピーチの最後のメッセージに向かって、聴衆の興味をそらさない内容と構成はもちろんのこと、落ち着いた話し方の中にスピーカーの思いの強さが感じされるデリバリーに圧倒されました。

またワークショップでは、鳥取TMC初となるビブリオバトルをおこないました。会員がおすすめの本を2分以内に英語で紹介し、ベストブックを決めていきました。お孫さんが怖がる妖怪の絵本を、そうめんの空き箱に入れてカモフラージュした話には、全員が大爆笑。お孫さんにはバレバレだったみたいですが…。そのほか様々なジャンルの本が集結し、今回は絵本「地雷ではなく花をください」がベストブックに選ばれました!

その後のテーブルトピックスも、本をテーマにわかりやすい質問と本を通して各スピーカーのことがより知れる機会になりました。


VPPR 2023-2024

(VPPR選:今回のTable Topicsより)

If you wrote an autobiography, what would be the title? Why?

August 5, 2023


We had the first "Casual Meeting" online with 8 participants. Members were more relaxed and enjoyed speeches, evaluations, and chatting.

In ”What's new speech”, members shared their recent news; summer festivals; cooking; bitter cucumbers, watermelon and pickled plums; a change of society discovered on train ride; and books in library.

Please join the next meeting. Inactive members and guests are also welcome!


今期初めての試みとなる「カジュアルミーティング」を開催しました。8名の参加者で、みんなリラックスした雰囲気で、スピーチ、論評、おしゃべりを楽しみました。

What's new speechでは、メンバーがそれぞれの近況について簡単に英語スピーチを披露。夏まつりにお料理、ゴーヤ・すいか・梅干しと夏にぴったりの食材、電車に乗って気づく社会の変化から図書館で見つけた本の紹介など盛りだくさん。

次のカジュアルミーティングもお楽しみに!今回参加できなった方も、ぜひ参加してみてくださいね。休会中のメンバーの方、見学したいゲストの方も大歓迎です。


Agenda:

1. What's new speech (1-2 min.)

2. Prepared speech

3. Evaluation

4. Table Topics (2-3 min.) Theme : Summer





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