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TM Kiminari Azuma and TM Masato Ito celebrated our contribution for Spring Conference 2018 and Select Distinguished Club 2017-2018.

◆Word of the Evening
puddle

◆Table Topic Master – TM Akemi Maruyama

◆Prepared Speech Session
– We had 4 great presentations!

1. TM Misao Konishi
Icebreaker
“How to create a wonderful story”

2. TM Yoko Watanabe
Pathways Presentation Mastery-2 “Evalustion and Feedback-1 ”
“What I learned from history”

3. TM Will Ellis
Pathways Presentation Mastery-1 “Icebreaker”
“My family and Me”

4. TM Ryuichi Onoe
Pathways Persuasive Influence-5 “Understanding Your Leadership Style”
“How to define leadership”

◆AWARD
Best Table Topic Speaker – TM Kiminari Azuma
Best Prepared Speesh Speaker – TM Ryuichi Onoe
Best Evaluator – TM Mai Araki

◆PHOTO
Photos with all members and guests and socializing hour

◆Word of the Evening
Superhuman

◆Table Topic Master – TM Masako Kuroda

◆Prepared Speech Session
– We had 2 great presentations!
1. TM Naonobu Minato
Project 7 – Reseach Your Topic
“Background of Increasing the Government’s Debt”
2. TM Mai Araki
Pathways Innovative Planning – Icebreaker
“Speaking in Confidence”

◆AWARD
Best Table Topic Speaker – TM Will Ellis

◆PHOTO
Award winners and Tostmasters of the Evening, TM Manta Reid

May 21th 2019
KeyForce Regular Meeting

◆Word of the Evening
Silver-tongued

◆Table Topic Master – TM Mamta Reid

◆Prepared Speech Session
– We had 3 special presentations!
1. TM Michiko Sawa
Pathways Innovative Planning #5 Understanding Your Leadership Style
“What is your leadership style?”

2. TM Akemi Maruyama
Pathways Motivational Strategy #2 Evaluation and Feedback
“Sow the seeds for the next stage”

3. TM Kasey Yawata
AC Story Telling #3 The Moral of the Story”
“Will human era be ended by Singularity-Computers surpassing humans?”

◆AWARD
Best Table Topic Speaker – TM Ryuji Yokohama
Best Evaluator – TM Mai Araki
Best Prepared speaker – TM Kasey Yawata

◆PHOTO
Award winners, Tostmasters of the Evening and President, TM Ryuichi Onoe

May 7th 2019
KeyForce Regular Meeting

◆Word of the Evening
Beef up(strengthen, increase)

◆Table Topic Master – TM Masako Kuroda

◆Prepared Speech Session
– We had 4 great presentations!
1. TM Ayako Yamamoto
Pathways Innovative Planning #2 Evaluation and Feedback
“Truffles”
2. TM Mamta Reid
Pathways Presentation Mastery #5 Understanding Your Commucation Style
“what is it”
3. TM Sachiko Nozaki
Competent Communication Manual #6 Vocal Variety
“Making a recovery”
4. TM Tommy Takabu
The Professional Speaker #3 The Sales Training Speech
“Let’s Sell it!”

◆AWARD
Best Table Topic Speaker – TM Naonobu Minato
Best Evaluator – TM Mai Araki
Best Prepared speaker – TM Tommy Takabu

◆PHOTO
Award winners and Tostmasters of the Evening

March 19th 2019
KeyForce Regular Meeting

◆Word of the Evening
observant

◆Table Topic Master – TM Mamta Reid

◆Prepared Speech Session
– We had 3 great presentations!
1. TM Ayako Yamamoto “My Hometown” The Ice Breaker
2. TM Michiko Fukuhara “Small Blow” The Ice Breaker
3. TM Mari Kannno “Leadership as a Tour Guide” Project PW Strategic Relationship #5 – Understanding your leadership style

◆AWARD
Best Table Topic Speaker – TM Mai Araki
Best Prepared Speech Speaker – TM Mari Kannno
Best Evaluator – TM Sachiko Nozaki

◆Area Contest Preparation
TM Asako Nakashima – おもてなしのプロ

◆PHOTO
with award winners, President and TME and socializing hour with drinks/supper

March 5th 2019
KeyForce Regular Meeting

◆Word of the Evening
single out(both positive meaning and negative meaning)

◆Table Topic Master – TM Mariko Misaka

◆Area Contest Preparation
– We had 2 great presentations!
1. TM Ryuichi Onoe “He is Priceless”
2. TM Asako Nakashima “プロの業（ワザ）”

◆AWARD
Best Table Topic Speaker – TM Tommy Takabu

◆Induction Celemony – TM Yoko Watanabe

◆PHOTO
with award winner, new member, President and TME and socializing hour with drinks/supper

February 19th 2019
KeyForce Regular Meeting

◆Word of the Evening
inertia

◆Prepared Speech Session
– We had 2 great presentations!
1. TM Mamta Reid “Meditation”
Pathways Level 1- Presentation Mastery #4 – Researching and Presenting
2. TM Tommy Takabu “Small Action”
Professional Speaker #1 The Keynote Address

◆Area Contest Preparation
TM Mariko Misaka ” Message from the cosmos”

◆AWARD
Best Table Topic Speaker – TM Kasey Yawata

◆PHOTO
Socializing hour with drinks/supper

February 5th 2019
KeyForce In-House Contest

We held In-House International Speech Contest.
Contest chair was TM Masako Kuroda and opening remarks were held by VPE TM Asako Nakashima.
After contest rules were explained by contest chair and verification of judge was conducted by chief judge, TM Mineko Hasegawa, contestants speeches began.

◆Contestants
– We had 3 contestants this year!
1. TM Kasey Yawata – Disagreeing respectfully goes a long way in our lives
2. TM Ryuichi Onoe – He is priceless
3. TM Mariko Misaka – Message from the cosmos
After the three contestants speeches, interview session by TM Masaaki Ito was made and asked each speaker about the speech.

◆AWARD
Best In-House International Speech : TM Mariko Misaka
She will move on to the Area Contest.

◆PHOTO
with this year’s In-house Speech Contest and socializing with dinner

January 22th 2019
KeyForce Regular Meeting

◆Word of the Evening
table(different meanings between British English and American English)
◆TOPICS
– We had 3 unique presentations!
1. TM Mamta Reid “To use or not to use”
Pathways Level 1- Presentation Mastery #3 – Evaluation and Feedback – 2
2. TM Mari Kanno “To Narrow Road to the Deep North by Basho”
Pathways Level 1- Strategic Relationships #4 – Reseaching and Presenting
3. TM Kesey Yawata “Disagreeing respectfully goes a long way in our lives”
Advanced Communication series – Storytelling #5 – Bringing History to Life
◆AWARD
Best Table Topic Speaker – TM Mariko Misaka
Best Evaluator – TM Raphael Toyama
Best Prepared Speech – TM Kasey Yawata
◆PHOTO
with today’s all attenders

 

 

January 8th 2019
KeyForce Regular Meeting
◆Word of the Evening
be in seventh heaven
◆TOPICS
– We had 3 unique presentations!
1. TM Kinuko Nakama “My Career”
Pathways Level 1- Dynamic Leadership #3 – Evaluation and Feedback – 2
2. TM Mineko Hasegawa “Happy sixties”
Pathways Level 1- Icebreaker
3. TM Ryuichi Onoe “How good are we at English”
Pathways Level 1- Persuasive Influence #4- Reseaching and Presenting
◆AWARD
Best Table Topic Speaker – Yoko Watanabe
Best Evaluator – TM Mai Araki
◆PHOTO
Award winners with Toastmaster of the Evening, TM Michiko Sawa and Presicent, TM Ryuichi Onoe