It was the first meeting in bright new 2023 and the Toastmaster
of the evening was our club’s Mr. Passionate, TM J.S!
[English session]
■Word of the evening: Go
Dutch (chosen by TM S.E)
Definition: Share the cost of something. TM S.E also
introduced us the expression “Greek”, meaning the things which is way too
difficult to understand.
■1st speech “My happy
communication style” by TM K.K
In this speech, TM K.K introduced her view on her
communication style from 3 aspects; (1) According to Pathways, or the study
program of Toastmasters, communication style could be categorized into 4
groups, passionate, supportive, direct and analytical. TM K.K assumed that she took
supportive communication style in workplace but direct style in private
situation. (2) According to TM K.K, personality traits and relationship of the
communicators played a significant role in their communication (i.e. supportive
person could have a good match with direct and competitive person,) (3)
Different personality traits could complement each other. A good combination of
different communication style could produce a constructive result.
■Evaluation for TM K.K by TM K.K
Great points: (1) Match with the objective -her speech met
her speech objective (to learn about different communication styles and
identify my primary style), (2)Analysis -Her analysis toward communication
style was multi-faceted and was eye-opening.
Suggestions: (1) To speak clearly and get closer to the
microphone so that audience online can hear her clearly, (2) To have more
eye-contact with the audiences who’s online.
■2nd speech “Knock
Knock” by TM H.A
Knock knock. Every morning TM H.A is woken up by a sound
made by a man who is knocking on his room’s door. Actually the man is TM H.A’s
competitor and TM H.A have been competing against him more that 20 years. When
TM H.A was in his teenage, he didn’t notice the man’s presence. But in his 20s
the man suddenly came up to him, and then the man started to follow after TM
H.A just like his shadow. One day TM H.A learned that some of his friends were
also competing against the man, and they advised him to keep diary to defeat him.
TM H.A did just as they told him to, and he found some progress. Now, dear
readers, could you guess who the man TM H.A is competing against is? It was
himself in the past. TM H.A is always trying to be a better man compared to the
past! He never gives up, and his competition continues.
■Evaluation for TM K.K by TM K.K
Excellent points: (1)Story –audience could see image the of
the story, (2) Structure – opening from the sound of “knock knock” attracted
audience’s attention, and the until the very end audience was wondering who’s
TM H.A’s competitor, just like a mystery novel, (3) Inspiring – audience got
inspired and felt that “I should be more competitive as well!”
Suggestions: To hint who’s TM H.A’s competitor at the early
part of the speech so that audience can get guide to the flow of the story.
Challenge: To make stories on our club’s SNS to attract
guests!
