For Area 41 joint meeting presented by Tokai Toastmasters Club

1. Toastmasters International Speech Contest

2. Club Contest from February to March Sapporo Pioneers Misawa Kesennuma Sendai Tsukuba Tsurugashima Saitama Sa"K"itama ICF Chiba Radisson Narita Chiba Central Fussa Speakers Tokyo West Tokyo Kanto Leadership Aoyama Lunch Tokyo Phoenix Yamanote Breakfast Mikasa Kamakura Atsugi-Zama Yokohama Den-en Toshi Shonan Musashikosugi Yamato Bilingual Minato-Mirai Matsumoto Niigata Kasugai Tokai Nagoya Toyota Kyoto Osaka Naniwa Takarazuka Kansai Speak-up East Kobe Okayama Hiroshima Aki Quantum Iwakuni Tokushima Kochi Takamatsu Kurume Fukuoka Dazaifu Kitakyushu Iizuka FFLC Naka-kyushu Minami-kyushu Sakura Key Force Tozai Tokyo Bilingual ToastMOUSEters AIG Eight Princes Sunrise Tokyo International Pioneer

3. Area Contests from March to April Area 11 Area 12 Area 13 Area 21 Area 22 Area 23 Area 31 Area 32 Area 33 Area 41 Area 42 Area 43 Area 51 Area 52 Area 53

4. Division Contests from April and May Division A Division B Division C Division D Division E

5. District 76 International Speech Contest May 18, 2008 Hiroshima “ Priorities”

6. District Contests around the world D76 D67 D75 D69 D70 D73 D72 D51 D80 D74 D34 D59 D79 D71 Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8

8. World Championship of Public Speaking Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 Aug 16, 2008 TELUS Convention Center Calgary, Canada Winner of Inter-District A Winner of Inter-District B Champion LaShunda Rundles District 50 Region 3 Dallas, Texas Third Place Katherine Morrison District 31 Region 7: Massachusetts Second Place K. Loghandran District 51 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia “ 80:20”

9. Q uantity For my Toastmasters friends of Area 41 Kiminari Azuma – ACB/ALB 2007, 2008 District 76 Champion determines Q uality 「がんばる」

10. Objectives Find Practice Overcome

12. “The Painful Peacemaking Process” First version July 23, 2008 Please Evaluate it!

13. EVALUATION RULE TIME 3 minutes only 10 seconds / person WELCOME! Negative comments

15. EVALUATION RULE TIME 3 minutes only 10 seconds / person WELCOME! Negative comments

16. What did you find? Monotonous Jokes Monotonous Complex Weak 7’44”

17. Jokes didn’t work at all. Failed 11 times. Over time again. 7’44”

18. Improvement Actions : Goal-setting Monotonous Jokes Monotonous Complex Weak 7’44” C o l o r f u l Theatrical Simple Strong In Time

19. 7/23 8/12

20. “The Painful Peacemaking Process” At the Inter-District A Contest At Hyatt-Regency, Calgary At 19:00, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Final version

21. Improvement Actions - Story 7/23 8/12 761 words 7’44” 662 words 7’25”

22. Improvement Actions - Story PRACTICE Perform Feedback Think Accept Or Reject Change

23. My “Voice” & “Body Gesture” heroes Douglas Kruger (South Africa, D74) Rory Vaden (Region 1) 2’33

24. How I improved 3’44” July 23 vs. Aug 12

25. The long and winding road Speech Preparation Process

26. The long and winding road – Speech Preparation process “ A seed for success ” (for club contest) “ A seed for success ” (for Area33 contest) “ Priorities ” (for Division C contest) “ Priorities ” (for District 76 contest) “ The 80:20” (@ Yokohama Frontier TMC) “ The Painful Peacemaking Process ” (Inter-district A contest) “ The Painful Peacemaking Process ” (@ Tokyo International TMC) Forgiveness Enemies Overcoming A fear of failure Power of Feedback Motivating people Priorities 80:20 rules Sep to Dec 2007 January February March April How warm my mother was! May June July August

27. How I came up with speech ideas? “ A seed for success ” (for club contest) “ Priorities ” (for Division C contest) “ The 80:20” (@ Yokohama Frontier TMC) “ The Painful Peacemaking Process ” (@ Tokyo International TMC) Forgiveness Enemies Overcoming A fear of failure Power of Feedback Motivating people Priorities 80:20 rules How warm my mother was!

28. My speech making process 1.Memo 2.Filtering 3.Writing 4.Practice 5.Live

30. 2.Filtering - My speech making process If your life ended tomorrow,,,,, what message would you like to leave? Darren LaCriox, 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking

31. 3.Writing - My speech making process “ My Mantra” (for 2007 Inter-District contest) 690 words 7’ 34” “ Priorities” (for 2008 District contest) 603 words 7’ 20” “ The Painful Peacemaking Process” (for 2008 Inter-District contest) 662 words 7’ 25” 5’00” 6’00” 7’00” 7’30” 4’30” Disqualified Disqualified

32. 3.Writing - My speech making process Microsoft Word

33. 4.Practice - My speech making process PRACTICE Perform Feedback Think Accept Or Reject Change

34. 5.Live - My speech making process Enjoy! But how?

35. Overcoming the mental weakness At the Award presentation of the 2007 Inter-District Speech Contest 0’58

36. Why?

37. What else? First timer, first experience Many famous Toastmasters (speakers) Not sure if my speech would work! Never spoke to the “real” international audience

46. Where do I want to go?

47. 1’21 International Officer Candidate show-case

48. Where do I want to go? Impromptu Speaking skill

51. Summary Find Practice Overcome

52. Q uantity determines Q uality がんばろう！