青山ランチトーストマスターズクラブ
AOYAMA LUNCH TOASTMASTERS
- Our Membership is open to all people who are 18 years and older -
- About us -
Aoyama Lunch Toastmasters is a local chapter of
Toastmasters International. In October 1924,a group of men assembled by Dr. Ralph C. Smedley met in the basement of the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, U.S.A., forming a club to afford practice and training in the art of public speaking and in presiding over meetings, and to promote sociability and good fellowship among its members. The group took the name "Toastmasters
".
Today, Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization which gives its members the
opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities. Toastmasters International includes nearly
235,000 members in
12,036 clubs in
106 countries as of April 2009. Japan forms a District or District 76 (
District 76 website), which currently has 91 clubs (
District 76 Clubs) in five divisions (
District Organization Chart). Toastmasters started in Japan in 1954.
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Aoyama Lunch Toastmasters Club belongs to Area 31, Division C until June 31, 2009 and thereafter to Area 22, Division B.
It started in 1980 as ACCJ Toastmasters Club and today we take pride to be the only one lunch club in Japan.
Our members are mostly professionals of various nationalities including native speakers, who work in the vicinity of the metropolitan areas of Aoyama and Shibuya. We have a shared goal of developing presentation skills using the lunch time.
Accordingly our meeting time is short -
just 90 minutes - and yet it typically includes three speeches, evaluations, table topics session, and more, all delivered in English, our official language.
Experienced professionals and beginning speakers alike can benefit from our practical, face-to-face learning program. Whether you're speaking to the board of directors, your customers, your co-workers or your kids, Toastmasters can help you do it better. You'll learn and practice in a friendly, comfortable environment with people who are there for the same reason you are to become better communicators.
At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice conducting meetings, giving impromptu speeches, presenting prepared speeches, and offering constructive evaluation.
Meeting place
Our regular venue is Hotel Monterey Akasaka
8 minutes from Aoyama Icchome Station
7 minutes from Akasaka Mitsuke Station
The venue is on the second floor
Detail and map is available at
Directions under the Main Menu.
Hotel Monterey Akasaka:
4-9-24 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo
http://www.hotelmonterey.co.jp/akasaka/
Tel 03-3401-7111
Information available on this site:
1. Visit Us: Please read this page when you visit us.
It explains details on:
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Reservation for lunch: French style 3-course lunch with option
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Fee For the meal *
Cancellation 2.
Directions
3.
Meeting Schedule:
Please read this page to check the exact
date.
Meetings are usually held on First Tuesday, 12:00 - 13:30 4. Dress code:Common sense prevails (no jeans)
5. Contact: Please contact our Vice President Membership if you
would like to visit our club as a guest. This is because we hope all
visitors to be guests of a member of the club.
6.
New Member: This is our second site intended to help new members
in their first few months. A part of this site is made public to give
a general idea of the club and the organization to those who are
interested in joining the club.
7.
Club Mission: We start every meeting with a member stating this
mission of the club, which is shared by all Toastmasters clubs
worldwide. Please read this page when you consider joining this
club.
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For any questions, please contact:
Aoyama Lunch VPM
We look forward to seeing you at the club in the near future!
Rosalyn Hagiwara, President 2009_10
Martha Kusakari, Vice President Education
Shigeo Suzuki, Vice President Membership
Originally created by: R.S.
Webmaster: M.H.
Assistant: R.H.
Our club site was started by Mimi, President 2003
The information on this Web site is for the sole use of Toastmasters members, for Toastmasters business only. It is not to be used for solicitation and distribution of non-Toastmasters materials or information.
