Category: Spark! Letter

Dear Fellow Toastmasters, We only have 2 weeks until the 2018 Spring Conference! The limited offer for Spark! discounted price of 3,980 yen will end on Monday, April 30th.  The ticket covers the entire Sunday, May 13th  with the English and Japanese contests, keynote speech and the closing ceremony.  What a great value!  Please get your ticket now! Ticket website: https://passmarket.yahoo.co.jp/event/show/detail/01j4m2zdrxjn.html When you register for the contest, please also take a good look at the various educational programs offered during the conference.  There are 9 different types of ticket ★ .  Select the programs of your interest and purchase the tickets asap.  5/11 FRI ★1 The Making of Pathways, Pat …

Dear fellow Toastmasters, The theme for this year’s Spring Conference is Spark! and every Spark! starts with a dialogue.  In this volume of the Spark! letter, I would like to introduce the biggest party in the year for Toastmasters from all over Japan, a chance to meet people and open meaningful dialogues. Who can you meet at the party? People who know the world, and people who just started to expand their world. People full of dreams, and people who are searching for their dreams. Champions, and future champions. Leaders and future leaders. Toastmasters who love the current programs, and Toastmasters looking forward to the future. It’s a place where …

Dear fellow Toastmasters, I am pleased to be able to share with you our promotional movie for the 2018 Spring Conference.  Please click here and enjoy! Registration for the Spring Conference has started and we already have many people signed up. In this volume of the Spark! letter, I would like to provide a summary of key information to help those who are still thinking about attending to make their decisions.  Please also be encouraged to share it with your peer club members. First and foremost, the discounted price of 3,980 yen for the speech contests and the keynote speech on 5/13 will only be available until April 30th. Please …

Dear fellow Toastmasters, “Are we going to have some tea in Spark! Café?” If this is what you thought when you saw Spark! Café in the conference schedule, no, you are wrong.  It is not a tea break or a snack time. Spark! Café, scheduled in the morning of Saturday, May 12 right after the opening ceremony, is an exciting workshop using the methodology called “World Café” which effectively connects dialogues and brings about rich learning experience. Here are some voices of people who have participated in the World Café session. “I listened to people more deeply than usual, and listened to their stories more seriously than usual. In the …

Dear Fellow Toastmasters, I am pleased to announce that the online registration form will be available at the Conference Website from Thursday, March 1.  Please check it out and don’t miss the Early Bird Specials (Spark! Discount.) In this letter, I would like to introduce our special guest coming all the way from Canada, DTM Pat Johnson. Pat served as International President of the Toastmasters organization in 2010-11 and later made significant contribution to the development of Pathways, Toastmasters’ new educational program.  It will be a Spark!experience to have her in our Conference. The first program of the Conference will be an interactive session with her on Friday, May 11, …

  Dear Fellow Toastmasters, As I shared in my previous letter, the theme for the 2018 Spring Conference is: Spark! We would like all our participants to feel the spark of inspiration down to their core. The source of stimulation at Toastmasters is each and every participant. The conference is designed to provide as much opportunity as possible for all participants to stimulate and inspire each other. Here is the program overview: Friday 5/11 Interactive Session with Special Guest “DTM Pat Johnson”      Discussion on the future of personal development with Pathway Leader Saturday 5/12 Spark! Opening Ceremony Join the most creative opening ceremony ever! Spark! World Café  A space …

Dear fellow Toastmasters, I am pleased to be able to send you the second Spark! letter today and introduce the important theme of our Spring Conference this coming May. The theme for 2018 Spring Conference is: Spark! We will have the chance to meet many Toastmasters in the Conference.  We will meet fellow members who may have aspirations or challenges similar to yours.  We may become friends with the speech contest finalists, the special guest from overseas and our fellow Toastmasters volunteering as Conference committee members.  We will make many acquaintances. The power and energy of our fellow Toastmasters will keep us fascinated and stimulated throughout the Conference… and will …

  Dear fellow Toastmasters, I hope you had a good start to the New Year.  I am Kiminari Azuma, the Chair for 2018 District 76 Spring Conference, which will be held in Tokyo on May 11-13.  It is now time for me to start sharing information about out next district conference. The district conference is a very special event for us Toastmasters.  It is an opportunity to meet many Toastmasters from all over Japan and to inspire each other.  It is the largest educational program in the country, with keynote speeches by special guests, workshops and a speech contest to compete for the first place.  We also have the District …