{"id":536,"date":"2025-07-27T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/?p=536"},"modified":"2025-12-22T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T01:02:00","slug":"2025-7-23-otmc-meeting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/2025\/07\/27\/2025-7-23-otmc-meeting-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2025\/7\/23 OTMC Meeting Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Blazing hot days<\/strong> continue across Japan \u2014 but the heat didn\u2019t stop OTMC from gathering for a <em>bright<\/em> and refreshing evening! &#x2600;&#xfe0f;&#x2728; Our second meeting of the new Toastmasters year was full of energy, encouragement, and just the right amount of change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Toastmaster of the Evening Naoko<\/strong> set the tone by introducing the night\u2019s theme:  <strong>\u201cEnjoy the little changes.\u201d<\/strong>  OTMC too will boldly embrace change to create better and more meaningful experiences for everyone. &#x1f331;&#x1f4ab;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were treated to <strong>three engaging prepared speeches<\/strong>, each with its own flavor \u2014 dramatic, relatable, and highly entertaining. &#x1f3ad;&#x1f4ac;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A big welcome to our wonderful guests: <strong>Masum, Hiroko, and Jessica<\/strong>! &#x1f44b; Your presence made the evening even more special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x1f389; <strong>Congratulations to our award winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Best Table Topics Speaker:<\/strong> Mat &#x1f3c6;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Best Evaluator:<\/strong> Taka &#x1f3c6;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Best Prepared Speaker:<\/strong> Rintaro &#x1f3c6;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/S__71974918-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/S__71974918-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/S__71974918-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/S__71974918-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/S__71974918.jpg 1477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x25b6;&#xfe0f; <strong>Catch the replay<\/strong><br><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jstFyPEiH6w\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/jstFyPEiH6w<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blazing hot days continue across Japan \u2014 but the heat didn\u2019t stop OTMC from gathering for a bright and refresh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regular-meeting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/S__71974918.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":538,"href":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions\/538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}