Use Facebook usefully!How do you enjoy Toastmasters outside our regular meetings?There are many ways to enjoy Toastmasters such as 'reading Toastmaster's magazine' or'communicating with Toastmasters club members’ and so on. Among all these,

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Let's enjoy Toastmasters through Facebook!2014 MarchContents

*About Facebook*2014 District 76 Spring

Conference*2014 District 76 SpringDivision Contest Schedule

*Charter Ceremony！

TM Koji SanoWith Facebook, physicaldistances between clubs are

we have 「Facebook」. TMC group is where Japan‘s Toastmasters club members access.We have approximately 4000 Toastmasters club members all over Japan, and almost 1000, 1/4of current members access Facebook. This is where you can encounter other Toastmaster club members far away from your hometown who enjoy TM activities as much as you do.If you haven't experienced this yet, why won't you access Facebook and participate?

Charter Ceremony！～Shimonoseki 

Toastmasters Club～*New Chartered Clubs*The 4th Japan‐South

Korea joint meeting!*Next Area Governor

Candidate recommendation/appoint

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TM Midori Hirota

Here you can ask not the problem. We can communicate and we can receive some advice from experienced club members. Also, sending messages (wedding and so on) are capable. Odawara TMC is working hard for chartering the club and they are learning a lot from previous chartered clubs' approaches

*Kazuko Kawauchi, DTM, IPDG was appointed as

Region 13 Advisor!*2013‐2014 District76 

Membership BuildingCampaign

*Series : Brief interview toDistrict Officers!

*Educational Achievers inFebruary

Comments from

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Here you can ask questions anytime you need for answers you will receive in impressive numbers . It gives you the opportunity to touch various thoughts of others, that is quite a learning experience.

TM Nobuyuki Kishi chartered clubs approaches through Facebook.

February*Editor’s Postscript

TM Nobuyuki Kishi

Facebook is a great supportive tool for TM beginners. Through Facebook, you will receive all answer for every question you may have.It will also provide you useful meeting or contest information.

TM Tomoe TabataI feel close to everyone belongs to the other clubs who posts information, questions or solutions on FB pages.

TM Hisashi Watanabe

It's very useful!I can use it for advertising events, asking questions, requesting for help, etc.

■ About ＴＭＣ pages ■TM Hiroyuki Ito, Facebook launching member, shared his story!(He is a member of Hibiki TMC, Storytelling TMC) 【Launching】Launching started in April 2009.Launching Facebook was processed with Hibiki TMC president: Tomoko Watanabe, Sakurazaka TMC president: Tomoko Kurimoto, and

■ What is Facebook?■

Facebook is an online social Networking service (SNS).https://www.Facebook.com/(from Wikipedia)

Watanabe, Sakurazaka TMC president: Tomoko Kurimoto, and LGM:Kiminari Azuma.【Thoughts for the launch】We launched Facebook, hoping to create the place where members from other clubs can exchange their opinions. We also hoped for the locations/places to share events or activity information.【How to join?】Please access https://www.Facebook.com/groups/TMCall/Click ‘participate’ or request Facebook members to invite you. Or contact TM Ito alex110@Facebook.com to participate.

■ Enjoy Facebook at with your own preference ■

Facebook is not mandatory.We will not post necessary information only in the Facebook. You can participate Facebook according with your needs.

Hello, dear fellow Toastmasters throughout the District 76. This is Bunzo Suzuki, Chair of the 2014 District 76 Spring Conference in Saitama. As of March 12, we have 65 days or a bit more than two months remaining before the opening of this year’s Spring Conference. This is how all of us at the Conference Preparation Team are pacing ourselves in our preparations for the exciting annual event of the District 76.

The 2014 Spring Conference in Saitama starts on May 16 and ends on May 18. The schedule structure is similar to such in the past conferences. Friday, May 16, is a pre-conference day, Saturday, May 17, is Workshops, opening banner march, guest keynote, Japanese Speech Contest to be followed by the welcome gala party.

Sunday, May 18, is the day of the highlights of this Conference. The English Speech Contests finale is one of them. The other is the presence of our guest of honor, Daniel Rex, Chief Executive Officer of Toastmasters International. This will be a rare opportunity to learn firsthand from the very key person where Toastmasters activities overall stand now and where they are heading.

This year’s conference theme is “Show Us Your Shine in Saitama”. We are currently doing our best to prepare a stage on which all of you, participants, will shine and share with other fellow members your brilliance

at its best.

Have you ever been to a District Conference? If YES, please add this one to your attendance records and you will not be disappointed. If NO, then, this is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference this year. Please check with one of your club officers to learn what it takes to become a part of this fantastic conference to be held at Rafre Saitama, a gorgeous modern facility. .

We look forward to seeing you all in Saitama soon and best regards,

Bunzo Suzuki

Div. A: 4/27 Hamura-City Shogai-Gakushu-Centrerl Yutorigi https://www.hamura-tokyo.jp/shisetsu_gaiyou/yutorogi01.html

Div. B: 4/27 Midorigaoka Bunkaikan http://www.city.meguro.tokyo.jp/shisetsu/shisetsu/kyoiku_shisetsu/midorigaoka/

Div. C: 4/05 Tokyo Edo Museum http://www.edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp/ Div. D: 4/20 Hongodai Earth Plaza http://www.earthplaza.jp/ Div. E: 4/13 L-Osaka http://www.l-osaka.or.jp/ Div. F: 4/06 Hiroshima City International House http://www.i-house-hiroshima.jp/

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Series : Brief interview to District Officers! Vol. 6: Division A

Area 16 Governor： Koso Nakagawa 1. The strain before a presentation can be controlled to some extent now. Isn't it experience? 2. Traveling. I enjoy seasonal events and hot springs throughout the year. 3. Yamaguchi is my home town. We have wonderful hot springs, and tasty raw fish and sake!

Division A Governor： Yoshinori Yamamoto 1. I have a confidence to make a speech in front of people. 2. I attend another English clubs and enjoy a nice conversation with young people. 3. Yamaguchi prefecture has produced a large number of competent Prime Ministers.

Area 14 Governor： Sayoko Ito 1. I’ve learned to take pride in myself and met a lot of nice people I can confide in. 2. I mostly study English and Korean language both at school and online. 3. It’s an area of heavy snowfall, but they produce delicious rice and sake.

Area 12 Governor： Senichiro Sato 1. I made a lot of friends. 2. I enjoy going for a long ride on a motorcycle. 3. Best suspension bridge in the world.

Area 15 Governor： Kazumasa Umemoto 1. I acquired my wisdom, method, ability and friends to change the world for the better. 2. I enjoy flowers, skating, skiing, swimming, traveling and so on with my family and friends. 3. Ichikawa is a calm city with kind residence, next to Katsushika across Edo-river.

Area 11 Governor： Takashi Ito 1. I have two more occasions to drink monthly now. 2. I dedicate myself for my family. 3. Tokyo is said to be the best city in the world.

Area 13 Governor： Keiichiro Oikawa 1. I came to realize and feel keenly with lack of my P.C. operating skill and IT literacy. 2. I play table tennis or go to the skiing slope in my neighborhood to practice telemark skiing. 3. The Rakuten baseball team won the championship of professional baseball.

This is the last issue to post “Interview to district officers”. Getting to know governors who take heavy responsibilities to support was fascinating! You must have been mesmerized by their charms! Take an action and visit different Area! Now be ready for the new issue, as our new project, ‘Toastmasters, your neighbor club’ will start. There are many clubs with breathtaking activities or plans all over Japan. Our next project is to introduce those activities to you all. Please wait for the next month issue in anticipation!

Editor’s Postscript

Educational Achievers in February

Our activity, as a news letter team, came to the turning point of our term. We started struggling but gradually learned to manage our work. And now, I am glad and proud to be a news letter team. I am truly grateful that I came to encounter TM members I have never met before. I have contacted these TM members via mails, but they are all supportive answering interviews or sending their scripts for TM News Letters. I am truly appreciated their efforts and contributions and this is how TM news letters are published. Now I consciously look for those who support TM News Letters when I participate in the contests. Now my next plan is to organize the humorous poem contest (Senryu) in the TM news letter. Joins us and compete if you are a great poet with 5.7.5 style! (Mai Nakashima) D76_Newsletter_2013-14@yahoogroups.jp Newsletter team: Hisashi Watanabe, Kenji Miyagawa, Tomoe Tabata, Yasuno Handa, Kazuyuki Hosaka, Mai Nakashima

District GovernorKeith Kiichiro Ohmi

Lieutenant Governor

Education and Training Hisashi Watanabe

Lieutenant Governor

Marketing Kiminari Azuma

Immediate Past

District Governor Kazuko Kawauchi

Public Relations Officer

Takayuki Fujiwara

Secretary Ken Sakamoto

Treasurer

Akihide Inoue

District 76 Officers

Div. A DTM Shinohara, Daijiro Eight Princes LDREXC Shinohara, Daijiro Eight Princes ACB Suemune, Shino Chofu Free Flight ALS Shinohara, Daijiro Eight Princes ALB Noda, Takayuki Urawa CC Rabbini, Roberto Saitama Suzuki, Hidenori Saitama CL Arakawa, Tsutomu Sakitama Inagaki, Tomohiko Saitama Div .B

ACG Sakamoto, Ken Omotesando BilingualACS Asai, Akie Yamanote CC Shibata, Yutaka Yamanote Matsuda, Yukimasa Tozai CL Golden, Drian Von KeyForce Tomoyuki, Nii Sakura Matsuda, Yukimasa Tozai Div. C

LDREXC Schwerin, Kimiko Pioneer ACB Plets, John E. Pioneer CC Nakajima, Keiko Pioneer Saka, Yuji Akihabara Sano, Daisuke Sapporo Pioneers CL Akihiro, Iizuka Leadership Mchombo, Samuel Leadership

Div. D ACB Shimura, Youhei Mizonokuchi CC Uchizawa, Mayumi Southern Beach Taketomi, Atsushi Yokohama Terada, Mikihiko Yokohama CL Sato, Rieko Machida Bilingual Div. E

CC Nakamura, Mitsuru Osaka CL Nakajima, Hiroshi Osaka Div. F

ACS Allison, Lyle E Sasebo FA CC Tokoshima, Yoshitake Dazaifu Club CL Sakamoto, Mamie Crescent Lunch

Communication Program ACG（Advanced Communication Gold） ACS（Advanced Communication Silver） ACB（Advanced Communication Bronze） CC（Competent Communication）

Leadership Program ALS（Advanced Leadership Silver） ALB（Advanced Leadership Bronze） CL（Competent Leadership）

DTM: Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) is Toastmaster’s highest member award. Those who have achieved both the Advanced Communicator Gold (ACG) in the Communication Track and the Advanced Leadership Silver (ALS) in the Leadership Track are eligible to make application with the World Headquarters. With DTM, those who have earned this highest honor is regarded as having fully completed the two tracks by going through various manuals and practicing leadership in their clubs, district, and real life. HPL: High Performance Leadership Program is one of the requirements to receive the Advanced Leadership Silver (ALS) in the Leadership Track. The program requires you to form and lead a team for a certain selected project and thereby provides you with an opportunity to undergo hands-on training to develop leadership while working with others in the team. Your project can be anything, whether or not in the framework of the Toastmasters Club, so long as it is a worthwhile activity involving cooperation of others. You are also required to recruit a guidance committee that will meet with you at the end of each of the five stages of the program from planning through presentation of the results and provide helpful feedback.