TRINI: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
NOW, HOW WELL DO YOU SPEAK?
HOW DO YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR
COMMUNICATION SKILLS?
WE HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS BECAUSE
TOASTMASTERS IS HERE.
TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THIS GREAT AND
FUN ORGANIZATION, WE ACTUALLY
HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR,
JIM KOHLI AND OUR HAWAI'I
DIRECTLIER.
ALOHA.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SHAKE
BOTH OF YOUR HANDS.
WE WERE TALKING DURING THE
BREAK.
WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT
TOASTMASTERS IS, I'VE HAD A
LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE WITH
IT.
IT'S HELPED ME SO MUCH IN MY
BUSINESS, PERSON THE PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
WHAT IS TOASTMASTERS?
THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S
FOUNDED AROUND THE IDEA THAT
PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE
COMMUNICATION SKIMS OR
RELATIONSHIP EXPERIENCE CAN SIGN
UP AND ACQUIRE THOSE
EXPERIENCES.
TAIZO: DO YOU DO TOASTS?
IT'S A FUN GROUP THAT GETS
TOGETHER.
TOASTING CAN HAPPEN BUT THERE
ARE SOCIAL ELEMENTS AS WELL AS
EDUCATIONAL ELEMENTS.
WE FOCUS ON PEOPLE CAN EXCEED
THEIR LIMITATIONS.
TAIZO: I'VE BEEN TO EVENTS.
SUCH A WELCOMING GROUP.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE SCARED.
A REAL SCARINESS OF GETTING IN
FRONT OF GROUPS.
SUCH A WELCOMING GROUP.
IT ABSOLUTELY IS.
PEOPLE JOIN TOASTMASTERS.
THEY CAN GO TO DIFFERENT CLUBS
AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE IN THOSE
CLUBS AND FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS
A GROUP THAT'S RIGHT FOR THEM.
WHEN YOU STARTED, THE
ORGANIZATION GOES WAY BACK.
HOW BIG IS THE ORGANIZATION?
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 345,000
MEMBERS, AND APPROXIMATELY 145
COUNTRIES.
IT'S INTERNATIONAL.
IT'S HUGE.
TAIZO: THAT'S AMAZING.
INTERNATIONAL BUT LOCAL RIGHT
HERE.
I GOT TO ASK, FOR PEOPLE
LOCALLY, AND YOU SEE THE
PICTURES.
WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT?
HOW CAN THEY JOIN AND BE A PART
OF IT?
YOU CAN EXPECT IT WILL BE A
SAFE AND FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
THERE ARE EVALUATIONS THAT ARE
DONE THAT ARE CRITICAL.
THERE'S ABOUT 40 IN OUR DOWNTOWN
HONOLULU AREA.
TAIZO: WOW.
LET'S WALK THROUGH IT.
HOW EASY IS IT FOR SOMEONE TO
FIND A CLUB?
THERE ARE SO MANY PERSONAL
CONNECTIONS.
EVEN IF SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW
ANYBODY, IT'S A WELCOMING PLACE.
YES.
EVERY MEETING SHOULD HAVE THAT
WELCOMING FEEL TO IT.
TAIZO: YOU AND I WERE TALKING
ABOUT REALTORS.
FROM THE SKILLS YOU'VE LEARNED
AND THE CONFIDENCE YOU'VE
GOTTEN, HAS IT BEEN APPLICABLE
IN BUSINESS AND YOUR PERSONAL
LIFE?
IT'S TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU LEARN IN
TOASTMASTERS, YOU CAN TRANSLATES
TO YOUR BUSINESS, WORK, FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.
I USE IT A LOT IN MY
COMMUNICATION WITH MY HUSBAND.
TAIZO: I LIKE IT.
TALK ABOUT TA. THAT.
FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE, THERE'S
A GREAT STRUCTURE THAT YOU
LEARN.
A STYLE.
WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONAL
COMMUNICATION, I'M INTERESTED.
IN EVASIONS EVASION -- EVASIONS, WE
GIVE THE OREO COOKIE METHOD.
SOMETHING GOOD, SOMETHING THEY
CAN WORK ON AND SOMETHING GOOD
AGAIN.
TAIZO: HAS THAT INTERCEPTED.
MY HUSBAND DOES A LOT OF
THINGS I LIKE NOW.
TAIZO: ARE YOU LISTENING IT?
THIS IS SOMETHING I ALWAYS
THOUGHT FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE.
PEOPLE TAKING IT BACK TO THEIR
PERSONAL LIFE.
ABSOLUTELY.
I RECEIVED A PROMOTION FROM
WORK*.
IT'S MADE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS
OF WHAT I DO AND WHO I WORK
WITH.
IT'S WONDERFUL.
TAIZO: AND REAL QUICKLY, IF
SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW, WHEN YOU
COME IN, THERE IS -- I HAD
SOMEONE SAY THIS.
IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY BUT
THERE'S A METHOD TO THE MADNESS.
THERE IS A FORM YOU TRY TO
FOLLOW.
SCIENCE AND STUDIES THEY'VE
DONE, IF YOU HIT THEM WITH
SOMETHING HARD, COME WITH PROVE.
IT MAKES IT HIT HOME SO MUCH
MORE.
ABSOLUTELY.
EVERYTHING WE DO IS BASED ON
STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED
FEEDBACK.
WE COVER EVERYTHING.
AND EVEN ELEMENTS OF STYLE.
TAIZO: I LOVE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND
TALKING ABOUT THIS.
I LOVE WHAT YOU DO.
WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS OR