Just come and join us. No registration or sign in before the meeting is requested. 1. Introduction： Bliss English Club is a wonderful and cool place running since 1997 where you can learn English, make friends and have fun. 2. Venue： Emperor Cafe in Emperor Hotel, located at No.118, Sec. 1, Nanjing E. Rd., Taipei City, 7-minute walk from Exit 2 at Zhongshan MRT Station . Tamsui-Xinyi Line (R Line 2, Red Line) -> Zhongshan MRT station -> Exit 2 -> 7min by foot 3. Time： Almost every Saturday 14:30~17:30 4. During the meeting：English Only !! Hosts are the souls of BLISS meetings. Any member can host a meeting. The topics can be various as well as the ways conducted in the meetings We have group discussions, role plays, recitation, book reviews and so on. Other than English learning, we also like to make friends. We hold colorful activities such as dinner meetings, quarterly outings, and year end parties forming friendships. Bliss is not only an English learning group, but also using English to explore the world. Welcome to join with us:) 5. Topic: Any topic !! From Astronomy, world innovation, literature to art. Any topic that the host feels interested to share !! 6. Admission Fee： Minimum charge 120 NTD/ 10% service charge per meal/ Complimentary pastry 7. <Bliss Meeting Notice> “Learning Useful Skills”by Barkley on 4/15 What will Energetic, goal-oriented Barkley lead us this Saturday? Innovative Discussion Forum? Brand-New Lifestyle Practice? Come to experience what Barkley wants to share with us! Convince your own change after Guru Barkley on 4/15!!! Here is his introduction: Hi, my dear Blissers, Want to make a difference this weekend ？ It’s time to release yourself ,have a cup of coffee or tea at Bliss together Enjoy the aroma and open another door for life by” Useful Skills.” Agenda: 1 Short stories 2 Sharing 3 Useful Skills 4 Sharing Recap of “I Speak” @2017/04/08 by Angel Topic: “I- Speak” Host: Angel Participants: Daniel Yang, Johnson, Daniel Chen, Annie, Kiki, Claire, Sophie 梁, Sophie Su, Fox, Steven, Cindy, May, Angel, Barkley, J.T., Jacky, Lynn, Helena, Jessica. Meeting photo: https://goo.gl/QqtKiI New Blissers: May, Claire, Jacky, Kiki, Lynn, Cindy, Helena May:https://goo.gl/ZDlLyo Claire:https://goo.gl/EOmEpf Jacky:https://goo.gl/9P95CK kiki:https://goo.gl/p1GPvJ Lynn:https://goo.gl/NynCW5 Cindy:https://goo.gl/R3EkqC Helena:https://goo.gl/POGvB7 1. Full-house Meeting Ever-helpful distinguished Blisser, Angel, started punctually and her topic interested a lot of new Blissers to join such a fruitful meeting!!! 2. Warm up activity-One mind in one team Angel asked 2 or 4 to act as one person interacting with each other. Members in one team can only say one single word at one time. Through the activity, we understood the importance of communication among team work. And everyone has his own preferred communication style. 3. Communication’s definition Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information from one entity or group to another. The purpose of communication is to make sure the receiver has understood the sender. 4. From External to Internal to define Your Communication Types Angel led us to distinguish our own communication types via the external characteristics (ex. office, desks, dress) and internal characteristics (thinking way and personality). Then we were grouped as follows: (1). Intuitors- They have highly enthusiastic, creative and strong conceptualization skills. They like think outside the box. They focus on meaning and notice patterns. Use intuition. (2). Sensers- They often ask ‘will it work’, ‘how’, ‘who will do what’ Direct and down-to-earth. They always say "Action!” and “Getting things done!". Use 5 senses. (3). Thinkers- They are objective, logical and organized. They always ask “How can you be so sure?” (4). Feelers- They are harmonic, dynamic and warm. They are communicators, patient, good listeners and good observers. All of us successfully found our belonged groups, except few members were confused due to overlapped characteristics among different types. 5. Responses under different situations: Angel asked us to discuss our instinct response and share solutions under different situations. To our surprise, we found our thinking ways relating with our own communication types. One of the situations is a real story which Angel shared more as below. 6. Book-Review張永威,騎在天使安排的道路上 The author was 29, who lost mom and sister within 2 years. He decided to bike cross USA (from New York to San Diego) in memory of his mom and sister. Through the free food and accommodation provided by strangers, the author felt the love and support from the world. He learned the journey is a gift from his families and appreciated what he had. The book was given to one member who liked to read this inspiring story. Angel hopes Blissers can learn the wisdom the author learned from the journey and suggested the member pass the book to next one after she finished it. 7. Strengths and weakness of each type- We discussed strengths and weakness by communication types and tried to figure out in which job field we are competent to do well. Through the discussions, we know better about ourselves and others. 8. Tips to work with 4 types (1) Intuitors-Encourage them to clarify their ideas. Help them to plan for implementing their ideas. (2) Sensers-Try to be specific and brief for their questions. Better to offer solutions when you talk to them. (3) Feelers-Try to listen and use eye contact during communication. (4) Thinkers-Try to analyze pros and cons of your proposal. Better to provide evidence and organized data. 9. Reflections: We appreciated Angel, the successful Blissers’ Tour Guide, to lead us to explore Communication in a new perspective and all the other participants’ contribution, which made the meeting a valuable and enjoyable memory and individual asset!!! It truly reflected Bliss meetings always bring Bliss to the world!!! -- Bliss English Club since 1997 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bliss.taipei?fref=ts Website: http://blisstaipei520.pixnet.net/blog Picasa: https://plus.google.com/101726755048448689917/photos Bliss 2017 Calendar: 2:30~5:30 pm every Saturday No meeting date: 4/29,5/13,5/27,6/3,8/5,9/30,10/7,12/16,12/23,12/30 Outing: 6/24 (Q2), 9/23 (Q3) Year-End-Party (YEP): 12/9 --

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