Brent

Q1: Why did you join SZTM? what did you want to achieve?

Brent: Talking to people or having lots of chances to speak in English. Because I found my spoken English became worse, so I should find a club to practice English. Then, I visited some clubs and chose SZTM finally. The reason I chose it:(1) location was convenient (2) the atmosphere is ok (3)A good club for me to speak English.

Q2: Whyis SZTM so attractive to you that you stayed with the club for a long time?

Brent: (1) some active members are always inspiring me to contribute. They themselves do that and I am influenced to do it, too.

(2) some active members are trying to grab any chance to deliver a speech or practice. I can see their progress, that is amazing.

Q3: How long will you stay in SZTM inthe future?

Brent: At least for the next year, I will stay in the club. Some reasons I mentioned that will attract me to stay in SZTM for a long time. But I will also consider leaving the club when it loses the ability to attract members to support the club. It depends on its future state.

Q4: why did some members leave the SZTM?

Brent: (1) some members immigrated to Shenzhen to make money or get a job opportunity. When they left the city, they would leave the club.

(2) some members wanted to change to another club to find something new in their life.

Some new members come, and some old members go. It is usual for a club. Don’t regret when someone leaves, try to support the club to attract new members.

Q5: how to contribute to SZTM as a member?

Brent: Take the meeting roles as much as you can and deliver speeches.

Q6: What are some of the concerns about the current performance and future of SZTM and how can those concerns be addressed?

Brent: the biggest concern is that we do not have enough active members to take the roles very quickly.

The solution:(1) support the junior members. For those who have a positive, active attitude but are not good in English, try to help them and support them to progress. For those who are not too eager, try to figure out the reason and solve some problems. Strengthen the relationship between mentors and mentees. When going through a possible bad time, the best thing we could do is to try to improve members quickly so that they can take any role and support the club.

(2) For our club, to get even stronger and better, we also need to

develop new members.

Rocklyn: You have a lot of thoughts about this! Very amazing!

Brent: Just in case of the possible hard time. The collision of different ideas can produce a better approach！

后记：

我依然执着于追问 Brent 为什么关注于其他会员的发展、俱乐部的发展等超出自我发展范畴的问题，于是和 Brent 约了咖啡馆再次探讨这些，Brent 说还是取决个人在俱乐部的发展阶段和需求，在他现在这个阶段，已经从头马获得了日常练习英语和交朋友的满足感，不想通过项目提升演讲力或者通过竞选官员等方式提升领导力，所有的一切是基于对现在自我满足的状态下，纯粹想做出 contribution。我从 Brent 身上听到超过五次以上的 contribution,我追问为什么 contribution 这件事对你来说如此有魔力？

Brent 说他刚加入 SZTM 的那几个月，看到 Eleven、Tao、Jason 总是在会后默默收拾会场后才离开，被这种安静的行动、付出、对 SZTM 的 contribution 触动，那种触动感深埋在自己的脑海里，所以待有余力，也想身体力行的做出一些 contribution。

我依然感兴趣 Brent 的人物特质，但是从这些讨论中也感受到了 Brent

是一个喜欢咖啡的罗大佑、是一个会为了照顾女士不吸二手烟而默默待在角落抽烟的人、是一个随手携带英文原版哲学书的人，是一个类似于罗大佑般深刻而率性的人。

Brent对自己的形容: This guy has his own thinking of what he wants in this club、what he will do in this club. He is very satisfied what he has achieved in this club. He does not have so much ambition. The smart guy who is always giving a helping hand to support others.