✨ Meeting Report | “Who Are You?” ✨

Our last meeting at Moscow Free Speakers Club was truly special - warm, inspiring, and full of meaningful conversations.

🎤 Toastmaster of the Day, Artem Bocharov, introduced a wonderful and slightly philosophical theme: “Who Are You?”
It encouraged everyone to pause, reflect, and look deeper into themselves. A simple question - yet one that opened the door to powerful thoughts and honest sharing.

💭 A special thank you to Ksenia Egorova, our Table Topics Master, for her thought-provoking and at the same time funny questions that kept everyone engaged and smiling.
And an extra touch of charm - she prepared the questions on little heart-shaped notes ❤️ which made the session even more memorable.

🏆 Congratulations to Elena Lvovskaya, our Best Table Topics Speaker, for her confident and impressive impromptu speaking!

🎙 We also enjoyed engaging, funny, and memorable prepared speeches from
Ruslan Kalachev,
Andrey Vladykin, and
Veronica Fedorova -
each speech brought its own energy, humor, and personality to the evening.

📋 Special thanks to Olga Yatsuk, our General Evaluator, who gave a fair and objective evaluation of the whole meeting, highlighting both our strengths and the areas where we can improve. Her feedback helps the club grow stronger with every session.

📝 Our Personal Evaluators - Elena Lvovskaya, Ekaterina Zakablutskaya, and Olga Antashkevich - delivered thoughtful and insightful evaluations that help our speakers grow, improve, and become more confident on stage.

⏰ Arina Svizhkova as Timer,
📚 Anna Adaricheva as Grammarian, and
🔍 Alexandra Efremova as Ah-Counter
did an excellent job helping everyone stay aware of timing, language quality, and speaking habits.

❓ A big thank you to Svetlana Gubareva, our Quiz Master, for creating an interesting and engaging quiz that kept everyone attentive and added even more fun to the meeting.

👏 And of course, huge thanks to everyone who took meeting roles and performed them brilliantly.
Every contribution helped create the warm, supportive, and truly heartfelt atmosphere that makes our club so special.

That’s exactly what Toastmasters is about: growth, connection, and a place where every voice matters.

See you at the next meeting 7 May💫:
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This was a blast! 💥☕

Our International Tea Day meeting turned out to be incredibly warm, lively, and inspiring.

Olga Antashkevich hosted an amazingly positive meeting and created an atmosphere where everyone wanted to speak, listen, and share stories. We talked about tea traditions, communication, culture, and much more 🌿

Marina Prudnikova prepared engaging and thought-provoking Table Topics questions that brought lots of laughter, unexpected answers, and spontaneous insights.

Danil Filonov carefully evaluated the meeting in his role as General Evaluator - thank you for the structured and thoughtful feedback!

A special congratulations to Polina Shkividorova on delivering her very first speech 🎉
That’s always a huge step and an important milestone in every Toastmaster’s journey.

Alexandra Efremova shared a fascinating and meaningful story based on one of her business cases - insightful, engaging, and highly relatable.

Ruslan Kalachev and Artem Boyarov delivered strong and supportive evaluations, helping our speakers grow and improve.

We would also like to thank:

✨ Olga Yatsuk - our Grammarian, who carefully listened for beautiful and effective language
✨ Ellie Annika - for the inspiring Thought of the Day that set the tone for the entire meeting
✨ Sveta Gubareva - our Ah-Counter, helping us notice filler words and speaking habits
✨ Ekaterina Zhemchugova - our Quiz Master, testing how attentively we listened throughout the meeting
✨ Yulia Belousova - our Timer, keeping the meeting running smoothly and on schedule ⏱

Thank you to everyone who joined, spoke, supported others, and helped create such a wonderful atmosphere 💚

See you at the next meeting - 21 May

‼️New location‼️
Gorky Park, Pushkinskaya naberezhnaya, Pavilion K3 “Gallery”.

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