Dear EBA Toastmaster Club members and welcomed Guests!
On the 24-th of January EBA TM Club is planning an Outstanding meeting!
Our Special Guest - Jimmy Hill, Psychology Professor, will present a Master-class discussion on the topic: "The Psychology of Public Speaking and Cross-cultural Communication."
Jimmy will examine various strategies in giving presentations and lectures, including:
- how to "control" the classroom,
- keep the audience awake,
- what to do when things go wrong।
He will provoke the discussion of:
- public speaking anxiety and how to overcome it,
- various types of presentations,
- body language and other non-verbal forms of communication।
This is an INTERACTIVE class!
Everyone in attendance is encouraged to:
- challenge the presenter,
- ask questions,
- provide their own solutions to the invocation of speaking in Public।
Hope to see you all at 7.00 pm.The partner of master-class is Edinburgh Business School.
Address: 9/10, Dovnar-Zapolskogo str।, 2-nd floor, Cambridge room।
For more details please call Anna Naleskina, 050-331-79-07

The first EBA Toastmasters meeting was conducted in 2012!!!

Great start in 2012!!!
Prominent members and guests took part in Walt Disney Strategy session and performed roles of Dreamers, Critics and Realists in order to invent crazy ideas, to criticize them and analyze whether these ideas are worth to be implemented within EBA TM Club.
After vivid presentations of creative ideas delivered by Tea...m Leaders– please don’t be surprised when EBA members:
will take part in performances and plays on the stages of famous theatres
will get to the meetings by helicopters in order to avoid traffic jams
will analyze business cases and have at least 50 speech projects in their resume

Great start in 2012!!!
Maya Trifonova delivered her #4 project devoted to Bernard Shaw.

Great start in 2012!!!
Guest Anna managed to overcome her fear and win 1 vote more than experienced member in Table Topic Session as a result received chocolate bar presented by Table Topic Master Vasiliy Khomiak.

Great star in 2012!!!
EBA regular guest launched new tradition: when you have birthday – bring chocolates and presents to EBA club Ruslana, on behalf of EBA TM club – Happpyyy Birthdayyyy!!! Thanks for sweets and nice calendars!!!!

Dear all – you are masters of your life!!!! See prominent and enthusiastic EBA members and guests at regular EBA meetings!!!

Brgds,
Svetlana
EBA Toastmasters President

Dear Friends!

EBA TM Club holds first 2012 meeting on Tuesday, the 10-th of January, at 7.00 p.m.
I call for Speakers, Toastmaster, Evaluators, Grammarian, Ah-Counter and Timer.
Brave volunteers, respond please!

Toastmasters' community is an avowed place where like-minded people gather with the aim to create the supportive environment for leadership skills honing, communications acquiring polishing ans practicing speaking English.

We send once again the warmest New Year greetings to our partner - Edinburgh Business School।
The location of the meeting is at the familiar address: 9/10, Dovnar-Zapolskogo str., EBS, 2-nd floor, Cambridge room.
Wish to meet you soon,
Anna Naleskina
EBA TM Club VP Education
050 331 79 07
Anna.Naleskina@gmail.com
http://ebatmc.blogspot.com

EBA meetings in 2012 to be conducted every Tuesday starting from January’10 2012.

Rgds,
Svetlana
EBA Toastmasters President

Dear prominent Toastmasters!
On behalf of EBA business-oriented public speaking club – Happyyyyyyyy Newwwww Yearrrrr and Merryyyy Christmasssss!!!!!!
In the New Year 2012 I wish you:
v Health – so you enjoy every day in comfort
v Love of your family and friends – so you find inspiration and motivation
v Wisdom – to get priorities right and do thing which really bring positive changes into your life
v Generosity – to share with other people things you really treasure
It’s high time to open the book with the title ‘My Year 2012’ to fill in its first chapter called ‘Opportunities…’ with ideas, wishes, desires, plans…you’d like to implement in New Year. Hope EBA to be among your priorities and strategic plans! See all full of energy, ambitions and inspiration in 2012!

Best wishes,
Svetlana Nesterenko
EBA Toastmasters President



Dear EBA Toastmasters Fellows and Welcomed Guests!
At the pre-last day of the leaving year, EBA TM Club invites you to recall all big and modest peaks of personal and leadership growth we succeeded together!
What Club is? It is people, all of us, who are contributing to the every meeting, delivering speeches, performing roles, evaluating our peers or simply come to be a guest and to take a decision to enter the Club.
Let me thank everybody for your input in the Club! It's an investment which really returns with fruitful dividends. (Believe me, I know what I'm speaking about).
Send you heartiest wishes to be Healthy, Wealthy and Happy in the coming year!
I'd like nothing better than all of us succeed in everything we initiating!

Frankly yours,
Anna Naleskina
EBA TM VP Education


Dear Toastmasters!
It was a pleasure to get to know you and hear your original and motivating speeches this year. I am grateful to serve as an officer for such a talented members team, and it is you, dear people, who motivate me serve for you each meeting and work towards the improvement of our club! Thank you all for the wonderful time! I can't wait for the new year to begin and to move on improving our leadership and public speaking skills!

Sincerely
Oksana Tykha
EBA VPM

Dear EBA Toastmasters Club-mates and Welcomed Guests!
On the 27-th of December EBA TM Club holds a New Year Eve Meeting.
It anticipating to be really festive: interesting speakers with their new projects, strong evaluation team and POT LUCK PARTY!
The Agenda is attached.
You are welcome !at 7.00 pm at the address: 9/10, Dovnar-Zapolskogo str., 2-nd floor, Cambridge room.
We express gratitude and send the Warmest New Year Wishes to our partner - Edinburgh Business School!
You are also welcome to bring something tasty for Pot Luck Party with you : cakes, sweets, chocolate ...
Wish to meet all you there!
Sincerely yours,
Anna Naleskina
EBA TM Club VP Education
050 331 79 07
Anna.Naleskina@gmail.com
http://ebatmc.blogspot.com

Dear Speech Contest participants – Miroslava Zayets, Aleksandr Gulyaev, Tatiana Kostyrkina, Anna Naleskina, Andriy Spivak,

My congratulations with your powerful achievements!!!!
Remember that you all are winners due to each of you managed to persuade the person you have known the whole your life - Yourself to compete, to overcome panic, to improve and become better in public speaking.

Wish you all inspiration and motivation to move forward to improve your skills and abilities!!!
1st place – Andriy Spivak
2nd place – Anna Naleskina
3rd place – Aleksandr Gulyaev

Please find below Speech Contest participants’ feedback:

Andriy Spivak
It's a great honor and also pretty scary to compete in your "home" club. Never been more worried before. It's like - many many years back - you come in front of your family and tell them that you're going to be a kosmonaut. "Like Gagarin?" they ask. And smile, and look at you and think: "kosmonaut? '.... you'd better go and clean up your room!" And you see those looks and understand that your family is the most demanding audience in the world. Toastmasters are same and different. Because they know - if you don't give up - you'll be a Gagarin of public speaking one day! Thank you, folks! :)

Tatiana Kostyrkina
I am really appreciate having the chance to participate in speech contest. It gave me the chance to practice my speaking abilities and one more time to prove myself that I have to work on some issues to be more successful. I was impressed by preparation of all participants. All topics captured audience attention and forced us to think over important life tasks and situations. Thank you for your attitude and devotion.

Anna Naleskina
Ultimate experience.
Almost everything in our life could be postponed, even important business meeting.
Except, probably, Speech Contest. It's not possible to shift.
Contest is coming like a train, according to the schedule.
Guests are arriving, judges already confirmed participation, speakers rehearse speeches ....

I'm in the list of speakers. A short attack of panic ...
Oh my God, I've had a taught day, I'm sick, my throat is sore, my speech is not prepared well enough and this awful traffic jam ...
No, forgive me, I can't!

But how can I let down, I'm in the list of speakers and I'm an officer of the EBA Club.
It is really breathtaking feeling. You are ultimately you. With your ideas, voice, body, gestures....
Just go ahead and speak.
At this moment everything changed.
Panic has drown back, thoughts were raised, even sore throat worked nearly OK.
Great!
I'm ultimately alone and I could do it!

The afterward feeling was fantastic.
A wonderful combination of joy, satisfaction, understanding that something was done well and some inside barrier has been overcome .
The mighty part of me conquered!
Is'n it the biggest achievement?

Brgds,
Svetlana Nesterenko
EBA Toastmasters President

Dear all,
please find info below about participation of EBA members in Business Party - Anna Naleskina , Anna Potapova, Svetlana Nesterenko. Our aim was to promote EBA and attract business oriented people to our Club.
http://pozhidaev.info/archives/910
Find our photos:
http://topmanagement.com.ua/index.php/biznes-znakomstva/180-poslevkusie-vechera-biznes-znakomstv.html?start=2
Rgd,
Svetlana
EBA Toastmasters President

Dear Friends!

Inner speech Contest - wonderful opportunity to hone Public Speaking Skills. As well as to become a witness of real competition of the best speakers of EBA TM English Public Speaking Club. Wish you to use the possibility to be inside of the peak event of the Toastmasters' Club

See you and best regards,

Anna Naleskina
EBA TM Club VP Education
050 331 79 07Anna.Naleskina@gmail.com
http://ebatmc.blogspot.com

Dear EBA Toastmasters Fellow and welcomed Guests!

On the 20-th of December EBA Toastmasters Club is holding an OUTSTANDING MEETING. The Inner Speech Contest!

“The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing”,Geoffrey Gaberinom, the Olympic Medalist, said.

Participation in Toastmasters Inner Speech contest gives a Great Opportunity to asses your competencies and grow as a public speaker.
Coming as a listener, beside providing a charge of aspiration, gives a staggering possibility to transmit inspiration and support to the peers.
One position at the list of speakers is vacant!
Don't hesitate to use the chance to become an insider of an utmost event in the EBA TM Club year schedule.

Wish you good luck,

Anna Naleskina
EBA TM Club VP Educatiom
anna.naleskina@gmail.com
050 331 79 07
http://ebatmc.blogspot.com

Dear Toastmasters members and Friends!

EBA TM Club had an outstanding meeting yesterday.
Bob Cryar - a 35 years experienced and successful business practical manager, an owner of consulting business, delivered master class devoted to strategical thinking and planning.
In case you'd like to receive the slide - materials of the presentation , feel free to contact us.

Best regards,
Anna Naleskina
EBA TM Club VP Education

Dear Toastmasters Members and Friends!
EBA Toastmasters public speaking club invites You to visit Bob Cryar's Master-class "The Importance of Having a Strategic Plan. How to Develop a competitive Advantage and a Superior Customer Value".

That is what you always wanted to know about strategic planning but probably have not yeat! You will have a wonderful opportunity to speak about strategic planning with the leading US coach! This event also gives an advantage to communicate with the native speaker!

We thank our partner - Edinburgh Business School! Master-class will take place on Tuesday, November 8, at 7 pm. The address: 9/10, Dovnar-Zapolskogo str., 2-nd floor (Lukyanivska Metro station).
About the Lecturer:
Bob Cryar is a graduate of the University of Alabama.He has 35 years of business experience in the corporate world as a Senior Vice-President of Sales and Processing.Five years ago Bob started his own consulting business. He has been active in teaching Strategic Management in Ukraine for the past 4
years.
Best regards, wish to meet you on the Master-Class!
Anna Naleskina
EBA TM Club VP Education

050 331 79 07 Anna.Naleskina@gmail.com
http://ebatmc.blogspot.com/

Do you want to improve your English, enhance public speaking skills and learn how to be a genuine leader?

EBA Business oriented Toastmasters Club gives you a wonderful chance and exciting opportunity to learn the crucial aspects of effective communication and leadership in business, political etc spheres, practice English through participation in our regular meetings.

The club’s main idea and its activity are designed for people who are either beginners or already proficient public speakers who want to improve their communication and leadership skills. Our club has members and guests of various backgrounds with extraordinary personalities, what also gives you a valuable chance to build an outstanding personal and professional network.

Regular meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 pm in the premises of Edinburgh Business School at the address 9/10, Dovnar-Zapolskogo str., 2-nd floor (Lukyanivska Metro station).

For more information please contact:
Oksana Tykha
Vice President Membership
of EBA Toastmasters public speaking club
http://ebatmc.blogspot.com/
http://www.toastmasters.org/
e-mail: oksana.tykha@gmail.cm
cell: 095 525 15 77

Dear Friends!

This is the reminder that we are conducting Debates on the 01-st of November, Tuesday। Time - 7।00 p।m. EBA Club expresses gratuity to Edinburgh Business School. Location - 9/10, Dovnar-Zapolskogo str., 2-nd floor, Cambridge room. 7 minutes by foot from Lukianovskaya metro. Best regards, Anna Naleskina 050 331 79 07
Anna.Naleskina@gmail.com

Dear Toastmasters Fellow and welcomed Guests!

EBA TM Club is planning the regular meeting on the 25-th of October. The Roles of Timer, Ah-Counter, Grammarian, Speech and TTS Evaluators and Toastmaster are available. Please don't hesitate to let me know in any convenient form about your desire to sign up for the roles!
We are also pleased to invite you to our Debate session, which will be taking place on the 1-st of November. The Topic of the Debates is Investment in MBA Education in Ukraine is better than spending same amount for Round-the-World trip.
Some words about Debates:
Debates is a formal method of interactive and representational argument.Logical consistency and factual accuracy are important elements in debating.As well as a degree of rhetorical, emotional appeal to the audience – as a technique of persuasion.
The major goal of the debate as an art of public speaking is to develop one's ability to play from either position with equal ease.
We express gratitude to our partner - Edinburgh Business School.
The location of the meetings: 9/10, Dovnar-Zapolskogo str., 2-nd floor, Cambridge room.
Time - 7.00 p.m.
Please see enclosed 3 documents: • the Agenda for 25.10.11, • Debates Schedule and • Pros and Cont arguments for coming Debate topic.

Best regards and happy new working week,
Anna Naleskina
EBA TM Club VP Education
050 331 79 07
Anna.Naleskina@gmail.com

Dear all,
Kindly invite you to take part in EBA Toastmasters club’s debates to be conducted on November’1।
For your information the following debates rules.
Debates is a formal method of interactive and representational argument. Logical consistency and factual accuracy are important elements in debating. As well as a degree of rhetorical, emotional appeal to the audience – as a technique of persuasion. The major goal of the debate as an art of public speaking is to develop one's ability to play from either position with equal ease.
In a formal debating contest, there are rules for participants to discuss and decide.
- Two roles in Debates are appointed beforehand – the Moderator and the Timer.
- The rest of participants are able to choose whether to join an Affirmative or Negative team, or to take the role of Judge.
- Debating is a Contest, at the result of which one Team is announced to be winner. The main task of the winner team is to persuade the Judges, not each other.

The schedule:
I. Introduction part.
• All participants take the seats around the table. Moderator announces the topic of debates, answers the question about the meaning of the terms in order to reach the common understanding and agreement to Debate on chosen topic. (max 3 minutes)
•Moderator asks everybody to express an argument to maintain the “For” or Affirmative point of view. People can take the floor several times, but each speech might be 30 ‘’ max.
• Next step, everybody is asked to express the argument in supporting the “Against” or Negative opinion। The rules regarding time limit and possibility to speak several times are the same.• Making the notes, recording the arguments, is welcomed during this part।


II। Main part. • Two teams, “For”, or Affirmative and “Against”, or Negative are emerged. There are four people in each team with the following roles: Title speaker, Supporting speaker, Summarizing Speaker and Enquirer.• The rest of participants become Judges.• During 2 minutes Teams have possibility to shape the common platform, withdraw the strongest arguments, distribute roles and coordinate actions.• The Title speaker of Affirmative team opens the main part of the Debates. His speech duration is 4 minutes, he delivers the most strong arguments of Affirmative team. • Than, the Enquirer of Negative team questions the Title Speaker, taking to the light the weaknesses of the argumentation. 2 minutes for questions and answers.• The Title speaker of Negative team is taking the floor and speaks for 4 minutes.• The Enquirer of Affirmative team asks questions to withdraw the weak points of opposite argumentation. 2 minutes for questions and answers.• The Supporting Speakers are speak for 3 minutes, their task is to deliver supporting facts, statistics, examples from their own experience, etc. to maintain the position of their team.• They both also need to answer the questions of Enquirer of opposite team. The duration for questions and answers is 2 minutes.• The Summarizing speakers during 2 minutes Sum Up the argumentation of “For” and “Against” positions respectively.• Participants from both teams are applying to Judges, as if it was Jury Trial.


III। Final part and voting. • Judges make secret voting.• Moderator announces the winner Team.• Judges make comments, max 1 minute for each speech.• Moderator and Timer also have possibility to comment the Debates. 1 minutes for each speech.• Moderator Adjourn the session.

Dear EBA TM Members and most welcomed Guests!
I'm writing to remind that EBA Club holds regular meeting on Tuesday, 18-th of October.
We express gratitude to our partner - Edinburgh Business School.
Time - 7.00 p.m.
Location - 9/10, Dovbar-Zapolskogo str., 2-n floor, Cambridge room.

EBA TM Club meting, 11-th of October

Dear EBA TM Fellows and Friends!
We will have our regular meeting on Tuesday, 11-th of October.
The roles of TTS Evaluator and Ah-Counter are vacant.
Please, dont hesitate to send me e-mails, sms or give phone calls to sign up for the roles!
See the Agenda of the meeting in enclosed file.


The meeting will be taking place in the partnership with Edinburgh Business School.
Location: 9/10, Dovnar-Zapolskogo str., 2-nd floor, Cambridge room.
Time - 7.00 p.m.
Wish you nice comming weekend,
Anna Naleskina
EBA TM VP Education
050 331 79 07
Anna.Naleskina@gmail.com

Dear Friends,
Some words untill feelings are fresh ...
Yesterday we restored a tradition to implement the role of General Evaluator. To my mind it was really positive gaining. The Evaluation of the meeting in general conclude the entire impression. Whilst the appraisal of delivered evaluation drives everybody's attention to the idea how significant the evaluation is.
Yesterday were announced most active EBA members in September:

Lucy Povaliy, 24 balls - 1-st position

Svitlana Stavska, 23 balls - 2-nd place

Anna Naleskina, 19 ball - the 3-rd.


Just to remind You: Speaker - 10 balls, Table topic Session Master and General Evaluator - 8 balls, Toastmaster - 7 balls, Speech and TTS Evaluator - 6 balls, Grammarian - 5 balls, Ah-counter - 2 balls and Timer - 1 ball.
Thanks a lot to Mike Bedwell for being our Grammarian yesterday. Some useful tips from his report, just to improve the command of our language:
I'll be brief .... instead of I'll be short ...
Explaine to us ... instead of Explaine us ...
Be attantive to ... instead of Pay attention to ...
Give attention ....


He also reminded how to use correctly a simple but useful grammatical construction:
If I had (time), I would (go for a walk).
I've never dreamed to ba a blogger, but Toastmasters Club practice revealed some new features in my nature.
Among newly discovered traits - a propensity to write some hot afterward impressions.


Thanks and regards,
Anna Naleskina
EBA TM VP Education
050 331 79 07
Anna.Naleskina@gmail.com

Dear Toastmasters Fellows and Friends!
EBA Toastmasters meeting will be taking place on Tuesday, 4-th of October.
We will be speaking about listening and listening what our Club members and guests are saying.
"The art of communication is the language of leadership". ~ Dr. James Humes (Presidential Speech writer (1060 th - 70th, born in 1925)
The art of communication consists of two vital abilities, - to be a good speaker and to be a good listener.
On Tuesday we will have opportunity to practice both and to immerse into unique atmosphere of Toastmasters community.
Our partner is Edinburgh Business School.
Time: 7.00 p.m.
Location: 9/10, Dovnar-Zapolskogo str., 2-nd floor.
Many roles are vacant
I'm very much anticipating your propositions to take the roles. You can contact me by e-mail, phone call or sms.

With best regards,
Anna Naleskina
EBA TM Club VP Education
050 331 79 07
Anna.Naleskina@gmail.com