Prague Business Toastmasters

20/09/2026

🎤 PBT Autumn Club Contest 2026

It’s contest time! 🏆

Join us on Monday, 21 September 2026 for the PBT Autumn Club Contest, featuring both English 🇬🇧 and Czech 🇨🇿 competitions.

Two categories. Two languages. One evening full of great speaking:

🏆 Humorous Speeches
🏆 Table Topics

📅 Monday, 21 September 2026
🕡 Start: 18:30

The 1st-place winner of each contest will move on to represent PBT at the Area Contest.

Come support our speakers, enjoy some laughs, and see who makes it to the next round! 🎤👏

31/08/2026

🌳 Special Edition: Toastmasters Under the Open Sky! 🌳

Tonight, we’re trading the YMCA for something a little different — join us outside at Stromovka Park, same time as always!

Our Toastmaster of the Evening, Mike Smith, has prepared a theme that fits perfectly with fresh air and open minds:

“What Drives You?To achieve our goals, it’s often not enough to just be good at something — we need to be driven. That drive comes from finding an internal motivation, a higher purpose that pulls us forward. Sometimes it takes a lofty dream to uncover it: a scientist driven by the thrill of discovery, a doctor by the value of saving lives, an artist by the pursuit of beauty, an activist by the hope of social change.

Before the meeting, take a moment to reflect: What drives you? Where do you hope to find inspiration in your life?

🎤 New to public speaking? Curious about Toastmasters? Tonight is the perfect night to join us as a guest — with a bonus you won’t get indoors: the open sky above you while you practice, connect, and grow your speaking confidence.

📍 Stromovka Park — Find the exact spot here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8osMmVR1rhbz63nVA?g_st=ic
🕐 Usual time
👋 All welcome — members and first-time guests alike!

See you there🫵

14/07/2026

🎤 Prague Business Toastmasters — Meeting #703: "Dreams"
Another vivid Monday evening at YMCA Praha! (Fittingly, our Word of the Day was VIVID 😄)
Huge shoutouts to last night's speakers:
🌟 Adam Aberra Challa delivered his Icebreaker speech, although Adam is already experienced Toastmaster, he gave us a glimpse into his new path forward. A brave and honest first step onto the Toastmasters stage — welcome to the journey, Adam!
🌟 Soňa Nováková moved the room with "We Cannot Trust Our Vision" — a beautiful, deeply personal speech weaving through her family history. The kind of storytelling that stays with you long after the meeting ends.
🎯 Big thanks to Jana Sujanska for a fantastic Table Topics session — always the moment where spontaneity meets courage, and last night's theme brought out some great impromptu speaking. Congrats to Mike Smith for taking the win on Table Topics! 🏆
🧠 And congrats to Natália Kováčová for winning the Quiz! 🎉

And of course, the whole evening ran seamlessly thanks to our Toastmaster of the day, Romana Macurová, whose experience and steady hand kept the program flowing beautifully from first speaker to final evaluation.
Grateful for another evening of growth, courage, and community. 🙌
If you've ever thought about public speaking or leadership development, come visit us — we meet every Monday at 19:10 in Prague! Well, sometimes we might be outdoors, so please read our channels before you visit us. We are always thrilled to welcome new guests anywhere!

01/06/2026

Toastmasters brunch! ☕️

Thank you, Nicolas, for organizing it!

24/05/2026

Proud to be part of District 110! 💙

This achievement is a beautiful reminder that every meeting, every speech, every role, every evaluation and every member’s effort matters.

Congratulations to everyone across District 110 who helped make this happen. 🏆

And we are happy that Prague Business Toastmasters could be one small piece of this bigger success. ✨

🎉 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝟏𝟏𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝! ⁣
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What a proud moment for our district and what a beautiful reminder of what we can achieve when we work together across clubs, areas, divisions, and countries. 🌟⁣
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This milestone belongs to everyone who contributed across District 110. 💙⁣
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Thank you for every speech, every meeting, every training, every club visit, every mentoring conversation, and every step that helped us move forward. 🙏⁣
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District 110, this is your achievement. 🏆⁣
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Together, we made it happen. ✨⁣

10/05/2026

New week, new beginning.
And at every beginning, you are a beginner. 🎤🔥

Tomorrow at Prague Business Toastmasters we’ll explore the theme “Beginners” with our Toastmaster of the Evening, Lukáš Liebich.

Because nobody starts as an expert. Every confident speaker once had their first speech, first awkward Table Topics answer, or first moment of “why am I doing this to myself?” 😅

The best way to start a new week?
Try something new. Say yes to a challenge.

📍 YMCA Palace, Blue Sky room, 6th floor, Prague
🕖 Monday at 7 PM

03/05/2026

For some people, Toastmasters might seem like it’s all about serious stuff.
Public speaking. Perfect communication. Polished presentations.

But sometimes… it’s more about having fun, hanging out, and shooting each other.
(With laser guns. Relax 😄)

Lately, everywhere you look, you’re being spammed with the phrase “be part of a community.”

And honestly? Most of the time it’s just a phrase without real meaning.

How does it actually work in Toastmasters?
👉 Regular meetings on Mondays at 7PM
👉 Quick pub hangouts afterward
👉 Voluntary brunches, trips, and random events - announced in our group chat
👉 If you want to organize something, you just do it.

No pressure. Just people doing stuff together if they feel like it.

This Thursday, Thorsten Stockner from Goood Morning Toastmasters Prague organized a laser tag event. Twelve of us went straight into battle.

Honestly? I haven’t done anything like that since high school.

There’s something so refreshing about just doing stuff. About running around with a laser gun and not having to think about what you’re going to say next. Just clearing your head with the thrill. I didn’t expect my heart rate to go that high because of a public speaking club :)

It was a total blast. Thanks Thor for setting it up! 🔫

Want to see what we're actually about? Come visit us on Monday at our regular meeting:
📍 7:00 PM
📍 YMCA Palace, 5th Floor (Red Velvet Room)

20/04/2026

As always, representation of PBT can't be missing at the Division Contest! 🎤

👉 It’s safe to say it’s becoming a tradition – PBT is always represented at the Division Contest!

And this year, it was in the hands of Lukáš Liebich and Soňa Nováková.

Soňa represented us in International Speeches. And I have to add… she has been a PBT member only since December!! It’s absolutely incredible that she made it all the way to Division. Just think about where you were after your first three months in Toastmasters. Nothing but respect. 🙌

Lukáš Liebich took over the evaluation stage, placing 1st in English Evaluation and 2nd in Czech Evaluation. He’s simply a beast. And honestly, there is no such thing as “too much Lukáš on stage” – he always finds a way to sneak in a little joke, even into his evaluations.

His results also mean he made the cut to represent us internationally in Split – in Evaluation and Table Topics!

Results:

International Speeches:
🥇 Thorsten Stockner
🥈 Daniel Grancak
🥉 Marek Dzurilla

International Evaluation:
🥇 Lukas Liebich
🥈 Thorsten Stockner
🥉 Lenka Kocifajova

CZ/SK Speech:
🥇 Andrej Beseda
🥈 Anna Sears
🥉 Helena Nova

CZ/SK Evaluation:
🥇 Lubos Bahorec
🥈 Lukas Liebich
🥉 Lenka Kocifajova

Congratulations to all the speakers – you were amazing! 🏆✨

👉 Photos by Jiří Kaláček 📸 thank you for the incredible photos and for designing the beautiful trophies. They will surely be proudly admired on many shelves for a long time.

30/03/2026

Everyone is getting feedback. Even officers.
Last week, PBT held a Moments of Truth session.

A space where members give feedback on what works and what we can improve. Because more perspectives always lead to better decisions.

But who are “officers”? Just people with fancy red name tags and coffee meetings? ☕

Not really.

Officers are the team that puts in extra work behind the scenes to keep the club running.

👤 President – Jan Piskáček
Leads the club, sets direction, and keeps everything on track.

🎓 Vice President Education – Natália Kováčová
🎓 Co-Vice President Education – Romana Macurová
Manages the educational program, schedules speeches, and tracks member progress.

🤝 Vice President Membership – Jakub Provazník
Brings in new members and takes care of their onboarding.

📣 Vice President Public Relations – Žofie Košťálková (me :))
Handles marketing, social media, and communication to attract guests.

📝 Secretary – Vítězslav Kašpar
Keeps records, meeting minutes, and club documents organized.

💰 Treasurer – Ondřej Koščo
Manages finances and membership payments.

🎤 Sergeant at Arms – Michael Strohbach
Prepares the meeting space and keeps everything running smoothly.

🧭 Immediate Past President – Mike Smith
Supports the president with experience and continuity.

🙏 Thanks to the officers, the club runs the way it does.

💬 And thanks to all members for the honest and thoughtful feedback. We truly take it seriously and use it to keep improving.

16/03/2026

🎤 Let’s start the week with public speaking!

Join us tomorrow for another Prague Business Toastmasters meeting.

You can look forward to:
🗣 Vítězslav Kašpar with a speech “The C.I.A. Every Day”
🎙 Two speeches from Toastmasters veterans Mike Smith and Lukáš Liebich

And here are the results from last week’s meeting:
🏆 Best Speaker: Ursula Weiss
🏆 Best Table Topics: Mike Smith
🏆 Best Table Topics: Soňa Nováková
🏆 Best Evaluator: Lukáš Liebich

📍 Where: YMCA Palace, Velvet Room (5th floor), Na Poříčí 12, Prague
🕖 When: Monday at 7:00 PM

Guests are always welcome. Come listen, learn, and maybe even feel inspired to take the stage yourself! 🎤