I speak in public about outdoor recreation and eco-tourism, my home regions Dolomites and Karelia, journalism and writing, creativity and international experience, etc.
I’ll gladly participate in a real event, podcast, webinar, a video column, a live broadcast, etc. on the same topics. Sometimes I organize my own meetings with readers and outdoors fans.
To this moment, I’ve talked in public 17 times in 13 places in different formats. Mostly it were lecture about my experience of traveling and living in the Dolomites, Italy, which took place in Moscow in 2019-2018.
Below by the links, there are recorded videos and audios in Russian and transcripts of some of them in English.
2019
How to become outdoor editor and make a living from writing texts
Lecture at the Sport-Marathon Travelers Club, Moscow, June 18, 2019
Invitation page, YouTube, transcript in English
The Dolomites: how mountain Italy differs from other northern regions of the country
Lecture at the “Italian Spring Fair” at the Flacon Factory as part of the annual Italian Week Festival, Moscow, April 20, 2019.
Press release with my name in it in local media: The Village, Regnum, ТАСС, Molnet.ru, The Challenger, Спутник, РИА Мода, «Моя газета», Materinstvo.ru, Time Out, ASP Media 24, World Podium, The F Times, «Отдых с детьми» и даже «Комсомольская правда Москва».
How to travel in wild Finland: learning from the Finns’ how to love nature and mastering an art of self-irony
Lecture at the Sport-Marathon Travelers Club, Moscow, January 26, 2019
The feature of the life in the Alps
Guest participation in a children’s program about travel on Radio Rossiya (Radio Russia), Moscow, July, 2019
2018
Summer hiking in the Dolomites: how to find yourself and new friends on mountain trails up to 3000 meters
Lecture at the Sport-Marathon Travelers Club, Moscow, December 7, 2018
The city in a minute: Venice
Video column in Vkontakte (Russian Facebook) at the Tutu.ru OTA, Moscow, December 5, 2018
How to travel in the Dolomites
Live broadcast “Tutu.ru Live” in Vkontakte (Russian Facebook) at the Tutu.ru OTA, Moscow, December 5, 2018
Invitation page, YouTube, transcript in English
2017
North vs. south: where better to live in Russia
Webinar at the Tril.ru (Russian Airbnb), YouTube from the Dolomites, Italy, on July 26, 2017
2016
How I became travel writer and editor
Private meeting of the Russian travel leaders at the “More Vnutri” (“Sea Inside)” restaurant at the Sokolniki Park in Moscow, October 2016
Italy is Finland. The similar moments of life
Photo lecture at the city library of village Sysma, Finland, January, 2016
2015
From St. Petersburg to the Dolomites
Live phone interview at the “Denominator program” of the radio Echo of Moscow, from Saint Petersburg, October 5, 2015
Transcript in Russian and English
How to be eco-volunteer
Public talk at the “Environmental Forum of St. Petersburg State University”, Saint Petersburg, June, 2015
How I was volunteering in Europe
Apartment meeting at the Ural branch of the Russia’s “Free Travelers Club”, Yekaterinburg, Ural mountains, June, 2015
How to travel in the Dolomites
Meeting with schoolchildren and students at the Penza branch of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS), Penza, May, 2015.
2014
How I was volunteering in the Dolomites
Meeting at the English conversation club of the Eco-center “Zapovedniki” (Nature Reserves), Moscow, December, 2014
How I was volunteering in the Dolomites
Public talk and presentation of my photo book about the Dolomites “The Trail I Paved” at the “Week of International Education” at Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Ural mountains, November, 2014
How I was volunteering in the Dolomites
Meeting with readers at the Gapikus restaurant, organized by the Montok (R.I.P.) travel magazine, Saint Petersburg, June, 2014
Cover photo: public talk at the Italian Week Festival in Moscow in Aprile, 2019 © Irina Serdukovskaya