What others say about MySpeaker Rhetorich

“It was 1:02pm on a Friday afternoon in November 2023 as I was sitting at home in Helsinki and had just joined a virtual meeting. The meeting was with Oliver Gierlichs, the General Manager of Bayer in Ukraine, who was joining the call from Kyiv. The line started crackling and I saw a dark image pop up on my screen. It was Oliver, calling in from the garage of their office building that serves as a bomb shelter as the air raid sirens were blaring in the background.”

In his story Oliver Gierlichs, the General Manager of Bayer in Ukraine, explains how MySpeaker Rhetorich was a crucial tool in helping him adapt to the new tasks of his role that practically changed overnight as the war began.

In only a few months of time, I have been able to grow my self-confidence as a speaker. I have practiced and planned a speech that I will be performing at a seminar in September. The speech is a Roller Derby Case Study: Creating a successful team from scratch – and how we managed it. Without the MySpeaker Rhetorich course, I don’t think it would’ve evolved to the level it is now – and I still have time to practice with all of the material I received during the course. I managed to strengthen my own voice and message! I was not prepared to realize my purpose in work life during a speech course – but here we are!

What escalated from the first goal to improve public speaking skills of a small group within the organization, ended up as an innovative new concept to give a voice to colleagues.

We often talk to audiences who represent clients, stakeholders or other external focus groups. What if we would organize an event for our colleagues to tell us about the everyday work from within the organization in an impactful and inspiring way?

This is what we witnessed at Yle – the national broadcaster in Finland.