Speeches

For me, it is always a great pleasure

to stand in front of an audience

and to have the privilege

to entertain and/or inform them.

Here are a few of my favorite speeches

that I have held over the past few years.

For bookings and direct cooperations, please drop me a line at info@cultureum.com

“Molière and Me”

Parallels between the playwright Molière’s life and mine
TONE: entertaining, humorous, informative
TOP TAKEAWAYS: Molière’s life; fashion from the 16th century to today; my life’s path

“Finding Home”

My battles with language, culture and identity, and my personal road towards creating a home
TONE: entertaining, humorous, touching
TOP TAKEAWAYS: integration takes work on 4 levels: linguistic, cultural, societal, and emotional; the idea of home has to be defined individually; funny personal anecdotes; reading from Life with Coach Pop

“Making a World of Difference”

Directed at high school students, reflections and tips about how to make a difference in the world and set yourself up for success
TONE: motivational, reflective
TOP TAKEAWAYS: how to apply Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in today’s world, how to deal with and take advantage of pressure from parents, how to reconcile dreams and aspirations with financial needs and reality, what is worth investing time and effort in, how to decide what to do for a living, how to define success, how to achieve balance in life, how to be happy, how to make a difference

“Who am I? I am but a learned fool…”

Birthday wishes for Molière’s 400th birthday celebration organized at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art.*
TONE: satirical, entertaining
TOP TAKEAWAYS: humorous birthday wishes in English, German, French, Hungarian and Romanian, accompanied by a series of photographs

*Due to Covid restrictions, this speech was delivered in video format and streamed to audiences in 5 languages