"The Speaker’s Cape" with Ovidiu Oltean

Ovidiu’s speaking career originated in Toastmasters, where he was known for being a competitor who "rocked the stage". His career quickly expanded, shifting from successful competitive speaking into professional training and event moderation. Initially, he started his business by organizing local "5 minute speeches" events because, as he put it, "nobody called me. So you know what? I'm going my I'm going to invite myself there on stage". He delivered immersive, three-day training workshops, often held in the mountains to keep participants engaged and disconnected from the outside world, allowing them to feel "very happy with the activity of speaking". When the pandemic forced a change in approach, Ovidiu pioneered online public speaking courses in Romania, successfully launching the weekly program "Speech Master." This shift proved advantageous, as his audience expanded globally to include Romanians from "all over the country and all over the world". He found that the online format pro