We do some light anonymous website tracking to help us improve. To opt out, please uncheck the checkbox below.

Go like Silk

Speak like Silk

Silk is always fluent.

You can be, too.

Go like Silk

Table of contents

  1. What we do
  2. What will change
  3. What to expect
  4. Where it is
  5. What it costs
  6. Please note
  7. Dates and registration

What we do

In our workshop Speak like Silk, we get together for two days to talk, discuss, learn, feel, laugh, … to try something new. To just be yourself. To find out how you want to communicate and discover what feels right for you.

Together, we talk and we listen, and we ask the following questions:

Here’s one answer: Silk is gentle to the touch. It keeps you warm when you need warmth. And it helps you to stay cool when things get hot. Silk is flexible to the needs of the moment. When we communicate, we need to be flexible, too. We might feel that others are cold to us. And we might worry when things get too hot. But to flow like silk, we need to stay gentle.

We’re different from other language courses and communication workshops:

Please note that our workshops are not suitable for complete beginners. To participate, you need to be able to speak and understand the language of the workshop on at least a basic level. This means understanding what we say and talking to the others in the group. If you understand the sentences on this page, then you understand enough to participate.

What will change

When you’ve learned how to Speak like Silk:

What to expect

Speak like Silk runs for two (consecutive) days.

This includes two 15-minute coffee breaks and one 60-minute lunch break per day.

We will …

We will not …

The workshop is held by both Michèle and Michael with 6 to 10 participants. Upon completion of the workshop, you will receive a certificate on paper confirming your successful participation.

Where it is

For Speak like Silk, we invite you to our office in Vienna, Austria.

Nussdorfer Strasse 20/12
1090 Vienna

You can reach us via the lines 5, 33, 37, 38 and 40A (stop “Nußdorfer Straße / Alserbachstraße”). The train station Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof (lines R40, REX41, REX4, S40 and D) is about 7 minutes (on foot) away. There are several parking garages within a walking distance of 10 minutes.

If you would like us to bring Speak like Silk directly to your company or organisation, please get in touch. At present, we do not offer online coaching.

What it costs

Price for 2-day workshop per person: €1,025 plus 20 % VAT

The price includes:

We offer a reduced rate of €650 plus 20 % VAT for students, people doing their military service or Zivildienst as well as others on a reduced income.

We would like to offer our services to everyone who wants to learn more about Kindness Communication. If our regular prices exceed your financial resources, please get in touch with us. We wish to find a solution that works for us and for you.

Please note

Please note our terms and conditions for participating and our information on accessibility.

Dates and registration

We offer Speak like Silk on fixed dates throughout the year as well as on request for companies and groups. If you would like to arrange individual dates for your organisation, please get in touch.

Our next regular dates for Speak like Silk are the following. To register for a specific date, please click on it in the list below.

To be fluent means to flow.

Go like Silk