by Alan Hoffler | Feb 1, 2022 | public speaking
Video Transcript: In our public speaking skills workshops, we frequently ask how many of you have been told that you talk too fast? Usually about three out of every four people raise their hand and go, “yep that’s me talk too fast. Done it my whole...
by Alan Hoffler | Sep 3, 2021 | Delivery, public speaking, Stage Presence
Video Transcript: My wonderful home state of North Carolina has a motto, “Esse Quam Videri”…“to be rather than to seem”. It comes from an essay by Cicero on friendship. Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue, rather than to seem...
by Alan Hoffler | Jul 30, 2021 | communication, public speaking
Video Transcript: In the video that won’t age well, it’s three weeks from today that I’ll drop my youngest child off on the steps of a dormitory. It’s bittersweet. I’m super proud of her, but I’m going to miss her. As...
by Alan Hoffler | Jul 1, 2021 | communication, public speaking
Video Transcript Probably the greatest barrier for a speaker to overcome is the internal voice inside their head. We joke in our workshops that it’s the little voice on our shoulder. Often it sounds like one of our parents, or maybe an early...
by Alan Hoffler | Jun 1, 2021 | communication, public speaking
Video Transcript Due to the pandemic quarantines, live audiences have kind of been on hold for awhile. I’ve gotten very comfortable at looking at this video set up that we’ve got doing zoom recordings. Last week, I had one of my very first...
by Alan Hoffler | May 1, 2021 | communication, public speaking
Video Transcript One of my favorite questions, which I shamelessly stole from Joe Ehrmann in my work with youth sports is the question, “What’s your definition of success?” As that applies to speaking or communicating, I’ve adopted this...
