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 | 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...
by Alan Hoffler | Mar 30, 2021 | communication, public speaking
Video Transcript: I was asked recently in an online seminar, “what’s the most difficult thing you’ve had to adjust to in the new online world?” The answer was easy. The most difficult thing for most of us to do is to change a habit....
