by Alan Hoffler | Feb 6, 2025 | Deep Thoughts
In one of the public speaking classes I taught, the students were remarking on the prevalent use of speech fillers. They mentioned non-words such as “um,” “you know,” “like,” and “literally.” Once they became aware of the use, they began correcting themselves and...
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...
