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Month: April 2015

Dingers, Jacks and Taters: In Defense of Baseball Clichés

By Patrick Dorn The Hoffman Agency, San Jose After a long offseason, baseball is finally back. Even though the Giants won the 2014 World Series, the offseason still felt excruciatingly long. Like every year, winter has turned to spring, and with it beckons the familiarity of baseball season — the smell of fresh cut grass…

How to be a Director — With Your Words

By Melissa Lewelling The Hoffman Agency, San Jose In today’s hyper-connected world of media and communications, visuals remain at the forefront of engaging content that attracts a reader’s attention. However, visual storytelling doesn’t always have to use graphics, videos or slides. Although actual graphics are important, when it comes to visual storytelling, I think a…

How to be a director with your words

Storytelling Training: Learning a Craft of the Ancients

By Aaron Kreuscher The Hoffman Agency Throughout history, several universal themes emerge across all cultures and ages: among them deities, art and storytelling. From cave drawings and hieroglyphics, to Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, and The Matrix, storytelling has been omnipresent for many millennia. There is a reason for its pervasive resilience. Science has shown there to be…

On Medium: Are Politicians Becoming Publications?

By Felice Tsui The Hoffman Agency, San Jose It’s no surprise that political communications are rapidly changing. This year’s State of the Union streamed live on YouTube for the first time, and Barack Obama participated in the first presidential AMA (ask-me-anything) in 2012. Now, Medium is shaking up the blogosphere by giving politicians yet another…

How politicans are becoming publishers in today's digital world

3 Ways Becoming a Dad Made Me an Even Better Professional

By Colby Reade, APR The Hoffman Agency, Portland-Vancouver Just a few weeks ago, my wife gave birth to our first child, a beautiful little girl. Of course, this new arrival has meant that the last few months at our house have been a whirlwind of excitement, nerves and planning, planning, planning. Like most modern new…

How parenthood makes you a better professional

Life as a HA Intern: Nabila

By Nabila Faisal The Hoffman Agency I distinctly remember my first day as a public relations intern. I walked in the front door of The Hoffman Agency, and the first thing I saw was that everyone looked truly intent on their work. Most were busy typing away on their laptops, some were on their phones…