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William (Bill) Hodges DTM, Briefing and Communications Expert

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William (Bill) Hodges Quick Facts

Main Areas: Communications Skills, Leadership, Time Management "CUT AND PASTE TO YOUR BROWSER THE FOLLOWING SITE FOR A -- ONE PAGE OVERVIEW" http://www.billhodges.com/hsi.html
Best Sellers: Within Your Reach
Career Focus: Management, supervision, presentation skills, human relations, team-building, sales, and stress management seminars are our specialty.
Affiliation: Professional Speakers Guild; Toastmasters International "Past District Governor", Meeting Professionals International "Past International Director" Sales and Marketing Executives "Past President Dayton chapter" ASTD "Chapter board member for 10 years"

WILLIAM N. "BILL" HODGES is President of Hodges Seminars, a business and communications consulting firm that develops sales meetings, management training programs, and human relations seminars. His seminars have been attended by personnel from many government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and major associations in the United States and Canada, including Mead, NCR, AT&T, IBM, General Motors, British Petroleum, and Tenex Canada.

Experienced in media as well as live audience communications, Bill Hodges hosts his own business interview and public affairs television program, and has had a radio talk show. In an easy-to-understand style, Bill has authored many articles, including a syndicated column. He currently writes a highly positive, motivational column entitled "POSI-TALK." This column is distributed worldwide through newspapers, corporate newsletters, and association magazines to as many as 1.5 million readers per month. Bill is a published author. His book, Within Your Reach , has helped many people achieve their dreams.

As an adjunct professor at Edison State College, Bill has capitalized on the opportunity to study and present the newest educational theories in the field of human communications. He has brought real world experience to the classroom.

Bill is also professionally active. He is a member of Toastmasters International, president of the Professional Speakers Guild, and served as a board member for the Western Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development. He has served as President of the Miami Valley Toastmasters, and Toastmasters’ District Governor for a four-state area, and has earned Toastmasters' highest award of Distinguished Toastmaster. He was a two-term board member of Hospice of Dayton, president of the Dayton Sales and Marketing Executives, and co-founder and president of a three state Chapter of Meeting Professionals International, in addition he was a two-term member of the parent organizations International Board of Directors. Since moving his company to Florida in 1999 he has become an active member of the Tampa Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Past District Governor Council in Florida for District 47 of Toastmasters International.

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Hodges Seminars International
Course Catalog & Program Outlines

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Visuals--A Presenter's Ace in the Hole
Supervision 2005
Effective Briefing Techniques
Advanced Briefing Techniques
Interpersonal Communications
Meeting Management Techniques
How to Harness Stress
Exploring and Developing the Brain
Assertive Communications
Assertive Communications for Supervisors
Time Management
Group Problem Solving Techniques
Communicating and Counseling
Management for Nonsupervisors
Pro-tential (A Back-to-Basics Program for Sales Meetings)
Effective Presentation Techniques
Effective Briefings/Presentations Review and Recap
Winning Sales Techniques
Leadership--The Next Wave and How to Ride It
Roles And Goals--Conflict or Complement
Hodges Seminars Course Outlines http://billhodges.com/course.htm

Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from William (Bill) Hodges

The following quotes are from William N. Hodges and are representative of his 17 years as a syndicated newspaper columnist and author:

1. I've always wondered why when it is so hard for me to touch my toes; it is so easy to put my foot in my mouth. - William N Hodges
2. To be afraid is to be alive, but to overcome fear is to live. - William N Hodges
3. That which has been referred to as luck is primarily the combination of attitude, preparation, and timing. - William N Hodges
4. A man's attitude toward money can make it a dutiful servant or a powerful master. - William N Hodges
5. A man who would build a road to the heavens must first create the plans in his heart. - William N Hodges
6. Carrying the baggage of ones past can make one too tired to meet the future. -- William N Hodges
7. Judge a man not only on the challenges he bests but also on his willingness to take part in the tests. -- William N Hodges
8. Everything works for the greater good of those who continue to work. -- William N Hodges
9. Never live in the past, you are not needed there. -- William N Hodges
10. Vanity sees no imperfection. Self-love acknowledges and accepts them. -- William N Hodges
11. Knowledge is the accumulation of facts. Wisdom is the ability to use those facts to a worthwhile purpose. -- William N Hodges
12. Without dreams, we amount to nothing. If we are all dreams the result is the same. -- William N Hodges
13. Pride comes before profits. -- William N Hodges
14. Life will give you lemons. Your attitude is the sugar that can turn it into lemonade.-- William N Hodges
15. I'm lucky. Most people go to work and it feels like work. When I go its pure enjoyment. -- William N Hodges
16. Great dreams do not come from great men, but rather great men are the result of great dreams. -- William N Hodges
17. Change is a series of risks. -- William N Hodges
18. Never forget that in nature it is feeding time 24 hours a day. -- William N Hodges
19. Hope is like an oasis in the desert-whether real or just a mirage, it gives us a reason to keep moving forward. -- William N Hodges
20. Failure is one more obstacle removed from our quest for success. -- William N Hodges
21. Responsibility is easy to live up when you have none. -- William N Hodges
22. Dreams without direction are called fantasies. -- William N Hodges
23. Your attitude will determine whether you work in a salt mine or a gold mine. -- William N Hodges
24. Sight shows what is, vision shows what can be. -- William N Hodges
25. Trust is built in many steps and can be destroyed in one. -- William N Hodges
26. We are limited only by the limits we accept. -- William N Hodges
27. The wise may be instructed by a fool, but a fool learns from no one. -- William N Hodges
28. Do not stare so long at the door that has just closed that you miss the door that has just opened. -- William N Hodges
29. The road to happiness is always under construction and you are the prime contractor. -- William N Hodges
30. A thousand fanatics dedicated to preserving the past stand between us and the future. -- William N Hodges
31. A man is truly free if he has the courage to turn left if the herd turns right. -- William N Hodges
32. Like any seed, you must break out of your shell to grow. -- William N Hodges
33. Both tears and sweat taste the same-salty. But tears only beget sympathy, while sweat begets prosperity. -WNHodges
34. Eden is not a place but rather a state of mind. Those who would seek Eden in the physical world will never end their search, for Eden exists in each man's mind, and only those who dare to look for it will find it. -WNHodges
35. Fear is like a flame; controlled, it provides pleasure, uncontrolled, it causes pain. -WNHodges
36. Practice is the only road to improvement. -WNHodges
37. Whenever you think you are good enough, it's a sure bet you won't get better. -WNHodges
38. In a battle of the wills reason is often the loser.- WNHodges
39. Few people succeed that do not have the courage to fail. WNHodges
40. Those who would always live in sunshine must remember that it can burn. WNH
41. We can learn from yesterday, we can plan for tomorrow, but we must live here in the present. WNH
42. Dreams are goals set in JelloTM rather than concrete. WNH
43. Knowledge is a block to imagination. - William N Hodges
44. Lightning last only a split second but lights up the sky as if it were day. It is not how long something takes but the effect that counts. -- William N Hodges
45. We pay for all we have, with all we are. - William N Hodges

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