Ellen Hoffman's Speaking
Ellen Hoffman specializes in
communicating complex ideas and
information in clear, layperson's language.
Planning for retirement is more complicated than ever. On average,
Americans are living longer and will need more resources to pay
their retirement expenses.
Yet many people are so intimidated and confused by the flood of financial
information coming from employers, brokerage houses and the
Internet that they don't know how to begin to prepare for
their own financial future. Ellen Hoffman addresses this problem
in her speeches and workshops by providing crucial information
in words that the average American can understand.
In her presentations she motivates the audience to get started--or
to catch up--on retirement planning by outlining specific
steps that they can take to develop their own plans.
At a time when millions of baby boomers and other Amercans
are struggling to answer key questions about their retirement,
Ellen Hoffman provides concise, jargon-free information
her readers and speaking audiences can use to arrive at their
own answers to questions such as:
- How do I plan for retirement?
- How much money do I need to retire?
- What will my retirement income and expenses be?
- Can I count on Social Security and Medicare?
- Where should I live when I retire?
- How can I phase into retirement?
As a long-time participant in and observer of the politics
of retirement in Washington, she offers no-nonsense, understandable
commentary on the future of Social Security, Medicare, 401(k)'s, taxes, and
other retirement issues that affect every American.
Ellen is available to give speeches to and conduct workshops for
a wide variety of audiences, including employees, women, self-employed
people and employee benefits or human resources staff, and
public policy or academic audiences.
EXAMPLES OF PREVIOUS SPEECHES
- Boston Globe "Money Matters" Conference, Boston
- Miami Herald "Making Money" Conference, Miami
- Newark Star-Ledger, "Road to Personal Wealth," Rutgers University
- Personal Finance Conference, University of Maryland, Columbia, MD
- Professional Business Women's Association, Martinsburg, WV
- RetireMint Conferences, New York
- Small Business Development Center, Charleston, WV
- St. Petersburg TImes Book Fair, St. Petersburg, FL
- Tampa Bay Financial Planning Association, Tampa, FL
- Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
- Testimony on preparing for retirement, ERISA Industry Council,
U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC
- Washington Post Personal Finance Conference, Washington, DC
- West Virginia State Treasurer's Conferences, "Women and
Money," Shepherdstown, WV
- Women Administrators in Higher Education, Durham, NC
- Women in Technology, McLean, VA
- Women's Money Conferences, Idaho, and Vermont
EXAMPLES OF PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS
- Learning Annex, New York City and San Diego
- Montgomery County Women's Fair, Rockville, MD
- Shepherd College Library Staff, Shepherdstown, WV
- Smith College staff, Northampton, Mass.
- Washington Independent Writers, Washington, DC