Adrianna Hopkins

The room made up its mind about you before you said a word. Most people never realize that. Here’s how to…

“I hate the sound of my voice.” I hear this constantly. From executives. From professors. From women who run…

Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is: Adrianna. • wife • cool mom of 3 • news anchor • speaker •…

The whole internet is arguing about whether you can bring an iced coffee to a job interview. I’ve…

Most people only work on how they come across when something big is coming up. The interview. The keynote.…

Excuse me... is this you? The person trying to be polite, when really you’re apologizing for taking up space…

As a news anchor, I live for a succinct, easy-to-understand answer. Those are the best soundbites, the ones…

One word, and where you say it in a sentence, is the difference between hedging and sounding certain like…

Hedged so hard it turned me into a pushover, and I didn’t see it until I was the go-to for every shift…

You can be an expert through and through and still lose the room. Because knowing your material and…

Be bright. Be brief. Be gone. It’s the best succinct speaking advice I’ve heard, and fixes most of what…

I yelled at a woman at my event Friday. And she said she needed that. I yelled at her for starting her…

Just out here helping you communicate well under pressure and I LOVE that for you 😉

A bigger vocabulary will never fix your filler word problem. When you say “um,” “uh,” or “like,” your brain…

I hear these concerns all the time: 1. “I say ‘like’ too much, and my vocabulary is better than that.” 2. “I…

The most confusing person in the room is almost always the one trying to “sound smart.” Real authority…

Four hills I’ll die on after 20 years on live TV: 1. You don’t have stage fright. You know your stuff. You…

“I’m running out of time to become the woman I’m capable of being.” A woman said that to me. And I…

I get it… You want to be polite. You don’t want to be pushy. You don’t want to turn your peers off. You want…

I speak on a lot of stages. My title gets me in the room. It doesn’t keep me there. You get about ten…

Friendly reminder. For you… and myself. Most days I feel like I’m barely holding it together. • The 2:30am…

Post show, we have an editorial meeting where we pitch story ideas. A room full of sharp people, each making…

They told you to “sound professional.” Now you’re a monotone robot in a sharp outfit… You flattened…

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