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Gospel Truth -- RADIO
Letter from America -- RADIO
2014
The Awkward Palette -- RADIO GUEST
Part Redux -- LIVE
2013
My ViewMasters Dream -- PODCAST
2012
Tell me More -- PODCAST
STock Market Explained video -- ONLINE VIDEO
2011
NY Stock Exchange -- FORUM
Transformation Talk Radio -- GUEST RADIO
2010
Wealth for Life - TV GUEST
2016
Wakulla High School students welcome Mr. Alvin Hall-“A day of dialogue with Mr. Hall.” Mr. Alvin Hall (first African American valedictorian at WHS–class of 1970) will facilitate multiple sessions with students to discuss financial literacy, his life story, and the importance of education.
Friday, February 26, Crawfordville, FL
The Gospel Truth
Financial educator Alvin Hall explores how this American religious music genre has been affected by commercialisation.
January – February 2016, BBC RADIO 4
2015
Alvin's first "Letter from America" was included after an excerpt President Obama's speech in the BBC program "Broadcasting House," 28 June 2015.
Keynote speaker and mentor program participant at Alliance Conference Canada 2015
"Saving Money Makes Cents Author Talk with Alvin Hall" at Fayetteville Public Library, Fayetteville, Arkansas USA, 15 February 2015.
2014
How We Got to Now
"Light" episode, October 2014, PBS
Alvin makes a guest appearance as Steven Johnson relates the story of people who take us out of the dark and into the light. Whether altering the world’s sleeping patterns, giving rise to mass spectator sports, revolutionizing how global business is done or triggering one of the great social reforms in American history, the pioneers of light have made themselves indispensable throughout human history.
Dream School
Alvin Hall is one of the Season 2 celebrity teachers in Dream School, a SunDance original series produced by Jamie Oliver, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Chuck D. October 2014.
The Awakened Palate
Alvin joined “The Awakened Palate,” a benefit for Copland House, a nonprofit centered around the Westchester home where the composer Aaron Copland spent the last 30 years of his life.
Party Redux
Carrie Mae Weems recreated Phillip Johnson’s 90th birthday party in the MoMA Sculpture Garden. Agnes Gund arranged the original party. Alvin Hall joined in the celebration—and the hat-wearing.
The Radio Academy Awards 2014
Who Sold The Soul
Bronze Winner for Best Music Feature or Documentary
Burrell's Bequest
70 years ago William Burrell gifted his extraordinary art collection to the City of Glasgow. Alvin Hall reveals the story of the shipping magnate who made a huge cultural impact in Glasgow, yet remains himself a shadowy figure.
BBC Radio 4, July 2014.
New ISA Changes Video
ISAs changed for the better on 1 July 2014, making them even more flexible. Alvin Hall summarizes how these changes may benefit you and how you can make the most of them.
2013
Alvin hall joins NPR's discussion on Family Matters: Your Financial Lifetime (a multigenerational, interactive, lively and even fun conversation about money) October 29, 2013.
Alvin Hall participates as an Executive Educator at NYSE Euronext’s Veteran Associate Program for the second year in a row. Photo credit: Alvin Hall with Ed Hutner, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, New York Stock Exchange.
Morrisons invites Alvin to advise their Employee Financial Education Program and publishes these creative and insightful booklets titled Save Your Dough, with a focus on Retirement Planning, Life Changing Money Tips, and Making the Most of Your Money in 2013. Save Your Dough recently won the Best Change Communication, CIPR Inside Story Awards 2013.
See Alvin at The Armory Show on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 1pm as he joins a curated guest panel at OPEN FORUM to discuss The Psychology of Consumerism.
Listen in on Alvin’s autobiographical storytelling Beyond My Viewmaster Dreams as he contributes to The MOTH: True Stories Told Live. Not to be missed.
2012
Gain further insight into Alvin's exploration of Alistair Cooke's Letters from America, recently broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Listen to Alvin Hall's BBC Radio 4 series In Alistair Cooke's Footsteps as he sets off on a roadtrip through the USA revisiting Cooke's Letter from America. Letter from America was Alistair Cooke's weekly radio broadcast that ran continuously for 58 years on the BBC, from 1946 to 2004. This four part series first broadcast on November 6, 2012 and was featured on BBC Radio's "Pick of the Week."
Alvin helps ring in the opening bell at the London Stock Exchange, October 26, 2012.
As Tell Me More marks five years on NPR's airwaves, personal finance expert Alvin Hall says to let go of the past, and look ahead to your financial future. Alvin speaks with host Michel Martin on May 1, 2012 about creating and implementing a personal five-year financial plan.
In this video, Alvin provides insight and his thoughts behind his latest book The Stock Market Explained, published by Hodder & Stoughton.
See Alvin at the highly acclaimed Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival as he discusses his new book The Stock Market Explained on March 30th, 2012 at 10am. Among other world class authors and speakers, Alvin presents a beginner’s guide to stocks, shares and other investment choices. Tickets and books can be purchased online.
Listen in on Alvin's new Radio series The Bonfire of the Vanities, which is already receiving much attention and press. Alvin Hall compares the New York City of Tom Wolfe's scathing 1980s satire with that of today. The five part series will focus on The Bronx, Wall Street, Justice, The Politics of the Case, and English Journalists in New York.
2011
Follow Alvin's blog on cash-is-cool.com. Alvin will be offering exclusive monthly insight into how best to manage your money; as well as offering advice in response to readers' financial dilemmas. The third and latest blog discusses inflation, a guide to understanding and coping.
Preview B.E. Business Report
Black Enterprise, October 14, 2011
Alvin Hall outlines strategies for getting your startup off the ground.
Check out Fidelity UK magazine's top picks for Money Multimedia highlighting Alvin's radio show Poorer Than Their Parents and his book Plan Now, Retire Happy.
Learn more as Alvin takes a deeper look into the topics presented in his show Poorer Than Their Parents for BBC Business News online.
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Just in: Listen to Alvin as he speaks on WNYC's The Takeaway regarding his new radio series and its relation to the recent the riots in England.
Listen to Alvin in his latest four part series on BBC4 Radio. In Poorer Than Their Parents, Alvin assesses whether today’s youth will be the first for generations to be worse off than their parents. The four programs cover employment (July 23rd), pensions (July 30th), inheritance (Aug 6th), and housing (Aug 12th).
Stay tuned for Alvin’s new book releasing early 2012: The Stock Market Explained: Your Guide to Successful Investing.
Watch as Alvin presents a brief history of the New York Stock Exchange in a virtual tour as Discovery Education celebrates Financial Literacy Week. Take Stock in Your Future airs April 14, 2011 from 12-1pm.
Alvin was recently interviewed in March by Alexis Jeffreys, an editor at Time Inc., at the Black Employees at Time (BEAT) lunch on the basics of personal finance and day to day money management.
Photograph by Kenneth B. Goldberg
Listen to Alvin in a panel discussion at the 39th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference, the annual conference of the African American Student Union at Harvard Business School, March 4-5th, 2011. Alvin joins other business leaders and educators in a discussion on Your Wealth: Building and Maintaining Your Nest Egg.
See Alvin at The Studio Museum of Harlem on January 20, 2011, 7-9pm, where he joins a panel discussion titled The Fine Art of Collecting: All About Photography, designed to educate a new generation of art connoisseurs and provide them with access to world-class curators, conservators, appraisers, galleries and renowned collections.
Listen to Alvin on Transformation Talk Radio as Dr. Jeffrey Hull interview’s Alvin about planning for emotional and financial prosperity in 2011, broadcast on January 17, 2011.
Alvin’s Guide to Good Business is now broadcast on the following in-flight entertainment:
Air Canada
American Airlines
British Airways
Qatar Airways
Singapore Airlines
Virgin Airlines
Check out Alvin’s recently published book:
Getting Started in Mutual Funds
2010
Watch Alvin as he appears on Wealth for Life on the Black Enterprise Business Report. Alvin advises parents that’s it’s never too early to discuss money with their children, aired on December 20, 2010.
Alvin has also been featured on 16 Money Experts Who Want to Make You Rich on blackenterprise.com
See Alvin as he moderates a post-screening conversation with the filmmakers of Freakonomics, part of the Silver Docs Documentary Film Festival, June 21-27, 2010.
Listen to Alvin on his new radio series Generations of Money on BBC Radio 4 .
Listen to Alvin as he appears regularly on Michel Martin’s Tell Me More on NPR.
Listen in on Alvin during a panel discussion at the 2010 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship
Listen to the podcast: Compelling Action: Social change media in the age of information overload
Watch Alvin help ring in the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange as he was recently appointed to the NYSE Financial Literacy Advisory Committee assisting in the development of NYSE Euronext’s financial Literacy programs.
See Alvin at the World Book Day reception #10 Downing Street on March 2010 in the company of other influential authors.
photo by Ashley Morris
Watch Alvin's most recent television series broadcast on BBC World News and Rockhopper TV: Alvin’s Guide to Good Business
Check out Alvin’s recently published books: Plan Now, Retire Happy (UK) and Your Money or Your Life (US) and Money Magic (UK), part of the Quick Reads series, a major adult literacy initiative.
Learn more about Quick Reads: Download PDF
Alvin’s children’s book, Show Me the Money is now published in 20 different languages and sold worldwide. Check out the US and UK version.