Several times each year he talks to Bachelor of Nursing students.
All of his presentations are either on advertising (Not-for-Profit related), communication theory, direct-marketing, or, what some people may find a strange combination, social science. But that's what affected his life. Of course he also talks about stroke (CVA). As it was a stroke that changed his life. Whoever the audience, Wolfgang Wolf fine-tunes his presentations to meet their speaking requirements. |
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Wolfgang Wolf’s Background.
Having spent the first six years of his life at the bottom of the social ladder, growing up in the refugee camp Stammheim near Stuttgart, Wolfgang left school at 15. After lots of door knocking he got an apprenticeship as a photo lithographer, which he completed in only two years and two months. He was in a hurry, wanting to work in advertising. But first he went to the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart and moved North later. Having studied Visual Communication, Semiotic and Communication Theory in Stuttgart and Wuppertal Wolfgang went on to work in Advertising and Direct Marketing (first as graphic designer, later a copywriter). Soon he freelanced for some big companies and advertising agencies. But Germany got a bit crowded. And, after all, there was a whole world out there. In 1980 he emigrated to New Zealand, travelled the country, photographed a lot, co-founded Ogilvy & Mather Direct, and was their Creative Director. He worked half a year in Los Angeles, USA, amongst others, for Y&R, and founded his own agency in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1985. He also did teach the certificate course in Direct Marketing. Then in 1990 he had a major stroke, which he barely survived. It left him in a wheelchair, unable to write, barely able to stand, and talk. He did not give up |
and feel sorry for himself, but went on to orchestrate this change to his new life, and take control of it. While he recovered and adjusted to life in a wheelchair he wrote the book "I’m not stupid, just disabled", which is out of print now, but a revised, version based on it is available on Amazon (read a free sample chapter, or download a free reading app for your computer, tablet, or smart phone).
He has been a New Zealand citizen since1983 and a member of Lions International since 2011. |
To book Wolfgang Wolf for your next event or after-dinner talk please e-mail him by clicking here.
He also is represented by Captive Audience, and SpeakerLink in NZ, and Claxton Speakers in Australia.
Several times each year he talks pro bono to some community groups and clubs.
He also is represented by Captive Audience, and SpeakerLink in NZ, and Claxton Speakers in Australia.
Several times each year he talks pro bono to some community groups and clubs.