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How Do You Close A Speech?

Nick Morgan2019-05-01T08:59:07-05:00December 16, 2014|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Event Planning and Management, Speech Writing|

How should you close a speech? I recently had a query from a fellow coach who specializes in working with ...

How to Turn Your Speaking Flaws Into Strengths

Nick Morgan2014-12-09T20:27:48-05:00December 9, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Humor, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

This is an era of great psychological studies. Psychologists have bravely jumped in to quantify things they previously thought were ...

The Scariest Public Speaking Moments Ever

Nick Morgan2014-10-30T07:00:22-05:00October 30, 2014|Audience Interaction, Event Planning and Management, Fear of Public Speaking, When Things Go Wrong|

It’s Halloween – or almost, depending on when you’re reading this – in the US, and it’s a big deal ...

The Difference Between Liberal and Conservative Audiences

Nick Morgan2014-10-16T07:00:38-05:00October 16, 2014|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

Most countries have a political spectrum that divides along conservative v liberal lines. In the US, it’s the Republicans v ...

Perfectionism and Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2014-10-14T07:00:41-05:00October 14, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, When Things Go Wrong|

Is it good to be a perfectionist? Perfectionists would say yes, of course; it leads to better results in work ...

Here’s a New Reason to Trust Your Unconscious Mind

Nick Morgan2014-10-02T15:53:13-05:00October 2, 2014|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

It’s time to start trusting your unconscious mind. Most of us get the occasional hunches, intuition, or gut feel – ...

A Few Things I’ve Learned About the Speaking Business

Nick Morgan2014-09-23T07:00:28-05:00September 23, 2014|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Event Planning and Management, Platform, Speaker Marketing, Successful Speakers|

It may be presumptuous of me to reflect on nearly 30 years in the speaking business and offer a few ...

A Quick Tip for Introverted Speakers — and Extroverts Too

Nick Morgan2014-09-16T19:44:41-05:00September 16, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I often get asked about cultural differences in communications around the world, especially in terms of body language. What’s interesting ...

Which Is Better — A Humble Speaker or an Arrogant One?

Nick Morgan2014-08-07T19:46:34-05:00August 7, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Speech Writing|

Should a speaker be humble or – its opposite? Let’s call it ‘arrogant’? ‘Conceited’? ‘Egotistical’? Or the more neutral ‘assertive’? ...

How to handle hecklers and loudmouths

Nick Morgan2014-08-05T13:54:39-05:00August 5, 2014|Audience Interaction, Listening, When Things Go Wrong|

We’ve all been there as a speaker, watching (and listening) with a fast-sinking heart as some loudmouth begins asking a ...