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Your Stress Is Contagious.

Nick Morgan2016-08-11T05:00:17-05:00August 11, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

The second of two articles about the adrenaline response. We suspected it. The research and speculation about mirror neurons predicted ...

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Why You Need to Be an Intentional Communicator

Nick Morgan2016-08-09T05:00:32-05:00August 9, 2016|Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Most of us think we’re intentional about our communications, but we’re actually not – at least, not very often. The ...

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Five Lessons from Hillary Clinton’s Democratic Convention Speech

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:28:56-05:00July 30, 2016|Authenticity, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Humor, Speaker Critiques, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

Once again, I’m blogging about the takeaways from the presidential nominee’s speech to (in this case) her convention on Thursday ...

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Five Public Speaking Lessons from Donald Trump’s Thursday Night Acceptance Speech

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:31:32-05:00July 23, 2016|Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Speaker Critiques|

Donald Trump is one of those figures that politics churns up from time to time about whom few are half-hearted ...

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What It Takes to Succeed as a Public Speaker Today

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:32:11-05:00July 21, 2016|Authenticity, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Speaker Bureaus, Speaker Marketing, Successful Speakers|

Motivational speeches have acquired a bad name in some quarters. In 2008-9, the market for them tanked, and ever since ...

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The Night Sir Paul McCartney Danced with the Gronk

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:33:43-05:00July 19, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Community Building, Current Affairs, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Non-Verbal Communication|

I joined roughly 35,000 people this past weekend to see a living legend play guitar, piano, and sing. Sir Paul ...

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Is the Ego the Enemy in Public Speaking?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:34:17-05:00July 14, 2016|Authenticity, Book Reviews, Books (Print), Fear of Public Speaking, Successful Speakers|

What makes public speaking most difficult is that you’re putting yourself out there, and you’re afraid of judgment. You’re afraid ...

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Amy Cuddy on Presence

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:56:18-05:00June 21, 2016|Authenticity, Body Language, Book Reviews, Books, Books (Print), Charisma, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Amy Cuddy’s wonderful book, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to your Biggest Challenges, published in 2015, begins with a story ...

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Beware the Unconscious Dialogue You’re Having with your Audience

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:57:38-05:00June 14, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

What really happens when people try to communicate with one another? Specifically, when one person gets up in front of ...

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Hypothyroidism, Intelligence, and Baggy Eyelids

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:02:53-05:00May 19, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I am hypothyroid. It’s a curious disease that means my thyroid doesn’t make enough of the hormones that the thyroid ...