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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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How To Talk to Audiences so that They Remember What You Say

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:52:40-05:00July 7, 2016|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

Some recent research on memory and retention has important implications for public speakers everywhere who care about their audiences actually ...

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How to write a commencement speech

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:56:41-05:00June 16, 2016|Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

It’s commencement season around the US. Several thousand universities, and tens of thousands of high schools, are gathering to bestow ...

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The Surprising Way Metaphors Will Strengthen Your Speeches

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:58:48-05:00June 9, 2016|Content/Writing, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

The human mind – especially the unconscious human mind – is still mostly a mystery to us, its owner. Neuroscience ...

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Audiences Don’t Remember What They Hear – Here’s How to Fix That Problem

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:01:25-05:00May 31, 2016|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Neuroscience, Successful Speakers|

Regular readers of this blog will know that the statistics of remembering are unkind to public speakers everywhere. The research ...

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Changing Minds in the Audience in Front of You

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:04:02-05:00May 12, 2016|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Emotion, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

I’ve posted many times about the psychology of changing people’s minds through a presentation. Since I believe the only reason ...

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The Three Things a Speaker Needs to Get Right

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:11:32-05:00April 19, 2016|Body Language, Content/Writing, Fear of Public Speaking, Non-Verbal Communication|

When I work with clients to improve their public speaking skills, we spend a good deal of time getting the ...

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Ten Rules for Upping Your Public Speaking Game

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:13:49-05:00April 7, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Content/Writing, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

Last time I posted on my peeves, so this time I’m giving away some hints on how to improve your ...

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My Top 10 Public Speaking Peeves

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:14:30-05:00April 5, 2016|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Charisma, Content/Writing, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

I often post blogs on how to create and give great presentations. Occasionally, I talk about what not to do. ...

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The Seven Keys to Successful Public Speaking, 2016

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:16:04-05:00March 24, 2016|Authenticity, Community Building, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Non-Verbal Communication, Platform, Speaker Marketing, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

What does it take to create a successful speech – and a successful speaking career -- in 2016? The rules ...