Ten Questions Public Speakers Should Ask Themselves Before They Speak

Nick Morgan2015-07-23T09:28:00-05:00July 23, 2015|Authenticity, Current Affairs, Successful Speakers|

My favorite quote about public speaking is “the only reason to give a speech is to change the world.” I ...

What We Can Learn from President Obama’s Eulogy for Reverend Pinckney

Nick Morgan2015-07-02T11:37:32-05:00July 2, 2015|Authenticity, Charisma, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Speaker Critiques|

The public speaking world has been abuzz for the past week about a standout speech delivered by President Obama in ...

What Sepp Blatter Did Right

Nick Morgan2015-06-04T07:00:45-05:00June 4, 2015|Body Language, Current Affairs, Emotion, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Storytelling, When Things Go Wrong|

The FIFA president gave a fascinating resignation speech after 17 years in the job, thanks to the recent indictments on ...

What Was That CEO Thinking?

Nick Morgan2015-05-12T07:00:25-05:00May 12, 2015|Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Non-Verbal Communication, Speaker Critiques, Speech Writing, Storytelling, When Things Go Wrong|

What’s up with the McDonald’s CEO? Steve Easterbrook, the McDonald’s CEO, delivered a video statement to the business community and McDonald’s ...

What is the life cycle of a business relationship?

Nick Morgan2015-04-02T14:42:21-05:00April 2, 2015|Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

What is the life cycle of a business relationship? And how does neuroscience help us understand it, if at all? ...

Young Public Speakers Should Investigate Lumos

Nick Morgan2015-03-19T12:16:59-05:00March 19, 2015|Current Affairs, Fear of Public Speaking, Successful Speakers, Tools and Resources|

I get inquiries occasionally from young people – high school students – looking to improve their speaking skills who can’t ...

How to Communicate Like a Jerk

Nick Morgan2015-03-10T07:00:00-05:00March 10, 2015|Authenticity, Current Affairs, Humor, Social Media, When Things Go Wrong|

We live in an angry age. One day the pendulum will swing back and politicians will stop accusing each other ...

The Official Public Words Gift Shopping Guide for Speaker – 2014 Edition

Nick Morgan2014-11-25T07:00:57-05:00November 25, 2014|Current Affairs, Platform, Successful Speakers, Travel|

I first ran this list a few years back.  Here it is again, updated for 2014 and in time for ...

What John Lewis Can Teach Speakers About Storytelling and Emotion

Nick Morgan2014-11-13T07:00:39-05:00November 13, 2014|Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Storytelling|

Speakers often struggle with how to get the emotion they know they need to move audiences into a speech. Perhaps ...

The Greatest American Speech Ever?

Nick Morgan2014-11-04T07:00:08-05:00November 4, 2014|Book Reviews, Current Affairs, Speaker Critiques, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

Speeches, like flowers, are a moment’s monument. They exist most powerfully for a specific audience, a specific speaker, and a ...