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Why Learn About Body Language? Here’s One Reason.

Nick Morgan2017-04-20T04:00:43-05:00April 20, 2017|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Why do we bother with the hard and imprecise work of trying to understand body language?  After all, we’re already ...

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We Are All Motivational Speakers

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:01:44-05:00April 18, 2017|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Emotion, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

Motivational speakers have something of a bad name in some circles, but the truth is that every speaking event has ...

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What’s the Most Important Moment for a Speaker?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:04:52-05:00April 4, 2017|Body Language, Current Affairs, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

What’s the key moment in the life of the speaker?  Is it the standing ovation? The off-script excitement of a ...

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Three Ways for Speakers to Cope with Stress

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:05:42-05:00March 30, 2017|Audience Interaction, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Successful Speakers|

Continuing with my theme of the past few blog posts on the nature of the speaking business and what it ...

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What if Donald Trump Were a Woman?

Nick Morgan2017-03-16T04:00:35-05:00March 16, 2017|Body Language, Charisma, Current Affairs, Emotion, Non-Verbal Communication|

What is the role of gender in public speaking?  It’s an incredibly complex question, and one about which I’ve posted ...

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Getting Your Voice Right on Stage

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:07:18-05:00March 14, 2017|Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

The first time I saw a video of myself giving a speech, somewhere way back in the late 80s or ...

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Max Martin, Number One Song Hits, and Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2017-03-09T04:00:01-05:00March 9, 2017|Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

There’s only one songwriting team who has written more Number One Billboard hits over more years than Max Martin:  John ...

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What We Think We Know About Lying Is Wrong

Nick Morgan2017-03-07T04:00:44-05:00March 7, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

A recent study has overturned what we think we know about lying.  Most of us have a pet theory about ...

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Five Body Language Takeaways from President Trump’s Address to Congress

Nick Morgan2017-03-01T11:31:10-05:00March 1, 2017|Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Non-Verbal Communication, Speaker Critiques, Speech Writing|

President Kennedy began his famous inaugural address with a line about a torch: Let the word go forth from this ...

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Five Ways to Ensure Presentation Success

Nick Morgan2017-02-28T04:00:00-05:00February 28, 2017|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

Clients often ask me, “How can I raise my game?” or “How can I take my speaking to the next ...