Why Can’t I Leave my Body Language to Chance?

Nick Morgan2015-07-21T07:00:51-05:00July 21, 2015|Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Regular readers of this blog (and my book Power Cues) will know that I’m an advocate for a version of ...

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Eight Ways to Begin a Speech

Nick Morgan2015-07-14T10:03:05-05:00July 14, 2015|Content/Writing, Emotion, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

The most difficult moments of a speech are those seemingly endless seconds of stage time while you get to your ...

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 ...

Comedians Really Are Better Talkers

Nick Morgan2015-04-28T07:00:17-05:00April 28, 2015|Body Language, Content/Writing, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

Do you have the gift of the gab? Or do you struggle for words when you’re standing in front of ...

Intentional Communicating

Nick Morgan2015-04-21T07:00:12-05:00April 21, 2015|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I found myself recently talking to a group of Harvard students at the end of a daylong conference, trying to ...

Making Business Relationships Work

Nick Morgan2015-04-09T07:00:22-05:00April 9, 2015|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Emotion, Listening, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

In two previous posts I discussed some preliminary work I’ve been doing on the life cycle of a business relationship. I ...

How Should You Gesture When Speaking?

Nick Morgan2015-03-26T07:00:34-05:00March 26, 2015|Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

How should you gesture in order to win the favor of the crowd, persuade the audience of your point of ...

How to use your voice for leadership

Nick Morgan2015-03-24T07:00:34-05:00March 24, 2015|Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

What’s the best voice for influencing others and dominating the herd? A recent study found that male horses with the ...