Perfectionism and Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2014-10-14T07:00:41-05:00October 14, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, When Things Go Wrong|

Is it good to be a perfectionist? Perfectionists would say yes, of course; it leads to better results in work ...

Why Do We Make Audiences Sit in the Dark?

Nick Morgan2014-10-09T12:23:34-05:00October 9, 2014|Current Affairs, Event Planning and Management, Neuroscience, Tech Tips, Tools and Resources, Visual Aids and Props|

Why turn down the lights? What follows is a rant. If you’re not in the mood, skip this post. You’re ...

Here’s a New Reason to Trust Your Unconscious Mind

Nick Morgan2014-10-02T15:53:13-05:00October 2, 2014|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

It’s time to start trusting your unconscious mind. Most of us get the occasional hunches, intuition, or gut feel – ...

Useful Books for Speakers

Nick Morgan2014-09-30T21:33:26-05:00September 30, 2014|Book Reviews, Books, Books (Print), Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Once again the pile of books that people have sent me has grown dangerously high, so here are a half-dozen ...

It’s the Little Stressors That Will Kill You

Nick Morgan2014-09-18T07:00:34-05:00September 18, 2014|Authenticity, Content/Writing, Event Planning and Management, Neuroscience, Rehearsal, Storytelling|

Recently I was busy in an airplane-hangar-sized room helping a couple of speakers get ready to speak to an audience of ...

A Quick Tip for Introverted Speakers — and Extroverts Too

Nick Morgan2014-09-16T19:44:41-05:00September 16, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I often get asked about cultural differences in communications around the world, especially in terms of body language. What’s interesting ...

Three Steps to Delivering a Powerful Speech

Nick Morgan2014-09-02T07:00:28-05:00September 2, 2014|Body Language, Charisma, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience|

OK, to kick off the fall speaking season in the best possible way, I’m putting together a couple of studies ...

How Your Unconscious Mind Betrays You – and What You Can Do about It

Nick Morgan2014-07-31T07:00:06-05:00July 31, 2014|Audience Interaction, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, When Things Go Wrong|

Back in the cave person era, by all accounts, we evolved this exquisite mechanism, the fight or flight response, to ...

Speakers Alert: Here’s One More Reason to Exercise

Nick Morgan2014-07-15T12:55:20-05:00July 15, 2014|Content/Writing, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

Speakers need to understand how the brain works because, well, because they’re always talking to brains in the audiences they ...

What Voice Should You Use?

Nick Morgan2014-06-12T07:00:13-05:00June 12, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Content/Writing, Listening, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing|

A recent study out of the University of British Columbia found that we have a few strong preferences when it ...