Why Do We Have Eyebrows?

Nick Morgan2018-04-17T04:00:35-05:00April 17, 2018|Body Language, Current Affairs, Neuroscience|

When you’re talking anthropogeny, it can be hard to tease out cause and effect.  Did we humans evolve a bigger ...

What’s Wrong with Virtual Communication, Part 2

Nick Morgan2018-04-12T04:00:48-05:00April 12, 2018|Audience Interaction, Current Affairs, Neuroscience|

Virtual relationships are more fragile and easily disrupted because they all lack the unconscious connections our face-to-face interactions automatically convey.  ...

What’s Wrong with Virtual Communication, Part 1

Nick Morgan2018-04-10T04:00:28-05:00April 10, 2018|Audience Interaction, Emotion, Neuroscience|

We are all unwitting participants in a massive social experiment that began slowly after World War II and gathered speed ...

How to Make Your Speaking Voice Sound More Intelligent

Nick Morgan2018-03-27T04:00:11-05:00March 27, 2018|Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

You’re standing in the wings, getting ready to go on stage to give an important speech.  If you’re like most ...

Memory, Lighting, and Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2018-02-15T04:00:08-05:00February 15, 2018|Audience Interaction, Neuroscience, Successful Speakers|

What are we to make of a recent study that showed some memory loss and impaired learning in lab rats ...

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An Update on Proxemics

Nick Morgan2018-01-18T04:00:30-05:00January 18, 2018|Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Edward T. Hall virtually single-handedly invented the science of proxemics a generation ago, studying how humans handle the distances between us.  ...

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I’m losing the battle against PowerPoint

Nick Morgan2018-01-16T04:00:38-05:00January 16, 2018|Audience Interaction, Neuroscience, Visual Aids and Props|

I’ve been blogging for 11 years.  Almost that entire time, I’ve been waging a campaign against slides.  I’m losing.  A ...

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New Year’s Voice Resolutions for Speakers – 2018

Nick Morgan2018-01-04T04:00:58-05:00January 4, 2018|Emotion, Neuroscience, Successful Speakers|

The single most important tool in the speaker’s toolkit is the voice.  If you have no voice, you have no ...

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Body Language Basics, Part 4

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T05:22:17-05:00December 21, 2017|Body Language, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I'm finishing out the year with a back-to-basics 5-post review of the fundamentals of body language.  In this era of ...

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Body Language Basics, Part 3

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T05:23:06-05:00December 19, 2017|Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I'm finishing out the year with a back-to-basics 5-post review of the fundamentals of body language.  In this era of ...