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Can You Handle Your Adrenaline? Can Your Audience?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:27:24-05:00August 4, 2016|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, When Things Go Wrong|

Most speakers get to know their adrenaline fight-or-flight response very, very well. To be sure, I’ve met a few speakers ...

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Video Conferencing Dos and Don’ts

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:31:05-05:00July 26, 2016|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Non-Verbal Communication, Tech Tips, Tools and Resources, Videos|

Recently, I had the chance to chat with Michael Frendo, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Engineering for Polycom, about a subject ...

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Five Public Speaking Lessons from Donald Trump’s Thursday Night Acceptance Speech

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:31:32-05:00July 23, 2016|Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Speaker Critiques|

Donald Trump is one of those figures that politics churns up from time to time about whom few are half-hearted ...

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The Night Sir Paul McCartney Danced with the Gronk

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:33:43-05:00July 19, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Community Building, Current Affairs, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Non-Verbal Communication|

I joined roughly 35,000 people this past weekend to see a living legend play guitar, piano, and sing. Sir Paul ...

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Amy Cuddy on Presence

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:56:18-05:00June 21, 2016|Authenticity, Body Language, Book Reviews, Books, Books (Print), Charisma, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Amy Cuddy’s wonderful book, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to your Biggest Challenges, published in 2015, begins with a story ...

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Beware the Unconscious Dialogue You’re Having with your Audience

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:57:38-05:00June 14, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

What really happens when people try to communicate with one another? Specifically, when one person gets up in front of ...

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Hypothyroidism, Intelligence, and Baggy Eyelids

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:02:53-05:00May 19, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I am hypothyroid. It’s a curious disease that means my thyroid doesn’t make enough of the hormones that the thyroid ...

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How Humans Mirror Each Other

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:03:33-05:00May 17, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

The human brain is a wonderful mirror to other humans. We have mirror neurons in our heads that help us ...

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What Happens to Your Face When You Speak in Public?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:09:33-05:00April 26, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

A recent study rated people’s attractiveness after they demonstrated an emotion. It turns out that I will find you attractive ...

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Is Public Speaking Healthy?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:10:58-05:00April 21, 2016|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Humor, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

Is the propensity to want to speak in public a healthy personality trait? Psychologists and my wife talk about the ...