What Is the Difference Between Good and Bad Storytelling?
Good storytelling begins in pain. At the core of every great story is conflict, and that means that someone is ...
What the Next 15 Years Will Be Like
I began this blog 15 years ago, with a post about the ancient Greeks and Romans – specifically about an ...
Four Commitments Audiences Want from their Speakers
In my ongoing occasional series on the persona that a speaker presents to the audiences she addresses, I’ve talked about ...
E22 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick Morgan talks to communications advisor Scott Monty
Scott Monty is a leadership and communications advisor, public speaker, and storytelling. You can find him at scottmonty.com. ...
The 5 Most Common Speaker Prep Mistakes
What are the mistakes that speakers make over and over again when preparing their speech content? Here are the 5 ...
Three Brain Myths That Hinder Speakers
I frequently encounter several misunderstandings about the brain on the speaking circuit that lead, arguably, to less effective speeches. So, ...
For Above-Average Speakers
We are all above average. At least, the studies show that most of us think we are above average. This ...
The Learning Paradox for Speakers
The human brain is a much more powerful learning machine than we think. A recent study (Buch et al., 2021) ...
Is Storytelling Dangerous?
What is the role of storytelling in our world today? Stories are what people hang on to in order to ...
What’s happened to our attention spans during the pandemic?
Attention spans are widely misapplied, misused, and misunderstood. The classic attention span research established that college students could pay attention ...
