How to Prepare for Public Speaking Disaster

Nick Morgan2015-09-24T10:46:52-05:00September 24, 2015|Audience Interaction, Current Affairs, Event Planning and Management, When Things Go Wrong|

What do you do when the show can’t go on? Last week was supposed to be a good week for ...

The Dangers of Last-Minute Changes to a Presentation

Nick Morgan2015-09-08T13:57:31-05:00September 8, 2015|Audience Interaction, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

Public speaking means – for most people – stress and a sudden flurry of decision-making under stress. The conference organizer ...

Beware Perfectionism in Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2015-08-13T14:58:57-05:00August 13, 2015|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Neuroscience, When Things Go Wrong|

I saw a study recently in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Review (I read these things so you don’t ...

Beware the Latest Speaker Scam

Nick Morgan2015-08-06T07:00:12-05:00August 6, 2015|Current Affairs, When Things Go Wrong|

A few years ago I became aware of a speaker scam that was making the rounds, preying on eager speakers ...

Why I’m a Coach

Nick Morgan2015-07-07T07:00:56-05:00July 7, 2015|Authenticity, Storytelling, When Things Go Wrong|

Few people dream as children of becoming a coach when they grow up. The clichés run to more glamorous, limelight-stealing ...

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 ...

The Journey to Mastery

Nick Morgan2015-05-28T07:00:49-05:00May 28, 2015|Content/Writing, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

I was originally going to call my book Power Cues: The Subtle Science of Leading Groups, Persuading Others, and Maximizing ...

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 ...

How to Communicate Like a Jerk

Nick Morgan2015-03-10T07:00:00-05:00March 10, 2015|Authenticity, Current Affairs, Humor, Social Media, When Things Go Wrong|

We live in an angry age. One day the pendulum will swing back and politicians will stop accusing each other ...

How to Conquer Your Unconscious Fears

Nick Morgan2015-02-24T12:36:08-05:00February 24, 2015|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, When Things Go Wrong|

This is the final post in a series on putting your unconscious mind to work for you, rather than leaving ...