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Five Ways to Ensure Presentation Success

Nick Morgan2017-02-28T04:00:00-05:00February 28, 2017|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

Clients often ask me, “How can I raise my game?” or “How can I take my speaking to the next ...

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In Defense of Audience Interaction

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:17:21-05:00December 1, 2016|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Speaker Bureaus, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

One of the unintentional by-products of TED is that speakers, in an effort to mimic TED’s success, have been making ...

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Should You Interact with Your Audience or Just Hold Forth?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:23:09-05:00October 27, 2016|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Event Planning and Management, Neuroscience, Speech Writing|

What does a speaker owe her audience? And what does an audience owe its speaker? There’s a clear trend at ...

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The Power and Purpose of the Pause in Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:25:31-05:00October 18, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Current Affairs, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

A reader of this blog asked me some time ago to post on pauses, something I’ve written about from time ...

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Your Stress Is Contagious.

Nick Morgan2016-08-11T05:00:17-05:00August 11, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

The second of two articles about the adrenaline response. We suspected it. The research and speculation about mirror neurons predicted ...

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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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Changing Minds in the Audience in Front of You

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:04:02-05:00May 12, 2016|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Emotion, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

I’ve posted many times about the psychology of changing people’s minds through a presentation. Since I believe the only reason ...

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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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A Speaker’s — and Audience’s — Bill of Rights

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:12:10-05:00April 14, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Current Affairs, Event Planning and Management, Listening, Speaker Critiques, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

We don’t have a speaker’s bill of rights, or an audience’s for that matter. But one day recently, after witnessing ...

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Ten Rules for Upping Your Public Speaking Game

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:13:49-05:00April 7, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Content/Writing, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

Last time I posted on my peeves, so this time I’m giving away some hints on how to improve your ...