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The 10 Commandments of Presentations, Updated

Nick Morgan2015-12-22T07:00:01-05:00December 22, 2015|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Content/Writing, Humor, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

For my last blog post of 2015, I'm inspired to update a post I did a few years back. I.Thou ...

When Should You Be Authentic?

Nick Morgan2015-09-03T18:41:19-05:00September 3, 2015|Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Storytelling|

My dad died a week ago. He had a long and honorable life, and had suffered a year’s illness before ...

Authenticity, Artifice, and Presentation Prep

Nick Morgan2015-06-16T07:00:54-05:00June 16, 2015|Authenticity, Content/Writing, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

We live in an era when the demand for authenticity trumps a number of qualities that our society (and others) ...

Authenticity or Charisma?

Nick Morgan2015-01-08T07:00:59-05:00January 8, 2015|Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Somewhere between the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries, the general public became tired of hype and decided that it wanted ...

How to Communicate with Passion

Nick Morgan2014-12-23T07:00:07-05:00December 23, 2014|Authenticity, Charisma, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

I’m going to close out 2014 with a final word on passion. I’ve talked all year about techniques, neuroscience, and ...

Which Is Better — A Humble Speaker or an Arrogant One?

Nick Morgan2014-08-07T19:46:34-05:00August 7, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Speech Writing|

Should a speaker be humble or – its opposite? Let’s call it ‘arrogant’? ‘Conceited’? ‘Egotistical’? Or the more neutral ‘assertive’? ...

What Voice Should You Use?

Nick Morgan2014-06-12T07:00:13-05:00June 12, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Content/Writing, Listening, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing|

A recent study out of the University of British Columbia found that we have a few strong preferences when it ...

How Do You Create Intimacy as a Speaker?

Nick Morgan2014-01-16T16:02:29-05:00January 16, 2014|Content/Writing, Speech Writing|

I wrote last week about how speakers need to move deeper into authenticity to achieve intimacy with their audiences.  I ...

Authenticity Is Not Enough

Nick Morgan2014-01-14T18:51:19-05:00January 14, 2014|Current Affairs, Event Planning and Management|

                      It’s not just about authenticity any more.  As readers ...

A General Shows Us What Charisma Really Is

Nick Morgan2013-06-20T07:00:44-05:00June 20, 2013|Charisma, Speaker Critiques|

How a leader responds to bad news is a measure of both the leader and the institution she represents.  In ...