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What is Charisma?

Nick Morgan2021-05-25T05:26:43-05:00May 25, 2021|Authenticity, Charisma, Communications|

What is charisma? I get asked that question a lot, by speakers who want more of it, and by audience ...

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What’s the Single Most Important Key to a Successful Speech?

Nick Morgan2019-06-06T05:08:02-05:00June 4, 2019|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Charisma, Current Affairs|

What makes for a successful speech?  The truth is that it’s a complex mixture of art and science, intellect and ...

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When Good Speeches Go Bad

Nick Morgan2018-10-25T04:00:05-05:00October 25, 2018|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, When Things Go Wrong|

Consider the standard, garden-variety, nails-in-the-forehead-boring business presentation.  A person wanders to the front of the room, nervous as an auditor ...

Size Does Matter for Public Speakers

Nick Morgan2018-03-20T04:00:25-05:00March 20, 2018|Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma|

I recently came across a study which indirectly confirmed the importance of height to public speakers.  An anthropologist studied children of ...

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How to listen to a speech

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:00:17-05:00May 4, 2017|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Listening, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

I so often write about how to create and give better speeches that I rarely write about listening to speeches.  ...

The Extraordinary Caleb Maddix, Entrepreneur

Nick Morgan2016-03-15T04:00:25-05:00March 15, 2016|Authenticity, Community Building, Current Affairs, Platform, Speaker Critiques|

Every now and then a story comes along that’s simply too good to pass up. I blog about the hard ...

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The Twelve Rules of Good Public Speaking No One Tells You About

Nick Morgan2016-01-28T07:00:15-05:00January 28, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Successful Speakers|

People like me give out a lot of advice about public speaking – how to create great speeches, how to ...

Comedians Really Are Better Talkers

Nick Morgan2015-04-28T07:00:17-05:00April 28, 2015|Body Language, Content/Writing, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

Do you have the gift of the gab? Or do you struggle for words when you’re standing in front of ...

Body Language on Holiday

Nick Morgan2014-08-28T17:48:25-05:00August 28, 2014|Body Language|

Professional speakers are known for being ready to speak anywhere, anytime (for the right price). I’ve witnessed and heard many ...

You Have to Focus

Nick Morgan2013-12-12T14:11:36-05:00December 12, 2013|Branding, Community Building, Current Affairs, Platform, Speaker Marketing|

I wrote in an earlier post about the importance of making choices to a successful public career.  More bad news:  ...