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How Long Do You Have to Prepare a Presentation?

Nick Morgan2023-09-12T11:59:36-05:00September 12, 2023|Content/Writing, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

What do you do first if you have 6 weeks to prepare a presentation (or speech), 6 days to prepare ...

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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Your Audience

Nick Morgan2022-01-20T11:19:59-05:00January 20, 2022|Authenticity, Communications, Current Affairs|

This is a repost in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, originally posted in 2019.  What makes a great ...

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How Speakers Need to Forget

Nick Morgan2019-06-03T10:31:32-05:00May 28, 2019|Audience Interaction, Neuroscience, Storytelling|

Starting this week I'm going to one post a week, for the summer.  That way we can all take a ...

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King and Connecting with an Audience

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T04:54:20-05:00February 5, 2019|Communications, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

What makes a great speech?  Every year around this time in the US we honor Martin Luther King, Jr, for ...

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When is it OK to swear in public?

Nick Morgan2017-08-17T04:00:29-05:00August 17, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Charisma, Current Affairs, Emotion, Speaker Critiques, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

Recently, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand swore during a speech at the Personal Democracy Forum at New York University.  She said, “If ...

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Principles of Public Speaking – VII

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T05:56:24-05:00June 13, 2017|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

I’m continuing a series of public speaking principles in the next few blog posts that are a summation of what I’ve ...

The Greatest American Speech Ever?

Nick Morgan2014-11-04T07:00:08-05:00November 4, 2014|Book Reviews, Current Affairs, Speaker Critiques, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

Speeches, like flowers, are a moment’s monument. They exist most powerfully for a specific audience, a specific speaker, and a ...

The Toughest Speaking Gig of All

Nick Morgan2014-10-07T20:26:13-05:00October 7, 2014|Content/Writing, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

I usually write about the challenges of professional and executive speaking, but there’s one speaking gig that presents difficulties even ...

Who Is the World’s Most Influential Leader, and What Does It Take to Lead Today?

Nick Morgan2014-05-20T07:00:18-05:00May 20, 2014|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Book Writing and Publishing, Books, Books (Print), Current Affairs, eBooks (Electronic), Non-Verbal Communication|

Who is the world’s most influential leader?  According to our highly unscientific survey last week – a contest we ran ...

The 50th Anniversary of One of the Greatest Speeches Ever

Nick Morgan2013-08-28T08:00:41-05:00August 28, 2013|Speaker Critiques|

I first published this blog post two years ago in honor of MLK.  So many people have remarked on it ...