How to train your brain for peak performance

Nick Morgan2015-02-19T07:00:14-05:00February 19, 2015|Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, When Things Go Wrong|

So if we’ve got at least three brains and two of the three are busy sabotaging us at key moments ...

How Your Unconscious Mind Determines Your Communications

Nick Morgan2015-02-17T07:00:48-05:00February 17, 2015|Body Language, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, When Things Go Wrong|

I posted recently on the dangers of leaving your body language to chance. I’m going to continue on this subject ...

Are You Leaving Your Impact To Chance?

Nick Morgan2015-02-10T07:00:47-05:00February 10, 2015|Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

One thing that is not part of our commonsense understanding of how our minds work is the importance of the ...

How to help your audience remember what you say

Nick Morgan2015-02-05T07:00:34-05:00February 5, 2015|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

Our memories are not as good as even the most pessimistic of us fear they are, alas. That has disturbing implications ...

Five New Ways To Deal With Stage Fright

Nick Morgan2015-01-22T07:00:51-05:00January 22, 2015|Audience Interaction, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, When Things Go Wrong|

What else can you do with speech anxiety besides worry? Readers of this blog will know that I’ve given you ...

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 ...

Are Mirror Neurons a Myth?

Nick Morgan2014-11-20T07:00:39-05:00November 20, 2014|Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

For my second piece on neuro-myths, I’m tackling head-on the biggest, hottest development in neuroscience, according to some observers, in ...

Some Myths of Neuroscience and Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2014-11-18T07:00:57-05:00November 18, 2014|Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

This week I’m addressing some of the myths of communications that get in the way of great public speaking. Today, ...

A Quick Hack for Public Speaking Anxiety

Nick Morgan2014-11-11T07:00:23-05:00November 11, 2014|Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Your heart is racing. Your palms are clammy. Your stomach is starting to send distress signals to your brain. You’re ...

Useful Books for Speakers

Nick Morgan2014-09-30T21:33:26-05:00September 30, 2014|Book Reviews, Books, Books (Print), Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Once again the pile of books that people have sent me has grown dangerously high, so here are a half-dozen ...