How To Review Your Own Videos

Nick Morgan2014-10-21T07:00:47-05:00October 21, 2014|Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Rehearsal, Speaker Critiques, Tools and Resources|

One of the wonders of the digital age is that video for speakers is now relatively cheap, easy, and of ...

The FacebookIs10 Movie and Your Audience

Nick Morgan2014-02-11T07:00:00-05:00February 11, 2014|Branding, Community Building, Current Affairs, Platform, Social Media, Storytelling|

I'm pleased to welcome Public Words writer Sarah Morgan as a guest blogger for this posting.   How many Facebook ...

What’s the difference between watching a TED speech on your computer and attending an event?

Nick Morgan2013-07-11T08:00:54-05:00July 11, 2013|Event Planning and Management, Non-Verbal Communication, Videos|

We’re watching a great deal of video on our computers these days, and seeing fewer live human speeches.  That’s a ...

How to Coach Yourself – 3 Quick Tips

Nick Morgan2013-02-05T10:55:42-05:00February 5, 2013|Non-Verbal Communication, Rehearsal|

How do you improve as a public speaker without a coach like me?  I get that query from people who ...

5 Top New Year’s Resolutions for Speakers

Nick Morgan2013-01-03T15:39:10-05:00January 3, 2013|Current Affairs, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

Happy New Year, everyone! I’m back from a little skiing, a little overeating, and a little doing nothing. The perfect ...

The Public Words 2012 Top 10 Holiday Gift Guide for Public Speakers

Nick Morgan2012-11-29T12:02:44-05:00November 29, 2012|Current Affairs, Tech Tips|

I first ran this list a few years back.  Here it is again, updated for 2012:  what to get your ...

The Internet is NOT making us stupid – It’s making us different

Nick Morgan2012-11-28T14:25:20-05:00November 28, 2012|Storytelling|

Lots of commentators -- like my old friend Nicholas Carr, for example --  have bemoaned the rise of the Internet, and ...

How to Fix What’s Wrong with Virtual Meetings

Nick Morgan2012-10-10T18:46:24-05:00October 10, 2012|Event Planning and Management, When Things Go Wrong|

In an earlier blog, I identified 5 problems with online meetings.  What can you do to put the life back ...

Morgan’s Top 5 Communications Trends and Predictions for 2012

Nick Morgan2012-01-03T16:16:56-05:00January 3, 2012|Current Affairs|

This year is already shaping up to be a fabulous year for communications mavens.  We have the quadrennial follies of ...

Embarrassed about being embarrassed? Don’t be. Embrace your humanity.

Nick Morgan2011-12-07T10:01:16-05:00December 7, 2011|When Things Go Wrong|

Dacher Keltner studies embarrassment, that moment when you feel, as he says, in a recent interview in the Boston Globe, ...