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Just One Question Episode 60: Nick talks to media communication coach, and speaker Angela Chee

By Nick Morgan|2021-06-14T07:49:58-05:00June 11, 2021|Tags: #justonequestion, Dr. Nick Morgan, leadership, public speaking, public words, Virtual communication|

Angela Chee is a media communication coach, speaker, and host ...

Why Is Most Public Speaking So Awful?

By Nick Morgan|2019-04-11T14:05:59-05:00April 11, 2019|Tags: audience-centered speaking, Dr. Nick Morgan, listening, public speaking, speech structure, Storytelling|

A few years back on this blog I asked myself ...

When Body Language Is, and Isn’t, Effective

By Nick Morgan|2019-04-09T06:25:25-05:00April 9, 2019|Tags: audience interaction, body language, credibility, David JP Phillips, Dr. Nick Morgan, trust|

The most important thing to understand about body language is ...

How to Make Virtual Meetings Dull – and In-Person Ones Too

By Nick Morgan|2019-04-04T07:54:01-05:00April 4, 2019|Tags: Andrea Driessen, Dr. Nick Morgan, John Medina, meetings, speakers, virtual meetings|

This is my week for guest posts. Andrea Driessen is ...

How to Create a Great Panel Discussion

By Nick Morgan|2019-04-02T08:40:10-05:00April 2, 2019|Tags: Dr. Nick Morgan, Maryfran Johnson, panel moderators, panel participants, panels, sharing the stage|

I hardly ever bring in a guest poster, but in ...

Acting and Neuroscience

By Nick Morgan|2019-03-26T10:35:34-05:00March 28, 2019|Tags: Acting, Catch-22, Dr. Nick Morgan, memorization, public speaking, rehearsal|

I’ve been thinking about acting and speaking this week, and ...

What Actors and Cabaret Singers Can Teach Public Speakers

By Nick Morgan|2019-03-26T10:28:04-05:00March 26, 2019|Tags: Dr. Nick Morgan, Meow Meow, music, public speaking, storytelling. emotion|

What is the difference between what actors do and what ...

Can you see me? Can you hear me? Book marketing in the age of YouTube

By Emma Wyatt|2019-04-09T06:28:57-05:00March 21, 2019|Tags: book business, book marketing, book promotion, book video, Can You Hear Me?, Dr. Nick Morgan, Virtual communication, YouTube|

There are a million books, roughly speaking, published in North ...

Hostile Audiences

By Nick Morgan|2019-03-21T08:05:25-05:00March 19, 2019|Tags: audience, audience interaction, authenticity, communication, Dr. Nick Morgan, presentations, professional speaking, public speaking, public words|

I’ve occasionally posted on the curiously angry state of the ...

Talking to Teens and Other Challenges

By Nick Morgan|2019-03-21T08:05:17-05:00March 13, 2019|Tags: adrenaline, adrenaline cycle, audience interaction, authenticity, body language, communication, Dr. Nick Morgan, emotion, stress, trust|

According to some new research, our sensitivity to negative expressions ...

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Just One Question Episode 60: Nick talks to media communication coach, and speaker Angela Chee

Why Is Most Public Speaking So Awful?

When Body Language Is, and Isn’t, Effective

How to Make Virtual Meetings Dull – and In-Person Ones Too

Acting and Neuroscience

What Actors and Cabaret Singers Can Teach Public Speakers

Hostile Audiences

Talking to Teens and Other Challenges

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