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We Are All Motivational Speakers

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:01:44-05:00April 18, 2017|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Emotion, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

Motivational speakers have something of a bad name in some circles, but the truth is that every speaking event has ...

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Speakers – What’s Your Digital Persona?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:02:57-05:00April 13, 2017|Audience Interaction, Community Building, Platform, Speaker Marketing, Tech Tips|

Speakers, when was the last time you took stock of your digital persona?  I was thinking of the phenomenon of ...

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What Should Speakers Wear?

Nick Morgan2017-04-11T02:23:18-05:00April 11, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

What should speakers wear?  I’ve posted on this fiendishly difficult question in the past and it seemed time to do ...

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What’s the Most Important Personality Trait for a Speaker?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:04:24-05:00April 6, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Listening, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

What’s the most important trait for a speaker?  Extroversion?  Confidence? Charisma? I’m going to suggest something that may surprise you.  ...

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Three Ways for Speakers to Cope with Stress

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:05:42-05:00March 30, 2017|Audience Interaction, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Successful Speakers|

Continuing with my theme of the past few blog posts on the nature of the speaking business and what it ...

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A Simple Way to Make Conferences Better

Nick Morgan2017-03-28T04:00:26-05:00March 28, 2017|Audience Interaction, Community Building, Current Affairs, Event Planning and Management, Successful Speakers|

A weary traveler, down on his luck, comes to an inn.  He’s cold and hungry, so he goes into the ...

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What We Think We Know About Lying Is Wrong

Nick Morgan2017-03-07T04:00:44-05:00March 7, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

A recent study has overturned what we think we know about lying.  Most of us have a pet theory about ...

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Five Ways to Ensure Presentation Success

Nick Morgan2017-02-28T04:00:00-05:00February 28, 2017|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

Clients often ask me, “How can I raise my game?” or “How can I take my speaking to the next ...

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Why Speakers Should be Helping Audiences Forget What They Know

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:09:54-05:00February 21, 2017|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Neuroscience, Speech Writing|

There’s a particularly tedious kind of speaker that ostentatiously tries to teach his audience something by having the audience repeatedly ...

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What the *#@&! Should Speakers Swear?

Nick Morgan2017-02-16T04:00:03-05:00February 16, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Community Building, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Neuroscience, Speaker Critiques, Speaker Marketing, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

Should a speaker swear on stage?  Is it ever appropriate, and if so when? These questions used to have an ...