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Can You Handle Your Adrenaline? Can Your Audience?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:27:24-05:00August 4, 2016|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, When Things Go Wrong|

Most speakers get to know their adrenaline fight-or-flight response very, very well. To be sure, I’ve met a few speakers ...

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Where Are All the Storytellers?

Nick Morgan2016-08-02T04:00:09-05:00August 2, 2016|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

In the early days of my blog, back in 2008 (almost a decade ago!) when I argued for more storytelling ...

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How to Use Improv to Make Your Work Day Better

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:29:55-05:00July 28, 2016|Audience Interaction, Book Reviews, Current Affairs, Listening, Neuroscience, Successful Speakers|

Recently, I had the pleasure of engaging in a Q and A with Cathy Salit, head of Performance of a ...

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Video Conferencing Dos and Don’ts

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:31:05-05:00July 26, 2016|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Non-Verbal Communication, Tech Tips, Tools and Resources, Videos|

Recently, I had the chance to chat with Michael Frendo, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Engineering for Polycom, about a subject ...

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The Night Sir Paul McCartney Danced with the Gronk

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:33:43-05:00July 19, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Community Building, Current Affairs, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Non-Verbal Communication|

I joined roughly 35,000 people this past weekend to see a living legend play guitar, piano, and sing. Sir Paul ...

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How To Talk to Audiences so that They Remember What You Say

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:52:40-05:00July 7, 2016|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

Some recent research on memory and retention has important implications for public speakers everywhere who care about their audiences actually ...

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Beware the Unconscious Dialogue You’re Having with your Audience

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:57:38-05:00June 14, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

What really happens when people try to communicate with one another? Specifically, when one person gets up in front of ...

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Audiences Don’t Remember What They Hear – Here’s How to Fix That Problem

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:01:25-05:00May 31, 2016|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Neuroscience, Successful Speakers|

Regular readers of this blog will know that the statistics of remembering are unkind to public speakers everywhere. The research ...

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Hypothyroidism, Intelligence, and Baggy Eyelids

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:02:53-05:00May 19, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I am hypothyroid. It’s a curious disease that means my thyroid doesn’t make enough of the hormones that the thyroid ...

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How Humans Mirror Each Other

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:03:33-05:00May 17, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

The human brain is a wonderful mirror to other humans. We have mirror neurons in our heads that help us ...