How to Give a Memorable Presentation

Nick Morgan2015-12-03T07:00:13-05:00December 3, 2015|Audience Interaction, Neuroscience, Storytelling, Tools and Resources|

Neuroscience is finally starting to crack the twin processes of remembering and forgetting – with important implications for public speakers. ...

How Many Questions Should You Ask an Audience?

Nick Morgan2015-11-24T07:00:10-05:00November 24, 2015|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Listening, Successful Speakers|

A recent question from reader and creator of the great blog and book about inquiry, A More Beautiful Question, Warren Berger, ...

Nine Steps to a Great Presentation

Nick Morgan2015-10-27T12:13:58-05:00October 27, 2015|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Listening, Speech Writing|

A presentation is performance art – meaning that you need both great content and a great delivery to hit the proverbial ...

How to Prepare for a Speech You’re Worried About

Nick Morgan2015-10-22T14:30:29-05:00October 22, 2015|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Content/Writing, Fear of Public Speaking, Non-Verbal Communication|

I’ve just come from three speeches in three days. Before that, it had been just over a month. Speeches seem ...

What Happens When Speeches Go Wrong?

Nick Morgan2015-10-20T13:04:20-05:00October 20, 2015|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Content/Writing, Event Planning and Management, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

When speeches go wrong, most often it’s the speaker who gets the blame. But a better way of thinking about ...

How to Prepare for Public Speaking Disaster

Nick Morgan2015-09-24T10:46:52-05:00September 24, 2015|Audience Interaction, Current Affairs, Event Planning and Management, When Things Go Wrong|

What do you do when the show can’t go on? Last week was supposed to be a good week for ...

The Dirty Secret of Public Speaking – and What to Do About It

Nick Morgan2015-09-17T07:00:02-05:00September 17, 2015|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Neuroscience, Speech Writing|

One of the dirty secrets of public speaking is that audiences don’t remember much of what you say. I’ve seen ...

Are You Serious About Public Speaking? Here’s a Mistake You Have to Stop Making

Nick Morgan2015-09-11T12:34:59-05:00September 11, 2015|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Current Affairs, Listening, Non-Verbal Communication|

Anyone who is serious about his or her public speaking needs to watch – who knew? – the Kanye West ...

The Dangers of Last-Minute Changes to a Presentation

Nick Morgan2015-09-08T13:57:31-05:00September 8, 2015|Audience Interaction, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

Public speaking means – for most people – stress and a sudden flurry of decision-making under stress. The conference organizer ...

Do We Share Emotions – And Does That Matter?

Nick Morgan2015-08-27T07:00:41-05:00August 27, 2015|Audience Interaction, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

An old philosophical debate asks the question, how do we know that our emotions are commensurate with one another? Meaning, ...