The Secret To Public Speaking Success: Focus

Nick Morgan2010-10-18T17:36:32-05:00October 18, 2010|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Emotion|

Consider the standard, garden-variety, dull-as-ditchwater business presentation.  A business person wanders to the front of the room, nervous as an ...

The Silent Speaker

Nick Morgan2010-09-27T22:17:36-05:00September 27, 2010|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Videos|

Harvard Business Publishing, September 2010. Nick Morgan talks about seeing his most memorable speaker as a way of talking about ...

The Career Clinic Podcast — Part 4

Nick Morgan2010-09-16T12:14:59-05:00September 16, 2010|Audience Interaction, Podcasts, Rehearsal|

I continue my podcast with Maureen Anderson of the Career Clinic, covering the following points: 1.  How to interact with ...

The Career Clinic Podcast — Part 3

Nick Morgan2010-09-15T14:12:32-05:00September 15, 2010|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Podcasts, Speech Writing|

In chapter 3 of the Career Clinic Podcast with Maureen Anderson, we cover: 1.  The secret of charisma 2. How ...

The Career Clinic Podcast – Part 2

Nick Morgan2010-09-14T12:25:18-05:00September 14, 2010|Audience Interaction, Podcasts, Speech Writing|

For this second installment of my podcast with Maureen Anderson of the Career Clinic, I cover: 1.  How to take ...

Aristotle Was Wrong

Nick Morgan2010-08-27T14:23:23-05:00August 27, 2010|Audience Interaction, Speech Writing|

We want to persuade people to do something new.  It’s one of those fundamental – and fundamentally important – human ...

Public Speaking and the Audience: We’ve Got a Problem

Nick Morgan2010-08-26T15:32:18-05:00August 26, 2010|Audience Interaction, Visual Aids and Props, When Things Go Wrong|

Most public speaking—especially business speeches and presentations—has never entirely caught up with its audience’s changed expectations. Our ordinary speaking styles ...

The Nature of Trust in the Virtual World

Nick Morgan2010-08-24T18:51:12-05:00August 24, 2010|Audience Interaction, Tech Tips|

Just finished speaking at the CIO 100 conference, smoothly run by Maryfran Johnson and her team of pros, and I ...

Music and Public Speaking – Nora York, Aerosmith, and the J. Geils Band

Nick Morgan2010-08-23T18:51:59-05:00August 23, 2010|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Emotion, Speech Writing|

What can successful musical performers tell us about public speaking?  Having just sat in an uncomfortable seat somewhere around first ...

Summer Reading #13: Boring to Bravo

Nick Morgan2010-08-11T15:00:24-05:00August 11, 2010|Audience Interaction, Book Reviews|

Kristin Arnold is a professional facilitator, the author of a new book, Boring to Bravo:  Proven Presentation Techniques to Engage, ...