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Should You Rehearse in Front of a Mirror?

Nick Morgan2020-02-10T03:55:15-05:00February 11, 2020|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Rehearsal|

I’ve often had clients and others tell me that they’ll rehearse in front of a mirror in order to practice ...

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Should You Fake It Until You Make It?

Emma Wyatt2019-10-15T04:04:36-05:00October 15, 2019|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Public Words, Successful Speakers, Tech Tips|

Is it a good idea to fake it until you make it – as a public speaker?  And does pretending ...

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What Do Instruction Manuals Have to Do with Public Speaking?

Nick Morgan2019-10-01T05:51:04-05:00October 1, 2019|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Current Affairs|

I’m sure you’ve noticed:  one of the casualties of our speeded-up existence has been the death of real instruction manuals.  ...

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How to Ace the Q and A

Nick Morgan2019-08-06T00:29:08-05:00August 6, 2019|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Listening|

I’ve seen many speakers give a great speech only to lose the audience through fumbles during the Q and A.  ...

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I Have Seen the Future and It Is Video

Nick Morgan2019-07-16T01:42:01-05:00July 16, 2019|Audience Interaction, Current Affairs, Storytelling|

As an author of (mostly) written words, I’ve of course noticed that the sentient world is becoming increasingly video-based.  At ...

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What’s the Single Most Important Key to a Successful Speech?

Nick Morgan2019-06-06T05:08:02-05:00June 4, 2019|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Charisma, Current Affairs|

What makes for a successful speech?  The truth is that it’s a complex mixture of art and science, intellect and ...

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How Speakers Need to Forget

Nick Morgan2019-06-03T10:31:32-05:00May 28, 2019|Audience Interaction, Neuroscience, Storytelling|

Starting this week I'm going to one post a week, for the summer.  That way we can all take a ...

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Audience Participation and Rodrigo y Gabriela

Nick Morgan2019-05-20T10:37:13-05:00May 23, 2019|Audience Interaction, Current Affairs, Emotion|

Last week I was off on another busman’s holiday.  I learned at the last minute that Rodrigo y Gabriela were ...

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How Good a Speaker Is Joe Biden?

Nick Morgan2019-05-14T05:04:37-05:00May 14, 2019|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Current Affairs|

Thanks to the persuasive powers of David Meerman Scott, I decided to take a work day to attend a Vice-President ...

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You’re One in a Million – How do You Stand Out?

Nick Morgan2019-04-23T03:28:09-05:00April 23, 2019|Audience Interaction, Community Building, Event Planning and Management|

You’re one of a million speakers.  How do you stand out?  Let’s say you’re appearing at one of those enormous, ...