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Ten Life Lessons for Public Speaking Success

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:23:50-05:00August 30, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Content/Writing, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

From time to time it’s important to take a step back and put the world of public speaking into perspective. ...

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What Public Speakers Get Wrong And Audiences Need

Nick Morgan2016-08-25T05:00:29-05:00August 25, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Event Planning and Management, Speaker Bureaus, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

It’s been nagging at me for some time now that the speaking business is changing, because audiences are changing, and ...

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How To Develop Great Thought Leadership Ideas

Nick Morgan2016-08-23T05:00:10-05:00August 23, 2016|Audience Interaction, Branding, Community Building, Content/Writing, Platform|

Over two decades of working with clients to develop thought leadership, speeches, books, brands, and thriving online communities, we’ve come ...

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Bruce Lee Helps You Become a Black Belt in Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:26:13-05:00August 16, 2016|Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

I’m a big fan – I was going to say “huge,” but Donald Trump has commandeered that word for the ...

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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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Five Lessons from Hillary Clinton’s Democratic Convention Speech

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:28:56-05:00July 30, 2016|Authenticity, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Humor, Speaker Critiques, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

Once again, I’m blogging about the takeaways from the presidential nominee’s speech to (in this case) her convention on Thursday ...

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Five Public Speaking Lessons from Donald Trump’s Thursday Night Acceptance Speech

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:31:32-05:00July 23, 2016|Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Speaker Critiques|

Donald Trump is one of those figures that politics churns up from time to time about whom few are half-hearted ...

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What It Takes to Succeed as a Public Speaker Today

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:32:11-05:00July 21, 2016|Authenticity, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Speaker Bureaus, Speaker Marketing, Successful Speakers|

Motivational speeches have acquired a bad name in some quarters. In 2008-9, the market for them tanked, and ever since ...

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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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How to write a commencement speech

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:56:41-05:00June 16, 2016|Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

It’s commencement season around the US. Several thousand universities, and tens of thousands of high schools, are gathering to bestow ...