The Pope and Donald Trump – a study in contrasting body language

Nick Morgan2015-09-29T08:00:44-05:00September 29, 2015|Body Language, Charisma, Current Affairs, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Those interested in the study of body language had a fascinating opportunity this week to study two completely different approaches ...

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 Body Language Lessons from the CNN Republican Debate

Nick Morgan2015-09-22T12:42:11-05:00September 22, 2015|Body Language, Current Affairs, Non-Verbal Communication, Speaker Critiques|

What are the body language lessons from the CNN Republican debates? First of all, they went on too long. The ...

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 ...

Dealing with the Fear of Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2015-08-18T07:00:19-05:00August 18, 2015|Current Affairs, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking|

Most of us have heard about a study that claims public speaking is our number one fear. Jerry Seinfeld even made ...

Five Quick Body Language Lessons from the First Republican Debate

publicwords2015-08-11T14:41:10-05:00August 11, 2015|Body Language, Current Affairs, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Non-Verbal Communication, Speaker Critiques|

I was going to watch the first Republican debate anyway, but when CNN’s Gary Tuchman called and wanted me to ...

Beware the Latest Speaker Scam

Nick Morgan2015-08-06T07:00:12-05:00August 6, 2015|Current Affairs, When Things Go Wrong|

A few years ago I became aware of a speaker scam that was making the rounds, preying on eager speakers ...

Ten Questions Public Speakers Should Ask Themselves Before They Speak

Nick Morgan2015-07-23T09:28:00-05:00July 23, 2015|Authenticity, Current Affairs, Successful Speakers|

My favorite quote about public speaking is “the only reason to give a speech is to change the world.” I ...

What We Can Learn from President Obama’s Eulogy for Reverend Pinckney

Nick Morgan2015-07-02T11:37:32-05:00July 2, 2015|Authenticity, Charisma, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Speaker Critiques|

The public speaking world has been abuzz for the past week about a standout speech delivered by President Obama in ...

What Sepp Blatter Did Right

Nick Morgan2015-06-04T07:00:45-05:00June 4, 2015|Body Language, Current Affairs, Emotion, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Storytelling, When Things Go Wrong|

The FIFA president gave a fascinating resignation speech after 17 years in the job, thanks to the recent indictments on ...