We Humans Are Social Beings – and Why That Matters for Speakers

Nick Morgan2015-09-01T23:27:10-05:00September 1, 2015|Body Language, Charisma, Community Building, Emotion, Listening, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

We humans are social beings; we share mirror neurons that allow us to match each other’s emotions unconsciously and immediately. ...

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, ...

The Little Trick That Will Make Your Audiences Trust You

Nick Morgan2015-08-20T07:00:23-05:00August 20, 2015|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I am happy to report good news for speakers. A recent study in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin offers ...

Beware Perfectionism in Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2015-08-13T14:58:57-05:00August 13, 2015|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Neuroscience, When Things Go Wrong|

I saw a study recently in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Review (I read these things so you don’t ...

How To Boost Your Memory – And Your Audience’s

Nick Morgan2015-08-04T07:00:14-05:00August 4, 2015|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

First the bad news. Yoga does not significantly boost your memory. Very good for you in many ways – I ...

A Simple Body Language Trick to Increase Your Audience’s Trust in You

Nick Morgan2015-07-30T14:13:09-05:00July 30, 2015|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I’ve written occasionally about the power of mirroring to create trust in human interaction. The reason is relatively straightforward – ...

How to Increase the Persuasiveness of Your Speaking

Nick Morgan2015-07-28T16:58:50-05:00July 28, 2015|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I was struck recently by a set of research studies that reinforced the importance of touch in persuasion. Touching people ...

Why Can’t I Leave my Body Language to Chance?

Nick Morgan2015-07-21T07:00:51-05:00July 21, 2015|Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Regular readers of this blog (and my book Power Cues) will know that I’m an advocate for a version of ...

Why You Should Become Intentional

Nick Morgan2015-07-09T07:00:51-05:00July 9, 2015|Authenticity, Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Sometimes when I work with clients, there’s a moment when the full implications of what I’m asking from them in ...

Why the Conscious Mind Is Mostly Illusion, and What that Means for Speakers

Nick Morgan2015-06-30T10:56:47-05:00June 30, 2015|Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

A new theory, just published in the journal Behaviour and Brain Sciences (Morsella et al., 2015), reaffirms what I argued in ...