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Neuroscience Sees Red – Insights for Public Speakers

Nick Morgan2017-10-10T04:00:58-05:00October 10, 2017|Body Language, Current Affairs, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers, Visual Aids and Props|

A pair of studies I caught up with recently (here and here) explored the very human reactions of men and ...

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The Problem with Email

Nick Morgan2017-10-05T04:00:23-05:00October 5, 2017|Community Building, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Neuroscience, When Things Go Wrong|

When email first worked its way into most workplaces, it was part of a dedicated system, a set of interconnected ...

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How Long Is That Pesky Attention Span Thing?

Nick Morgan2017-10-03T04:00:30-05:00October 3, 2017|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Listening, Neuroscience|

There’s an urban myth doing the rounds that goes something like this:  recent studies suggest that our attention spans have ...

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Alan Alda on Improv, Empathy, and his New Book

Nick Morgan2017-09-05T04:00:11-05:00September 5, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Book Reviews, Books, Books (Print), Current Affairs, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I first encountered Alan Alda as the irreverent, anti-war doctor in M*A*S*H* the TV show.  It was one of those ...

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The Neuroscience of a First Impression

Nick Morgan2017-08-24T04:00:11-05:00August 24, 2017|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

You’ve heard the old saying that you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression, so you know ...

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Is it OK to use Emojis?

Nick Morgan2017-08-22T04:00:08-05:00August 22, 2017|Content/Writing, Emotion, Neuroscience, Tools and Resources|

One of the great dangers of email, that staple of modern business life, is the misunderstanding that comes from your ...

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Why You Need to Pitch Your Voice Lower

Nick Morgan2017-08-10T04:00:29-05:00August 10, 2017|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

Back in the mid- or early nineties, I was videotaped for the first time, doing some media work for my ...

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Why We Need Conferences

Nick Morgan2017-07-27T04:00:05-05:00July 27, 2017|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Community Building, Current Affairs, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Picture a worker in a cubicle. Gray walls, gray chair, gray computer. Gray hum of background noise all around. When ...

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Why Speakers Need to Worry About Sleep

Nick Morgan2017-07-18T04:00:32-05:00July 18, 2017|Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

Back in the day when I taught public speaking at Princeton, one of the bits of bad news the students ...

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What’s Missing From Your Virtual Communications and How to Fix Them – 2

Nick Morgan2017-07-13T04:00:43-05:00July 13, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Tech Tips|

This post is second of two on virtual communications. The virtual world offers us two great conveniences; indeed, you can ...