A Quick Hack for Public Speaking Anxiety

Nick Morgan2014-11-11T07:00:23-05:00November 11, 2014|Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Your heart is racing. Your palms are clammy. Your stomach is starting to send distress signals to your brain. You’re ...

How To Review Your Own Videos

Nick Morgan2014-10-21T07:00:47-05:00October 21, 2014|Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Rehearsal, Speaker Critiques, Tools and Resources|

One of the wonders of the digital age is that video for speakers is now relatively cheap, easy, and of ...

Perfectionism and Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2014-10-14T07:00:41-05:00October 14, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Emotion, Event Planning and Management, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, When Things Go Wrong|

Is it good to be a perfectionist? Perfectionists would say yes, of course; it leads to better results in work ...

Here’s a New Reason to Trust Your Unconscious Mind

Nick Morgan2014-10-02T15:53:13-05:00October 2, 2014|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

It’s time to start trusting your unconscious mind. Most of us get the occasional hunches, intuition, or gut feel – ...

Useful Books for Speakers

Nick Morgan2014-09-30T21:33:26-05:00September 30, 2014|Book Reviews, Books, Books (Print), Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Once again the pile of books that people have sent me has grown dangerously high, so here are a half-dozen ...

A Quick Tip for Introverted Speakers — and Extroverts Too

Nick Morgan2014-09-16T19:44:41-05:00September 16, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I often get asked about cultural differences in communications around the world, especially in terms of body language. What’s interesting ...

Battling Stage Fright – A Few More Tips

Nick Morgan2014-08-21T07:00:01-05:00August 21, 2014|Body Language, Fear of Public Speaking, Non-Verbal Communication|

Working with clients on stage fright I use a number of approaches, some of which involve embracing the adrenaline, and ...

How Your Unconscious Mind Betrays You – and What You Can Do about It

Nick Morgan2014-07-31T07:00:06-05:00July 31, 2014|Audience Interaction, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, When Things Go Wrong|

Back in the cave person era, by all accounts, we evolved this exquisite mechanism, the fight or flight response, to ...

Don’t Let Your Audiences Be Passive!

Nick Morgan2014-07-24T07:00:35-05:00July 24, 2014|Audience Interaction, Non-Verbal Communication|

People don’t like to be passive.  They don’t like to sit still and do nothing.  They’d even rather shock themselves ...

Speakers: Your Vowels Matter!

Nick Morgan2014-07-17T07:00:13-05:00July 17, 2014|Body Language, Content/Writing, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

I’ll be giving away some speechwriting secrets today.  In particular, how to create a mood with your words.  It’s not ...