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How to Handle Q and A, Part 1

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T05:30:22-05:00November 16, 2017|Audience Interaction, Listening, Non-Verbal Communication|

Why go to all the trouble of preparing a speech when you can just take questions?  I’ve been asked that ...

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How to Move in front of an Audience, Part 3

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T05:31:34-05:00November 14, 2017|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Non-Verbal Communication|

This is the third of three articles on moving in front of an audience. In two previous posts, I talked ...

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Why Your Voice Is Important

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T05:41:54-05:00October 24, 2017|Body Language, Current Affairs, Emotion, Listening, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

I’ve often posted on the importance of the voice to public speaking (here, here, and here, among many), and to ...

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Pity Poor Prime Minister May

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T05:42:44-05:00October 19, 2017|Authenticity, Body Language, Branding, Current Affairs, Non-Verbal Communication, Speaker Critiques, Visual Aids and Props, When Things Go Wrong|

Pity poor Theresa May.  As the Prime Minister of England, she’s been going through a tough patch – self-inflicted, to ...

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What About Second Impressions?

Nick Morgan2017-10-12T04:00:59-05:00October 12, 2017|Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Rehearsal, Successful Speakers|

I posted last time about first impressions and the unconscious biases we all have.  And how it’s therefore important to ...

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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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Caring for your Voice

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T05:49:32-05:00September 28, 2017|Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

One of my pet causes in life – one of the reasons, apparently, that I am required to roam the ...

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Why Speakers Need to Take Charge of Their Posture

Nick Morgan2017-09-26T04:00:13-05:00September 26, 2017|Body Language, Charisma, Emotion, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

I saw a study recently that confirmed something important about how people enter a room, shake a hand in greeting, ...

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Public speaking and emotional intelligence

Nick Morgan2017-09-19T04:00:11-05:00September 19, 2017|Authenticity, Book Reviews, Charisma, Current Affairs, Emotion, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

Daniel Goleman’s brilliant 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence, gathered and synthesized some research about what it takes for people to get ...

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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 ...