The Five Basic Secrets of Great Speechwriting

Nick Morgan2014-08-26T12:59:58-05:00August 26, 2014|Content/Writing, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

This is my most popular blog post ever.  I'm trying to grab a little vacation this week, so enjoy, and ...

Rookie Storytelling Mistakes

Nick Morgan2014-08-19T07:00:05-05:00August 19, 2014|Speech Writing, Storytelling|

I blog often – and the world is in enthusiastic agreement – about the need to tell stories to get ...

Which Is Better — A Humble Speaker or an Arrogant One?

Nick Morgan2014-08-07T19:46:34-05:00August 7, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Speech Writing|

Should a speaker be humble or – its opposite? Let’s call it ‘arrogant’? ‘Conceited’? ‘Egotistical’? Or the more neutral ‘assertive’? ...

The Promises a Speaker Makes

Nick Morgan2014-07-29T07:00:39-05:00July 29, 2014|Content/Writing, Speech Writing|

A speaker makes two kinds of promises to an audience – the explicit and the implicit.  Explicit promises involve foreshadowing, ...

Storytelling, Framing, and Memory

Nick Morgan2014-07-22T07:00:12-05:00July 22, 2014|Content/Writing, Speech Writing|

We expect powerful people to give us the overview, the high-level view.  Specifically, a recent study found, we rate people ...

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 ...

Speakers Alert: Here’s One More Reason to Exercise

Nick Morgan2014-07-15T12:55:20-05:00July 15, 2014|Content/Writing, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

Speakers need to understand how the brain works because, well, because they’re always talking to brains in the audiences they ...

What Just About Every Speaker Does Wrong

Nick Morgan2014-07-03T11:53:33-05:00July 3, 2014|Content/Writing, Speech Writing|

People don’t like to change their minds.  They hang on to the status quo like passengers on the Titanic hung ...

Why I love James Bond

Nick Morgan2014-07-01T07:00:57-05:00July 1, 2014|Content/Writing, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

I love Bond movies. I love their existential over-the-top silliness. I love that the UK is still the center of ...

What Voice Should You Use?

Nick Morgan2014-06-12T07:00:13-05:00June 12, 2014|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Content/Writing, Listening, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing|

A recent study out of the University of British Columbia found that we have a few strong preferences when it ...