How to Get a Standing Ovation

Nick Morgan2011-05-23T14:52:57-05:00May 23, 2011|Podcasts, Speech Writing|

You know you want one -- that spontaneous eruption of applause and enthusiasm that has the audience leaping to its ...

The First Two Steps to Crafting a Great Presentation

Nick Morgan2011-05-17T12:24:12-05:00May 17, 2011|Podcasts, Speech Writing|

So you're ready to get started working on your next presentation.  You've thought about your audience, and you understand who ...

10 Quick Tips to Make Your Next Presentation Wildly Successful

Nick Morgan2011-05-10T14:58:26-05:00May 10, 2011|Podcasts, Speech Writing|

For podcast #3, I've put all my best tips from 2 decades of coaching into a top ten list.  The ...

Why Is Most Public Speaking So Awful?

Nick Morgan2011-05-05T16:45:22-05:00May 5, 2011|Non-Verbal Communication, Podcasts, Speech Writing|

Here's the second in the podcast series on Give Your Speech, Change the World.  It's about 4 minutes long, and ...

3 Lessons for Public Speaking from the Japanese Tea Ceremony

Nick Morgan2011-04-26T11:59:56-05:00April 26, 2011|Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing|

When I was in Japan, I was fortunate enough to take part in a tea ceremony.  I don’t think I ...

What goes wrong when you try to communicate?

Nick Morgan2011-03-28T13:43:25-05:00March 28, 2011|Authenticity, Emotion, Speech Writing, When Things Go Wrong|

I spoke last week to an Air Force Special Ops team, and to a pharmaceutical company, about persuasive communications.   Today, ...

How to create an effective presentation, Harvard Business Review

publicwords2011-03-11T15:42:49-05:00March 11, 2011|Featured Posts, Speech Writing, Videos|

Do you have an important presentation to give and not much time to prepare it? Here’s Nick Morgan’s quick 5-step ...

Why You Should Care About the Infamous Mehrabian Study

Nick Morgan2011-02-28T10:48:40-05:00February 28, 2011|Body Language, Speech Writing|

Forty years ago communications expert Albert Mehrabian did a little study that got an outsized reputation -- and is often ...

How to tell great business stories

Nick Morgan2011-02-18T17:47:17-05:00February 18, 2011|Book Writing and Publishing, Content/Writing, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

For my blog today, I'm pointing to a new ebook published recently by my friends at New Word City:  How ...

5 quick ways to structure a speech

Nick Morgan2011-02-02T15:44:03-05:00February 2, 2011|Speech Writing, Storytelling|

I get asked all the time about the best ways to structure a speech.  The answer is that it depends ...