For Above-Average Speakers
We are all above average. At least, the studies show that most of us think we are above average. This ...
The Learning Paradox for Speakers
The human brain is a much more powerful learning machine than we think. A recent study (Buch et al., 2021) ...
Is Storytelling Dangerous?
What is the role of storytelling in our world today? Stories are what people hang on to in order to ...
What’s happened to our attention spans during the pandemic?
Attention spans are widely misapplied, misused, and misunderstood. The classic attention span research established that college students could pay attention ...
How to Change Minds with a Speech
What’s the best way to prepare people for change? This question is one that we speakers often ask ourselves, more ...
Just One Question Episode 12: Dr Nick Morgan talks to singer-songwriter-storyteller Dave Carroll
Dave Carroll is a singer-songwriter-storytelling par excellence. His wit and his close observation of modern life led to "United Breaks Guitars" (scroll ...
What Are the Chapters in a Change Journey?
At a recent conference, I was asked to talk about change – on short notice. The forcing function turned out ...
The World Champion Speaker
Every year Toastmasters runs a contest for the best 5 – 7-minute speech in the world. Something like 30,000 people ...
I Have Seen the Future and It Is Video
As an author of (mostly) written words, I’ve of course noticed that the sentient world is becoming increasingly video-based. At ...
How Speakers Need to Forget
Starting this week I'm going to one post a week, for the summer. That way we can all take a ...
