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 ...

Seven Ways to Enchant an Audience

Nick Morgan2014-06-03T07:00:09-05:00June 3, 2014|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Visual Aids and Props|

How can you go beyond the usual efforts to create a successful presentation – and enchant the audience?  What are ...

Five Tips For Public Speaking Success

Nick Morgan2014-03-25T21:34:57-05:00March 25, 2014|Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

I’ve seen a lot of speeches recently, coached and written a good number more for clients, and given a few ...

The World’s Second Most Famous Brain and What It Teaches Public Speakers

Nick Morgan2014-03-20T07:00:05-05:00March 20, 2014|Content/Writing, Emotion, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

In 1953, an epileptic had brain surgery to try to relieve the seizures he was experiencing that were making his ...

The FacebookIs10 Movie and Your Audience

Nick Morgan2014-02-11T07:00:00-05:00February 11, 2014|Branding, Community Building, Current Affairs, Platform, Social Media, Storytelling|

I'm pleased to welcome Public Words writer Sarah Morgan as a guest blogger for this posting.   How many Facebook ...

The incredible story of the world’s oldest living pianist

Nick Morgan2013-10-17T07:00:44-05:00October 17, 2013|Storytelling|

I’ve blogged once before about Alice Herz-Sommer, the oldest pianist in the world.  What makes her extraordinary is not her ...

The 3-minute storytelling lesson you won’t forget

Nick Morgan2013-10-15T07:00:42-05:00October 15, 2013|Storytelling|

I was working recently with a team of executives on storytelling and delivery, and in one of the exercises I ...

Carmen Agra Deedy Reveals the Secret to Great Storytelling

Nick Morgan2013-08-15T08:00:44-05:00August 15, 2013|Speaker Critiques, Storytelling|

If you want to master great storytelling, you have to learn 3 essential lessons.  All of them are contained in ...

Why You Need to Tell Us Stories, Not Dump Information on Us

Nick Morgan2013-07-02T07:00:29-05:00July 2, 2013|Neuroscience, Storytelling|

Everyone seems to get these days that storytelling is important, because we’re awash in data and information and can’t remember ...

Why Go to the Trouble of Telling Stories?

Nick Morgan2013-05-09T07:45:30-05:00May 9, 2013|Neuroscience, Storytelling|

People often ask me about storytelling in speeches – why should they go to the trouble to come up with ...