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The Five Mistakes Public Speakers Are Making Now

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:19:31-05:00September 22, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Content/Writing, Non-Verbal Communication, Speaker Critiques, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

I’ve written recently about insights, secrets and success factors for public speakers. Attending a conference a couple of weeks ago, ...

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What Public Speakers Get Wrong And Audiences Need

Nick Morgan2016-08-25T05:00:29-05:00August 25, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Event Planning and Management, Speaker Bureaus, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

It’s been nagging at me for some time now that the speaking business is changing, because audiences are changing, and ...

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Where Are All the Storytellers?

Nick Morgan2016-08-02T04:00:09-05:00August 2, 2016|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

In the early days of my blog, back in 2008 (almost a decade ago!) when I argued for more storytelling ...

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Five Lessons from Hillary Clinton’s Democratic Convention Speech

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:28:56-05:00July 30, 2016|Authenticity, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Humor, Speaker Critiques, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

Once again, I’m blogging about the takeaways from the presidential nominee’s speech to (in this case) her convention on Thursday ...

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How To Talk to Audiences so that They Remember What You Say

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:52:40-05:00July 7, 2016|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

Some recent research on memory and retention has important implications for public speakers everywhere who care about their audiences actually ...

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The Meaning of Brexit for the Rest of Us

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:53:20-05:00July 5, 2016|Current Affairs, Emotion, Storytelling|

The spectacle of the Brexit vote and all the commentary by politicians on both the “Leave” and “Remain” sides reveal ...

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How to write a commencement speech

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:56:41-05:00June 16, 2016|Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

It’s commencement season around the US. Several thousand universities, and tens of thousands of high schools, are gathering to bestow ...

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My Top 10 Public Speaking Peeves

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:14:30-05:00April 5, 2016|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Charisma, Content/Writing, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

I often post blogs on how to create and give great presentations. Occasionally, I talk about what not to do. ...

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What’s in it for me?

Nick Morgan2016-03-22T11:49:40-05:00March 22, 2016|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

I work with a wide variety of speakers, from professionals who want to polish their approach to make it as ...

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The Only Reason to Give a Speech

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:22:10-05:00March 3, 2016|Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Speech Writing, Storytelling|

“What exactly do you mean, ‘the only reason to give a speech is to change the world?’” That comment greeted ...