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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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Bruce Lee Helps You Become a Black Belt in Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:26:13-05:00August 16, 2016|Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

I’m a big fan – I was going to say “huge,” but Donald Trump has commandeered that word for the ...

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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 Use Improv to Make Your Work Day Better

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:29:55-05:00July 28, 2016|Audience Interaction, Book Reviews, Current Affairs, Listening, Neuroscience, Successful Speakers|

Recently, I had the pleasure of engaging in a Q and A with Cathy Salit, head of Performance of a ...

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What It Takes to Succeed as a Public Speaker Today

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:32:11-05:00July 21, 2016|Authenticity, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Speaker Bureaus, Speaker Marketing, Successful Speakers|

Motivational speeches have acquired a bad name in some quarters. In 2008-9, the market for them tanked, and ever since ...

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Is the Ego the Enemy in Public Speaking?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:34:17-05:00July 14, 2016|Authenticity, Book Reviews, Books (Print), Fear of Public Speaking, Successful Speakers|

What makes public speaking most difficult is that you’re putting yourself out there, and you’re afraid of judgment. You’re afraid ...

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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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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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The Surprising Way Metaphors Will Strengthen Your Speeches

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:58:48-05:00June 9, 2016|Content/Writing, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

The human mind – especially the unconscious human mind – is still mostly a mystery to us, its owner. Neuroscience ...