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No Excuses for Not Being at the Top of Your Game

Nick Morgan2017-01-31T04:00:47-05:00January 31, 2017|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Content/Writing, Guest Blog, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

Today I'm cross-posting with David Meerman Scott, speaker extraordinaire, who was kind enough to share his experiences when he had ...

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Five Difficult Truths Speakers Must Learn

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:16:18-05:00December 8, 2016|Authenticity, Speaker Critiques, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

Professional speakers, like most people, want a lot of things.  Good work opportunities, true love, and parking spaces whenever they’re ...

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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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Can You Handle Your Adrenaline? Can Your Audience?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T08:27:24-05:00August 4, 2016|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, When Things Go Wrong|

Most speakers get to know their adrenaline fight-or-flight response very, very well. To be sure, I’ve met a few speakers ...

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Ah – Is Umming a Bad Thing?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:04:26-05:00May 10, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Current Affairs, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, When Things Go Wrong|

I once had to follow a speech by the famous sexologist Doctor Ruth. In fact, I was in her audience, ...

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When Is It OK for a Speaker to Yell at an Audience?

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:06:26-05:00April 28, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Current Affairs, Speaker Critiques, When Things Go Wrong|

When is it OK for a speaker to upbraid an audience? A frequent reader of this blog sent me this ...

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A Speaker’s — and Audience’s — Bill of Rights

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:12:10-05:00April 14, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Current Affairs, Event Planning and Management, Listening, Speaker Critiques, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

We don’t have a speaker’s bill of rights, or an audience’s for that matter. But one day recently, after witnessing ...

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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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Public Speaking Professionalism, Performance, and the Beatles

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T09:22:46-05:00March 1, 2016|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Charisma, Non-Verbal Communication, Rehearsal, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

How much should you rehearse your speech? What does it mean to be a professional speaker? I often hear from ...

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The 10 Commandments of Presentations, Updated

Nick Morgan2015-12-22T07:00:01-05:00December 22, 2015|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Content/Writing, Humor, Non-Verbal Communication, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

For my last blog post of 2015, I'm inspired to update a post I did a few years back. I.Thou ...