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Why Speakers Must Deal in Fear

Nick Morgan2017-05-02T04:00:32-05:00May 2, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Content/Writing, Emotion, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Successful Speakers|

The only people who like change are wet babies.  I forget who originally told me that wonderful saying – I’m ...

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Why Learn About Body Language? Here’s One Reason.

Nick Morgan2017-04-20T04:00:43-05:00April 20, 2017|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

Why do we bother with the hard and imprecise work of trying to understand body language?  After all, we’re already ...

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We Are All Motivational Speakers

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:01:44-05:00April 18, 2017|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Emotion, Neuroscience, Speech Writing, Successful Speakers|

Motivational speakers have something of a bad name in some circles, but the truth is that every speaking event has ...

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What Should Speakers Wear?

Nick Morgan2017-04-11T02:23:18-05:00April 11, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

What should speakers wear?  I’ve posted on this fiendishly difficult question in the past and it seemed time to do ...

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Why Speakers Should be Helping Audiences Forget What They Know

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:09:54-05:00February 21, 2017|Audience Interaction, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Neuroscience, Speech Writing|

There’s a particularly tedious kind of speaker that ostentatiously tries to teach his audience something by having the audience repeatedly ...

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What the *#@&! Should Speakers Swear?

Nick Morgan2017-02-16T04:00:03-05:00February 16, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Community Building, Content/Writing, Current Affairs, Neuroscience, Speaker Critiques, Speaker Marketing, Successful Speakers, When Things Go Wrong|

Should a speaker swear on stage?  Is it ever appropriate, and if so when? These questions used to have an ...

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Body Language for Valentine’s Day

Nick Morgan2017-02-14T04:48:18-05:00February 14, 2017|Authenticity, Body Language, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

As most of us who are old enough to vote have learned, words and body language don’t always synch up.  ...

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How To Be More Charismatic – Lady Gaga, the Super Bowl, and Neuroscience

Nick Morgan2017-02-07T06:03:28-05:00February 7, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Charisma, Current Affairs, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

One thing that my clients and potential clients almost never ask me -- at first -- is how to become ...

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How We Read Other People’s Emotions – and Why It Matters

Nick Morgan2019-03-02T06:12:17-05:00January 26, 2017|Body Language, Emotion, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication|

We humans read each others’ emotions with great enthusiasm.  Not a lot of accuracy, as anyone who has ever been ...

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The Mysteries of Eye Contact Explained

Nick Morgan2017-01-05T04:00:07-05:00January 5, 2017|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Body Language, Neuroscience, Non-Verbal Communication, Successful Speakers|

I like to start each new year with some posts on the basic rules of the road for public speaking.  ...