Blog Archives
Dr. Nick Morgan is one of America’s top communication theorists and coaches. In his blog he covers modern communications from a variety of angles, including the latest developments in communication research, the basic principles and rules of good communication, and the good and bad speakers of the day. His passion is to connect the latest brain research with timeless insights into persuasive speaking and writing in order to further our understanding of how people connect with one another. He has an international following among professional speakers, students of communication, and executives interested in persuasive communication in cultures worldwide.
December 2010
- The Only Reason to Give A Speech in 2011
- Free Book Excerpt - Trust Me
- The Public Words 2010 Top 10 Holiday Gift Guide for Public Speakers
- Inspirational Speakers, Inspirational Stories - 10 - William Ury
- Inspirational Speakers, Inspirational Stories - 9 - Taylor Mali
- Inspirational Speakers, Inspirational Stories - 8 - Melissa Etheridge
- Inspirational Speakers, Inspirational Stories - 7 - Henry V
- Inspirational Speakers, Inspirational Stories - 6 - Coach John Wooden
- Inspirational Speakers, Inspirational Stories - 5 - Dalton Sherman
- Inspirational Speakers, Inspirational Stories - 4 - Jill Bolte Taylor
November 2010
- Inspirational Speakers, Inspirational Stories - 3 - Paul Dunn
- Inspirational Speakers, Inspirational Stories - 2 - Sir Ken Robinson
- Inspirational Speakers, Inspirational Stories - 1 - Alice Herz-Sommer
- Communication and Sales - 5 - How to build to a close
- Communication and Sales - 4 - Where is your customer?
- Communication and Sales - 3 - The secret to a lasting customer relationship
- Communication and Sales - 2
- Communication and Sales - 1
- The Secret to Moving Your Audience to Action
- Getting to Know Both Your Brains
- How to Communicate Like Kennedy
- How to Communicate Virtually
- How You Can Be Charismatic
- 4 Steps to Authenticity and Charisma
October 2010
- How You Can Profit from the Massachusetts Gubernatorial Race
- How to read other people's body language
- How Your Brain Really Communicates
- Why is authenticity so important?
- 7 Steps to a Great Speech
- What Is Charisma? - and Other Mysteries of Communications
- Getting Inside V. S. Ramachandran's Head
- Tour your Brain with V. S. Ramachandran
- The Secret To Public Speaking Success: Focus
- What to do when the missiles are incoming
- What’s the difference between an anecdote and a story?
- What to do when a speech goes horribly wrong - 5 tips
- Nancy Duarte's "resonate"
- The Runway Conversation
- The Silent Speaker
September 2010
- A Speech Is a Journey
- Richard Branson, Public Speaking and Evolution
- Persuasion is a Physical Act
- The 3 Postures and Authenticity
- Tact and Public Speaking: How it can all go horribly wrong
- Clinton, Blair, and the Future of the World
- For once, Seth Godin is wrong!
- The Career Clinic Podcast -- Part 5
- The Career Clinic Podcast -- Part 4
- The Career Clinic Podcast -- Part 3
- The Career Clinic Podcast - Part 2
- The Career Clinic Podcast - Part 1
- Five Steps to Take to Improve Your Public Speaking This Fall
- J. K. Rowling, Harvard, and the memorable commencement speech
- Can you change the world in 15 minutes?
August 2010
- Aristotle Was Wrong
- Public Speaking and the Audience: We've Got a Problem
- The first time
- The Nature of Trust in the Virtual World
- Music and Public Speaking – Nora York, Aerosmith, and the J. Geils Band
- Jacek Utko and the Future of Newspapers
- Summer Reading #16 – Unleashing the Warrior with Rich Machowicz
- A Speakers’ Bureau That Gets It When Many Don’t
- Four Steps to a More Charismatic You
- Summer Reading #15: The Buying Brain - Secrets for Public Speakers
- Summer Reading #14: Finding Your Voice
- Summer Reading #13: Boring to Bravo
- If you're a professional speaker, who is your customer?
- Summer Reading #12: Why is that so funny?
- Summer Reading #11: Negotiation and Public Speaking
July 2010
- Summer Reading #10 – Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead
- How to win an argument without words
- Neuromarketing and Public Speaking – Summer Reading #9
- Summer Reading Series #8: How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live
- Summer Reading Series #7 - Why Aikido Matters to Public Speakers
- Summer Reading Series #6 – The Moving Body
- Steve Jobs' Inauthentic Press Conference
- Summer Reading Series, #5: Awareness Through Movement
- Summer Reading #4: Mark Bowden and Winning Body Language
- John Maxwell on Communications -- Summer Reading, #3
- Summer Reading 2 – the Synaptic Self -- how our brains really communicate
- Why speakers need to breathe - summer reading #1
- Why speakers need introductions, Part 2
- Why does a speaker need to be introduced?
June 2010
- 10 Rules for Presenting as a Team
- TED's best speech? - a talk you don't want to miss
- How to work with publishers and agents: The Public Words Speaker Forum 2010
- A speaker scam?
- Pam Slim on Social Media and Purpose (Public Words Speaker Forum 2010)
- How to make your book successful - a 5-step plan (PWSF 2010)
- Quick Speaker Insights from the PWSF 2010
- President Obama’s Oil Spill Speech -- how effective was it?
- Why is most public speaking – especially in the business world – so bad?
- Headlines from the Public Words Speaker Forum 2010
- Does public speaking terrify you? Here's what to do about it.
- How to be a passionate speaker, part 5
- How to be a passionate speaker, part 4: your pitch matters
- How to be a passionate speaker, part 3
- Can you fake charisma?
- How to be a passionate speaker, pt. 2
- How to be a passionate speaker
May 2010
- Perelmuter Live at the Public Words Speaker Forum 2010: a Speaker Bureau Chief Speaks
- Catch Steve Farber Live at the Public Words Speaker Forum 2010
- The most creative speaker ever - Josh Linkner
- David Meerman Scott live at the Public Words Speaker Forum 2010
- Pam Slim Live at the Public Words Speaker Forum 2010
- Authenticity and charisma -- can they be learned?
- 5 Stories that Will Make your Presentations Powerful
- Two rules for successful presentations
- How to pitch an idea – and pick the right medium for your pitch
- How to become a top dog: first, act like one
- How much is a public speaker worth? How much would you pay?
- Five quick steps for a successful presentation
- How do you tell a CEO from an analyst?
- Lesson from the Designers: Don't Talk to Your Slides
- Power Point: illustration or enemy combatant?
- Every communication is two conversations - ignore the second at your peril
- The most important rule in giving a speech: Tell an emotional truth
April 2010
- Why You Should Never Begin a Presentation with a Summary
- What’s a Speaker DVD and Why Do You Need One?
- How to close a speech
- Maureen Anderson, Steve Farber, and the Public Words Speaker Forum 2010
- How does a sure-fire, no-miss, grade-A speech go horribly wrong? The anatomy of a terrible speech.
- What happens when a great idea meets a poor speaker?
- How to get a standing ovation, II: Jamie Oliver’s One-Man Crusade to Save the World from Bad Food and Obesity
- How to get a standing ovation
- The Top 10 List of Speakers Audience Abuse
- Cool Speakers for 2010: Bjarke Ingels
- Public Words Speaker Forum 2010
- Cool speakers for 2010: Shai Agassi
- Cool Speakers for 2010: Tom Peters
- Cool Speakers for 2010: Glenn Llopis
- How to develop a paid public speaking career – VII: Those FAQs
- How to develop a paid public speaking career – VI: Marketing you should do
March 2010
- How to develop a paid public speaking career – V: What you need
- How to develop a paid public speaking career – IV: 3 Rules for Long-term Public Speaking Success
- How to develop a paid public speaking career – III: Where do you find gigs?
- How to develop a paid public speaking career – II
- How to write, sell, and market a business book – VII: Marketing Your Book
- How to write, sell, and market a business book – VI: Writing the Book
- How to write, sell, and market a business book – V: Publishers
- Why Everyone Gets PR Wrong: Beware the Narrative!
- 3 Quick Ways to Improve Your Presentations
- How to write, sell, and market a business book – IV: You’ve written that proposal; now what?
- How to develop a paid speaking career
- How to write, sell, and market a business book – III: The Proposal
- How to write, sell, and market a business book – II
- How to write, sell, and market a business book - I
- Current Speakers and their Books – X: Bishop T. D. Jakes
- Current Speakers and their Books – IX: Chris Brogan
- Current Speakers and their Books – VIII: Greg Mortenson
- Current Speakers and Their Books – VII: Keith Ferrazzi
- Current Speakers and their Books – VI: Michael Mauboussin
February 2010
- Current Speakers and their Books – V: Chip and Dan Heath
- Chris Brogan on 'Give Your Speech, Change the World'
- Current Speakers and their Books – IV: Daniel Pink
- Current Speakers and their Books – III: Seth Godin
- Current Speakers and their Books – II: Sally Hogshead
- Current speakers and their books – I: David Meerman Scott
- Basic principles of persuasive rhetoric – 7
- Basic Principles of Persuasive Rhetoric – 6
- Principles of persuasive rhetoric – 5
- Basic Principles of Persuasive Rhetoric – 4
- Basic principles of persuasive rhetoric – 3
- Basic Principles of Persuasive Rhetoric – 2
- Basic Principles of Persuasive Rhetoric – 1
- Basic principles of nonverbal communication – 10
- Basic Principles of Nonverbal Communication – 9
- Basic Principles of Nonverbal Communications – 8
January 2010
- From ‘Yes We Can’ to ‘I don’t quit’ -- a rhetorical analysis of President Obama's State of the Union speech
- Basic principles of nonverbal communication – 7
- Basic principles of nonverbal communication – 6
- The basic principles of nonverbal communications – 5
- The basic principles of nonverbal communication – 4
- The basic principles of nonverbal communication – 3
- The basic principles of nonverbal communication – 2
- The basic principles of nonverbal communication -1
- The Future of Conferences, Part Five – How to Involve the Audience
- The Future of Conferences, Part 4 – What Would the Ideal Conference Look Like?
- The Future of Conferences, Part Three: What is a green conference?
- The Future of Conferences – Part Two: What are the current trends?
- The Future of Conferences – Part One: Do We Still Need Conferences?
- 7 Simple New Year’s Resolutions for Improving Your Public Speaking
