Nick Morgan
Dr. Nick Morgan is one of America’s top communication speakers, theorists and coaches. A passionate teacher, he is committed to helping people find clarity in their thinking and ideas – and then delivering them with panache. He has been commissioned by Fortune 50 companies to write for many CEOs and presidents. He has coached people to give Congressional testimony, to appear in the media, and to deliver an unforgettable TED talk. He has worked widely with political and educational leaders. And he has himself spoken, led conferences, and moderated panels at venues around the world. During the last election cycle, he provided expert commentary on the presidential debates for CNN. Nick’s methods, which are well-known for challenging conventional thinking, have been published worldwide. His acclaimed book on public speaking, Working the Room: How to Move People to Action through Audience-Centered Speaking, was published by Harvard in 2003 and reprinted in paperback in 2005 as Give Your Speech, Change the World: How to Move Your Audience to Action. His book on authentic communications, Trust Me, was published by Jossey-Bass in January 2009. His book on communications and brain science, Power Cues: The Subtle Science of Leading Groups, Persuading Others, and Maximizing Your Personal Impact, was published by Harvard in May 2014. His latest book, Can You Hear Me?, on the perils of virtual communication, is due out from Harvard in 2018 Nick served as editor of the Harvard Management Communication Letter from 1998 – 2003. He has written hundreds of articles for local and national publications, and appears frequently on radio and TV. Nick is a former Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. After earning his PhD. in literature and rhetoric, Nick spent a number of years teaching Shakespeare and Public Speaking at the University of Virginia, Lehigh University, and Princeton University. He first started writing speeches for Virginia Governor Charles S. Robb and went on to found his own communications consulting organization, Public Words, in 1997. Nick attributes his success to his honest and direct approach that challenges even the most confident orators to rethink how they communicate.
13 Books Written
Do you remember the topic of the last speech you heard? If not, you're not alone. In fact, studies show that audiences remember only 10% to 30% of speech or presentation content. Given those bleak statistics, why do we give speeches at all? We give them, says communications expert Nick Morgan, because they remain the most powerful way of connecting with audiences since ancient Greek times. But as
Working the Room: How to Move People to Action Through Audience-Centered Speaking
by Nick Morgan
Rating: 3.9 ⭐
Offers a new approach to public speaking based on Greek oratory and modern communications that focuses on a three-part process--content delivery, rehearsal, and delivery--to give an effective speech.
Harvard ManageMentor guides are practical, portable advice for managers, especially designed to support just-in-time and other corporate training needs. A portable, enhanced version of a popular, online Harvard ManageMentor product topic, this essential guide to meetings can help turn one of management's most frustrating time-wasters into its most valuable asset. The guide covers the whole process
Nick Morgan shows how anyone can be an effective speaker by presenting an image of authenticity and respect for their audience, whether in a group presentation or a one-on-one conversation. He presents a four-step process, perfected in his teaching at Harvard, that enables the reader to use their own personal speaking style while becoming a more persuasive and charismatic communicator and leader.
It is always fascinating to read about success stories of individuals who have achieved their goals and today are well known and successful people in their respective fields. A great way to do this would be to read books by Author as he has an excellent knack of telling Great Business stories. Here’s how to tap into the power of great story telling to strengthen your own speeches, presentations, m
Public speaking is one of those mixed activities -- it’s both art and science, idea and fulfillment, content and delivery. The process makes most people anxious. Of all the tasks we face this is the one, that studies regularly show, we fear most. Here in this brief eBook are seven steps to take some of the anxiety out of the process of preparing and delivering a great presentation. Follow these st
Power Cues: The Subtle Science of Leading Groups, Persuading Others, and Maximizing Your Personal Impact
by Nick Morgan
Rating: 3.8 ⭐
Take control of your communications—before someone else doesWhat if someone told you that your behavior was controlled by a powerful, invisible force? Most of us would be skeptical of such a claim—but it’s largely true. Our brains are constantly transmitting and receiving signals of which we are unaware. Studies show that these constant inputs drive the great majority of our decisions
Attention spans are shrinking, the pace of life is accelerating, and no one’s job is completely secure. As a result, everyone who lives on the planet and works in a job needs at least two elevator pitches - one that tells the world who you are and the other that tells the world what you do. This digital short shows you how to create pitch- perfect elevator speeches and how to use them.
There are certain conversations everyone dreads. The tough one with the boss, who sees your right to a raise differently than you do, or the co-worker who needs straightening out, or your significant other, about sharing chores more equitably. These conversations are emotional, difficult, and liable to go wrong. You go into them with a fear that they won’t go well and you won’t get what you want.
How do you prepare and structure a great presentation? Too many people assemble slides from “decks” of previous presentations as if a presentation were like a pack of cards, writes Dr. Nick Morgan, one of America’s top communication theorists and coaches. The right process begins by focusing on a clear point of view and picking an appropriate structure. Getting the structure right greatly increase
Pragmatic Marketer Summer 2014: The Product Management and Marketing Authority
by Nick Morgan
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
In politics, nothing halts progress like a divided constituency. Red states vs. blue states. Liberals vs. conservatives. Athens vs. Sparta. Each side is focused not on moving forward or finding compromise, but on placing blame. Unfortunately, this same type of divide exists in many technology companies between the product and the development teams. But this divide cannot
A Washington Post Bestseller Your manual for remote and virtual work. Communicating virtually is cool, useful, and now even more ubiquitous and necessary than ever. But we're often reminded that the quality of human connection we experience in many forms of virtual communication is awful. We've all felt disconnected in a video conference, frustrated that we're not getting through on the phone, ups
No Sense of Humor: 12 Days of Humor
by Nick Morgan
This is the 51st volume of the series.