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E20 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick Morgan chats to CEO of Virtual Sapiens Rachel Cossar

Rachel Cossar is the CEO of Virtual Sapiens, a new AI-enabled communications training company. Rachel danced with Boston Ballet for 10 years and now is using those formidable skills to take on the business world.

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Are you good at spotting a lie?

How good are you a spotting a liar?  Most people think they are above average, but the research clearly shows that we are no better than 50-50 – a flip of the coin, pure chance – at detecting lies.  We may be better at spotting the lies of someone we know well, at least we’d ...

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Trying to learn something? Beware the digital!

Two recent studies about retention and memory suggest that we should not rely wholly on digital means for learning and especially conceptual understanding.  The findings have implications for teachers, trainers, speakers, and indeed anyone engaged in trying to remember the important parts of the information that wash over us all every day. When I was ...

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E19 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick Morgan talks to Allison Coffin, Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Dr. Allison Coffin is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Washington State University Vancouver, where her research focuses on cellular mechanisms of hearing loss. She is also the co-founder and president of Science Talk, the professional association for science communicators. Her passions include mentoring the next generation of scientists and communicators, motorcycling, reading ...

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E18 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick Morgan catches up with Media Communication Coach Angela Chee

Angela Chee is a Media Communication Coach, speaker, and host of The Power of the Only Podcast. Nick talks to Angela about the future of comms post pandemic.

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What Audiences Want from Their Speakers: Personas, Part 2

In my last post, I talked about the importance of determining what kind of persona you wished to put forward as a speaker (or indeed as an executive, or consultant, or employee – doesn’t everyone need a personal brand?). If you don’t take proactive steps to create an interesting persona for your thought leadership, the ...

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E17 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick Morgan talks to NY Times Bestselling Author & Pro Speaker Todd Duncan

Todd Duncan has written 17 books and is all about excellence in performance, helping people keep a sense of balance. It is the 20th anniversary of Todd's book High Trust Selling and Time Traps both NY Times bestsellers.

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What’s Your Speaker Persona?

One of my favorite activities to work on with speakers is developing their persona.  Speakers rarely get to that point on their own.  It’s hard to have enough distance from how you are coming across to analyze it clearly, to decide what’s optimal and what’s not, and to embrace a particular set of characteristics. So, ...

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E16 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick Morgan catches up with School Counselor and Author Phyllis Fagell

Phyllis Fagell is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Certified Professional School Counselor, Author and Journalist. Phyllis has lived through middle school three times – first for herself, then with her kids, and now as a counselor. She’s walked the hallways. Welcome to her community – and yours. Phyllis' book Middle School Matters: How ...

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The Death of Print?

I grew up in an era of print.  We are now living in an era increasingly of video.  What are the implications for public speakers and communications in general?  Following are a series of axioms that I hope will provoke you to respond with insights of your own, in the (written) comments below. Print is ...

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