Nick Morgan's Blog, page 51

How to Improve Your Videoconferencing Experience, Part 1

This post and the follow-up one are adapted from my new book, Can You Hear Me? How to Connect with People in a Virtual World, published by Harvard last week.  Please order a copy here. A videoconference is not the same thing as a face-to-face meeting, even though it includes a visual representation of the […]

Does Tact Matter in Public Speaking?

It may seem odd to talk about tact in this angry era.  Or it may be that we need it more than ever.  The dictionary defines tact as “sensitivity in dealing with others,” and it comes from the Latin for “touch.”  Interesting that as touch has waned in our ever-more-virtual world, sensitivity in dealing with […]

How to Make Those Dull Virtual Staff Meetings Better

Today, at last, the big day is here:  Can You Hear Me? is officially published, out, available.  You can buy it here.  And please do, if you love words, the future of ideas, and cute puppies.  Because if the book does well, I’m getting a cute puppy.  Really.  Thank you!  This post is adapted from […]

When Good Speeches Go Bad

Consider the standard, garden-variety, nails-in-the-forehead-boring business presentation.  A person wanders to the front of the room, nervous as an auditor in a gambling den.  People look up briefly from their mobile phones, and, seeing nothing of extraordinary interest yet, return to their texting, email and to-do lists.  After fumbling apologetically for a while with the […]

How to Build Online Commitment

This post is adapted from my new book, Can You Hear Me? How to Connect with People in a Virtual World, which is to be published by Harvard next week.  Please order your copy here.  The first step in any human relationship is to establish trust.  Face to face, trust can be quickly built if […]

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Working Online in Business: Guidelines for Success (Part 2)

Last week I started posting about how to use social networking in a business setting.  This week, I’m continuing that discussion with some principles that apply to social networking, and to online connections in general, and in the virtual part of the business world more generally.  Are you a salesperson answering questions for potential customers?  […]

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Working Online in Business: Guidelines for Success (Part 1)

Last week I started posting about how to use social networking in a business setting.  This week, I’m continuing that discussion with some principles that apply to social networking, and to online connections in general, and in the virtual part of the business world more generally.  Are you a salesperson answering questions for potential customers?  […]

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Passion – Why It Creates Charisma

For my second blog post this week, I’m reaching back into the archives for a piece first published in 2014.  I’m concerned in this information-overloaded world that posting twice a week may be too much for my readers.  So here’s an experiment — digging into the archives for a post that still seems useful today.  […]

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How to Use Social Networking Tools at Work

This post is adapted from my new book, Can You Hear Me? How to Connect with People in a Virtual World, out today on Kindle, and on October 30 in hardcover. Today, I’m celebrating the virtual version with this post on using social media at work.  If you get a chance, please go to Amazon […]

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How to Connect with People Virtually, Part 2

My blog posts this week are adapted from my new book, Can You Hear Me?, to be published by Harvard this month.  Please consider clicking on the link below and purchasing a copy.  I provide this blog as a free resource to people who care about public speaking, neuroscience, and communications, and selling books helps […]

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