
Teach the Geek Podcast - public speaking for technical professionals
In STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)? Struggle with public speaking? Then you're in the right place! I'm Neil Thompson, engineer and speaker. This is the place to get tips to improve your public speaking, and also hear from others with STEM backgrounds who saw the benefit of public speaking in their careers and the steps they took to get better at it. Think you or someone you know would make a great guest? Email me at hello@teachthegeek.com.
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Feb 12, 2025 • 29min
EP. 346: Reuben Swartz, What's a CRM?
Reuben Swartz, What's a CRM?
My guest is Reuben Swartz. He’s the founder of Mimiran CRM, built for solo consultants to help them with client relationship management. He’s also the host of the Sales for Nerds podcast, interviewing experts to help consultants with their sales skills. Let’s learn more about his decision to start Mimiran, the goals for his podcast, and the ways in which public speaking has benefited him.
To get in touch with Reuben, visit https://mimiran.com.
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Feb 5, 2025 • 27min
EP. 345 - Dr. Angelique Adams: Helping Clients Level Up their Leadership Skills
Dr. Angelique Adams: Helping Clients Level Up their Leadership Skills
Today my guest is Dr. Angelique Adams. She is an engineer and former corporate executive who moved into academia. She’s also author of You’re More than a Diversity Hire: Women in STEM: The 5 Keys to Unlocking your Potential. She also runs Angelique Adams Media Solutions, helping clients level up their leadership skills. Let’s learn more about her shift to academia, the motivation for forming her consultancy, and the role in which public speaking has shaped her career.
To get in touch with Dr. Adams, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/angeliqueadams.
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Jan 29, 2025 • 29min
EP. 344 - Juliet Hart: Leadership & Career Coach for Scientists
Juliet Hart: Leadership & Career Coach for Scientists
Today my guest is Juliet Hart, CEO and founder of Hart & Chin. She’s a leadership and career coach who works with scientists so they can become influential leaders. Working for years as a scientist, she ultimately transitioned into talent development, which is the quite the switch. Let’s learn more about why she made that transition, how she works with her clients at Hart & Chin, and how being an effective communication has worked in her favor.
To get in touch with Juliet, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliethart.
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Jan 22, 2025 • 32min
EP. 343 - Eileen Velez-Vega: Engineering to Government Leader
Eileen Velez-Vega: Engineering to Government Leader
I heard Eileen Velez-Vega on another podcast, and was so happy when she agreed to be a guest on this podcast. She has had quite a career so far, working in industry and government. She even did a NASA internship. I’m curious to learn more about working as a Civil Engineer, making the transition from industry to government, and the ways in which public speaking has benefitted her.
To get in touch with Eileen, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/eileenmvelez-vega.
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Jan 15, 2025 • 29min
EP. 342 - Chris Vandegrift: A Quality Speaker
Chris Vandegrift: A Quality Speaker
Chris Vandegrift has worked in the Quality field for years and I’m glad to have him on to share more about how he came to Quality, how public speaking has benefitted him, and why other technical professionals should care about public speaking.
To get in touch with Chris, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-vandegrift-pe.
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Jan 8, 2025 • 32min
EP. 341: Oleg Kislyuk - The Technical Trainer
Oleg Kislyuk - The Technical Trainer
Oleg Kislyuk works in technical training. What does he train people on? Who does he train? What’s the training used for? A bunch of questions. Plus, we worked public speaking into it somehow.
To get in touch with Oleg, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleg-kislyuk-46a8683.
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Jan 1, 2025 • 30min
EP. 340 - Paul Faronbi: IncrediPaul Leadership
Paul Faronbi: IncrediPaul Leadership Paul Faronbi, founder of IncrediPaul and NALA(STEM), is a speaker, coach, podcaster, community organizer. How did this engineer become all of these things? Let’s find out!To get in touch with Paul, visit https://www.incredipaul.org.__TEACH THE GEEK (http://teachthegeek.com) Prefer video? Visit http://youtube.teachthegeek.comSubscribe and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Follow @teachthegeek (Twitter) and @_teachthegeek_ (IG) Get Public Speaking Tips for STEM Professionals at http://teachthegeek.com/tips

Dec 25, 2024 • 21min
EP. 339 - Neeta Jain: Building a Speaking Business
Neeta Jain: Building a Speaking Business
Keynote speaker, performance coach, and wellness consultant Neeta Jain helps high-achieving leaders create balanced success personally and professionally without burning out. For those of who are considering becoming speakers, you probably have a lot of questions. How do you get speaking engagements? How do you figure out pricing? How do you make the jump to full time speaker? So many questions, so let’s see what Neeta has to say.
To get in touch with Marcy, visit https://www.neetajain.co/.
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Dec 18, 2024 • 23min
EP. 338: Lei Wang is Climbing the Speaking Business
Lei Wang is Climbing the Speaking Business
Lei Wang is a mountaineer, keynote speaker, author, and executive coach. Since she’s a professional speaker, let’s get her thoughts on picking a speaking topic, marketing yourself as a speaker, pricing services, and a bunch of other speaker-related topics. Plus, what’s the whole mountaineering thing about? Let’s get to it!
To get in touch with Lei, visit https://mightymousespeaker.com.
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Dec 11, 2024 • 27min
EP. 337: Fred Moskowitz is Building Wealth as a Speaker
Fred Moskowitz is Building Wealth as a Speaker
Fred Moskowitz helps people build wealth through alternative investments such as real estate and mortgage notes. He also author of the book The Little Green Book Of Note Investing. He started off as an engineer, though. I’m interested to learn more about what made him transition away from engineering, his motivation to become self-employed, and the ways public speaking has benefitted him along the way.
To get in touch with Fred, visit https://www.fredmoskowitz.com.
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Working with technical professionals so they can present more effectively, especially in front of non-technical audiences
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