Teach the Geek Podcast - public speaking for technical professionals

Need a prosthetic limb? Call Dr. Erin Keaney Dr. Erin Keaney is the co-founder of Nonspec, a company that manufactures cost-effective prosthetic limbs. She’s also an adjunct professor, teaching students about medical device design and regulation. I heard her speak on a podcast and thought her story was so interesting, I wanted to speak to her myself. Gladly, she said yes, after I emailed her twice about it... To get in touch with Dr Keaney, email her at erin.keaney@nonspec.org. __ TEACH THE GEEK Get public speaking tips at teachthegeek.com/tips Prefer audio-only? Go to anchor.fm/teachthegeek @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, Tik Tok)

From cybersecurity to painting with Sarba Roy Sarba Roy is a product security staff engineer. I have no clue what that means, so I definitely asked her about that. She’s also Cybersecurity Content Creator for AccessCyber and Founding member and Ambassador of WomenH2H. I asked her about both of those, too. She’s a folk artist, too (a painter to be exact). She definitely has a bunch of interests, and we chatted about all of them! To get in touch with Sarba, visit her LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarba-roy/. __ TEACH THE GEEK teachthegeek.com/tips anchor.fm/teachthegeek youtube.teachthegeek.com @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, Tik Tok)

Kerry Siggins, an engineer who rose to CEO Kerry Siggins is a CEO, a podcaster, and a speaker. One doesn’t just start off as a CEO (unless they formed their own company out the gate), so we chatted about her path to CEO. She hosts two podcasts, so we talked about the motivation behind them.  As a speaker, she uses her personal story mixed in with leadership lessons she has learned along the way to give audiences implementable strategies. We covered it all! To learn more about Kerry, visit kerrysiggins.com. __ TEACH THE GEEK teachthegeek.com/tips  anchor.fm/teachthegeek youtube.teachthegeek.com @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, Tik Tok)

David Giltner, going from academia to industry Return guest David Giltner is the founder of TurningScience, helping scientists and engineers build careers in industry. He’s also author of the book "It's a Game, Not a Formula: How to Succeed as a Scientist Working in the Private Sector". We talked about his book, and what academics who are thinking about making the switch to industry can do to prepare themselves.   To learn more about Dave's book, go to https://turningscience.com/book/. __ TEACH THE GEEK teachthegeek.com/tips anchor.fm/teachthegeek youtube.teachthegeek.com @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, Tik Tok)

Dr. Zina Cinker, a non-traditional path Dr. Zina Cinker is the Director General of the Advanced Material Pandemic Taskforce and a visiting scientist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. I’ve heard the term visiting scientist, and have always thought, when’s the visit over? When have your overstayed your welcome and they ask you to go home? The taskforce sounds interesting, too, so we definitely chatted about that, in addition to how her training in Physics has prepared her for the work she does today. __ TEACH THE GEEK teachthegeek.com/tips anchor.fm/teachthegeek youtube.teachthegeek.com @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, Tik Tok)

Erica Lee Garcia, whats WinSETT? Erica Lee Garcia founded Erica Lee Consulting to help companies improve their business processes. She founded Engineers of Tomorrow to get kids thinking differently about engineering. She’s also the National Leadership Program Director of WinSETT (Women in Science, Engineering, Trades and Technology) Centre Canada, whose goal is to help women grow and stay in technical careers. We talked about her life as an consultant, a founder, and a director,  and how public speaking figured into it all. __ TEACH THE GEEK teachthegeek.com/tips anchor.fm/teachthegeek youtube.teachthegeek.com @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, TikTok)

Julie Hood, why should I pinch 2 fingers together?  Julie Hood founded CoursecreatorsHQ.com to help people build online courses to generate passive income. She’s also host of the Course Creators HQ podcast. While what Julie does now is quite interesting, I was keen to know more about what she did before becoming a course creation consultant, given that she has a background in computer science and math. Computer science to course creation isn’t exactly a straight line, after all.   Plus, what's all this pinching fingers together about?  To get in touch with Julie, her IG is @CourseCreatorsHQ. ___ TEACH THE GEEK teachthegeek.com/tips anchor.fm/teachthegeek youtube.teachthegeek.com @teachthegeek.com (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, Tik Tok)

Dr. Moriba Jah is an astrophysicist and he’s a big deal because he has his own Wikipedia page. He’s definitely the first guest I’ve had that I can say that about. He’s also a professor and a founder. When I think astrophysics, I think of the show, The Big Bang Theory, and I wouldn’t characterize any of the main characters as public speakers. But Dr. Jah is that, too. He is a TED fellow, in fact. We chatted about his interest in space, his life as a founder, and the ways in which public speaking has benefited him.   __ TEACH THE GEEK teachthegeek.com anchor.fm/teachthegeek youtube.teachthegeek.com @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek (IG, Tik Tok)

Tom Kirkham - from Economics to Cybersecurity Tom Kirkham is a cybersecurity expert and speaker. What does he speak on? Cybersecurity (big surprise). He’s also a soon-to-be author of the book "The Cyber Pandemic Survival Guide". How did a guy who studied Economics end up in Cybersecurity? Doesn’t exactly seem like a straight line. And how did public speaking figure into all of this? Listen in to find out! To reach Tom, you can email him at tom@kirkham.it. __ TEACH THE GEEK  teachthegeek.com/tips anchor.fm/teachthegeek youtube.teachthegeek.com @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, Tik Tok)

EP. 207: Lindsay O'Leary - from engineer to engineering association director Lindsay O’Leary is the Director of Technical Advancement of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). She was Executive Director of the ASCE – Texas Section before that, and even before that, she worked in varying engineering roles within the civil engineering discipline. We chatted about her motivation to make the switch away from being an everyday engineer, the ways in which her engineering training has prepared her for her current role, and her public speaking journey.  To get in touch with Lindsay, find her on LI or Twitter (her handle is @LndsayAnneO. __ TEACH THE GEEK teachthegeek.com/tips anchor.fm/teachthegeek youtube.teachthegeek.com @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, Tik Tok)