Teach the Geek Podcast - public speaking for technical professionals

Michelle Brenner went to art school. She eventually traded in art for code, becoming a self-taught engineer. In addition, Michelle is a speaker, presenting at multiple conferences on both technical topics and career growth. How does somebody go from an artist to an engineer? Tune in to find out! __ TEACH THE GEEK In STEM and struggle with public speaking? Get some tips at teachthegeek.com/tips @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, Tik Tok)

Chiropractor, author, and speaker Dr. Danielle Peebles Dr. Danielle Peebles is a chiropractor, owner of Pro Health Family Chiropractic. She’s also an author, with a book called Sex Sent me to the Chiropractor. I definitely asked her about that! Dr. Peebles is also a speaker. We chatted about her speaking topics, the motivation for writing her book, and her choice to become a chiropractor.  To get in touch with Dr. Peebles, email her at drdannip@yahoo.com. __ TEACH THE GEEK Get public speaking tips at teachthegeek.com/tips Prefer audio? Visit anchor.fm/teachthegeek @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, TikTok)

Building the career you want with Andrea Martin Andrea Martin founded Andrea Martin Consulting to help people advance in their careers. She’s also host of the Career Confessions Podcast. I follow her on LinkedIn, and after commenting on one of her posts, she said that it’d be cool for us to have a conversation on a podcast. I understand that to mean, “Neil, invite me to be a guest on your podcast.” I took the hint, invited her. and she accepted.  To get in touch with Andrea, her Instagram handle is @mrs.andrea.martin. __ TEACH THE GEEK Get public speaking tips at teachthegeek.com/tips Prefer audio only? Listen to the podcast at anchor.fm/teachthegeek @teachthegeek (FB, Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG, Tik Tok)

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)