Teach the Geek Podcast - public speaking for technical professionals

An article from the Harvard Extension School by Marjorie North goes over tips to improve in public speaking. I talk about a few of them in the video. To check out the article, visit https://www.extension.harvard.edu/professional-development/blog/10-tips-improving-your-public-speaking-skills teachthegeek.com @teachthegeek (FB) @teachthegeek (Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG)

Don't pass out before a speech! Get some posture and breathing advice from a Harvard Business Review article by Allison Shapira of Global Public Speaking LLC. https://hbr.org/2015/06/breathing-is-the-key-to-persuasive-public-speaking

IESE Business School article written by Conor Neill in Forbes has some great tips on public speaking. 12 tips to be exact! Check out the article at https://www.forbes.com/sites/iese/2016/04/18/12-tips-for-public-speaking teachthegeek.com @teachthgeek (Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG) @teachthegeek (FB)

Want to get people to listen to your presentation? Here's a tip that's bound to work. teachthegeek.com teachthegeek.slack.com @teachthegeek (Twitter) @_teachthegeek_ (IG) @teachthegeek (FB)

A guest didn't show up for the scheduled interview time, so I decided to do a solo video on timing presentations. It got me thinking that I should do more of these types of videos, so I will. I also decided to turn the videos into podcast episodes. This will take some time, so bear with me! One last thing. Check out my children's book. It's about my nephew asking me why his hair is the way it is and I use science to answer the question. Go to askuncleneil.com to learn more. As always, go to teachthegeek.com to learn more about my online public speaking course, Teach the Geek to Speak.

Chemical engineer Michael Benjamin was a presenter at the 2019 Professional Development Conference of the National Society of Black Engineers. His presentation was on being debt free at 23 (can you relate?). He’s also an author. He wrote The Power of Yet. We spoke about becoming an author, becoming a public speaker, and what exactly E.A.T. means? Connect with Michael at https://michaelobenjamin.com/

Steve Buchanan works as a Group Manager at Avanade, is a Microsoft MVP, and maintains a technology blog, Buchatech. We talked about what a Microsoft MVP is (I honestly had no clue), his motivation for getting into tech, and his plans for his blog.  To contact Steve: buchatech.com Twitter: @buchatech

Claude Jones is a man of many talents. His day job is as the site lead at WalMart Labs, but he is also the founder San Diego Tech Hub, the Elevate Foundation, and the Practical Leadership Guy. His talent for tech and public speaking is truly inspiring; I’ve heard him speak on several occasions. We talked about his involvement in tech, his motivation for his extracurricular endeavors, and his passion for public speaking.  To learn more about Claude: claude@sandiegotechhub.com claudejones.me linkedin.com/in/claudejones/

I learned about David Goldberg after watching his TEDx talk. He’s lead quite an interesting life. A PhD in civil engineering who ended up being a professor, there were entrepreneurial stints in between teaching gigs. He resigned his tenure track professorship and founded ThreeJoy Associates. He’s also an author, writing a book on revolutionizing engineering education. I learned about his journey to becoming a coach, his plans for revolutionizing engineering education, and his TEDx talk, of course.   Find out more about David at deg@threejoy.com and threejoy.com

Sol Rosenbaum is an engineer who cares deeply about public speaking for engineers, among other things. According to him, networking, personal development - soft skills in general - are key to getting ahead as an engineer. Technical skills alone just won’t cut. We talked about his motivation to become an engineer, his perspective on public speaking, and his 3 keys for career growth as an engineer. Find out more about Sol by visiting:  https://grs-global.com/author/srosenbaum http://www.theengineeringmentor.com/