Teach the Geek: Public Speaking and Communication Skills for Technical Professionals

Neil Thompson
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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
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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/. __ TEACH THE GEEK (http://teachthegeek.com) Prefer video? Visit http://youtube.teachthegeek.com Subscribe 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.
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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. __ TEACH THE GEEK (http://teachthegeek.com) Prefer video? Go to http://youtube.teachthegeek.com Subscribe 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.
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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. __ TEACH THE GEEK (http://teachthegeek.com) Working with technical professionals so they can present more effectively, especially in front of non-technical audiences Follow @teachthegeek (Twitter) and @_teachthegeek_ (IG) Get Public Speaking Tips for STEM Professionals at http://teachthegeek.com/tips
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Dec 4, 2024 • 28min

EP. 336: Elizabeth McCormick is Piloting a Speaking Career

Elizabeth McCormick is Piloting a Speaking Career Elizabeth McCormick is a speaker and author who draws on her experience as a former US Army Black Hawk pilot to speak on leadership, resilience, and overcoming obstacles. For those of who are considering becoming professional 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 Elizabeth has to say. To get in touch with Elizabeth, visit https://yourinspirationalspeaker.com/. __ TEACH THE GEEK (http://teachthegeek.com) Subscribe 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.
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Nov 27, 2024 • 29min

EP. 335: Marcy Heim, The Philanthropic Professional Speaker, on Building her Speaking Business

Marcy Heim, The Philanthropic Professional Speaker, on Building her Speaking Business Marcy Heim is the Artful Asker, a speaker and author on the topic of philanthropy and fundraising. 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 Marcy has to say. To get in touch with Marcy, visit https://marcyheim.com. __ TEACH THE GEEK (http://teachthegeek.com) Presentation skills for technical professionals Follow @teachthegeek (Twitter) and @_teachthegeek_ (IG) Get Public Speaking Tips for STEM Professionals at http://teachthegeek.com/tips.
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Nov 20, 2024 • 24min

EP. 334: Maria Flynn - Building a Speaking Business

Maria Flynn - Building a Speaking Business Maria Flynn is a speaker, founder, and advisor. Once a CEO in the biotech industry, she’s earlier on in her speaking journey, so I’m really keen on hearing what she thinks of the speaking industry so far. Is what she’s doing similar to what the graybeards I’ve interviewed have done? We’ll see! To get in touch with Maria, visit https://makeopportunityhappen.com. __ TEACH THE GEEK (http://teachthegeek.com) Subscribe 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.
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Nov 13, 2024 • 30min

EP. 333: Maureen Zappala, Imposter Syndrome Speaker, on Building a Speaking Business

Maureen Zappala, Imposter Syndrome Speaker, on Building a Speaking Business Maureen Zappala is a professional speaker, author, and imposter syndrome expert. As she has been a speaker for some time, 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. Let’s get to it! To get in touch with Maureen, visit https://maureenz.com. __ TEACH THE GEEK (http://teachthegeek.com) Prefer video? Go to http://youtube.teachthegeek.com Subscribe 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.
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Nov 6, 2024 • 28min

EP. 332 - Nicolas Toper: Insights on Entrepreneurship and Communication

Nicolas Toper: Insights on Entrepreneurship and Communication Nicolas Toper is the co-founder of Inboxbooster, an AI-driven email marketing platform. I suspect that being a founder involves communicating why people should use your product, so I’m sure that Nicolas has some ideas on how to do that well. Let’s get to asking some questions! To get in touch with Nicolas, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas. __ TEACH THE GEEK: http://teachthegeek.com PODCAST: http://podcast.teachthegeek.com YOUTUBE: http://youtube.teachthegeek.com Follow @teachthegeek (Twitter) and @_teachthegeek_ (IG) Get Public Speaking Tips for STEM Professionals at http://teachthegeek.com/tips.
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Oct 30, 2024 • 22min

EP. 331: Michael Neece is the Kindness Speaker

Michael Neece is the Kindness Speaker Michael Neece is a professional speaker and author of the book In Kind: Consciously Craft a Meaningful Life and Career. On behalf of those of you who are interested in becoming speakers, I’m interested to hear his thoughts on picking a speaking topic, marketing yourself as a speaker, and pricing services. Let’s get to those thoughts! To get in touch with Michael, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/yournextkeynotespeaker. __ TEACH THE GEEK http://teachthegeek.com PODCAST: http://podcast.teachthegeek.com YOUTUBE: http://youtube.teachthegeek.com Follow @teachthegeek (Twitter) and @_teachthegeek_ (IG) Get Public Speaking Tips for STEM Professionals at http://teachthegeek.com/tips.

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