

Teach the Geek: Public Speaking and Communication Skills for Technical Professionals
Neil Thompson
Teach the Geek helps engineers, scientists, and technical professionals speak clearly, confidently, and persuasively. Each episode provides actionable tips for public speaking, technical presentations, and communicating complex ideas to non-technical audiences. Learn how to prepare slides, tell stories with data, handle Q&A sessions, and improve your professional presence. Perfect for STEM professionals, researchers, and anyone who needs to present technical content with impact.
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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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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/.
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Get Public Speaking Tips for STEM Professionals at http://teachthegeek.com/tips.

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.
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Presentation skills for technical professionals
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Get Public Speaking Tips for STEM Professionals at http://teachthegeek.com/tips.

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.
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Get Public Speaking Tips for STEM Professionals at http://teachthegeek.com/tips.

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.
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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.

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.
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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.
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