Teach the Geek Podcast - public speaking for technical professionals

Updated: 25 Jun 2025 • 366 episodes
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In STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)? Struggle with public speaking? Then you're in the right place! I'm Neil Thompson, engineer and speaker. This is the place to get tips to improve your public speaking, and also hear from others with STEM backgrounds who saw the benefit of public speaking in their careers and the steps they took to get better at it. Think you or someone you know would make a great guest? Email me at hello@teachthegeek.com.

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Gabriela Coe: Engineer and Podcaster Gabriela Coe is an engineer, podcaster. Her podcast, Keys to the Future, is about her interviews with STEM professionals to learn more about their STEM journeys. I’m keen to learn more about how she ended up in her current field, why she started her podcast, and how being an effecti

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Karen Roth: Innovation and Diversity Advocate Karen Roth is a nationally recognized leader in defense innovation and technology strategy. With deep expertise in STEM, partnership building, and strategic planning, she brings a passion for accelerating innovation and empowering diverse talent in tech. I’m keen to learn m

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Chaitali Narla: Founder, CTO and Coach Chaitali Narla is a founder, CTO and coach. Speaking with those who leave corporate to start their own thing is always a treat, so I’m keen to learn more about her time in corporate, her motivation to start her own ventures, and the ways speaking has benefited her. To get in touch

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Tania Will Jeppesen: The Prepared Leader Tania Will Jeppesen is the founder of the Prepared Leader, offering consulting and speaking services on leadership development. Because she had an illustrious career in operations. I’m interested to learn more about her motivation to start her company, her previous roles in corp

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I made this episode especially for those in HR and TD (talent development) departments. This episode is about why strong communication skills are essential to technical professionals and how HR/TD can play a key role in developing those skills. TEACH THE GEEK (http://teachthegeek.com) Working with technical professiona

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Lunch & learns can be a great way for technical professionals to practice their speaking skills. Why would they participate in them? Why would others show up to be attendees? In this solo episode, I go over ways to encourage participation in lunch & learns so everyone benefits from them. What do you think? Did I come u

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