Teach the Geek Podcast - public speaking for technical professionals
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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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 othe
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 ask
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 speake
Bryan Rutberg: The Hippie with an MBA Bryan Rutberg is the Hippie with an MBA and a successful professional speaker. He’s also once helped a marketing GM prepare a speech for a data analyst audience—he really understands how to speak to technical audiences. While I’m curious about how that data analyst speech went, I’m
Melissa Boggs: The Rollerskating Professional Speaker Melissa Boggs is a professional keynote speaker who delivers talks on innovation, creativity, and change management. She certainly embodies creativity, as she presents her unique keynote speeches on roller skates. Yes, you read that right! (I hope she wears a helmet
Communicating Environmental Policy: Ruth Driscoll-Lovejoy’s Journey Ruth Driscoll-Lovejoy, a seasoned professional in environmental policy, is a frequent public speaker to both private and public sectors. But has she always been a skilled communicator? Like many in technical fields, Ruth had to develop her public speak
