HeyJaredTeach the Geek: Public Speaking and Communication Skills for Technical Professionals
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.
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EP. 430 - Dr. Andrew Omidvar: From Complexity to Impact (opens the original)
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Dr. Andrew Omidvar: From Complexity to Impact Dr. Andrew Omidvar is a Vice President of R&D with more than 25 years of experience leading cross-functional teams, securing funding for breakthrough innovations, and bringing AI, big data, and medical technologies from concept to market. In our conversation, we will discuss how R&D leaders communicate complex research and development efforts to diverse audiences, and why strong communication skills are essential for turning technical breakthroughs i
EP. 429 - Jonathon Thompson: Clear‑Thinking Tech Leaders Communicate (opens the original)
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Jonathon Thompson is a technology leader with 25 years of experience designing and implementing compliant solutions in regulated industries. We explore where technical and business teams most often miscommunicate, how those misunderstandings influence leadership decisions, and how technical professionals can better communicate trade-offs and ideas to decision makers. We also discuss how AI is changing technical communication and why the ability to clearly describe problems, outcomes, and context
EP. 428 - Marc Brooker: How Technical Communication Drives Decisions (opens the original)
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Marc Brooker: How Technical Communication Drives Decisions In this episode, I’m joined by Marc Brooker, a VP and distinguished engineer who has worked on large-scale systems and now focuses on safety and policy for agentic AI. We explore how his approach to communicating complex technical work has evolved as his responsibilities have changed. We also discuss what works and what doesn’t in technical presentations, how organizations can help technical professionals become better communicators, and
EP. 427 - Danielle Prilepskiy: Teaching Machine Learning through Tennis (opens the original)
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Danielle Prilepskiy: Teaching Machine Learning through Tennis Danielle Prilepskiy is a Statistics and Machine Learning student who is exploring what happens when technical knowledge meets the human side of communication. After teaching tennis to kids and learning how to break down complex physical mechanics into simple analogies, she now applies those lessons to explaining machine learning to people who are trying to understand what it actually does in the era of AI. In this episode, Danielle sh
EP. 426 - Lisa Hornschemeier: When Engineers Fail to Communicate (opens the original)
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Lisa Hornschemeier: When Engineers Fail to Communicate Lisa Hornschemeier is a Vice President of Engineering with a career spanning software development, enterprise systems, cloud platforms, and engineering leadership. In our conversation, we will discuss how engineering leaders bridge communication gaps across the organization, explain complex technical decisions to diverse stakeholders, use storytelling to build support for engineering initiatives, and why strong communication skills are essen
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