The Power of Story and Science

Jill Tietjen: Maximizing Abilities

What does it mean to you to maximize your abilities and talents? Do you pursue that, even when it takes you in surprising directions and may lead you into non-traditional roles? Listen to this conversation between program host David Otey (https://davidotey.com/) and speaker Jill Tietjen, who was an engineer when women in that role were a novelty. What might her insights mean for you as well?

 

Connect with Jill on Linked in at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-tietjen-a0789a9/.

Alex Ramsey: What Gets in the Way

Do you get nervous when you speak in front of an audience? What if I (https://davidotey.com) were to tell you that the nervousness you feel is actually a key to your very survival? Don’t take my word for it. In this conversation, listen to the surprising insights from Alex Ramsey about the source of your nervousness. Spoiler alert: there’s chemistry involved!

To follow up with guest Alex Ramsey, reach out to her: Alex@speakingcenterstage.com

To have a conversation with program host David Otey, go to http://TalkToDavidNow.com.

Three Verbal Tools

Ever encounter the challenge of making your work clear and understandable to someone outside your field of expertise? This is a problem many technical experts face. In today’s content episode, program host David Otey (https://davidotey.com) takes you through three distinct, yet easy-to-use verbal tools that can help you help others understand the nature of your work.

The book by Judy Carter that David mentions is The Message of You (2013).

Contact David by going to http://talktodavidnow.com. He’d love to hear from you.

Avoid the DD!

If you’re out on the town and imbibing, a DD is a good thing: a Designated Driver. But where technical presentations are concerned, you want to studiously avoid a DD: a Data Dump. How do you avoid the dreaded Data Dump? A good place to start is understanding your audience and what they need from you. That’s our starting point for this content episode featuring podcast host David Otey (https://davidotey.com).

 

The Facebook community David mentions can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/storyandscience.

 

To schedule a conversation with David and go deeper into any of his topics, please go to https://bookme.name/davidotey.

Dr. Jeffrey Magee: The Great Reboot

In this episode, you are going to hear a wide-ranging conversation between host David Otey (https://davidotey.com/) and the always energetic Dr. Jeffrey Magee, a highly regarded expert in leadership and talent development. You will discover how leadership mastery derives from a simple mathematical principle. You’ll pick up tips that will help you get the butterflies flying in formation when you speak. And you’ll understand what the “Great Reboot” means for you.

 

Find out more about Dr. Magee and his many books and programs by visiting https://www.jeffreymagee.com/. For his Professional Performance 360 magazine, visit https://professionalperformancemagazine.com/.

Susan Morris: Four Steps to Confidence

In this episode, you are in for a treat. Not only will you meet Susan Morris, a dynamic speaker and coach who can help you up your career ladder, but you’ll also be a witness as she takes host David Otey through a simple yet surprising demonstration of the mind-body connection. When it comes to building your confidence, you don’t want to go on stage until you’ve heard what Susan Morris has to say.

 

Susan cites 2014 research by Deborah Gruenfeld, a professor of leadership and organization at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, who posits that your posture doesn’t just reflect your level of confidence, insecurity, or anything else. Instead, your posture sends messages to your brain that tells you how to feel. If you need to feel confident, you want your posture to send your brain that message of standing tall. Be sure to check out how she has David demonstrate this—unrehearsed—during the episode!

 

Follow up with Susan Morris by email: Susan@susanmorriscoaching.com.

 

The book David mentions in the program is Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers by Chip Heath and Karla Starr. He recommends it highly.

 

Find out more about host David Otey at https://davidotey.com, where you can also contact him. He’d love to hear from you.

Ron Karr: What’s your velocity?

Speaker and author Ron Karr likes to ask the question, “What would the world be like if everyone acted like a leader and not a victim of circumstance?” In today’s episode, Ron and host David Otey have a conversation about how acting like a leader ties directly into communicating more effectively—even for a technical presenter. Because you have to connect with the heart first, and then the mind.

Find out more about Ron’s latest book, The Velocity Mindset, and pick up free resources by visiting http://velocitymindset.com/.

To connect with David Otey, visit http://storyandscience.com/.

Three Lessons Learned

In this content episode, host David P. Otey shares three lessons he learned from the experience he had of creating and managing the delivery of a training program to more than ten thousand technicians in the TV news industry. Do you give technical presentations, or conduct training of any sort? If so, then these lessons will benefit you as well.

Follow up with David by visiting https://davidotey.com.

Lisa Scott: All About Clarity

Today’s conversation is with Lisa Scott, a speech pathologist who has turned her attention to the particular needs of presenters who need either more confidence, or help with their speech clarity. This episode may be of particular interest to you if you are a non-native speaker of English who sometimes struggles to be understood. You’ll want to hear about the physicist at the hardware store!

Lisa is a licensed speech pathologist who specializes in the STEM fields, helping experts to communicate clearly with clients and decision makers. Lisa thrives on solving the problems that keep people from communicating clearly and loves the challenge of working with highly skilled professionals who want a competitive edge in their communication skills.

To get a free resource from Lisa, visit https://www.accentuatecommunication.com/checklist.

For more information on program host David Otey, visit https://davidotey.com/.

Benedict Albensi: Science, Innovation, and Creativity

In this episode, you will hear a conversation with Benedict Albensi, Ph.D., a neuroscientist with wide-ranging interests not only in science and the arts, but also in training young scientists in innovation and creativity. Does learning the piano make you better at math? Are people actually right- and left-brained? Is muscle memory really a thing? Listen to our conversation and find out.

Connect with Dr. Albensi at https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedict-albensi/.

To follow up with host David P. Otey, visit https://davidotey.com/.