Technical Presentation Skills, For Scientists and Engineers
Description
Technical Presentation Skills for Scientists and Engineers, is a hands-on workshop that covers all the skills necessary to create, practice, and deliver successful technical presentations. All students will have the opportunity to develop technical presentations. Selected students will have the chance to deliver their technical presentations and receive evaluations from other students and the course instructor. Offered In-Person/Virtual.
Course Outline:
- Why Excellent Presentation Skills Are Essential to Your Career Advancement
- How to Reduce Your Fear of Public Speaking
- How to Acquire Knowledge of Your Audience
- How to Create In-Person and Virtual Technical Presentations
- How to Practice In-Person and Virtual Technical Presentations
- How to Deliver In-Person and Virtual Technical Presentations
What You Will Learn:
Upon completion, students will understand ways to reduce their fear of public speaking: ways to understand their audience: and how to create, practice, and deliver successful in-person and virtual technical presentations.
Instructor(s):
Frank DiBartolomeo is a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in information technology. Frank is also a graduate of the U.S. Air Force’s Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College.
He is also an award-winning speaker, Professional Member of the National Speakers Association, Toastmasters International member for over thirty (30) years, and founder and President of DiBartolomeo Consulting International (DCI), a presentation skills coaching company. Because of his outstanding work in the field of public speaking and leadership, in 2002, Frank was awarded Toastmasters International’s highest individual award - Distinguished Toastmaster.
He is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and worked in the Defense industry for several years. Frank’s expertise as an engineer and technical leader in the military and industry led to a succession of leadership positions as a program manager and senior systems engineer, including assignments at the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Pentagon, and, in industry, as the Deputy Lead Engineer on a 300-person national security program. In these positions, he started to hone his ability to influence others through his public speaking.
Frank is also an entrepreneur specializing in presentation, interview, and networking skills coaching. He has coached hundreds of speakers over his lifetime and has delivered many public speaking seminars and workshops.
In 2007, Frank founded DiBartolomeo Consulting International (DCI), LLC, to help technical professionals inspire, motivate, and influence their colleagues and other technical professionals by improving their presentation skills, interview skills, and personal presence.
Frank and his wife Elaine live in Centreville, Virginia, and have two grown children, Frank and Jackie.