November 10th, 2025
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” — Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom STEM professionals often lack confidence in their public…

November 3rd, 2025
“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.” — Robert McKee, screenwriting lecturer and story theorist STEM professionals are often more focused on accuracy and problem-solving than on marketing…

October 27th, 2025
“You can’t control the waves, but you can learn to surf.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. You’ve created and practiced your speech. No one interrupted you during your practice. However,…

October 19th, 2025
“Clarity and simplicity are completely compatible with complexity and deep content. The best designs are those that make complexity clear.” – Edward R. Tufte, statistician and data visualization pioneer from The Visual Display of…

October 13th, 2025
“Clarity and simplicity are completely compatible with complexity of content.” – Edward R. Tufte – Data visualization pioneer, author of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information STEM Professionals often grapple with the…

October 6th, 2025
“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.” — Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and physicist Planning the timing of a technical presentation and then executing it is an art. STEM speakers often face this…

September 29th, 2025
“People forget up to 90% of what you share with them. The challenge is: which 10% do you want them to remember?” Carmen Simon – Cognitive Neuroscientist & Communication Expert Often, STEM speakers wonder if their audience is…

September 22nd, 2025
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin, American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, political philosopher, and Founding Father of the…