Presentations & workshops
I regularly present my work at events, festivals and symposiums–and I offer customized storytelling trainings (such as Storytelling for Changemakers, Storytelling the Environment, Oral History 101) for groups and communities. Here are some recent engagements and upcoming opportunities to see me speak:
Upcoming
“The Art of Storytelling and Marketing”
September 10-11, 2020
Workshop for The Ashoka Visionary Program in Vienna, Austria.
“Profiles in Peace: Women’s Contributions to Global Peace & Security”
October 21-24 2020
Presentation at the Oral History Association Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland.
“Silenced No More: DC Communities Amplify Their Stories with the DC Oral History Collaborative”
October 21-24 2020
Presentation at the Oral History Association Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland.
Previous
“Profiles in Peace Oral History Project”
March 13, 2020
Presentation at the annual Oral History of the mid Atlantic Region in collaboration with Georgetown’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education, Shepherdstown, WV.
“The Power of Story: Old Injustices, New Narratives”
October 29, 2019
Presentation for the Human Rights Forum at Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN.
“Regenerative Storytelling and Filmmaking for Social Change”
October 29, 2019
Workshop at the Human Rights Forum at Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN.
“Refugees Got Talent”
July 2018
Screening / Discussion organizer with Al-Jazeera’s Witness and Busboys and Poets in Washington D.C.
“The Art of Storytelling and Marketing”
June 2016, 2017, 2018
Two-day annual workshop for The Asoka Visionary Program in Vienna, Austria.
“Storytelling the Environment”
February 2108
One-day workshop for Chatham University’s Falk School of Sustainability and Environment in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“Bad Feminists Making Films”
November 2017
Screening / Discussion with the American Anthropological Association in Washington D.C.
“A Mobile Disruption”
May 13, 2017
Panel Speaker for SmartPhilm Film Festival in Washington DC.
“Storytelling the Environment”
October 2016
Panel Organizer / Speaker at the Oral History Association Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA.
“Transcending Boundaries & Wild Women”
March 2016
Presenter at the Environmental Film Festival in Washington D.C.
“What Does a Scientist Look Like? The Answer Lies in Storytelling”
April 2016
Presenter for TEDx at NVCC: The Fusion of Values in Washington DC.
“Storytelling for Changemakers”
Beginning in 2014
1-3 day transformative storytelling workshop experience developed for social entrepreneurs with Ashoka Innovators for the Public, facilitated/delivered in South Africa, Kenya, Spain, and the U.S.
“Gender Justice, Storytelling the Environment & Learning from the Belfast Oral History Project”
Webinar presentations for Groundswell: Oral History for Social Change and the Practitioner Support Network.
“The Art of Empathy and the Empathy of Art: Oral History Methods and Applications”
July 2013
Workshop for the Asian American Writers Workshop in New York City, NY.
“Storytelling and Human Rights”
July 2013
Presentation for NEXT UP DC featuring “10 carefully selected up-and-comers under 30” in Washington DC.
“Nowhere to Be Home: Narratives from Survivors of Burma’s Military Regime”
Book talks/ presentations at locations including Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA; University of California, Berkeley; Burma Roundtable, Washington D.C.; Haverford College, Pennsylvania; Columbia University, New York; U.S. Oral History Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
“Maggie is an extraordinary storyteller and trainer. I’ve seen her coach people who have no experience in storytelling to be able to deliver powerful stories on a stage in a way that moves the audience to tears. She has done so in diverse settings and with a profound sensitivity to cultural nuances. I can’t recommend her enough.”
— Reem Rahman (Director, Ashoka Changemakers, Knowledge and Impact Evaluation)
