Narrative Master Class
Silbersalz Science & Media Institute
March 2023
Invited participant, Role of Storytelling Workshop
Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum
July 15, 2022
Leader, Narrative Strategy Seminar
Zurich Centre for Creative Economies at
Zurich University of the Arts
Apr. 22-23, 2022
Speaker, Empathy and Immersion Symposium
Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation & Planning
New York, Feb. 1, 2019
Co-organizer and speaker,
Cooper Hewitt-Columbia DSL Storytelling Salon
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, March 28, 2017
Leader, Strategic Storytelling Workshop
Scuola Holden
Turin, Nov. 2-4, 2016
Leader, Roundtable Discussion
Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Study Group
US Navy
Brooklyn, Sept. 11, 2014
Speaker, The Future of Content in a Publish-on-Demand World
MediaX at Stanford University
Palo Alto, Ca., Feb. 4-5, 2014
Speaker and panelist,
Notes for the Future Symposium
Semi di Futuro–150 Anni
Politecnico di Milano
Milan, Dec. 4, 2013
Invited participant, Think & Do Workshop: Re-envisioning the Home TV Experience
The Edison Project
USC Annenberg Innovation Lab
Los Angeles, Nov. 20, 2013
Master Class in Transmedia
Bourse Orange–formats innovants
L’association Beaumarchais–SACD
Paris, Nov. 4-5, 2013
Master Class in Literary Reportage
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
New York University, Oct. 2009
Brand positioning and story creation for a client of BOND, the global brand and experience design agency.
Dec. 2021-Apr. 2022
Co-organizer and speaker, Digital Storytelling Training
AbbVie Global Medical Affairs
July 14-15 & 28-29, 2021
Workshop leader, Communicating for Maximum Impact
UN Dept. of Economic & Social Affairs – Division for Public Institutions & Digital Government
UN Secretariat
New York, Dec. 9, 2019
Speaker, Customer Experience Entertainment Workshop (for a major corporate client)
Foresight Factory
Geneva, Jan. 22, 2019
Leader, Narrative Thinking Workshop
PURE Insurance
White Plains, N.Y., July 19, 2018
Brand positioning and story creation for Siili Solutions, the Helsinki-based technology platform
Nov. 2017-Jan. 2018
Co-leader, Narrative Technology Workshop
TBWA\Chiat\Day
Los Angeles, Nov. 19, 2015
Workshop co-leader, Digital Brand Storytelling and Writing Breakthrough Concepts
L’Oréal USA
New York, Nov. 6 & 9, 2015
Co-leader, Brand Stories Workshop
Future of Storytelling Summit
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Staten Island, N.Y., Oct. 7, 2015
“Embracing Analog:
Why Physical Is Hot”
Co-author of a survey and trend report on attitudes about digital v. physical for JWT Intelligence
Mar. 2013
Special issue of the fictional Millennium magazine for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
42 Entertainment
Fall 2011
Keynote speaker
Johnson & Johnson Content Strategy Immersion workshop
IPG/Ensemble
Los Angeles, Aug. 1, 2011
Introduction to “The Pool Lane 2: Short-form Online Video,” a report on experimentation in ad formats for web video
VivaKi
Jan. 2011
Speaker and mentor, Sounds Digital conference and workshop
X Media Lab
London, April 16-18, 2010