Margarita regularly gives keynotes, workshops, masterclasses, and presentations at conferences, corporations, universities, nonprofits, and community groups. Margarita has presented at Stanford University, the Presidio Institute, Hoover Institution, The Conference Board, and more.
Your ability to impart the value of positive peace behaviors, during a time where change can bring out the best and worst in us, was an excellent way to remind us all to lead with peace and a collaborative spirit. Many of our attendees approached us after your keynote to express appreciation for your inspiring presentation.
Amy Buckmaster
Redwood City Chamber 49th Annual Progress Seminar
Margarita is brilliant, smart, and humorous. I got lots of inspiration, new perspectives, and insights. She concluded with a profound deep vision about what world we want to create for the future and our children.
Hanna Aplint
Management Consultant, Experience at KnowIt
Past Presentations, Courses and Conferences
Margarita has given keynotes, workshops, masterclasses, and presentations for Stanford University, the Presidio Institute, Hoover Institution, The Conference Board, Coca-Cola, SWSX, Deloitte, Aspen Institute, the Naval PostGraduate School, CourseHero Summit, World Engineering Education Forum, the Global Engineering Deans Council and other organizations.
Tech Pioneers for Equality and Justice, Anti-Racism Day Live Global Digital Experience 2021
Air Panel, Climate Action Live Global Digital Experience, 2021
New Uses of Mediating Technology for Online Education, Encuentro Latinoamericano de Enseñanza-Aprendizaje en Educación Superior Conference, Universidad del Norte, 2021
Protection of People Panel, Peace One Day, 2021
COP26 Panel, Peace One Day, 2021
Presidents Forum: Peace Engineering – A Call to Action 2020-2030, WEEF-GEDC2021 Conference, Madrid, Spain, 2021
Rapid Innovation Master Class, Leiden University, The Hague, 2014
2013
Can We Design Peace? Future Talk, Mountain View, CA 2013
New Tech for Conflict Prevention, SXSW, Austin, TX 2013
USAID Resilient Africa Network, Kampala, Uganda, 2013
Persuasive Game Technology, Shepard Mullin, Palo Alto, CA 2013
Measuring Social Media for Leadership, Latino Leadership Summit, Stanford, CA 2013
Behavior Design & Gap Analysis of Life Reimagined, AARP, Menlo Park, CA 2013
Measuring Progress in Conflict Environments, Rule of Law Course, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 2013
Design for Educational Reform, Stanford, CA 2013
Harnessing Social Data to Deliver Higher Performance, Deloitte, San Francisco, CA 2013
USAID Resilient Africa Network Workshop, Stanford, CA 2013
Behavior Design – An Overview, Bar Ilan University Delegation, Stanford, CA 2013
Gap Diversity Conference Keynote, The Gap, San Francisco, CA 2013
Behavior Design – An Overview, COWI, Aalborg, Denmark 2013
Turban Myths: An Analysis of Anti=Sikh American Bias and Hate Crimes, SALDEF, Stanford, CA 2013
Peace Innovation, The Social Layer and Resilience, USAID Resilient Africa Network Workshop, Stanford, CA 2013
A New Definition of Peace, TEDxBayAreaWomen, Mountain View, CA 2013
2012
Principles of Behavior Design and Persuasive Technology USRIO+2.0 Conference, Stanford Graduate School of Business 2012
Paris TelecomTech Peace Innovation Workshop, Stanford University 2012
Deloitte On Social Roundtable, Deloitte University 2012
Web Credibility for Health, City of Berkeley 2012
Peace Innovation Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley, April, May 2012
Cupid’s Arrow Technologies: Positive Payload Weapons and the Future of Global Defense, Media-X Seminar, Stanford University 2012
Peace Innovation Workshop, Hult University 2012
The Business of Peace podcast, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs 2012
Dialogue on Diplomacy and Technology, Aspen Institute2012
Dialogue on Institutional Innovation, Aspen Institute 2012
Behavior Design Interventions and Frameworks, Security and Development Course, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 2012
Impact of social Technologies on Governance, Legitimacy, and Rule of Law, Civil-Military Operations and the Rule of Law Course, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 2012
Peace Innovation, YN1K Delegation, Stanford, CA 2012
Peace Innovation Workshop, Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012
2011
Blogs & Bullets Conference, United States Institute for Peace, Stanford University 2011
Peace Innovation, TEDxKRP, Singapore, 2011
Power of Profit for Social Good, National University of Singapore, 2011
Female Innovation in Competitive Markets, National University of Singapore, 2011
Collective Action for Revolutionaries, TEDxMonterey, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA 2011
Peace Innovation Journalism, The 8th Conference on Innovation Journalism, Stanford University 2011
The Arab Awakening, The 8th Conference on Innovation Journalism, Stanford University 2011
Moderator, 2nd Annual Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit, Stanford, CA 2011
Towards a Next Generation of Business Models – Combining Mega Informatics, Field Informatics with Social Networking. Stanford University 2011
Hack4Egypt, Stanford University 2011
Hack4Egypt2, Stanford University, 2011
Keynote, Summer of Smart Urban Innovation Weekend, San Francisco, CA 2011
Prevention Regimes and Strategies Workshop, Naval PostGraduate School, Monterey, CA 2011
Blogs & Bullets2, United States Institute for Peace, Washington DC 2011
Corporate Board Diversity Conference, Haas School of Business 2011
Nato PsyOp Conference, Orlando, FL 2011
Keynote, Business Innovation Conference, Illinois Institute of Technology, WheatonIl 2011
2010
Workshop on Persuasive Technology for Mobile Applications, Web 2.0 Conference, San Francisco, CA 2010
Mass Engagement through Persuasive Technology, Social M Conference, Stanford University, 2010
Keynote, Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit, Menlo Park, CA 2010
Principles of Persuasive Technology, CalState East Bay, Hayward, CA 2010
How Persuasive Technologies are Fueling the Relief 2.0 Movement, Texas State University-San Marcos 2010
Persuasive Technology for Web and Mobile Developers, O’ReillyWeb 2.0 Conference, San Francisco 2010
2009
Hispanic-Net Venture Forum, Menlo Park, CA 2008, 2009
Bringing Media to Life with Codes and Watermarks South by Southwest, Austin, TX 2009
Trendspotting: Youth, Social Media, and Collaboration, RI Labs, Menlo Park, CA 2009
2007
Keynote, Bay Area Capital Connections II Conference, San Jose, CA 2007
Startup SIG, SAP Labs, Palo Alto, CA 2007
2005
Getting Ready to Grow Your Company, TechBA Mexican Accelerator, Silicon Valley 2005
The Case for Social Innovation: Looking Beyond Technology, National Society of Hispanic MBAs, San Francisco, CA 2005
2003
Access to Capital, Women in Technology International Conference, San Jose, CA 2003
Globalization, Demographics, and the Future of Work, aka Cheap Labor, Old People, and Your Job, Thursday Morning Dialogue, Silicon Valley, CA 2003
2000
Access to Capital for Women Entrepreneurs, Stanford Business School, 2000
SpringBoard Venture Conference for Women, Oracle Headquarters, Redwood Shores, 2000
1999
Women’s Entrepreneurship in the New Economy, Vital Voices, Iceland, 1999
Margarita is a top-shelf speaker. She is an informative, insightful, and very powerful presenter. I loved her sense of humor and interactive, easy style.
