Lisa brings multidisciplinary tools of thought and craft to speaker series, workshops, classrooms, and tailored consulting engagements that address challenges in technology, enterprise, and education.

Her energy, insight, and polymath perspective are fueled by a lyric imagination and immersive experience:

Rhythm, Pattern, and Tone: a Systems Approach to Prosody, University of San Francisco, 2023

From Sonnets to Satellites: Fostering Makers through STEAM, San Mateo County Libraries, 2022

The Universe Is Personal: Leaping, Connecting, and Meaning, MOSAIC America, San José, 2021

A Different Physics: The Poetics of Discovery, ‘Art Meets Science’ series, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory & Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, 2019

Shakespeare Wrote Source Code, Chabot Planetarium, Oakland, 2019

Celebrating Good Trouble: Art in Conversation with the Work of Rep. John Lewis, NuMu Los Gatos with MOSAIC America. 2021

Words for the Earth: Poetry, Ecology, and Environmental Action, San José Poetry Festival. 2020

Exploring the Multiverse: Writing, Science, and the Environment, WORD/Vancouver. 2020

Dual Citizens: Scientist-Poets on Intersections, Inquiry, and Creative Paths, AWP Annual Conference, San Antonio. 2020

Women in STEAM in Space, Chabot Space & Science Center with Jill Tarter, Margaret Race, and women scientists, artists, and engineers from NASA and SETI projects. 2019

Polymath Your Project: Literary Labs, Science Salons, Tailored Consulting

Please reach out regarding presentations, short-form workshops, conversations, and consulting in the following areas and related topics:   

Multidisciplinary

• Systems Field Kit: Tools, Hacks, and Strategies

• Rethinking Process, Product, and Practice

• Art and Interface: Low-Tech/High-Effect Wisdom of Craft and Forms

• Navigating Inquiry, Exploration, and Objectives: Compositional Approaches to Problem-Solving, Making, Research, and Design 

• Poetry-as-Process for Agency and Resiliency

Literary

• Rhythm, Pattern, and Tone: A Systems Approach to Prosody (multi-genre)

• Art of Recitation: Performance Skills and Compositional Resources (poetry)

• Revision as Exploration (poetry and flash prose)

• Poetic Craft Intensives for Prose Writers

• Craft Talks and Workshop Intensives for Poets

As Poet Laureate Emerita of a culturally and geographically diverse region, Lisa advocates for poetry across a broad spectrum of organizations. She has created and hosted numerous events, providing public programs for new and experienced writers alike to develop and present their voices; and giving talks, readings, and workshops in educational, business, civic, prison, and private settings. The community project of her 2017-2018 tenure was a county-wide ekphrastic challenge, Spoken Art, that showcased local artwork in several media, and received hundreds of original poems from writers of all ages.

In addition to readings and craft talks, Lisa speaks outside of literary forums, bringing multidisciplinary perspective to conversations on issues of local and global concern. Contact Lisa for engagements.