I have given motivational talks and book talks at schools, corporate meetings, spiritual groups, book fairs and diversity fairs, including the Washington Independent Review of Books; the National March to End Rape Culture; the Mixed Remixed Festival; the Japanese American Museum; the Gaithersburg, Baltimore and Annapolis Book Festivals; the U.S. Veteran’s Administration; the Fearless Women’s Summit; Bethesda Metro Village; Politics & Prose Bookstore; Oyster Bilingual School; The Wednesday Morning Group; Blessed Sacrament School; Prince Georges County Elementary School; and Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Preschool. I look forward to meeting you at my next event!
Kensington celebrates The International Day of the Book at its well-attended street festival in Kensington’s historic district. https://dayofthebook.com/
- Harri j. Kramer / Chair, Wednesday Morning Group
I'm part of a collective of co-hosts of the "Inside Out" radio show on WPFW fm 89.3 in Washington, D.C. I produce and host the show generally on the first Tuesday of each month between 2:00-3:00 p.m. EST. I focus on diversity and alliance issues. If you have ideas for a show or would like to be a guest, please contact me. See our Inside Out LGBT Radio Facebook page and www.WPFWfm.org for more info. And tune in!
Kensington celebrates The International Day of the Book at its well-attended street festival in Kensington’s historic district. https://dayofthebook.com/
Presenting a motivational workshop at the trade association’s midyear meeting. https://www.thehcpa.org/open-events/
Featured author at the Gaithersburg Book Festival! http://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/featured_author/maria-leonard-olsen/
Speaker at the Bounce Montclair Festival of Optimism and Resilience. https://montclairbounce.org/
Flowjam is Loudon County, Virginia’s first universal healing arts festival. https://www.flowjam.org/
Featured author at the Vermont Festival of the Arts. More details to follow.
Guest on the Brave Healer podcast. https://lauradifranco.com/podcast/
Invited to speak at the Influencers of Midlife Conference in Atlanta in March 2020. https://www.influencersofmidlife.com/
Featured speaker at the Fearless Women’s Summit in Philadelphia. https://onewoman.ca/product/fearless-womens-summit-philadelphia-pa/
Selected to audition at the TEDxTysons event at the Alden Theater in McLean, VA. https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10363988?performanceEntryTimeId=10766
Book talk at 6:30 pm at the Annapolis Public Library.
Guest presenter at the Karmafest Winter Lecture Series in Upper Marlboro, MD.
Join us for an evening of good storytelling, as area authors read from their work. https://www.facebook.com/events/2062375390739305/
Interview at Takoma Park Radio by Michael Causey on the “Get Up!” show. 94.3 fm, WOWD in Washington, D.C.
Book talk at the Rye Free Reading Room as part of the “Read In Rye” series. http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/popevent.cfm?curOrg=RFRR&curMode=LOGIN&curHelp=&eID=5754774&thisDate=NO_DATE
Join us for a discussion of “50 After 50” and how to be your best version of yourself at any age!
Honored to have been chosen to address the team as the motivational speaker to open a Company’s National Convention in Dallas, Texas.
Invited to speak to the Master Faculty Scholar Program candidates at the Washington Veteran Administration, Geriatrics and Palliative Care Department.
Book party at a private home in Los Angeles. Contact author for details.
Book talk in the loveliest part of New Orleans at the Garden District Book Shop.
Thrilled to be invited to participate in the National Book Fair at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. #fiftyafter50
Book talk at the historic and beautiful Arlington Street Church in Boston, MA>
The Germantown Public Library has invited me to speak on “50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life” (Rowman & Littlefield 2018), following many requests for my book there! Join the conversation! 19840 Century Blvd, Germantown, MD 20874
Visit me and author Trish Earnest at the Baltimore Book Festival at the lovely Inner Harbor.
Honored to be selected to present my book, 50 After 50, on the Inner Harbor Stage on the first day of the Baltimore Book Festival this fall. Will have an author table at the Festival as well, so please come by and say hello.
Invited to speak on meditation and my book, 50 After 50, at a private wellness event for women in New Canaan, CT. Excited to meet women who are striving to be the best versions of themselves that they can be!
Olsen is an attorney, a cohost of WPFW’s "Inside Out," a women’s writing and empowerment-retreat leader, a public speaker, and a woman who turned fifty expecting to find life less satisfying. But while her children didn’t need her as acutely and many of her other relationships had also changed, by setting out to accomplish fifty specific things, she discovered that the key to a meaningful life was still within her power.
Olsen is an attorney, a cohost of WPFW’s "Inside Out," a women’s writing and empowerment-retreat leader, a public speaker, and a woman who turned fifty expecting to find life less satisfying. But while her children didn’t need her as acutely and many of her other relationships had also changed, by setting out to accomplish fifty specific things, she discovered that the key to a meaningful life was still within her power.
