On-site Story-Argument Workshops

with Margy Thomas, Ph.D.

Enrich your group with a customized, interactive event

Ready to breathe fresh air into your professional development programming? Book a live Story-Argument workshop with Margy Thomas, Ph.D., creator of the Story-Argument model. Based on your group’s needs, Margy will craft your workshop by drawing on the wealth of original content in the Story-Argument Archive. Rates start at U.S. $7,500 all-inclusive for a 2-3 hour in-person workshop at your location.

Examples of Guiding Questions we could build your workshop around:

  • “What is my deeper purpose as a scholar, and how can that purpose guide my work day-to-day?”

  • “What Big Idea am I trying to convey in my work? How do I translate it into a project structure?”

  • “How can I create scholarship that really matters to the world?”

  • “How can we (the workshop attendees) deepen our community to support one another’s scholarship?”

  • “How can I tap into my intrinsic motivations to energize my scholarly process?”

Do you have another Guiding Question in mind? Share it in the Inquiry Form below, in the space where you’re prompted to describe what you’re envisioning as your ideal Story-Argument workshop.

Included in your Story-Argument Workshop package:

  • A free initial consultation with Margy to discuss goals and possibilities for your event. (This call takes place before you commit to booking the workshop and carries no obligation to book the service.)

  • Follow-up email communication with Margy as needed, to ask questions and clarify any emerging information about the event.

  • Margy’s initial sketch of the workshop plan.

  • Planning call with Margy to review her workshop plan, offer feedback, and discuss revisions.

  • If needed, another planning call to discuss updated workshop plan.

  • A pre-questionnaire sent to all participants ~2 weeks before the event, giving everyone the chance to share with Margy about their work, goals, and needs/ desires in relation to the workshop.

  • Margy’s final tweaking and customization of the workshop plan in response to questionnaire responses.

  • All Margy’s travel expenses to and from your event location.

  • The workshop itself! An interactive experience tailored to your group’s size, needs, and goals. Every participant is given a workbook or packet of original Story-Argument design materials created by Margy.

  • If your Story-Argument workshop is part of a larger event, Margy is happy to be available for informal conversations beyond the workshop time.

  • After the workshop, all attendees have the opportunity to give feedback and ask Margy any follow-up questions via email.

As a thank-you gift to the event organizer(s), you are offered two complimentary lifetime memberships to access the Story-Argument Archive. If you’re planning this event solo (!), you can gift the second membership to a friend.

INQUIRY FORM

Please fill out the form below to inquire about available dates and explore possibilities for your event. Don’t worry if any of your answers are wild guesses — you’ll have ample opportunity later to provide updated information. This form just gives me a quick general sense of where you’re at right now. Submitting this form is not a commitment to book the service. Thanks for your interest! —Margy