about amanda hirsch

JUST THE FACTS, MA’AM

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Amanda Hirsch is a writer and entrepreneur. She writes a personal blog called The Creative Desk about living life as a creative human, and was a finalist in the Sundance Episodic Lab for an original TV script she wrote. Amanda also self-published a book inspired by blog posts she wrote during her pregnancy and the first year of her daughter’s life, called Feeling My Way: Finding Motherhood Without Losing Myself, and has been published by Mother.ly, Catapult, and other outlets.

Amanda’s company, Mighty Forces, helps change makers and creative souls to find the words and create the online presence to show the world who they are. Previously she founded and ran Good Things Consulting, which helped nonprofit organizations and socially conscious start-ups increase their reach and impact with digital storytelling. Before going out on her own, Amanda was editorial director of PBS.org, where she helped documentary filmmakers translate their stories to this new-fangled medium called the world wide web.

Amanda lives with her family in New York’s Hudson Valley.

BUT IF YOU WANT A BETTER SENSE OF WHO I AM…

I’m a writer who feels a deep love for the world and a desire to ease people’s suffering.

I write a personal blog called The Creative Desk about living life as a creative human. My pilot script for an original television series, “Yes, Andrea,” was a finalist in Sundance Institute’s Episodic Lab. I self-published a book inspired by blog posts I wrote during my pregnancy and the first year of my daughter’s life, called Feeling My Way: Finding Motherhood Without Losing Myself. My writing has been published by Mother.ly, Catapult, Ad Council, Forge, Melinda French Gates’s Evoke.org (RIP), Leadership Story Lab, and Gotham Ghostwriters.

I connect with people deeply one-on-one in ways that reveal the truth of who they are, and through my company, Mighty Forces, I help them translate their truth into words, and into an online presence that attracts meaningful opportunities and helps them find the people who are trying to find them. I believe that digital self-expression is an essential form of literacy in our modern world, one that is essential to human connection and to powering a revitalized, healthier public square.

I also engage and connect deeply with audiences, both online and in person, likely thanks to a combination of empathy and years spent studying and performing improv comedy. Voted an audience favorite at SXSW for a session about applying improv’s lessons to life and work, I am an experienced public speaker and workshop leader; Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and the National Film Board of Canada are among the venues where I’ve spoken on the power of storytelling and led how-to sessions about telling your story online.

I’ve been an entrepreneur since 2006. My current company, Mighty Forces, originally focused on helping women amplify their voices and stories, before I had a change of heart in early 2024. Previously I spent 10+ years running the first company I founded, Good Things Consulting, which helped nonprofit organizations and socially conscious startups increase their reach and impact with digital storytelling; my services included everything from content strategy and editorial partnership management to writing website copy, social media posts, and podcast scripts. Clients included TED, NPR, and the George Lucas Educational Foundation.

Before beginning the entrepreneurial chapter of my career, I was the editorial director of PBS.org, where I helped documentary filmmakers translate their stories to this newfangled, interactive, nonlinear medium called the world wide web. It was during my time at PBS that my passion for telling other people’s stories was ignited.

I graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in English and a concentration in fiction writing. I live in New York’s Hudson Valley with my husband, Jordan, an amazing coach and trainer, as well as a musician; our daughter, who is a mighty force, indeed; and a very weird but lovable rescue dog, whom the family and I enjoy impersonating.