Workshops & Speaking
Help your audience see what you see.
A strong pitch deck does more than explain a project. It gives someone a way into its world.
Inga Headland Seppala's workshops explore how visual psychology, storytelling, and design shape the way an audience understands an idea, connects with it, and wants to know more.
Featured Workshop
The Art of the Pitch Deck
Visual psychology. Storytelling. A reason to keep reading.
What makes someone lean into a pitch? What helps them understand its world? And what makes them want more?
This workshop looks at the pitch deck as an experience, exploring how words, images, pacing, and visual hierarchy work together to guide attention and build emotional connection.
Through examples and practical tools, participants learn how to make intentional creative choices that communicate the heart of a project.
Know. Feel. Want more.
What should your audience know, what should they feel, and what will make them want to keep going?
What Participants Will Explore
- 01Clarifying the job of the deck and what its audience needs.
- 02Using visual psychology to guide attention and support understanding.
- 03Communicating tone, genre, and story world through intentional imagery.
- 04Building rhythm and hierarchy across individual slides and the full presentation.
- 05Bringing words and images together to create emotional connection.
- 06Recognizing choices that dilute a project's identity or interrupt the reading experience.
Formats
Sessions can be shaped around your audience, program, and available time.
Presentation + Q&A
An introduction to the principles behind an effective pitch deck, illustrated through examples and followed by audience questions.
Extended Workshop
A deeper exploration of visual psychology, storytelling, and design, with room for discussion and practical application.
Workshop + Live Deck Review
A workshop incorporating a constructive review of a participant's existing deck, volunteered in advance. The group sees how the principles translate into specific creative choices and revisions.
Who It's For
For people with a story to share.
Designed for filmmakers, producers, writers, and creative teams, as well as film festivals, talent development programs, universities, and creative organizations.
Sessions can be tailored to participants' experience levels and the goals of the hosting program.
Experience
A conversation shaped by practice.
Inga has presented pitch deck workshops at the Nashville Film Festival and the Sitges Film Festival's WomenInFan Talent Accelerator, bringing together her experience in creative direction, design, and storytelling.
- •Nashville Film Festival
- •Sitges Film Festival · WomenInFan Talent Accelerator
About Inga
Meet Inga
Inga is a creative director and storyteller whose work brings together design, narrative, and an understanding of how people connect with ideas. Her workshops help creatives make more intentional decisions about how they present their work, with attention to both what an audience understands and what it feels.
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