How to Pitch Your Project

Develop your pitching skills so that when an opportunity arises to share your project with decision-makers, you’re ready for it! As a creative, you’ve poured your time and talents into your project. But to get your concept to the next stage, you’ll need to be able to speak about it in a way that gets execs, representatives, and writing development labs as excited about your idea as you are. Course participants will attend three virtual classes, during which Moonshot Initiative co-founder Katrina will give feedback on participants’ verbal pitches. Participants may volunteer to share their 30-second or 5-minute pitches as an example for the class, and we’ll give feedback to as many participants as possible so that everyone can learn from a wide array of examples. You’ll also have the opportunity to hear examples of polished pitches from our past Pilot Accelerator fellows — pitches that prompted execs at companies like HBO, Netflix, Hulu and Showtime to request to read their full scripts and to have follow-up meetings. Plus, we’ll pair you up with your classmates so that you can practice and get comfortable pitching outside of the virtual classroom. Throughout the course, we’ll provide instructions for crafting a verbal pitch and an elevator pitch; tips for being an engaging speaker; do’s and don’ts for pitching; a guide for researching the companies and execs you’re pitching to; how to talk about yourself and your work; tips for general meetings; bonus materials; and more. If you have a script or a ready-to-pitch idea for a feature or TV pilot, this course is for you! Meetups will occur on: Monday, Sept. 14, 8-9:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, Sept. 23, 8-9:30 p.m. ET Monday, Sept. 28, 8-9:30 p.m. ET Daily virtual coursework Sept. 9-30