Screenings, Panel Discussions & Viewer Resources

We can help your project on-screen have a more positive impact off-screen through compelling wrap-around content

We weave together our unique expertise in academia and the media industry to craft novel workshops tailored to creatives. Our media impact workshops are designed to build collaboration, spur important conversations, and offer tangible ways for your organization to create content through an authentic and inclusive lens that is good for business and positively impacts audiences and society. We develop workshops for all roles in media creation, from writers, showrunners, animators, designers, to gaming developers, executive leadership, and more. Our workshops can support your company’s values and goals at any stage of the creative process — including development, casting, marketing, and beyond.

About CSS Workshops

Each workshop is grounded in innovative research that proves how authentic and inclusive storytelling isn't just better for the world, it’s also better for the bottom line. With our workshops, we want to help you harness the power of storytelling to level up your impact while also helping you make the case that inclusion is good for business. We partner with more than 100 subject-matter experts from around the world to deliver insights in digestible nuggets, bringing research to life through an interactive format that inspires teams to apply the learnings to their creative process. 

Latest cutting edge research from subject matter experts in media, psychology, and social science

Firsthand insights from young people about their lived experience and media preferences

Practical skills for making your project more unique, engaging, and successful, all while having a more positive social impact on youth audiences and society at large

What to Expect

Topic Examples

  • Intersectionality & Combating Implicit Bias 

  • Race, Colorism & Culture in Youth Media 

  • Portraying & Practicing Allyship 

  • Gender Stereotypes, Identity & Expression

  • LGBTQ+ Identities & Content

  • Socio-Economic Inequality 

  • Character Creation & Body Diversity 

  • Authentic Disability Storytelling

  • Adolescent Mental Health

  • Latinx & Hispanic Representation

  • Cultural Appropriation

Format

  • Interactive & Engaging

  • Designed with your goals in mind

  • 25 to 250 attendees

  • 1.5 — 2 hours in length 

  • Virtual or in-person options

All workshops are fully customizable and tailored to your team’s specific needs

Interested in a custom presentation, training or workshop for your team?