2. 10n20 Pitch Format
10 Well-crafted, clean PPT slides (16:9
widescreen format)
20 Seconds per slide… these will be on
autotimer and will advance to the
next slide after 20 seconds with or
without you
3. WORDS
• No font smaller than 30 point
• <10 words/page is ideal
• Use single-word bullets
GRAPHICS
• Content light
• Requires no explanation
Content Tips
4. • Use a corporate colour palette
• Use consistent formatting: caps vs
lowercase, colours, font type, font
size, spacing
• Font type: easy to read – no odd
looking letters
Style Tips
Your pitch is NOT a Powerpoint presentation. Yes, it does need to be in Powerpoint format, but you are not presenting from your slides. The slides are there to support and augment what you are saying. If you get stuck, you can lean on your slide to get unstuck and remind yourself where you are and what you want to talk about. DO NOT refer to your slides AT ALL in your pitch. Pretend they aren’t even there!
Deck should be simple/clear enough to explain itself and not need you to present it
When presenting, have additional info/insight to share with each slide = your “added value”
Deck should be simple/clear enough to explain itself and not need you to present it
When presenting, have additional info/insight to share with each slide = your “added value”
Avoid text, especially if you’re just going to regurgitate it back to them. The audience isn’t stupid, they can read. But do you really want them reading your slides instead of paying attention to you?
People aren’t there to see you read aloud.
Don’t use slide transitions either.
Stolen from http://emiland.me/
But only use your own pictures if they are of professional quality
Unsplash
Pexels
Lots of free sites: Dafont, Font Squirrel
Great free sites like The Noun Project, https://www.iconfinder.com
Next set of slides stolen from garr-reynolds
Too much text…
Too much text in main point
Way too much for one slide, but could be standalone slides