Pitch Deck Template To Enhance Your Presentation

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Pitch Deck Template to Enhance Your Presentation     Slide 1: Introduction     The introduction is your first impression on your audience. Make sure your product or company  name and branding is one this slide. Answer these questions to develop the design and content for  each slide in your pitch deck.    1. What is the theme or topic of this presentation? Write a title for your presentation based on that  information.  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    2. Do you have a logo or brand? How can you incorporate it on this slide?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Photography/Imagery Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Descriptive Text Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________  Slide 2: Meet the Team    Include a slide with photos of your team to explain your company’s workflow or product’s  development. This is an opportunity to put a face to your company and explain how everyone  collaborates. You can also tell your company’s origin story if you are still forming your team.    1. How many people are working with you? What are their roles in the company?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    2. What is your company’s origin story? Can you tell it in 4 sentences or less?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Photography/Imagery Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Descriptive Text Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________                          Slide 3: What’s the Problem?    The world is filled with problems. What’s the issue that’s keeping your audience up at night? Lay out  all the setbacks or obstacles that your audience is currently dealing with.    1. List out three problems or obstacles that affect your audience.   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    2. Do you know how the problem began? Can you do find the research?   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Photography/Imagery Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Descriptive Text Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________                            Slide 4: Your Solutions    How will you solve the audience’s problems? Now is the time to make the case for your pitch.  Highlight the benefits and differentiators of your company or product. Be persuasive and provide as  much research as you can to your speaker script.     1. How does your company or product solve the problems in the previous slide?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    2.  What are three benefits or differentiators?   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Photography/Imagery Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Descriptive Text Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________                          Slide 5: What Do You Do?    So, what does your product or company actually do? Get in the nitty gritty and explain your unique  process. This section will help you stand out against your competition.     1. Can you explain your process in no more than three points?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    2. Is there a chart or illustration that you can use to explain your process?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Photography/Imagery Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Descriptive Text Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________                            Slide 6: Case Study    Incorporate a case study or customer story to back up your product’s benefits and results.     1. Do you have a case study, customer story or measurable results? List them out here.  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Photography/Imagery Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Descriptive Text Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________                                            Slide 7: The Market    What does the future of your industry's market look like? Use research and current trends to explain  where you fit in the marketplace.     1. What are trends or research you can use to explain the current state of the market?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    2. Are you offering long-term or short-term solutions? Where do you fit in the future of your  industry?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Photography/Imagery Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Descriptive Text Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________                        Slide 8: Business Model    Explain how you will generate enough income to sustain your company’s growth or your product’s  development. This is an opportunity to design a flowchart to simplify a complex message.     1. How will your company or product make money? What does the timeline look like?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Photography/Imagery Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Descriptive Text Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________                                      Slide 9: Investor Pitch    Now it’s time to cast the hook. How will you get investors to partner up with you?     1. What is your budget? Do you expect it to change over time?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    2. Are there any other costs or resources that you will need help funding?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Photography/Imagery Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Descriptive Text Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________                              Slide 10: Call to Action/Contact Information    You have reached the end! Put the icing on the cake by including a call to action. This can be inviting  your audience to test a demo of your product, or simply asking them to sign up for your newsletter.  Make sure your contact information is also visible on this slide.    1. How will you involve the audience in the conclusion? What will be your call to action?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    2. Are you prepared to answer questions from your audience? What are some possible responses?  _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Photography/Imagery Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________    Descriptive Text Ideas:   _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________________