Why the 10/20/30 Rule Fails B2B Sales Decks (And What to Use Instead)
Guy Kawasaki's famous pitch formula was never built for a deck that has to sell itself to eight people who weren't in the room.
Tutorials
Tutorials
How Many Slides Should a Pitch Deck Have?
The "right" number of slides has less to do with a magic rule and more to do with what stage you're actually pitching.
Design tips
The McKinsey Slide Secret: Visual Hierarchy, Not Design
Copy McKinsey's fonts and spacing and the slide still won't land — here's the one thing that actually makes their decks readable in three seconds.
Industry news
The Death of Bullet Points: Is the Presentation Format Really Changing Forever?
Everyone says bullet points are dying — but the research behind that claim is messier than the headlines suggest.
Industry news
Why AI Already Writes So Many Corporate Presentations
Nobody puts "drafted by AI" in the footer — here's what's actually happening inside the deck-building process at most companies right now.
Industry news
Will PowerPoint Die by 2030? What the Industry Says
Every few years someone declares PowerPoint dead — this time the killer has a name, and it's still not enough.
Tutorials
How to Show Business Growth on One Slide
Everyone puts a line going up-and-to-the-right on their growth slide — here's why that's usually the least convincing part of it.
Tutorials
How to Set Up Automatic Slide Advance (Without Losing Your Audience)
The "After X seconds" checkbox is the easy part — the part that actually determines whether your audience stays with you is the number you type into it.
Tutorials
How to Change the Style of All Slides in a Presentation Without Redoing Each One
You click a new theme, half your slides update, half don't — here's why, and how to actually fix all of them at once.