Hey y'all. I'm having a ball creating a pitch deck (a producer recommended it). I had no idea it would be this much fun - but is it a pitch deck if it is a Power Point file?
It's not as good as a Maurice Vaughan pitch deck, I'm sure, but it's a blast working on it (time flew for me) and helps me visualize the story even more broadly than just reading/writing it.
I also just recently started a pitch deck Matthew Kelcourse and it is, as you say, so much fun! I think it adds new perspective and a new layer of creativity to your work. Well done on this creative pursuit, it is a new string to your bow
Doesn't matter how you make it but powerpoint is a great tool to use. My advice for sending it out is to export it as a .pdf format (so the reader doens't have to have powerpoint in order to read it) and see if you can get your overall file size to below 20mb - perferably below 10mb. This is because some company email servers limit the size of attachments their users can download (if its image heavy you can use the "compress pictures" tool in powerpoint - just save a "master" version in case you want to make edits again later). You can also create a link to your deck but an attachment means that reading and sharing your deck around an acquisitions office is nice and easy.
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Hey, Matthew Kelcourse. I send my pitch decks as pdfs and I normally see pitch decks as pdfs.
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Thanks heaps Maurice Vaughan - just exported/published as a pdf. Easy peasy :-)
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You're welcome, Matthew Kelcourse.
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It is a pitch deck. You can print it in pdf to send to people.
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I used Fiverr users to create mine. I think there are services here that would be beneficial, too. But all mine were done in 10-12 page PDFs.
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It's not as good as a Maurice Vaughan pitch deck, I'm sure, but it's a blast working on it (time flew for me) and helps me visualize the story even more broadly than just reading/writing it.
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It is fun to make pitch decks, Matthew Kelcourse. They help me visualize stories too. I made a pitch deck in Power Point, but I mainly use Canva.
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I also just recently started a pitch deck Matthew Kelcourse and it is, as you say, so much fun! I think it adds new perspective and a new layer of creativity to your work. Well done on this creative pursuit, it is a new string to your bow
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Doesn't matter how you make it but powerpoint is a great tool to use. My advice for sending it out is to export it as a .pdf format (so the reader doens't have to have powerpoint in order to read it) and see if you can get your overall file size to below 20mb - perferably below 10mb. This is because some company email servers limit the size of attachments their users can download (if its image heavy you can use the "compress pictures" tool in powerpoint - just save a "master" version in case you want to make edits again later). You can also create a link to your deck but an attachment means that reading and sharing your deck around an acquisitions office is nice and easy.
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Ewan Dunbar Even if over 20mb there are PDF compressors out there free that will shrink it's requirement.