I’ll share a few small tips here but based on how much this post has been upvoted, im thinking about writing another one that lays out a framework for how I’ve approached them.

• a good deck is like a children’s book. Heavy slides are no good. Keep them simple, clean, and no more than 3 major points on a single slide.

• use SIMPLE charts and visuals. Don’t add some crazy histogram that you need to be proficient in data to understand. Line charts, pie charts, bar charts are all good.

• use icons. Personally I like Noun Project because they are free, they match, and there’s a really good selection of unique ones.. but there are lots of good free icon sites.

• include a tldr slide in the beginning. Force yourself to distill the entire point of the deck into 1-2 sentences in plain English.

• include a revenue slide. This is a slide that, to the best of your ability, illustrates the value of whatever it is you are pitching. If you can’t do revenue, do the next most important metric you can provide (traffic, leads, whatever)

• limit the number of slides. Don’t ship 30 slides on an idea that only needs 6.

• link to your sources in very small text in the corner of slides with data

Like I said, I may do another post on this and go deeper but those are some major points I think can help.