Slide decks are like pets. They live, breathe, and adapt to their environment - or at least they should. In each of my roles, I've have 2-3 decks at any time that I use to pitch a deal or sell a product.
At Buzzfeed, I use an advertiser deck and one for publishers. I customize these decks, in many cases for each meeting, and also update the boiler plate versions almost every day.
A deck is never perfect and every day you use it you get good feedback. I've probably revised the core Buzzfeed deck close to 100 times. Some tweaks are big, some are small.
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Author: Jon Steinberg