Information Design

Pitch Deck Design

Design Pitch Decks That Win the Room

12 lessons4 modules9h 35m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This course treats the pitch deck as an information-design and storytelling problem, not a slide-decoration exercise. You will learn the eleven-slide story arc that Sequoia and Guy Kawasaki popularised, how to write a single headline message per slide, how to chart traction and financials without misleading, and how to control pacing and delivery so the room follows you. Every lesson uses named frameworks, real numbers, and worked examples in PowerPoint and Keynote.

Curriculum

Module 1: The Story Arc: What a Pitch Deck Is For3 lessons

Audience, Decision, and the Two Deck ContextsPreview45m
The Eleven-Slide Arc: Sequoia, Kawasaki, and the Standard Order🔒50m
Outlining Before Designing: One Message Per Slide🔒45m

Module 2: Slide-Level Craft: One Message, Made Visual3 lessons

The Single-Message Slide and the Death of the Bullet List🔒50m
Assertion-Evidence: Headline as Claim, Body as Proof🔒45m
Designing the Slides Investors Read Most: Traction, Team, Market🔒50m

Module 3: Data, Charts, and Numbers on Slides3 lessons

Choosing and Cleaning Charts for Slides🔒50m
Financials and Projections That Are Credible🔒50m
Numbers, Formatting, and the One Big Number🔒45m

Module 4: Layout, Pacing, and Delivering with Confidence3 lessons

Layout Craft in PowerPoint and Keynote: Grid, Type, Alignment🔒50m
Pacing, Transitions, and Deck-Level Consistency🔒45m
Rehearsing, Presenting, and the Two Versions of Your Deck🔒50m