9 Key Slides For Any Pitch Deck

ResourcesTiffany T. NguyenEDU 546 Curriculum Mapping

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Phyllis CarbonaroSeptember 6, 2023

2. Interactive Whiteboard

10 Additional Resources

3. Blooket

4. Journeys Physical/Online Resources

7. Freckle

8. Lang. Workshop for ELD

9. Membean

5. Google Classroom

1. Epic

6. PBS Learning Media

10. PearDeck

The Solution There's a bit of debate over when to present the solution to the problem you've presented. Some suggest leaving the solution slide for after your slide on your target market. If the opportunity is obvious, you may want to build suspense up to your solution instead. If, on the other hand, you think the size of your target market will surprise investors, you may want to save it for after. Either way, your solution slide should explain the big idea behind your product. A good visual will go a long way here.

The Market This is the part where you talk about how large of a market you're targeting and who you imagine will be using your product. How big is this opportunity really? Whenever possible, include important figures such as the amount of money is currently being spent in your target market. Rather than trying to make your market out to be huge, it's likely to be more appealing to investors if they see that your market is reachable and well-defined. Keep it real because you're unlikely to fool potential investors who've played this game before.

Your Product This is your big moment! Explain how clients use your product and ways in which it resolves the problems you talked about earlier on. Use stories and illustrations or pictures to show your solution in action. It will have a bigger impact than simply describing your product.

The Team Highlight key members of your team, the experience they have to offer and their past success. You should make a case for why you and your team will be able to make this product successful? Why you and your team and not someone else? If your team is still missing key members, explain which positions need to be hired for and why they're necessary.

Your Competition Don't underestimate the importance of this slide. In a DocSend study which analyzed 200 pitch decks, investors spent an average of just under 4 minutes on each pitch deck and spent the most amount of time on the slides describing the team, financials, and competition. Think you don't have competition? Think again. Even if you're opening up a market that's new, the people you're hoping to win over are currently using some alternative for their problems. Show what you've learned from studying your competitors before explaining where you differ. What's your advantage that will make potential clients choose you over another solution?

Financials While you'll need to show investors your income statement, cash flow forecast, sales forcast, etc. once they show serious interest, keep your deck looking clean so that it's easy to take in. Choose your graphs and charts carefully. Include the most visual and important ones such as those that show total expenses and profits, customers and sales. When including projections in your graphs, don't put in unrealistically high numbers to try and impress. Instead, base your numbers on those of similar businesses or on sales and feedback you already have.

Funding Needed This is about more than how much money you're looking to raise. You'll also need to explain how you plan on using the money and justify the amount you're asking for. Show how it will be used to reach your specific goals. If you're already working with investors, you can explain why they decided to invest in your product.

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Traction Investors are looking to see that you've tested at least part of your business model and that it has early indications of working well. This is where you should talk about any sales you've had or early users.

The Problem If there wasn't a problem to begin with, you're going to have a hard time getting your business going. Don't go into competitors here. You'll be able to do that later in your deck. Instead, explore the problem you've discovered and who it affects. Consider using storytelling to make the problem you're going to solve feel relatable. The more an investor can imagine this problem as one that they or people around them have, the more likely they'll be interested in your idea.

The Problem If there wasn't a problem to begin with, you're going to have a hard time getting your business going. Don't go into competitors here. You'll be able to do that later in your deck. Instead, explore the problem you've discovered and who it affects. Consider using storytelling to make the problem you're going to solve feel relatable. The more an investor can imagine this problem as one that they or people around them have, the more likely they'll be interested in your idea.

1. Epic

A reading platform that provide thousands of hight quality book and text with all various reading level to differentiate and encourage student to explore their imagination while learning at various levels. *Digital Library*Can listen to reading*interactive *audiobooks*learning videos

2. Interactive Whiteboard

Journeys interactive whiteboard provide vocabulary and grammer lessons. It contain strategies to help guide students through the lesson smoothly. This supports and differentiate for the visual and kinesthetic learners. Digital and blended learning programs rely on evidence-based maps of how students learn can help teachers better understand how current instructional goals relate to prior and future learning (Richards, 2019). *vocabulary strategies *grammar *text analysis *research skills *informative, narrative, and opinion writing*Participating in collaborative discussions

3. Blooket

Blooket is a modern take on review games for the classroom. Educators cna create their own content or use pre-created options from other teachers. *Can be used as a type of formal assessment* Interactive*Erichment to challenge students at various levels*Games are organized by subject, grade level, and topic*Promotes friendly competition *Encourage practice at home when assigned for homework*Can be used across curriculum*Track students progress

4. Journeys

Online eBook*Read aloud with audio reading of the stories to support fluency, decoding, and comprehension.*Includes alternative texts to compare and contrast*interactive*Can annotate*Contains vocabulary pop-ups with point-of-view definitions for selection vocabulary*Can be access at school and home

5. Google Classroom

Google Classrom in an online mangagment platform that provide teachers and students with communication tools with resources to complete task and assignments. It is an extension of the classroom that can be used within the classroom or globally. In addition, it foster collaboration between students by being able to share their work with others. *Provide Classroom information*Google Slids (presentations)*Google Docs (Documents)*Google Forms (formal and summative assessments)*Google Sheets*Google Drawings*Keep records for of student work and scores*Can incorporate videos or links

6. PBS Learning Media

Provided resrouces for students categorized by subjects and grade level. It can sync with Google Classroom, can manage classroom assignments, create lessons, and align with state standards.*Literature,*Information Text*Reading Foundational Skills*ELA Writing*Speaking and Listening*Language*Writing*Across Curriculum with History, Science, and learning videos

7. Freckle

Provided resrouces for students categorized by subjects and grade level. Can be use for daily practice, formal assessment, or summative assessment. It keeps track of student reading and comprehensions levels. It purpose it to differentiate for students at their level. Freckle engage and challenge students, but it can be adjusted so materials are not too difficult or too easy. *It continuously adapts for student practice offering teachers to adjust their instructions and lessons. *students have friendly incentives with age-appropriate designs to provide a balance of fun and learning.*Freckles provides real-time insight into student performance and progress through recorded data and recommends the next best skills to practice.* It helps increase student proficiency through standards-based skill development in ELA along with personalized goal setting to mastery.*Can be link to their benchmark STAR Testing to differentiate levels*Teachers can assign for classrwork or homework

8. Language Workshop for ELD

*Language support cards activate students' prior knowledge, frontload vocabulary, and teach academic English.*Connects to essential questions*Vocabulary network*Focus on interactiving in meaningful ways*Connects on English language works*Contain word learning strategies*Include vocabulary words around the classroom in different languages

9. Membean

Membean is an online platfore that help educators differentiate instruction to personalize each student's skill level. It also enrich student learning by prioritizing critical thinking skills through word conciousness instead of memorization. It works alongside curriculum such as AP, IB, and ESL. It goal is increase long term retention over short-term memory. Membean support teachers on guiding students throug their goals and objectives. Differentiating instruction with technology is not an additional task, but should be intentionally included in the initial planning process which will eventually help save and manage instructional time to enhance student learning (Sheperd, 2015).* records and collect data through assessments*provide strategies with critical thining skills*differentiate instructions at various skills and level*engaging lesson to encourage precise communication skills

10. PearDeck

"PearDeck transfrom presentation into classroom converstion."Each student learns differently and have various capabilities; therefore, most effective instruction is design to fit each learner through differentiating instructions and collaboration (Watts al., 2012).*Create own interactive presentation and use a premade template*Real time responses/feedback*Incorporate interactive assessment within presentation to check for understanding*Makes classroom inclusive and encourage collaboration*It can partner up with Google Classroom*Ready to learn lesson or create your own

References

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