1. Most decks fail before design starts

The hard part of consulting isn’t slides. It’s thinking. That’s why professionals at BP, PwC, Google, BCG, and Arthur D. Little use Deckster - not for pretty slides, but to compress days of thinking into minutes of structured output - creating persuasive presentations that resonate with decision-makers.

The secret to a persuasive presentation? It’s not fonts or animations. It’s thinking: slide logic, data sourcing, narrative scaffolding, versioning. That’s where the real hours go.

Deckster was built for that messy middle - the part between chaotic input and final draft. It doesn’t focus on design. It doesn’t need to. Instead, it compresses what usually takes 6-12 hours of mental effort into less than 1. From structuring arguments to pulling relevant data, Deckster offloads the hours that usually eat your weekend.

Tip: Think of Deckster as your pre-designer strategist - focused on logic, not layout.P.S. Deckster's default template is minimal by design: text-first, brand-neutral, and built to handle everything from investor decks to full-blown strategy presentations.

2. Presentation creation is agile by default

In consulting, a “final deck” is rarely final. It gets revised, tweaked, trimmed, localized, versioned for different stakeholders - and then re-versioned again. That’s not a bug, it's a natural workflow.

Deckster is built for this. Our power users, mostly consultants, don’t chase perfection upfront, they iterate: first draft, feedback, regenerate, sharpen the narrative, repeat. On average, they run 3–4 iterations per deck.

Fun fact: one user submitted 19 versions of the same strategy deck in a single week.

And the data backs it up:

• 41% of power-user prompts include version tags like “v2,” “client-comments,” or “Arabic”

• 37% include verbs like “shorten,” “tweak,” “localize,” or “adjust”

• Many of these prompts appear in bursts - some decks saw 4+ versions created in under 40 minutes

This isn’t just revision. It’s rapid adaptation - often to tailor a message for different audiences. And what used to take 30-60 minutes per cycle now takes under 30 seconds.

With the upcoming Deckster major release, that loop gets even tighter:

• Undo

• Edit structure and content in one place

• Duplicate decks instantly

• Use Recipes to save and reuse narrative logic

3. The Automated analyst: data + charts in seconds

Consultants don’t just want slides. They want slides packed with data.

56% of consultant prompts asked for charts, KPIs, or market figures. Prompts with data requests had a 35% higher success rate (measured as completed and exported decks). Consultants were 4x more likely than general users to ask Deckster to find the numbers for them.

Deckster acts like an automated analyst, e.g. “Q2 energy consumption trends in LATAM logistics” becomes a pre-filled chart in seconds. It pulls real data from public sources and instantly generates charts, graphs, and timelines directly into your slides. No analyst. No spreadsheet. You can also preload your own data - Deckster builds from that too.

What used to be a bottleneck - research and visualization, is now a step that takes seconds. No more drafting chart titles, chasing data sources, or pinging design to mock up a graph. Deckster handles it. Automatically. Logically. Fast.

Tip: Want better charts? Add qualifiers to your prompt - like region, timeframe, or industry. The more specific you are, the sharper the result.

4. Deckster does the thinking part of your deck

The hardest 80% of a deck happens before anyone opens PowerPoint - shaping the story, structuring the content, building arguments, and backing them with data. That’s where hours disappear, and where persuasion comes from.

That’s why consultants use Deckster for the heavy middle: the content-rich, thinking-intensive part of the process. Especially when adapting decks for different audiences, like regional leads, clients, execs, and tackling challenges like:

• Digital transformation narratives

• Market sizing and competitive landscapes

• Strategy roadmaps and rollout plans

• KPI frameworks and data storytelling

In the data:

• 70% of consultant prompts included quantitative visuals

• 66% focused on market or strategic framing

• Only ~12% mentioned design or layout direction

Once 80% draft is done, users export to PowerPoint or Google Slides for the final 20% - brand visuals, logos, chart tweaks, and last-mile polish. While Deckster doesn’t focus on design, it supports lightweight customization via fonts, colors, and logos. For enterprise clients, we can recreate brand templates 1:1 inside the system.

Tip: Use Deckster for the hard part - structure, logic, data, narrative. Then finish styling in your deck tool of choice. 80% thinking, 20% polish.

5. Want smarter output? Write a smarter prompt

Foundational rule: Garbage in = garbage out. Consultants know that.

That’s why their prompts are nearly 3× longer than everyone else’s - on average 742 words vs. 267. The highest success rate? (measured as completed and exported decks) - prompts in the 600 - 900 word range. Below 300, and there’s not enough context for the AI model to reason. Above 1,200, and it starts to lose the thread.

The takeaway: Deckster doesn’t run on magic. It runs on context, structured briefs, clear goals, and audience constraints. Consultants who treat it like a thinking partner get much better results much faster.

Tip 1: Use bullet-point briefs with logic, context, and goals. Easier to parse, higher signal.

Tip 2: Aim for 600–900 words per prompt - that’s the sweet spot.

6. The hidden trap: over-structuring too soon

It’s tempting to be in control and write prompts like you’re building the slide outline yourself - “Slide 1: Problem”, “Slide 2: Market Size”, “Slide 3: Solution”. But that rigid structure limits the model’s ability to think. It flattens the narrative and leads to weaker decks.

The data backs it up:

• 21% of consultant prompts used slide-by-slide formatting

• Those prompts had a 25.7% completion rate vs Free-form briefs hit 32.2% (a +6.5pp lift, just by letting Deckster do the structuring)

Instead of outlining slides, give it real context. Who’s the audience? What’s the business case? What do you want them to believe or do?

Tip: Deckster works best when it’s allowed to build a logic tree, not just follow a checklist. Treat it like a co-strategist, not a formatter. Tell it what matters. Let it chart the course.

7. A note on trust, security, and confidentiality

Deckster is trusted by people working on sensitive projects, high-stakes bids, and strategic proposals. 

Here’s what that means:

• No prompt data is ever used to train external language models

• All internal analysis is done on anonymized, encrypted systems

• Presentation content is securely stored, never reused, and never repurposed.

We treat user input, especially confidential material, as the most sensitive part of our system.

For example, this analysis was based solely on anonymised input prompts, never on deck content. The goal: improve system thinking and user outcomes without compromising privacy.

Tip: For sensitive inputs like client P&Ls, unreleased metrics, or proprietary pricing, use placeholders in your prompt (e.g. “$XXM ARR”). Generate the draft, export, and insert final figures in your secure environment.

8. Final takeaway: Deckster is a thinking tool, not a slide maker

For consultants, it compresses what’s typically a messy, multi-hour content cycle into a clean, iterative workflow - measured in minutes, not days. It sources data like an analyst, structures arguments like a strategist, and iterates like a seasoned deck editor.

The result? You get 80% of the way to a compelling, audience-ready deck - 10× faster. (And we’re pushing toward 95%.)

But the real win is this: Deckster frees your mind to focus on what humans do best - judgment, persuasion, and clarity. That’s where leverage lives. That’s the point of Deckster - to think with you, not just for you.