Slides are having a moment, and the people who move first will win. After watching Kipp Bodnar and Kieran Flanagan dig in with Gamma’s Kristen Frackett, my take is simple: slides are the most underrated way to sell ideas, win deals, and align teams. AI has turned what used to be drudgery into a growth engine. If you lead sales, marketing, or product, treat slides like a primary channel, not a chore.
Slides Are Back—Thanks to AI
Kipp lit the spark with a claim I agree with:
“Slides are the most underutilized and underappreciated format of content on the internet today.”
The new twist is automation. Kristen showed how AI turns messy inputs—call notes, surveys, Slack intros, email threads—into polished decks in minutes. This is not about making outlines and clicking Next. It’s about feeding AI real sources and letting it build the first draft with visuals, structure, and next steps baked in.
Kieran’s reaction matched my own experience building online businesses: once the cost of quality production drops to near zero, new use cases explode. Suddenly a follow-up email feels weak next to a tailored deck that summarizes the call, frames the problem, and maps the path to value.
Evidence From The Field
The strongest demo was sales follow-up. Record a call. Send the transcript into Gamma through Zapier or a connector. Out comes a follow-up deck, on-brand, with action items pulled straight from the conversation. As Kipp put it:
“You basically don’t have to do anything and you’ll just go to Gamma and the decks will be there.”
Kristen also showed how survey data becomes a visual report. What used to take a team weeks now takes under an hour. That is not a minor gain. That is a compounding edge.
The hosts pushed further with personality and prep decks built from Slack and Gmail. It pulled in names, roles, and themes, then visualized it. Was every image perfect? No. But the point stands: visual storytelling beats long blocks of text. That is how you get busy people to care.
There was even a taste of animated decks using new image models. Some frames were odd, sure. But the takeaway is clear: expect higher visual quality to become the norm. Static bullet slides won’t cut it much longer.
My Take: Stop Typing, Start Showing
As someone who has lived through every hype cycle in marketing and tech, I’m not impressed by shiny toys. I care about leverage. AI-powered decks give you leverage where it matters: speed, clarity, and persuasion. Most teams drown in text. Slides force focus. They also travel well inside companies.
There will be pushback. Some will say, “Decks are fluff.” Not if they are built from real data and actual customer language. Others will say, “I can just write a doc.” You can. But your buyer or VP will skim it. A tight deck gets read, shared, and discussed.
How I’d Put This To Work Now
If you want results this quarter, start here. Each step has a clear input and a clear output.
- Turn every first call into a follow-up deck. Feed call transcripts to a template and send the deck within 24 hours.
- Build prospect-specific outreach decks. Pull public data on a company and tailor a 6–8 slide pitch.
- Convert survey or NPS data into a visual report. Share with product and execs in one page per insight.
- Summarize Slack intros weekly. Map new members by role, needs, and opportunities.
- Repurpose blogs into LinkedIn carousels. Batch topics from a spreadsheet and schedule posts.
Then add one more layer: codify your “always include” messaging and positioning. Pass that context into the workflow so every deck sells the way your best rep sells.
The Line I’m Drawing
Text alone is no longer enough. Not for sales. Not for internal strategy. Not for social. The team showed how to move from idea to deck with one input and a template. That is the new bar. As a marketer and entrepreneur, I want assets that create motion. AI slides do that.
My challenge to you: pick one workflow above and ship it this week. Don’t wait for a “perfect” system. Get a repeatable win, share it, and make it a habit. Then scale to two or three flows. Your buyers will feel the difference. Your team will, too.
Slides are not homework anymore. They are how you close gaps, reduce confusion, and win time. Start showing, not just telling.
