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one deck
Bring us
one deck
Thirty minutes, free, no obligation and no sales pitch. Tell us what you’ve got and what you’re trying to achieve, and we’ll tell you the cheapest thing that would work — including the free option.
Thirty minutes, free, no obligation and no sales pitch. Tell us what you’ve got
and what you’re trying to achieve, and we’ll tell you the cheapest thing that
would work — including the free option.
✓
30 minutes
✓
Free
✓
No obligation
✓
We never share your details
Book a time directly
Book a time directly
Option 1 — recommended
Book a time directly
Book a time directly
Pick a slot that suits you. You’ll get a calendar invite with a meeting link — no forms to fill in first, and no call from a salesperson beforehand.
Pick a slot that suits you. You’ll get a calendar invite with a meeting link — no
forms to fill in first, and no call from a salesperson beforehand.
Pick a time
Email instead
Just want the free thing?
You don’t need to talk to us to use gitSlides. It’s free, it publishes your slides to GitHub Pages, and there’s no signup wall in front of it.
You don’t need to talk to us to use gitSlides.
It’s free, it publishes your slides to GitHub
Pages, and there’s no signup wall in front of
it.
NDAs and confidential decks
Happy to sign yours before you send anything, or to talk in generalities on the first call and keep your content out of it entirely. Local, offline conversion is available for content that can’t leave your network — just say so.
Happy to sign yours before you send anything,
or to talk in generalities on the first call and
keep your content out of it entirely. Local,
offline conversion is available for content
that can’t leave your network — just say so.
What to bring
Before the call
What to bring
✓
One representative deck.
Not your best one — a typical one. Ideally with speaker notes in it.
One representative deck.
Not your best one — a typical one. Ideally with
speaker notes in it.
✓
The actual problem.
“Nobody can find our training material” is more useful to us than “we want a website”.
The actual problem.
“Nobody can find our training material” is more useful
to us than “we want a website”.
✓
Where it would need to live.
Your site, an LMS, an intranet, a wiki — whatever platform is involved.
Where it would need to live.
Your site, an LMS, an intranet, a wiki —
whatever platform is involved.
✓
Any hard constraints.
Content that can’t leave your network, a compliance deadline, a fixed budget.
Any hard constraints.
Content that can’t leave your network, a compliance
deadline, a fixed budget.
Please don’t send anything confidential before we’ve sorted out an NDA if you need one.
Please don’t send anything confidential before we’ve sorted out an NDA if you
need one.
What happens in the 30 minutes
The call itself
What happens in the 30 minutes
What happens in the 30 minutes
1
You talk, we listen
You tell us about the deck and the problem. Mostly we listen.
You tell us about the deck and the problem. Mostly we listen.
2
We tell you which product fits
Or that none of them do. That is a real possible outcome.
Or that none of them do. That is a real possible outcome.
3
You get a range and a timeline — on the call
You get a range and a timeline — on the call
Not a week later, and not after an internal review.
Not a week later, and not after an internal review.
4
Only if you want to proceed: a fixed quote and a scope
Only if you want to proceed: a fixed quote and a scope
Nothing starts before you approve it.
There’s no step where a proposal gets emailed to your procurement team without you asking for it.
There’s no step where a proposal gets emailed to your procurement team
without you asking for it.
Reach us without booking anything
Reach us without booking anything
Directly
Reach us without booking anything
Reach us without booking anything
Email
John@JohnBaluka.com
Response time
One business day, usually much less. It’s two of us reading the inbox, not a queue.
One business day, usually much less. It’s two of
us reading the inbox, not a queue.
LinkedIn
John Baluka ↗
Laura Fine ↗
Elsewhere
MultimodalSlides.com ↗
JohnBaluka.com ↗
We use what you send us to reply to you, and nothing else. No mailing list, no CRM enrichment, no sharing with anyone. This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics or tracking scripts.
We use what you send us to reply to you, and nothing else. No mailing list, no CRM
enrichment, no sharing with anyone. This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics
or tracking scripts.
Quick answers
Quick answers
Before you write
Quick answers
Is the consultation really free?
Yes. Thirty minutes, no charge, no obligation, no credit card and no list. If we can’t help you we’ll say so and the call ends early — a good outcome for both of us.
Yes. Thirty minutes, no charge, no obligation, no credit card and
no list. If we can’t help you we’ll say so and the call ends early
— a good outcome for both of us.
Do I need to send a deck before the call?
Do I need to send a deck before the call?
No — and please don’t send anything confidential before we’ve sorted out an NDA if you need one. If you are comfortable sharing one in advance, we can often have something converted to look at by the time we talk.
No — and please don’t send anything confidential before we’ve
sorted out an NDA if you need one. If you are comfortable sharing
one in advance, we can often have something converted to look at
by the time we talk.
What time zone are you in?
We work North American business hours and can usually accommodate European mornings. The booking page shows times in your local time zone, so just pick what works.
We work North American business hours and can usually
accommodate European mornings. The booking page shows times in
your local time zone, so just pick what works.
We’re a large organisation with procurement requirements.
We’re a large organisation with procurement
requirements.
That’s fine — we’ve been through vendor onboarding, security questionnaires, NDAs and DPAs before. Mention it early so we can start the paperwork in parallel rather than discovering it at signature time.
That’s fine — we’ve been through vendor onboarding,
security questionnaires, NDAs and DPAs before. Mention it
early so we can start the paperwork in parallel rather than
discovering it at signature time.
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