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What the presentation service covers
A case study presentation is a different product from a written case analysis. The grader hears the argument once, in real time, and the slides have to hold that argument in place. Our presentation service covers four things, and you can order them together or separately:
- Slide planning. We read your time limit and the rubric, then set a slide count and decide which parts of the case earn a slide and which get one sentence in the notes.
- Slide writing. Each slide gets a headline written as a claim ("Churn, not pricing, explains the revenue dip"), three or four supporting points at most, and one exhibit where the data needs to be seen.
- Speaker notes. Every slide comes with notes that tell you what to say, in what order, and how to transition to the next slide. Notes are cues, not a script to read out.
- Delivery pacing. We mark how long to spend per slide so the recommendation does not get squeezed into the last thirty seconds, which is the most common way these talks fall apart.
If the assignment is a written paper that also needs a deck for the seminar, we can build both from one outline so the two never contradict each other. That dual-deliverable situation is common in business courses, and it is one of the main reasons students search for a case study paper writing service and a presentation service at the same time.
How many slides does a case study presentation need?
The honest answer depends on your time limit, and the working rule of thumb is simple: at a calm speaking pace of roughly 130 words per minute, you can do justice to about one slide every 70 to 80 seconds. Stretch that further and slides start flashing past; compress it and you will read the deck instead of presenting it.
Slide-count planner
Runs in your browser — nothing is sent anywhereBalanced coverage: about 0.8 slides per minute of talking.
Illustrative planning figures, not a guarantee of marks. Your rubric always wins over any calculator.
| Talk length | Slides | Words per slide (max) | Spoken words total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 4–5 | 30 | ≈ 650 |
| 10 minutes | 8–10 | 32 | ≈ 1,300 |
| 15 minutes | 12–14 | 36 | ≈ 1,950 |
| 20 minutes | 16–18 | 36 | ≈ 2,600 |
Two caveats worth repeating. First, Q&A time is not slide time: if the rubric reserves five minutes for questions, plan the deck for the shorter figure. Second, a deck you rehearse with our free word counter tells you quickly whether your notes run long — paste the notes in and check the speaking-minutes figure.
The slide-by-slide anatomy we follow
Structure is where most student decks leak time. A talk that opens with three slides of company history has nothing left for the part that earns marks. Our default anatomy, which we adapt to your rubric, runs in this order:
Title and roadmap
One slide. Your name, the case, and a one-line statement of the recommendation so nobody waits for the punchline.
Situation in three facts
The least important section, so it gets the least space. If the professor assigned the case, everyone knows the backstory.
The problem, stated sharply
One slide that says what actually has to be decided or fixed, in the decision-maker's terms.
Analysis method and findings
The framework slide (SWOT, Five Forces, whatever your rubric names) followed by the findings slides that carry the evidence.
Options and trade-offs
Short. Two or three options with one honest downside each — a deck that shows no trade-offs looks naive.
Recommendation and first steps
What you would do, in what order, and the main risk you accept by doing it. This is the section to over-protect in your timing.
For the analysis layer underneath slides like these, our separate case study analysis service handles the written argument in full depth.
A slide that works vs a slide that loses the room
The fastest way to see the difference is side by side. Both examples below are illustrative, drawn from the kind of slide that shows up in first drafts of business course decks.
Why it fails: no claim, ninety words of background the audience reads instead of listening, and nothing to remember once the slide changes.
Why it works: the headline is the finding, three points back it up, and the detail lives in the speaker notes and the exhibit.
Speaker notes: the part that saves you
Slides tell the audience what to look at; speaker notes tell you what to say. We write notes for every slide in a fixed four-line pattern, because a consistent pattern is what keeps a nervous presenter on rhythm when the plan slips. Here is the pattern — copy it for your own draft:
Slide [n] — [headline written as a claim] SAY: one sentence that frames why this slide exists. EVIDENCE: the number, quote or exhibit on the slide, named out loud. SO WHAT: what this means for the recommendation. TRANSITION: the line that hands over to the next slide.
Notice what the pattern refuses to do: it never lets a note become a paragraph of prose. If you can read a note out loud without breathing, it is a script, and scripts sound like one the moment you stumble. Cues forgive stumbles; scripts amplify them.
Delivery checklist before you present
The deck can be flawless and the talk can still wobble, so the last stage of our process is a handover checklist. Tick these off yourself the night before:
- Every slide headline is a claim, not a topic label
- Each slide survives the "one job" test — cut or split the ones that do not
- Numbers are readable from the back row of the room
- Speaker notes exist for every slide, in the four-line pattern
- Exhibits carry a source line, even when the source is the case file
- Timing checked against the planner, with a buffer for questions
- Rehearsed once out loud, at least the transitions
- A fallback plan for the two questions you least want to hear
Want the deck off your plate this week?
Send the case file, your time limit and the rubric. You get a planned slide count, slides written around claims, and speaker notes you can rehearse the same evening — with a free price quote before anything is agreed.
Frequently asked questions
How many slides should a 10-minute case study presentation have?
Eight to ten content slides is the rule of thumb, which gives you 70 to 80 seconds per slide at a calm pace. If the rubric demands deeper exhibits, we would rather cut slides than cram them — a deck with fewer, stronger slides always presents better than a crowded one.
Do you also write the speaker notes?
Yes, and they are not an afterthought. Every deck ships with notes for each slide in the SAY / EVIDENCE / SO WHAT / TRANSITION pattern shown above, written as cues so you can rehearse quickly and still sound like yourself.
Can you work from the case file our professor distributed?
That is the normal way to start. Attach the case file, the brief and the rubric, and everything on the slides traces back to those documents. We do not invent company figures to make an exhibit look fuller, and if the case lacks a number your argument needs, we flag the gap instead of papering over it.
Can you match our course template or rubric?
Yes. Some courses prescribe a slide order, a corporate template or a marking grid that names the sections explicitly. Send it over and the deck follows your structure rather than our default anatomy — the default only applies when the rubric is silent.
What if I only need help with the analysis, not the slides?
Then you want the written analysis service instead. Plenty of students settle the argument on paper first and come back for the deck later, which actually makes the presentation cheaper to plan because the slide count almost falls out of a finished outline on its own.
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