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Pitch
Deck Poetry slam
Real problems. Poetic solutions.
Slam poets take on real-world challenges and pitch their solutions—slam style.
Entrepreneurial thinking with a poet’s twist.
October 15, 2026
6:30 to 8:30 PM
California Lutheran University
The Kwan Fong Gallery of Art and Culture
120 Memorial Parkway
Thousand Oaks, Ca 91360





Celia Douglas
Founder, Melt the Mic Productions,
Hub 101 Community Member
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What happens when you invite slam poets into an innovation center?
You get Pitch Deck Poetry.
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We give real slam poets real problems and challenge them to do what entrepreneurs do: find an angle, build a case, and pitch a solution.
But instead of spreadsheets, market research, and bullet points, they have rhythm, language, perspective, and a microphone.
Pitch Deck Poetry brings entrepreneurial thinking and spoken word together for an experiment in problem-solving. Poets take the stage to transform a challenge into a pitch—making us think differently about the problem, the possibilities, and what a solution could look like.
Because innovation doesn't always start with a business plan.
Sometimes, it starts with a different way of seeing the problem.
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