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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
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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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Think you can Pitch it?

​Join a Pitch Deck Poetry workshop to learn how the competition works, explore the challenge format, and discover how entrepreneurial thinking can become spoken word.

Learn the format. Know the rules. Build your pitch. Take the stage.

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