December - End of Year

Time to reflect on the year. Also time for a 60-slide deck about it.

The year ends exactly how it began: in PowerPoint. Summarizing things. For people who were there.

The End-of-Year Irony

What You Accomplished This Year

47
Actual projects and initiatives delivered

December's Main Activity

40+
Hours making a deck about those projects

Slides Created This Year

624
Weekly status x 52 weeks x ~12 slides

EOY Reflection Deck

60
Slides summarizing those 624 slides

Your Year in Slide Obligations

Months where slides were the main event

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

8 out of 12 months dominated by slide obligations. Only 4 months of "just work."

December Deck Requests

"Can you put together a year-end summary for the team?"Director
"We need a deck for the board showing our accomplishments"VP
"Can you create a 'lessons learned' presentation?"PMO
"All-hands is coming up — need slides from your team"CEO Office

Frequently Asked Questions

Why December becomes slide month (and how to escape it)

QWhy do year-end reflection decks feel so pointless?

Because you're summarizing work that everyone already experienced. You delivered 47 projects, created 624 status slides during the year, and now you're spending 40+ hours creating a 60-slide deck to summarize those slides. SlideStrike generates year-end summaries instantly from your existing data.

QHow much time do I waste on end-of-year decks?

Most project managers spend 40-60 hours in December on year-end review decks, board presentations, and all-hands summaries. That's an entire work week that could be spent on actual Q4 deliverables or, you know, celebrating with your family.

QCan SlideStrike generate my year-end review automatically?

Yes. Upload your project data and SlideStrike creates comprehensive year-end reviews with accomplishments, metrics, learnings, and forward-looking plans. December becomes about wrapping up work, not documenting it.

QWhat if leadership requests multiple year-end decks for different audiences?

SlideStrike can generate multiple versions instantly - board deck, team review, all-hands presentation - all from the same data, each tailored to the audience. No manual reformatting of the same information 4 different ways.

End the Year Right

Reflection Without the Slide Labor

SlideStrike generates your year-end decks instantly. Spend December actually celebrating — not summarizing.

Year-end reviews generated in minutes
Multiple deck versions for different audiences
Comprehensive metrics and accomplishments
Spend December celebrating, not documenting
Finish Strong
You accomplished a lot this year. Don't spend December proving it.