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Prompts from the guide
From a document to a presentation in twenty minutes
12 prompts from this guide. Fill in whatever sits in [square brackets] — your own context, the document text or the name of your tool. That context is exactly what separates a generic answer from a usable one.
Four things you need to say
I'm uploading a [report / proposal / strategy doc] that's [16] pages long. I don't want any slides yet. I want a presentation brief. Context: - Audience: [company leadership, 5 people, not technical] - Time: [20] minutes, [5] of which for questions - The decision I need from them: [approve expanding the pilot] - Setting: [meeting room, projector, I'll be presenting live] - What they already know about the topic: [they know the pilot exists, not the results] Give me: 1. One sentence the audience should remember if they forget everything else 2. Three arguments that support that sentence, ranked by strength 3. What in the document is irrelevant to this audience and should be cut 4. Three questions this audience will ask me — and whether the document answers them, or I need to dig up the answer myself Keep it brief, no preamble.
One slide, one idea
Based on the uploaded document, propose a presentation outline for this brief: Audience: [leadership, 5 people]. Time: [20] minutes. Goal: [decision on expansion]. Main takeaway sentence: [paste the sentence from phase 1]. Rules: - 10 to 12 slides, one slide = one idea - phrase every slide's headline as a CLAIM, not a label (not “Results,” but “The pilot cut complaints by a fifth”) - the conclusion and recommendation go near the front, not the end - for each slide, write: number, headline, one sentence on its purpose, and where in the document the content comes from (page or section) - for slides that need a chart or table, mark that instead of text At the end, separately write: - what you left out of the document and why - what's missing from the document that the audience will ask about Don't write any bullet points or slide text yet.
The headline test
Here's the list of my slide headlines in order: [paste headlines, one per line] Answer four things: 1. Does the sequence of headlines make sense as a continuous piece of writing when read one after another? Write it out for me as a paragraph and flag where it stumbles. 2. Where is a logical step missing — i.e., where does the listener have to guess how we got from one slide to the next? 3. Which two headlines say essentially the same thing and could be merged? 4. Which headline is just a label and not a claim? Suggest a rewrite. Don't touch the slide content, just the sequence of headlines.
A hard word limit
Here's the presentation outline and the source document. Write me the slide content according to this outline: [paste outline] Rules for each slide: - keep the headline exactly as it is in the outline - at most 4 bullets, each under 10 words - bullets aren't sentences: no passive voice, no “it can be said that,” no subordinate clauses - specific numbers YES, vague assessments NO (“significant improvement” gets replaced with the actual number) - no number that isn't in the document — if you don't have it, write FILL IN: [what] - under each slide, write a separate “Notes:” block with three to five sentences I'll say out loud that won't be on the screen For slides with a chart, write instead of bullets what chart belongs there, what data feeds it, and what its headline should say as a claim.
When there are still too many bullets
This slide has [7] bullets and is unreadable: [paste slide content] Give me three ways to simplify it: A) Cut it down to 3 bullets — what goes and why the audience doesn't need it B) Split it into two slides — with a suggested headline as a claim for each C) Turn it into a simple visual (chart, diagram, a three-row table) — describe what would be on it and what it would show at a glance For each option, say what happens to the cut content: into speaker notes, into an appendix, or gone entirely.
Phase 4: a clickable prototype as an artifact
Build me a clickable presentation as an artifact from this content. [paste slide content from phase 3] Requirements: - one slide per screen, controlled with left/right arrow keys and the spacebar - 16:9 aspect ratio, large text readable from a distance - headline at the top, bullets below it, slide number and total count at the bottom - for slides with a chart, just a gray placeholder box for now describing what chart will go there - restrained look: white background, dark text, one accent color - pressing N toggles the speaker notes view below the slide - an overview of all slides side by side at the end No animations or transitions.
Click through it out loud with a stopwatch
I just went through the presentation out loud and it took me [26] minutes; I have [20] including questions. Here's the slide content: [paste content] Suggest what to cut so I fit into [15] minutes of talking: - which slides to merge (write out what the merged headline would say) - which to cut entirely, and what gets lost - which to move to a backup section after the closing slide, in case someone asks The recommendation and the main argument can't be cut. Rank the suggestions by how little they affect clarity.
Phase 5: speaker notes
Here are my slides. For each one, write speaker notes in this format: - MAIN POINT: one sentence I have to say even if I'm rushed - 3 bullets with details, numbers, and context for this slide - TRANSITION: a half-sentence that gets me to the next slide - LIKELY QUESTION: what might get asked about this slide, and how I'll answer I'm writing these for myself, so keep it terse, not flowing prose. Don't write anything that's already visible on the slide — the notes should add to it, not repeat it. For numbers, note which part of the document they come from so I can find it if asked. [paste slide content]
Phase 6: different audiences from the same document
Using the same document you already have, create a second version of the presentation. Original version: [leadership, 20 minutes, decision on expansion]. New version: [team of 8, 45 minutes, goal = they can start working from it next week]. Change the following based on the audience: - what matters to them and what to drop instead - the level of detail (here they need the process, not arguments for a decision) - what questions they'll ask and where I should answer them - where a task with a name and a deadline should replace text Give me an outline (headlines as claims + slide purpose), not finished text. At the end, list which slides from the original version can be reused unchanged, which need to be rewritten, and which are new.
The version for emailing out
I now need to send this presentation to people who weren't there and won't have anyone talking them through it. [paste slide content + speaker notes] Turn it into a version for reading: - add the key points from the speaker notes into each slide so it makes sense without a presenter - add one summary paragraph under each slide (max 60 words) - add a “Key takeaways” slide at the start with three points - add who to contact and by when a decision is needed, at the end Leave the claim-style headlines unchanged. Don't change the numbers or the conclusions.
Check before you send it
Here's the final content of my slides and here's the original document they came from. Do a check and just return a list of findings, don't rewrite anything: 1. Numbers on the slides that differ from the document or aren't in it at all — for each one, give the slide and the value in the document 2. Claims that are stronger than the wording in the document (the document says “suggests,” the slide says “proves”) 3. Slides with more than 4 bullets, or a bullet over 10 words 4. Headlines that are labels instead of claims 5. Data that shouldn't leave the company (client names, internal pricing, personal data) — just flag where it is [paste slide content]
Rehearsing tough questions
Tomorrow I'm presenting this content to [audience]: [paste slide content] Play the most difficult person in the room — someone who's against the plan and looking for weak points. Write: - 8 tough questions that could catch me off guard - for each, which slide should have room for it - for each, a three-point skeleton of a good answer - 3 questions my material doesn't have a good answer to, and how to admit that honestly without losing the argument Ask about my numbers and my conclusions, not the topic in general.