ChatGPT presentation prompt pack
Eight copy-paste prompts, in the order we use them: audience, message, storyline, headlines, evidence, tough questions, speaker notes and a rough deck.
Replace everything in [square brackets], paste the prompt into ChatGPT, and work through the steps in order. Each one builds on the last, so keep them in the same chat. The reasoning, what good output looks like and the common fixes are in the full guide: How to Use ChatGPT to Make a Presentation (Step by Step).
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Step 1: Tell ChatGPT who is in the room and what you need from them
Use this first. Fill in the brackets, then answer ChatGPT's questions one at a time.
I have a [length, e.g. 20-minute] presentation on [date] to [audience: names and roles]. I need them to [the decision you need, e.g. approve a three-month pilot]. Before you suggest any slides, interview me. Ask one question at a time, eight at most, about: - who has the final say, and what they care about most - what they already know and believe about this topic - what would make them say no - what happens if they do nothing When you have enough, summarise the audience in five lines. Then tell me which gap matters most: do they lack understanding, trust in the solution, or comfort with the risk? -
Step 2: Get your main idea down to one sentence
Keep it in the same chat so ChatGPT remembers your audience summary.
Based on what I've told you, draft five versions of the one sentence I want [decision-maker] to remember after this presentation. Each version must: - be under 25 words - say what I want them to do or believe - give the main reason Avoid buzzwords. Then tell me which version a sceptical [role] would find hardest to argue with, and why. -
Step 3: Build the storyline before any slides
Paste in your one sentence from step 2. For a senior audience, keep the recommendation first.
Using my one sentence: "[paste it]", write the storyline for this presentation as 6 or 7 short sentences, one per section, in this order: 1. The situation my audience already recognises 2. The problem or tension, and what it costs them 3. My recommendation 4. How it would work, in up to three steps 5. What they gain, in their terms 6. What happens if they do nothing 7. The specific ask, with a date, amount or decision My audience is [senior / mixed / technical]. If senior, move the recommendation into the first or second sentence and put the reasons after it. No slides yet. Just the sentences. -
Step 4: Turn the storyline into slide headlines
Run it in the same chat as the storyline. Read the headlines on their own, top to bottom, as a short memo.
Turn this storyline into slide headlines for a [number]-slide deck. Rules: - One message per slide. Each headline is a full sentence of no more than 15 words that states that slide's takeaway. - No topic labels such as "Background", "Overview" or "Next steps". - Where a slide shows data, write the headline as the insight or the action the data supports. - Under each headline, add one line starting "Evidence needed:" that says what proof would support it. Then list the headlines on their own, so I can read them as a story. -
Step 5: Add the evidence, and check every number
Attach the file or paste the table. Check every number it lists against your own file before it goes on a slide.
Here is the data for slides [x] to [y]. [Attach the file, or paste the table.] For each slide headline: - tell me which figures support it - suggest the single simplest chart that shows it Use only numbers from my file. If a headline is not supported by the data, say so and leave the gap. Finally, list every number you used, where it came from in the file (sheet, column, row), and any calculation you did. -
Step 6: Have ChatGPT play the toughest person in the room
Use your slide headlines from step 4. If the questions come back polite, ask for harder ones.
Act as [decision-maker's role], who is [sceptical about cost / worried about risk / short of time]. Read these slide headlines and ask me the three hardest questions you would ask in the meeting. Be direct. After I answer each one, tell me whether my answer was clear enough to say in 30 seconds, and rewrite it as Point, Reason, Example. Then tell me which question should be answered on a slide, and which can wait for Q&A. -
Step 7: Write speaker notes in your own voice
Paste two or three sentences of your own writing so the notes sound like you, not like ChatGPT.
Write speaker notes for each slide: 60 to 90 words each, in plain spoken English, the way I talk. Here is a sample of how I speak: "[paste two or three sentences from an email or meeting transcript]" Each note should: - open with the headline's point in my words - give the one example or number that proves it - end with one line that leads into the next slide Mark any place where I should pause or ask the room a question. -
Step 8: Turn it into a rough deck
Optional, and it depends on your ChatGPT plan and tools. Ask for the layout plan first, then approve it.
Build a [number]-slide draft from the headlines and notes below, using [this deck's template / the attached example deck] for layout and style. - Use each headline exactly as written as the slide title. - Put the notes in the speaker notes, not on the slide. - Keep slide text to short phrases. - Build any chart only from the figures I've given you. Before you build, list the layout you plan for each slide so I can approve it.
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