CoachinWork & businessChapter 4 of 5⏱ 6 min
Notes → slides.
Presenting tomorrow morning, with rough notes and a folder of screenshots. Get a slide-by-slide outline with speaker notes.
✓8-slide outline✓Speaker notes✓Tough-question prep
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Give context and notes
Fill in the brackets and paste your notes.
Context: I'm a [role], presenting to [who, e.g. management / a client] for [X] minutes. Goal: [what I want them to decide or understand]. Here are my rough notes: [paste]. Make an 8-slide outline: slide title, max 3 short points per slide, and 2-sentence speaker notes. Last slide: one clear ask.
The goal matters most. Slides without a goal turn into a list of facts.
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Slide 1 · Q3 at a glance
• Sales up, costs flat
• 2 new clients
Slide 2 · What worked
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Slide 8 · The ask
Approve budget for 1 more sales hire
• Sales up, costs flat
• 2 new clients
Slide 2 · What worked
…
Slide 8 · The ask
Approve budget for 1 more sales hire
+Reply to Claude…↑
2
Reshape it
Ask for changes, like:
Merge slides 3 and 4, and add one slide on sales data.
3
Build the deck
If your Claude plan can create files, ask for a .pptx file. If not, copy it slide by slide into PowerPoint or Google Slides.
4
Prep for questions
Walk in ready.
What 3 tough questions might the audience ask, with short answers?
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What 3 tough questions might the audience ask?
1. Why hire now, not in Q1?
2. What if the 2 new clients don't renew?
3. Can we hit this with the current team?
2. What if the 2 new clients don't renew?
3. Can we hit this with the current team?
+Reply to Claude…↑
BOOM.
From messy notes to a deck with a story and a clear ask, and you're ready for questions.
Check first
Check every number and product name against the source. A slide with a wrong number is worse than no slide.
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