Task guide · comfortable · 30 minutes

Create a presentation from source material

Turn existing notes, documents and data into an editable first deck while keeping the argument and evidence under human control.

Situation: The thinking exists across notes and files, but the storyline and slide structure are still messy.
Finished outcome: An editable presentation draft with a logical narrative and traceable source material.

The complete workflow

Understand the hand-off before opening a product.

The reading order remains useful without the visual layout: person, AI, review, result.

01 · person
You provide
Files, audience and the job of the presentation.
02 · ai
AI helps
A proposed storyline before full slide production.
03 · review
You check
Claims, narrative, generic language and visual hierarchy.
04 · result
Finished result
An editable deck the presenter understands and owns.

AI helps with

A useful first pass

Proposes a storyline
Maps evidence to slide jobs
Produces a first editable artefact

You bring

Context and responsibility

The argument and omissions
Every material claim and number
Voice, design hierarchy and what must be said aloud

Worked example

See where the draft changes.

The correction is the core teaching moment, not an optional warning after the result.

01 · Input

What the person provides

Monthly metrics, project notes and the previous board-deck template for a ten-minute operating review.

02 · AI draft

The useful first pass

A seven-slide storyline: result, drivers, customer evidence, delivery risks, decisions required, next month and appendix.

03 · Human correction

Facts and judgement

The manager removes a vanity metric, corrects the churn denominator and moves the decision request to slide two.

04 · Final result

Human-approved outcome

A concise seven-slide review pack with source notes, one decision per section and verified figures.

Try it

Use your own material.

Remove anything you cannot share, replace the bracketed details and keep the checking step.

Do not expect a distinctive final presentation without a point of view and review.
Do not present claims or figures that were not checked against the source.

Use these files to propose a [length]-slide presentation for [audience]. The outcome I need is [decision or action]. Start by showing only the storyline, the job of each slide and the source material each slide would use. Keep source facts traceable and mark missing evidence. Wait for my approval before drafting the full presentation.

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