How to Use AI for Presentations

Before you open any tool, write the one sentence you want people to remember. AI is great at slides, but your message is the presentation.

If your audience remembers only one thing, what should it be?

For step-by-step help with specific tools, read our guides on AI for Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides.

I am presenting [topic] to [audience]. What do they already know, what will worry them, what will persuade them, and what will they ask?

Problem, solution, result

Ideal for pitches and proposals

Past, present, future

Ideal for updates and strategy

What, so what, now what

Ideal for data and decisions

Outline a 12-minute presentation on [topic] for [audience], using the problem, solution, result structure. Keep one message per slide, open strong, and end with a clear ask.

Copilot in PowerPoint

Builds decks inside Microsoft 365

Gemini in Google Slides

Builds decks inside Google Workspace

Claude Slides

Creates presentations straight from chat

Gamma and similar tools

Quick, designed decks from a single prompt

• One idea on each slide
• Big text, few words
• Strong visuals in place of bullet lists
• Consistent colors and fonts throughout
• Slide titles that state the takeaway

• One chart for each point
• The key number highlighted
• No clutter, such as gridlines and legends you do not need
• Every number checked against the source

Have AI draft speaker notes, then rewrite them in your own words. Notes should cue you, not be read out word for word.

• Practice with PowerPoint’s Speaker Coach or record yourself
• Have AI check your transcript for clarity and filler words
• Time every section

Act as a skeptical [role]. Ask me the ten toughest questions about this presentation, one at a time, and give me feedback on each answer.

• Facts, names, and numbers are all correct
• Images are licensed or generated with the rights to use them
• Nothing confidential appears
• The talk fits its time slot
• Everything works on the presentation screen