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Turn Raw Notes Into a Slide Deck Outline

Convert raw notes into a complete slide deck outline with titles, core messages, and transitions.

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§ When to use this

This prompt converts messy notes into a presentation-ready outline where every slide carries a concrete title, one plain-English core message, the supporting evidence or visual, and the transition to the next slide — paced at roughly one slide per minute. Reach for it when you have the raw material and a deadline but no narrative shape. The hard rule to cut anything that doesn't serve the goal is what stops your deck from becoming a 40-slide data dump nobody follows.

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Convert these raw notes into a slide deck outline. Audience: [AUDIENCE]. Deck purpose: [GOAL]. Time available: [MINUTES]. Notes: [PASTE]. For each slide: (1) slide title (concrete, not "Introduction"), (2) one core message in plain English, (3) the supporting evidence or visual to include, (4) the transition to the next slide. Aim for 1 slide per minute. Cut anything that doesn't serve the goal.
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§ Example Output

What you can expect back

Slide 1 — "Slow APIs are costing us conversions"
Core message: Latency is directly hurting revenue, not just engineering comfort.
Visual: Line chart of API latency vs. conversion rate over the last quarter.
Transition: "And customers are already telling us."

Slide 2 — "Support tickets are up 30%"
Core message: The pain is visible and growing, not hypothetical.
Visual: Bar chart of ticket volume by month.
Transition: "The root cause is capacity."

Slide 3 — "The team is at 100% and falling behind"
Core message: We can't fix this with the people we have.
Visual: Sprint capacity vs. backlog; note two competitors shipped faster.
Transition: "Here's what inaction costs."

Slide 4 — "$200k in revenue is at risk"
Core message: Doing nothing has a concrete price tag.
Visual: Single bold number with the risk breakdown.
Transition: "Two hires close the gap."

Slide 5 — "Two backend hires clear the backlog in one quarter"
Core message: Specific ask, specific payoff, specific timeline.
Visual: Before/after backlog projection.
Transition: Open the floor for the decision.

Illustrative example — your results will vary by tool and inputs.

§ Pro Tips

Get sharper results

  • 01Lead with your ask in the goal field as a single decision, and the model will build a deck that argues toward it rather than reporting evenly on everything.
  • 02Tell it the audience's bias or likely objection ('they'll worry about budget') so a slide can pre-empt the pushback before it's raised.
  • 03Trust the one-slide-per-minute math — if it produces more slides than minutes, ask it to merge the weakest two rather than talking faster.
  • 04Ask for a single 'if you remember one thing' takeaway slide at the end, since execs retain the closer far more than the body.
  • 05Have it mark which slides are skippable if you run short on time, so you can adapt live without losing the argument's spine.
§ Variations

Adapt it for your case

Speaker notes too

Add 'include 2-3 sentences of speaker notes per slide that I'd actually say out loud.'

Story-arc structure

Ask it to 'organize as a narrative: situation → complication → resolution → ask' instead of a flat list.

Investor pitch deck

Reframe the goal as 'raise a seed round' and ask it to map notes onto the standard pitch-deck sections (problem, solution, market, traction, ask).

Use For — Tasks
Tags#presentation#slides#planning
§ FAQ

Common questions

How many slides will I get?

Roughly one per minute of your time slot. If it overshoots, it's a sign you're trying to cover too much — ask it to cut to the slides that serve the goal.

Will it design the actual slides?

No — it produces the outline, titles, messages, and what visual each slide needs. You or a design tool build the actual deck from that blueprint.

Can it work from really rough notes?

Yes, the messier the better as input. Just paste everything; it's told to cut what doesn't serve the goal, so dumping extra context won't bloat the result.

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