-: So let's say you have a big report,
a pile of notes, or just a rough idea,
and you wanna turn it into
a great-looking and professional presentation.
But of course,
this manual process of turning pages of text
into engaging slides is super time-consuming.
And if you're not a pro at designing,
it can end up looking boring at the end of it all.
That's where something like ChatGPT comes in
because of how it can help you turn raw content
into a structured, visually compelling presentation
in just minutes.
And in this section,
we're gonna break down
how to do that exact thing step-by-step.
Now, before we jump into making slides, we need a plan.
And by plan I mean a structured outline
of what the presentation will cover.
Think of this as the backbone,
and it ensures that the content flows smoothly
and makes the most sense possible to your audience.
Now, instead of guessing what should go where,
let's get ChatGPT to draft a presentation outline for us.
To do this, let's start with this prompt.
I want you to create a presentation outline
for The Future of AI in Business
with a target audience of business professionals
and corporate decision-makers.
The presentation should have seven slides
and cover these key points,
introduction, automation, decision-making,
customer, collaboration, challenges, and conclusion.
And now ChatGPT just gave us our full list of slides,
each with a title and key talking points.
But before we dive into this,
let's pause for a second to review the outline.
And you always wanna ask yourself,
when you're reading these inputs,
does this structure make sense for my audience
and are the key points in the right order?
And lastly, is there anything missing?
Take this example.
This presentation works
because it's all about real business impact.
We're not just talking about AI in a vague theoretical way.
It starts with how AI is transforming industries,
moves into AI-powered analytics for smarter decision-making,
and wraps up with AI tools for meetings and communication.
This makes AI adoption feel more practical, actionable,
and easier to integrate.
So revisions and review is such an important step
because if your initial outline is off,
your whole presentation is gonna feel
scattered and disjointed.
So it's like trying to build a house
without having the right blueprint,
you're just gonna end up wasting time.
Any final product is not gonna be as desirable.
So always remember to refine your outline upfront
and everything else is gonna flow more smoothly.
And now that we have a strong outline,
it's time to create actual slide content,
but not in big paragraphs.
So your slides should support your speaking points
but not replace them.
So you don't just wanna dump
paragraphs of text onto your slides.
No one's gonna read that, right?
Instead, let's use ChatGPT to do the heavy lifting
to generate concise and engaging bullet points
that gets straight to the point.
And for this, let's try this prompt.
For slide three,
generate clear and engaging bullet points
that summarize the key idea.
Now this is a strong foundation
that's straight to the point and pretty easy to follow.
So it covers how AI processes data,
predicts trends, reduces risks,
and drives smarter business moves
in a practical way that's not just theoretical.
The structure works because each section builds naturally,
walking the audience through
why AI matters in decision-making
instead of just throwing out vague claims.
Plus the mention of real-world application
keeps it more grounded
and makes AI kind of feel more like a must-have tool
than just hype.
But now let's get to one last thing.
Your slides should never be a wall of text.
They're there to support your message
and not deliver it for you.
So it's ideal to keep them clean, simple, and focused
while you bring the deeper insights.
And with that, now let's talk about something
that can make or break your slides,
which is the visuals.
Like we mentioned, the wall of text is overwhelming,
but well-chosen images and graphics
can bring your ideas to life
and make your presentations overall more engaging.
So we can now add this
with a really simple prompt from ChatGPT
which is suggest visuals
that would make this slide more engaging.
Based on your slide content,
ChatGPT might suggest using charts and graphs
for data-heavy slides,
icons for example for quick reference points,
or even stock images or illustrations to support a story,
or infographics for more complex information.
The key here is to use visuals
that enhance your original message.
If you're talking about trends,
a simple graph makes it easier to understand.
If you're telling a story,
a relevant image makes it more just relatable.
Random visuals won't really help with this at all though.
Each image should serve a specific purpose
to reinforce what you're saying.
And now that we have
structured content and engaging visuals,
it's time to actually build our slides.
There are two main ways to do this.
The first is the manual copy and paste method
which is the most common approach.
But here you simply take your AI-generated content
and drop it into something like
PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Canva to refine it as needed.
The second method, however,
is what I call the Word-to-Slides hack.
So if you're using Microsoft tools,
you can format your document using headers.
H1 for slide titles, H2 for bullet points,
and H3 for nested bullet points.
Then save it as a rich text format or an RTF file.
Once that's saved, you can import it into PowerPoint
and it's gonna automatically generate the slides
based on the structure of your document.
What we can then do to make this even easier
is use PowerPoint's Microsoft Designer.
So we can just drop in your image,
let the designer do its thing,
and pick a layout that looks the best
for that specific set of slides,
which will leave you with instant and pretty polished slides
with almost no effort.
Now, if you want complete control
over the look and feel of your slides,
the manual approach is gonna be best.
But if you are in a rush
or you want a quick draft to refine later,
then the Word method can be a huge time saver.
And before we wrap up,
let's go over a few key things to keep in mind
while using AI to create presentations.
First, you don't just want to copy and paste
your generated content without reviewing it ever.
Don't ever do that.
AI can give you great starting point,
but you should always refine and personalize it
to make it truly yours.
Next is to make sure that each slide has one clear message
kind of like what we mentioned.
If you try to cram too many ideas into one slide,
your audience is gonna lose focus.
And you wanna keep it simple and direct.
And on top of that, always be thoughtful with your visuals.
Just because ChatGPT can suggest an image
doesn't mean it's actually the best choice.
So you always want to ask yourself
whether the visuals are
reinforcing your original message or not.
And before finalizing your presentation,
you wanna check the flow of everything.
Does it tell a clear and logical story?
Does it hold the audience's attention?
So small tweaks in order to change your slides
or wording of the titles
can really make a huge difference on the final output.
And of course,
AI is gonna massively help you with creating these slides,
but the way you deliver them
is what's gonna truly create an impact.
Now you know how to transform any document
into a structured and engaging slide using ChatGPT.
And if you haven't already,
I want you to take this process and go through the same
to create your own custom content.
So give it a try
and I guarantee you'll be amazed with the results.