Which tool to choose
To build the presentation you use the conversation assistant: that's where you reason about the outline, the messages, and the slide texts. To assemble the actual slides you use the presentation program you already know, where you paste the content the AI helped you define. Some tools generate slide drafts automatically from your points: handy to get started, but the result should always be reviewed and personalized. The practical rule: the AI to think the presentation, the slide program to build it, your eye for the design.
How to do it
- Tell the AI the topic, audience, duration, and goal: "to convince", "to inform", "to teach".
- Have it give you the outline: how many slides, the message of each, the thread that links them.
- For each slide, ask for an essential text: few words, a single idea.
- Bring the content into your slide program and take care of its dress; keep the AI for refining titles and summaries.
A concrete example
Elena had to present a new service to her colleagues in ten minutes. She told the AI the topic, audience, and time, and asked for the outline. The assistant proposed eight slides: the problem, the solution, how it works, the benefits, an example, the next steps. For each one it suggested a sharp title and three lean points. Elena assembled the slides in her program, added the images and the company colors, and in an hour she had a clean presentation. The effort of deciding what to say and in what order — the part that always blocked her — she had solved in a few minutes.
When it DOESN'T work (and how to fix it)
If the slides are too full of text
It's the most common flaw, and sometimes the AI goes along with it. Ask it explicitly to cut down: one slide, one idea, few words. The long text goes into your talk, not on the slide. If needed, have it distinguish "what to write on the slide" from "what to say out loud".
If the outline doesn't convince you
Tell it what's off — too long, wrong order, a piece missing — and have it revise. The first outline is a draft to shape, not a verdict. Often it's enough to specify the goal better for the structure to fall into place.
If you need help with design
There the conversation assistant does little: design is a visual craft. Rely on the slide program, on ready-made templates, or on someone who handles it. The AI gives you the right content; don't expect it to also do the polished graphics.
A tip from someone who really uses it
Let the AI save you from the slide-document, the mistake that ruins the most presentations. The temptation is to write everything on the slides and then read them: result, the audience reads instead of listening to you and you become superfluous. Use the assistant to sharply separate the two planes: on the slide very few words that anchor an idea, in your talk the rest. Ask it for two distinct things per slide — the minimal text to project and the notes of what to say out loud. A presentation works when the slides support you as you speak, not when they replace you: the AI, used this way, helps you precisely not to disappear behind your own slides.
Frequently asked questions
Can the AI create the slides directly?
Some tools generate slide drafts from your points, useful to get started. But they should always be reviewed and personalized: the automatic result is a starting point, not a finished presentation.
How much text do I put on a slide?
As little as possible: ideally one idea per slide and few words. The flowing text belongs to your talk. Ask the AI to keep the slides essential and to give you separately what to say out loud.
Can it help me with design too?
With structure and texts yes, with polished graphics little: visual design is another craft. For that use your slide program, templates, or someone who handles it.
Is it enough to ask the AI to make me the presentation and I'm done?
No, and it's the expectation that produces flat, generic presentations. The AI gives you an excellent skeleton and concise texts, but the presentation becomes yours when you add your concrete example, the right tone for that audience, the visual dress, and above all the way you tell it out loud. An outline generated and projected as is can be spotted a mile off and leaves nothing behind. Use the assistant for the effort of structuring and condensing, then take the time to make it yours: it's that part, not the automatic generation, that makes the difference between a forgotten presentation and one that works.