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15 min / beginner / 5 steps

Build a Slide Deck Outline in 15 Minutes

Tell Claude your goal, audience, and content. Get a narrative arc, a slide-by-slide outline, and speaker notes before you open PowerPoint.

The hardest part of any presentation isn't the design, it's the structure. Most people open PowerPoint or Keynote and start filling slides with bullets, only to realise halfway through that the story doesn't land. Claude helps you build the narrative first, so by the time you open your design tool, you know exactly what goes where.

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  1. step 01 / 05

    Define your goal, audience, and time slot

    A deck for a 5-minute investor update and a deck for a 45-minute team workshop are completely different animals. Start by being specific.

    Prompt
    I need to build a deck for a board update. 20 minutes, 8 board members (mix of operators and investors). Topic: our Q1 results and Q2 priorities. I want them to leave feeling confident about the business and clear on where we're investing next quarter.

    what you should see

  2. step 02 / 05

    Brain dump your content

    Don't structure yet. Just tell Claude everything you want to cover. The good news, the bad news, the decisions you need, all of it.

    Prompt
    Mixed quarter. Revenue hit plan ($2.4M, +18% YoY). But NRR was below target (102% vs 115% target). We lost two mid-market accounts to a competitor. New product launch went well, 60 beta customers, strong NPS. Team is at full strength after a rocky H2 last year. Q2 priorities: double down on enterprise segment, fix the mid-market retention issue, keep the product momentum going. We need board approval for an additional $300k in sales headcount.

    what you should see

  3. step 03 / 05

    Generate the narrative arc

    Before building slides, Claude structures the story, the emotional journey you want the audience to take from open to close.

    Prompt
    Build the narrative arc first, before the slides.

    what you should see

  4. step 04 / 05

    Build the slide-by-slide outline

    Now Claude turns the narrative arc into a concrete slide structure, with a title, key message, and supporting content for each slide.

    Prompt
    Now build the slide-by-slide outline.

    what you should see

  5. step 05 / 05

    Write speaker notes for the hardest slides

    The NRR slide and the ask slide are where presenters get into trouble. Ask Claude to write the speaker notes for those two.

    Prompt
    Write speaker notes for slide 4 (the NRR slide) and slide 7 (the ask). Those are the two I'm most nervous about.

    what you should see

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Just finished "Build a Slide Deck Outline in 15 Minutes" on Claude Code Guide. Took about 15 min, and it's free: https://claudecodeguide.dev/tutorials/slide-deck-outline

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