From Clean Canvas to a Sensible Presentation with AI by @ttunguz

A couple of days earlier than the deadline, I’d discover myself in that acquainted pool of hysteria : observing a clean digital canvas, clock ticking, understanding the following 20 hours would dissolve right into a blur of bullet factors, chart creation, & late-night pixel-alignment.

Time to make a presentation.

With AI, I’ve slashed the time it takes to construct a presentation from a full day right down to just some hours

I begin with the essence – three key concepts or tales that may resonate with my viewers.

With these seeds planted, I’ll dictate to the AI to architect a 12-slide framework, calibrated for its viewers (lately, sharing predictions for knowledge in 2025 to a bunch of information engineers & analysts which I’ll publish subsequent week). They’re The Nice Consolidation, Scale Up Architectures & Agentic Knowledge.

I counsel just a few deeper factors like new question engines, digital developer environments, separation of compute & storage, & collaborative BI.

Then I ask the AI to draft the speaker’s notes in a framework that my administration coach at Google taught me – the “Clearing-Content material-Transition” framework:

Clearing: Describe what’s on the slide
Content material: Element 3-4 key factors & supporting tales
Transition: Arrange the following slide naturally

Every iteration refines the narrative. “Transfer slide 5 to after slide 10.” “Shorten the part on AI & engineering groups fusing.” “In scale up architectures, there’s a generational transition the place most of the new engineers want Python. Weave that in.”

The define evolves as AI & I collaborate. We craft a stunning hook (no extra “Hello, my title is…”), from Matthew Dick’s storytelling knowledge to provide audiences a purpose to care by introducing the Stakes.

With the define practically full, the following step is so as to add the visible aptitude. “Please create a immediate for a picture in for every slide.” This half isn’t but automated, however I flipped backwards and forwards between the prompts and a picture technology AI.

Put all of it collectively, ship it on-line, learn from the script just a few occasions to follow so the supply is a little more spontaneous and it’s carried out and dusted.

Not each picture or each slide could be absolutely automated, however lots of them can. There’s one thing about beginning a clean canvas with an AI that solves or not less than bevels the sides of author’s block.

I’ll publish the presentation on Jan 24. I’ll additionally publish the script alongside it & would love to listen to your reactions.