Here's a prompt that turns my messy notes into a presentation outline instead of a wall of text

Most of us paste a pile of notes and ask for "slides," then get back paragraphs crammed onto imaginary slides. The fix that worked for me was forcing one idea per slide and making the model separate what goes on the slide from what I actually say out loud. Here's the prompt I use: ``` You are helping me turn rough notes into a presentation outline. Notes: """ [paste your notes here] """ Rules: - Group the notes into 5 to 8 sections. Each section becomes one slide. - Every slide has: a short headline (max 8 words), 3 to 4 bullet points (max 10 words each), and a "say" line for what I explain out loud that is NOT on the slide. - One idea per slide. If a slide has two ideas, split it. - No filler. If a note doesn't earn a slide, drop it and list it under "cut" at the end. Return it as a numbered list. ``` Why it works: the "say" line stops the model from dumping my whole paragraph onto the slide, which is the usual failure. Splitting two-idea slides keeps each one readable from the back of a room. The "cut" list at the end is oddly the most useful part, because it shows me what I was overexplaining. One tweak: if the deck is for a specific audience, add a line like "the audience is [X] and cares about [Y]" before the rules. The headlines get sharper. Curious how others handle the note-to-slide jump, since this is where I waste the most time. submitted by /u/Individual_Gold5385 [link] [comments]