Getting Started with AI Presentations
Creating presentations is one of the most common workplace tasks — and one of the most time-consuming. AI tools can help you build professional, polished presentations in a fraction of the time, even if you have zero design skills.
Why AI Changes Everything for Presentations
Traditional presentation creation involves:
- Staring at a blank slide trying to figure out what to say
- Spending hours on design adjusting fonts, colors, and layouts
- Searching for images that match your content
- Writing speaker notes after the slides are done
- Reformatting content from documents into slide-friendly chunks
AI can handle all of these tasks. You provide the ideas, and AI handles the structure, design, and polish.
What AI Can Do for Your Presentations
AI assistants and dedicated presentation tools can:
- Generate complete outlines from a single topic or brief
- Write slide content that's concise and slide-ready
- Design professional slides with layouts, colors, and typography
- Create custom images and diagrams for your slides
- Convert documents and reports into presentation format
- Write speaker notes and talking points for each slide
Which AI Tools Will We Cover?
General AI Assistants
- ChatGPT — Great for generating outlines, slide content, and speaker notes
- Claude — Excellent for structuring ideas and writing clear, concise text
- Microsoft Copilot — Built into PowerPoint for direct slide creation
Dedicated AI Presentation Tools
- Gamma — Generates complete presentations from a prompt
- Beautiful.ai — AI-powered design that auto-formats your slides
- Tome — AI storytelling tool for narrative presentations
What You'll Learn
By the end of this micro-course, you'll know how to:
- Use AI to generate presentation outlines and slide content
- Choose the right AI presentation tool for your needs
- Create slides with ChatGPT and PowerPoint Copilot
- Generate custom images for your presentations
- Convert documents and reports into slide decks
- Write compelling speaker notes with AI
Prerequisites
- Access to ChatGPT, Claude, or Microsoft Copilot (free tiers work for most tasks)
- PowerPoint, Google Slides, or any presentation software
- No design or coding skills required
Let's start by learning how to generate presentation outlines and content with AI.