# Presentation outline prompt: free ChatGPT template > Plan a short talk or slide deck: one point per slide, a headline and visual for each, minutes that fit your time, and a list of facts you still need. Source: https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/presentation-outline-prompt · Updated 2026-10-01 · Free from Stepthrough (https://learn.ynteractive.com) [Reports and planning](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts#job-reports-and-planning) · Works in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot Updated October 1, 2026 · By [Robert Breen](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/about) Use this when you have ten or twenty minutes in front of a group, such as a client, your team or a local association, and a pile of material. You get an outline built around the one thing you want the audience to do afterward, with a headline, talking points and a visual for each slide. Wherever a slide needs a fact you didn't supply, it says NEED instead of filling the gap with something that sounds right. ## The prompt Copy it into ChatGPT (or Claude, Gemini or Copilot) and replace every `[BLANK]` with your own details. It uses the four parts from [Prompt Writing 101](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompt-writing-101-role-context-task-format): Role, Context, Task and Format. Copy prompt ```text Role: You are helping [PRESENTER] at [BUSINESS] plan a short presentation. Context: The audience is [AUDIENCE]. I have [TIME] minutes. The one thing I want them to do or decide afterward: [GOAL]. My facts and material: [MATERIAL]. Use only my facts. Where a slide needs a fact I didn't give, write "NEED:" and what's missing. Task: Outline the talk: an opening that says why it matters to this audience, 3 to 5 main points in a logical order, and a close that asks for the one thing above. Format: Numbered slides, each with a headline under 8 words, 2 or 3 talking points, a suggested visual and the minutes, adding up to my time. Then a list of every NEED item. ``` ## Fill in the blanks **`[PRESENTER]`** Who is speaking. It sets the voice. **`[BUSINESS]`** Your business name and what you do. **`[AUDIENCE]`** Who will be in the room and what they care about. A talk for customers is built differently from one for your crew. **`[TIME]`** Your speaking time in minutes. Leave a few minutes out of it for questions. **`[GOAL]`** The one action you want: book a date, approve a budget, follow a new process. **`[MATERIAL]`** Your facts, prices, dates, examples and photos you have. The outline can only use these. ## Example, filled in **A made-up example** from the free lesson [Prompt Writing 101: Role, Context, Task, Format](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompt-writing-101-role-context-task-format). Summit Lawn Care is the made-up lawn company in Prompt Writing 101. The owner has been invited to speak at a neighborhood homeowners association meeting about fall lawn care. Copy example ```text Role: You are helping the owner of Summit Lawn Care, a small family-run lawn company in Harrisburg, PA, plan a short presentation. Context: The audience is about 30 homeowners at a neighborhood association meeting, many of whom mow their own lawns. I have 10 minutes. The one thing I want them to do or decide afterward: book fall core aeration and overseeding. My facts and material: $149 for most yards; we do it between September 29 and October 17; aeration pulls small plugs of soil so water, air and seed reach the roots; before and after photos from two customer lawns last year; current weekly mowing customers can reply to any of our emails to book. Use only my facts. Where a slide needs a fact I didn't give, write "NEED:" and what's missing. Task: Outline the talk: an opening that says why it matters to this audience, 3 to 5 main points in a logical order, and a close that asks for the one thing above. Format: Numbered slides, each with a headline under 8 words, 2 or 3 talking points, a suggested visual and the minutes, adding up to my time. Then a list of every NEED item. ``` ## What a good answer looks like - An opening about their own lawns, not the company's history. - A slide built on the before and after photos, the strongest material you have. - A close that asks for the booking, with the price and dates once and clearly. - NEED items such as "How does someone who isn't a customer book?", because your material only covers current customers. ## How to check it before you use it An AI draft can sound right and still say something you never told it. Use the habit from the [Reply Faster lesson](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/chatgpt-reply-to-customer-emails): check every promise, name, date and number against what you gave it before anything goes out. - Add up the minutes. Ten means ten, with time left for questions. - Trace every claim on every slide to your material. "Doubles root growth" is the kind of line a model adds; if you can't source it, cut it. - Fill each NEED item with a real fact, or drop the slide. - Check the price and dates against your own records, then rehearse once out loud with a timer. ## Practice it in the free lesson **[Prompt Writing 101: Role, Context, Task, Format](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompt-writing-101-role-context-task-format)**: Ask ChatGPT for the same customer email twice, once vaguely and once with a four-part prompt, and see exactly why structure gets a better answer. You do every step yourself in a practice copy of ChatGPT, and nothing touches your real accounts. [Start the free lesson](https://learn.ynteractive.com/modules/prompt-writing-101) ## Terms used here [Role, Context, Task, Format](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/role-context-task-format) · [Output format](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/output-format) · [Hallucination](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/hallucination) ## Related prompts - [Meeting agenda prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/meeting-agenda-prompt): Turn a list of topics into a timed meeting agenda where every item has an owner, a question to settle and minutes that add up to… - [New service announcement email prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/new-service-announcement-email-prompt): Copy a four-part ChatGPT prompt that announces a new service to existing customers: real price, real dates, one call to action… - [Blog post outline prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/blog-post-outline-prompt): Plan a blog post around real customer questions and your own experience. 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