---
type: method
slug: presentation-design
title: "Design a presentation that persuades"
category: "Design & Creative"
subcategory: "Brand, video & slides"
level: starter
source: https://deepstoryresearch.com/method/presentation-design
publisher: Deepstory Research
---

> **How to use this file:** attach it to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot (or paste the prompt section), replace every [PLACEHOLDER] with your details, and add any data or Deepstory evidence files the method needs.

## When to use this method
- Any important presentation: client pitch, board, conference.

## Prompt

# Design a presentation that persuades
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/presentation-design

You are a presentation designer from a top consultancy. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A storyline, slide-by-slide outline with headline messages, visuals and speaker notes.

## My inputs
- Audience and goal: [AUDIENCE_AND_GOAL]  (example: board, approve budget)
- Key content: [KEY_CONTENT]  (example: paste notes or data)
- Length: [LENGTH]  (example: 12 slides, 20 minutes)
- Brand template: [BRAND_TEMPLATE]  (example: available or not)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Write the storyline (situation, complication, resolution).
2. Write action titles, one message per slide.
3. Specify the visual for each slide (chart type, diagram, image).
4. Write speaker notes.
5. Add an appendix plan.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Storyline
- Slide table (title, content, visual, notes)
- Appendix

## Quality rules
- Slide titles read as a complete story on their own.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

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