Free course · 7 lessons
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You give or send presentations at work and want AI to help without making the deck look AI-made.
Build a deck that makes one clear argument, in your own template, with AI doing the slow parts.
Steps for Claude and ChatGPT · Product details checked October 15, 2026
Your project
Pick one real deck you need to give or send in the next month. Every lesson moves that deck forward, from its one sentence to a checked, rehearsed draft.
The worked example
Larkfield Supply
A 40-person office-supplies distributor. Its warehouse manager, Morgan, needs the leadership team to approve a second shift for the November to January peak.
How the course works
By the end, one real deck of yours makes a single argument, slide by slide, in your own template.
The course works through four rules: answer first, one claim per slide, evidence under every claim, and a check for AI tells. Each lesson labels its rules as experimental evidence, from controlled studies, or expert consensus, from practitioners who agree. The build lesson has steps for Claude and for ChatGPT, dated on the day someone checked them.
The four rules
- Answer first
- Open with the one sentence the deck must prove, and the ask.
- One claim per slide
- Every slide title is a full-sentence claim: an action title.
- Evidence under every claim
- Real data, a chart that compares fairly, and a source.
- Check for AI tells
- Remove the structure, surface and claim signs of an unchecked AI draft.
Each lesson moves your project forward
- Lesson 1 · 7 min readSpoken deck or read documentDecide whether your audience will hear a talk or read alone, then put the script in the notes and the backup in an appendix.
- Lesson 2 · 7 min readAnswer firstWrite the one sentence your deck must prove, open with situation, complication, question and answer, and pass the five-minute test.
- Lesson 3 · 7 min readAction titles and the titles-only testWrite every slide title as a full-sentence claim, then read the titles alone, in order, to check that they make the whole argument.
- Lesson 4 · 7 min readEvidence under every claimPut real data under each action title, mark gaps as [TBD], compare on a shared baseline, and cut anything that does not prove the claim.
- Lesson 5 · 7 min readThe AI tellsCheck an AI draft for the structure, surface and claim signs of a deck nobody checked, and fix the claim tells first.
- Lesson 6 · 7 min readBuild it in your own templateApprove a slide brief before any slide exists, then build in your own template with one blank slide per layout and real data.
- Lesson 7 · 7 min readCritique, then rehearseReview the rendered slides against an explicit checklist, own every claim on them, then rehearse aloud with a five-minute version.
Every starter prompt from the course is on one page: the prompt library.
Do I need a paid plan?
You can do Lessons 1 to 5 and Lesson 7 with any assistant, including a free plan. Lesson 6 builds slides inside PowerPoint. Claude for PowerPoint needs a paid Claude plan. ChatGPT for PowerPoint is open to every ChatGPT plan, with limited use on Free and Go. Each build step shows the date it was last checked.
Will my audience know AI helped?
No study has shown that audiences spot AI-made slides or trust them less. The course teaches the checklist because the same signs often mark a deck nobody checked. An invented number or a slide that makes no point hurts a deck whoever made it.
Does this work with Google Slides or Copilot?
The method does. Lessons 1 to 5 and Lesson 7 work in any tool. Gemini in Google Slides and Copilot in PowerPoint both ask you to approve an outline before they build, which matches Lesson 6. Emeri tests the step-by-step instructions in Claude and ChatGPT only.
How long does the course take?
Each lesson takes about seven minutes to read. The exercises use a deck you already need to make, so most of the work is work you would do anyway.
Not sure this is the right course yet? The free check takes about fifteen minutes and shows which skill to work on first.