AI Presentation Prompt Builder Tutorial
EvalCommunity Academy Tutorial
Stop Asking Claude to “Make Me a Presentation”
Use better prompts to create professional presentations for M&E, evaluation, research and international development.
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Asking an AI tool to “make me a presentation” often produces generic slides, weak headlines, too much text and repetitive content.
A better approach is to give AI a specific role at each stage:
strategy → structure → evidence → editing → visualization → production.
Don’t jump directly from topic → slides.
Build the story first, then develop the evidence and visuals.
1. Build the Presentation Structure First
Before creating slides, ask Claude to develop the story.
Act as a presentation strategist specializing in Monitoring & Evaluation.
Create a professional 10–12 slide presentation about:
[TOPIC]
Audience:
[AUDIENCE]
Objective:
[INFORM / TEACH / PERSUADE / REPORT FINDINGS]
Build a logical story from:
problem → evidence → insight → implications → action.
For each slide provide:
1. Slide title
2. Main message
3. 3–5 concise talking points
4. Suggested visual
5. Speaker note
Avoid generic titles such as:
“Introduction”
“Background”
“Overview”
Use conclusion-oriented slide titles wherever possible.
Make the presentation appropriate for M&E professionals.
Example: Instead of “Evaluation Findings”, use:
“Three implementation barriers explain most of the variation in programme performance.”
2. Turn Rough M&E Notes Into a Presentation
Give AI your notes and ask it to organize them into a coherent narrative.
Turn the following M&E notes into a professional presentation.
Audience:
[PROGRAMME TEAM / DONOR / SENIOR MANAGEMENT / COMMUNITY PARTNERS]
Objective:
[OBJECTIVE]
Create [NUMBER] slides.
Give every slide:
– One clear purpose
– One main takeaway
– Strong headline
– Concise supporting points
– Suggested visual
– Speaker notes
Remove repetition.
Do not invent evidence that is not present in the source material.
Clearly distinguish:
– documented findings
– interpretation
– recommendations
Create a coherent story rather than simply reproducing the order of my notes.
SOURCE MATERIAL:
[PASTE NOTES]
3. Convert an Evaluation Report Into Slides
Don’t summarize every paragraph. Identify the evidence that deserves presentation time.
Convert the following evaluation report into a professional
12-slide presentation for [AUDIENCE].
Do not summarize the report paragraph by paragraph.
Identify:
– the most important findings
– critical statistics
– important comparisons
– unexpected findings
– evidence supporting conclusions
– limitations
– recommendations
– implications for decision-making
For each slide provide:
1. Conclusion-style headline
2. Key evidence
3. Short explanation
4. Recommended chart, diagram or image
5. Speaker note
Do not invent statistics or conclusions.
Where the report does not provide sufficient evidence, explicitly say so.
SOURCE:
[UPLOAD OR PASTE REPORT]
4. Create an Evaluation Findings Presentation
A strong findings presentation answers:
What did we find? Why does it matter? What should happen next?
Create a presentation of evaluation findings for:
[PROGRAMME]
Audience:
[DONOR / MANAGEMENT / IMPLEMENTATION TEAM]
Use this structure:
1. Evaluation purpose
2. Key evaluation questions
3. Methodology
4. Programme context
5. Most important finding
6. Finding 2
7. Finding 3
8. Cross-cutting findings
9. Unexpected or contradictory evidence
10. Limitations
11. Implications
12. Recommendations
Use conclusion-style headlines.
For every finding, distinguish between:
EVIDENCE:
What the evaluation data actually shows.
INTERPRETATION:
What the evidence may mean.
IMPLICATION:
Why it matters for the programme.
Do not overstate causal conclusions.
5. Create a Client Proposal Presentation
Build the proposal around the client’s problem rather than around your organization.
Create a professional client proposal presentation for:
CLIENT:
[CLIENT]
SECTOR:
[SECTOR]
CLIENT CHALLENGE:
[PROBLEM]
PROPOSED SOLUTION:
[SOLUTION]
Audience:
[SENIOR MANAGEMENT / DONOR / PROGRAMME DIRECTOR]
Structure the presentation around the client’s situation.
Include:
1. The challenge
2. Why the challenge matters
3. What is currently happening
4. Gaps or risks
5. Proposed approach
6. Methodology
7. Deliverables
8. Timeline
9. Team/experience
10. Expected outcomes
11. Pricing placeholder
12. Next steps
Use strong conclusion-style headlines.
Avoid generic corporate language.
Make the presentation consultative rather than sales-heavy.
6. Create an Educational M&E Presentation
Particularly useful for trainers, consultants and EvalCommunity Academy instructors.
Create a beginner-friendly presentation teaching:
[TOPIC]
Audience:
[M&E PROFESSIONALS / BEGINNERS / STUDENTS]
Knowledge level:
[BEGINNER]
Create [NUMBER] slides.
Start with:
1. Why this matters
2. The basic concept
3. Key terminology
4. How it works
5. Practical example
6. Step-by-step process
7. Common mistakes
8. Practical M&E application
9. Exercise
10. Action checklist
For each slide provide:
– Strong headline
– Teaching points
– Practical example
– Suggested visual
– Speaker note
Use simple language.
Avoid unnecessary jargon.
7. Make Existing Slides More Powerful
You don’t always need to create a new presentation. Sometimes you need to improve the one you already have.
Act as an expert presentation editor specializing in M&E.
Review the slides below.
Do not change the underlying meaning or evidence.
For each slide:
1. Rewrite the title as a conclusion-oriented headline.
2. Remove unnecessary words.
3. Shorten long paragraphs.
4. Strengthen the hierarchy.
5. Identify information that should become a chart or diagram.
6. Remove repetition.
7. Improve the transition to the next slide.
Do not invent new findings.
Return:
ORIGINAL SLIDE
IMPROVED SLIDE
WHY IT IS BETTER
SLIDES:
[PASTE SLIDES]
8. Design the Visual Direction
Give the entire deck a consistent visual language.
Create a visual direction for an EvalCommunity presentation about:
[TOPIC]
Audience:
[M&E PROFESSIONALS]
Desired style:
Modern
Professional
Evidence-focused
Minimal
Human
Not overly corporate
Recommend:
– color palette
– font pairing
– heading style
– body text
– spacing
– image style
– icon style
– chart style
– table style
– slide layout system
Then create a visual treatment for each slide.
Prioritize:
evidence → clarity → visual communication → decoration.
Avoid:
gradients
excessive cards
decorative graphics
walls of text
unnecessary icons
9. Turn M&E Data Into Presentation Slides
Don’t create a chart simply because data exists. First identify what the data actually says.
Analyze this M&E dataset and identify the most important insights.
Look for:
– trends
– changes over time
– differences between groups
– geographic variation
– outliers
– unexpected results
– correlations
– important gaps
Identify the 5–7 findings that deserve presentation slides.
For each finding provide:
1. Conclusion-style headline
2. Key numbers
3. Explanation
4. Recommended chart type
5. “So what?” implication
Do not create a chart simply because data exists.
Choose the visual that communicates each finding fastest.
Do not infer causality unless the data/design supports it.
DATA:
[PASTE OR UPLOAD DATA]
10. Create the Final Presentation
Use this prompt after the story, evidence and visual direction have been developed.
Create the final presentation-ready deck.
Topic:
[TOPIC]
Audience:
[AUDIENCE]
Objective:
[OBJECTIVE]
Number of slides:
[NUMBER]
Tone:
[PROFESSIONAL / EDUCATIONAL / EXECUTIVE / CONSULTATIVE]
For every slide provide exactly:
1. Slide number
2. Compelling headline
3. Slide copy under 50 words
4. Suggested visual/layout
5. Speaker notes
6. Transition to the next slide
Requirements:
– One main idea per slide
– Conclusion-oriented headlines
– Minimal text
– Evidence before interpretation
– No unsupported claims
– No unnecessary repetition
– Use charts where they communicate better than text
– Keep the entire presentation connected as one story
The final deck should feel like one coherent story,
not a collection of independent slides.
The EvalCommunity Presentation Workflow
1 — THINK: Define the audience, purpose and central message.
2 — STRUCTURE: Turn notes, reports and findings into a narrative.
3 — IMPROVE: Strengthen headlines, evidence hierarchy and transitions.
4 — VISUALIZE: Choose charts, diagrams, images or concise text.
5 — PRODUCE: Generate the final deck and speaker notes.
The Golden Rule for Evaluators
Don’t ask AI to do everything in one prompt.
Research → Structure → Challenge → Visualize → Produce → Review
AI can help produce the presentation, but the evaluator remains responsible for the evidence, interpretation, conclusions and appropriate representation of uncertainty.
From a Weak Prompt to a Strong Workflow
| Approach | Example |
|---|---|
| Weak prompt | “Make me a presentation about AI in M&E.” |
| Better prompt | “Create a 12-slide presentation for M&E managers explaining how AI can support evaluation workflows. Build the story around problem → evidence → applications → risks → implementation.” |
| Best workflow | Give AI the source material → find the story → challenge the interpretation → design the evidence → create the slides → review important claims. |
The Key Takeaway
Professional AI-assisted presentations are not created by asking AI to “make slides.”
They are created by giving AI a clear role, strong source material, explicit constraints and a structured workflow—while keeping human judgment at the center.
EvalCommunity note:
The prompts in this tutorial are adapted for Monitoring & Evaluation and international development workflows. They are practical EvalCommunity examples, not official Anthropic prompts.
