Before you even open PowerPoint, a significant amount of work goes into structuring the narrative of your presentation. An AI can act as your personal story editor, helping you transform a simple agenda into a logical and compelling presentation flow.

This technique is especially powerful when you combine it with your own past successes.

The Strategy: Using a Proven Template

By providing the AI with the text from a previous presentation that was well-received, you give it a "gold standard" template to follow.

Example Prompt:

"Act as my Chief of Staff. I need to create a PowerPoint presentation for our upcoming quarterly business review (QBR).

New Q3 Agenda Points:

• Review Q3 sales performance (up 10%).
• Discuss launch of the new 'Phoenix' product line.
• Address the 5% increase in customer churn.
• Outline Q4 strategic priorities.

Your Task: Generate the content for a 5-slide presentation. For each slide, provide a 'Title' and the key 'Bullet Points'.

CRITICAL: Use the same structure and professional tone as the example presentation provided below.

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EXAMPLE PRESENTATION:

[Paste the text from your old, anonymized presentation here] ---"

⚡️ The Copilot Advantage: Direct from a File

This manual copy-paste method is effective. However, it's another perfect example of how an integrated AI tool streamlines the process and enhances security.

With Microsoft Copilot, you wouldn't need to copy and paste the text. You could simply point the AI to a file in your SharePoint or OneDrive.

Copilot Prompt:

"Create a new presentation for the Q3 QBR using /Q2_Results_Deck.pptx as a template. Incorporate the following new agenda points: [list new points here]."

The AI would securely access your old presentation, understand its structure, and generate a new draft with your new content, all without the data ever leaving your secure Microsoft environment. This is the end-state you should be aiming for with your team's AI adoption.