What you’ll make
One timed starter deck you can paste into your slide editor and rehearse.
Worked example
A 30-minute product brief workshop
Use 4 minutes to explain the goal, 7 to walk through a finished icon pack brief, 10 for participants to draft their own, 5 to compare two examples, and 4 for questions. The exercise slide asks each person to name the buyer, where they get stuck, and what they can do with the product.
In my notes, I’d show how to narrow “anyone who makes a menu” to “café owners adding hot, iced, and takeaway labels to their drink menu.” I’d keep that explanation in the notes and leave the exercise wording on the slide.
Before you start
- Bring the workshop length, audience’s starting point, notes, and one finished example. Decide where you’ll teach and how people will access the exercise.
- Choose an editable slide destination. Use Claude to create a file if your setup supports it, or use the outline in Gamma or a presentation editor.
Pick one task the group can finish
Write down how long you have, who’s coming, and what they should make before they leave. Choose one finished example you can show. Bring the notes and the exercise people will try after the demo.
Draft the slides around that task
Copy the prompt into Claude or ChatGPT and add your notes or example. Include the audience, time, and finish line if you didn’t fill in the boxes. Read the exercise before you move to layout.
I’d provide the finished café icon pack brief and ask for a 30-minute workshop with ten minutes to write one.
I’d expect the finished brief to appear before the blank three-box exercise, with a timing note for both.
Write a timed starter deck for my workshop
Draft one timed starter deck for my workshop. Use the details I provide in this chat or in my attachments. Build it around one thing people can do by the end. Put the worked example before practice. For each slide, give me a title, the words that go on screen, a few speaker notes, and minutes. Include the exercise wording and leave time for the group to try it. Make the minutes add up to my session length. If the time, finish line, or example is missing, ask before filling it in. Return the deck as paste-ready slide blocks. Flag any missing image or link where it belongs and keep the screen copy short enough to read aloud.
Paste the deck into your editor
Put the slide text in Gamma or your presentation editor. Keep the longer explanation in your speaker notes and add the real example. Export a copy you can open offline before rehearsing.
Rehearse it once yourself
Run the slides and try the exercise as if it’s your first time. Save the deck and its backup after you make any fixes.
- Add the minutes and keep enough time for people to practice.
- Read the slides at presentation size and open the exercise yourself.
- Open the offline export and check that it includes the worked example and exercise.
Optional: Try a design pass in your slide editor
Take the deck you rehearsed into Gamma or the editor you already use. Keep the exercise and its timing, then check that the updated slides and offline copy show the same instructions.
Plan a workshop people can finish
Start with the scheduled time and one worked example to build the lesson around what participants will do.
Plan a [duration] workshop for [audience and starting skill] in [room or online]. By the end, each person should be able to [observable task]. Here are my notes, finished example, and the way participants will get the exercise: [inputs]. If the finish line is too broad for the time or the example is missing a step, ask me to narrow it before drafting that part. Give me a timed agenda and one row per slide with a headline, visual, speaker cue, and transition. Budget time for a demo, a hands-on try, and a debrief. Write the actual exercise directions, what a completed answer should include, and one question to ask after people try. Check that the timings add up and each slide helps someone do the task. Flag assets I still need to bring.
Make the editable deck or slide blocks
After you approve the outline, bring it and the real examples into Claude or the presentation tool you’ll use.
Build an editable [deck format] from [approved slide plan, example files, exercise, and brand rules]. Keep one main idea on each slide. Put the extra explanation, demo cues, and timing in speaker notes. Keep the exercise wording, links, and model answer as approved. If you can create the file here, return it. Otherwise give me one paste-ready block per slide with the visible copy, visual placement, and speaker notes. Mark missing assets by name and collect the exercise as a separate handout. Include a quick slide count and a list of links and claims I need to check after export.
Help me trim the rehearsal without losing the practice
After a full run, share your actual timings to decide what to cut and what to check in the backup.
Here’s my planned agenda, actual rehearsal times, and anything I couldn’t read or open: [notes]. I have [time] and the exercise and debrief need [minutes]. Suggest the smallest cuts that bring the lesson back on time. Tell me which slide, line, or secondary example to trim and update the timing totals. If I haven’t timed a segment, leave it marked for another run. Give me a final checklist for the presentation device, offline PDF, demo backup, and exercise link from a signed-out participant’s browser.
Troubleshooting
The slides look good but are hard to teach from.
Add speaker notes with the transition and the one point to say. Replace text-heavy cards with a diagram, a short example, or a demonstration.
Export changed the fonts or clipped an element.
Open the file in your final presentation app. Use available fonts, adjust the overflowing layout there, and save a fixed PDF fallback.