Eight prompts for making an idea land: profiling the audience, finding the single message that matters, shaping raw material into a narrative structure, generating openings that earn attention, and preparing for the questions you will be asked.
How to use these prompts
Copy a prompt into any capable AI model, then add your own material underneath it. Most of them are written to work on whatever you paste in: a plan, a draft, a decision you are weighing, a set of notes. The ones marked Assistant run as a conversation rather than a single exchange, so expect the model to ask you questions before it produces anything.
The prompts are deliberately short. They carry a method, not a script. Adapt the wording to your situation and the model you use.
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Audience Profile
Maps who you’re addressing, what they care about, and what would make them act.
- Framing
- Prompt
Profile the audience for the following presentation or message. Describe who they are, what they care about, the pressures and goals they bring into the room, their likely starting attitude, and what would move them to act. For a client audience, connect this to their business priorities. Conclude with the two or three things I most need to land with them. The presentation and audience are:
Core Message Distiller
Finds the single idea the audience should remember above all.
- Synthesis
- Prompt
Help me find the single core message of the following material — the one thing the audience should remember and repeat if they forget everything else. Propose two or three candidate core messages, each in one sentence, then recommend the strongest for my audience and explain why. Keep it sharp, specific, and free of jargon. The material is:
Engagement Techniques
Suggests interaction, pacing, and pattern-breaks to keep a client audience engaged.
- Communication
- Prompt
For the following presentation, suggest ways to keep a client audience actively engaged rather than passively listening. Recommend specific techniques placed at the right moments — questions to pose, moments to invite input, a quick poll or exercise, pacing and pattern-breaks, points to make interactive — matched to the setting (boardroom, workshop, or virtual). Explain what each one achieves. The presentation is:
Hook Generator
Generates varied openings that earn a client audience’s attention fast.
- Ideation
- Prompt
Generate five distinct openings for the following presentation that will earn a client audience's attention in the first thirty seconds. Use varied devices — a surprising fact, a sharp question, a vivid scenario, a bold claim, a short story — and tie each to the audience's world. For each, note why it works and the kind of talk it suits best. The presentation is:
Proof & Credibility
Identifies where claims need proof and what evidence would build client trust.
- Communication
- Prompt
For the following claims or pitch, help me build credibility with a client audience. Identify where each key claim needs proof, and suggest the kinds of evidence that would land — data points, case examples, outcomes, references, demonstrations. Flag any claim that sounds like unsupported marketing and suggest how to make it credible. The claims or pitch are:
Q&A & Objection Prep
Anticipates tough client questions and objections, with strong responses.
- Evaluation
- Prompt
Prepare me for the hard questions on the following presentation. Anticipate the toughest questions, objections, and points of scepticism a client audience might raise — including the unspoken ones — and for each suggest a strong, honest response. Flag the one or two that would be most damaging if I'm caught unprepared. The presentation is:
Story Structure
Shapes raw material into a narrative structure (e.g. SCQA, problem-resolution arc).
- Framing
- Prompt
Shape the following material into a clear narrative structure for a presentation. Recommend a suitable structure (such as SCQA — Situation, Complication, Question, Answer — or a problem-journey-resolution arc) and map my content onto it, showing the through-line from opening tension to resolution. Flag where the narrative is weak or where I'm missing a beat. The material is:
Useful Metaphors
Generate analogies that map to a concept’s structure, to aid understanding and communication.
- Communication
- Prompt
Generate five distinct analogies or metaphors that accurately map to the structure of the following concept, to deepen my understanding and help me explain it to others. Make them genuinely different from one another and draw from varied domains. For each, briefly note where the analogy holds and where it breaks down, so it clarifies rather than misleads. The concept is:
Common questions
How do I use AI to improve a presentation without it writing for me?
Use it on the structure rather than the words. Audience Profile establishes who you are addressing and what would move them, Core Message Distiller finds the one idea to build around, and Story Structure shapes your material into an arc. You still write the thing.
What is a good prompt for finding a strong opening?
The Hook Generator prompt produces varied openings rather than one, which lets you choose on fit rather than accept the first plausible option. Run it after Core Message Distiller so the openings point at something specific.
How do I prepare for difficult questions from an audience?
Q and A and Objection Prep anticipates the hard questions and drafts responses. Pair it with Proof and Credibility, which identifies the claims in your material that will not survive contact with a skeptical listener unless you can evidence them.