The prompt
Score 10 of 10, Excellent
Use it when You have a presentation coming up and want the first and last minute, the parts people remember most, written to be said out loud.
- {{audience}}
- {{outline}}
- {{main_point}}
- {{ask}}
- {{audience_context}}
- {{setting}}
- {{my_material}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
Write the opening minute and the closing minute of my presentation, as words I will say out loud, for {{audience}}. The opening has to tell this audience why the talk matters to them before they decide whether to listen, and the close has to leave them with the one point and the one thing I am asking them to do, so that someone who remembers only the first and last minute still leaves with the right message. My outline or slides: """ {{outline}} """ The one point I want them to remember: {{main_point}} What I want them to do, decide or approve afterward: {{ask}} Who is in the room and what they care about: {{audience_context}} Setting and length of the whole talk: {{setting}} Facts, results or stories from my own work that I am happy to use: {{my_material}} Give me: 1. Four openings of about 120 to 150 words each, roughly one minute spoken, each with a different approach and labeled with it: a problem this audience has now; a specific result or fact from my material; a short story from my material; a plain statement of what I will ask of them and why. 2. Two closes of 100 to 150 words each. Each restates the main point in one sentence, in different words from the opening, then gives the ask: who does what, by when. 3. For each opening and close, one sentence on when it works best, such as with a skeptical room or a friendly one. Write for the ear: short sentences, one idea per sentence, words I would actually say, and [pause] where a pause helps. Each opening should reach why it matters to them within its first three sentences. For example, an opening of the problem type: "Every month, [figure from your material] of our support tickets ask about the same setting. That is what the next fifteen minutes are about." That example shows the form only; the figure must come from my material. Do not use gimmicks: no "Imagine a world where", no rhetorical questions the room cannot answer, no jokes I did not supply, no famous quotes, and no statistics, research or stories that are not in my material. Do not open with thanks or an agenda. If my material has nothing strong enough for an approach, leave that opening out and say why rather than inventing something. If the ask is missing or vague, write the closes with [ASK: what you want them to do] in place and tell me that the close will be weak until it is filled.
Variables
- {{audience}}
- Who you are presenting to, for example "the regional managers at the quarterly review".
- {{outline}}
- Your outline, slide titles or speaker notes.
- {{main_point}}
- The one thing they should remember, in one sentence.
- {{ask}}
- What you want them to do afterward, for example "approve a pilot in two stores".
- {{audience_context}}
- What the room cares about and how they feel about the topic.
- {{setting}}
- Where and how long, for example "20 minutes at the all-hands, on video".
- {{my_material}}
- Facts, results or short stories from your own work that the openings may use.
Why it works
- Length. Four openings and two closes of about a minute each, measured in words, give real choices that fit the time.
- What to avoid. No gimmicks, and no quotes or statistics from outside your material, which are what make openings sound canned.
- If unsure. An approach with nothing behind it is dropped with a reason, and a vague ask gets a placeholder and a warning instead of a made-up call to action.