How I used AI to get feedback on my big Presentation

I have always been fascinated with storytelling and my interest only grew post my first book based upon the feedback I received from my readers. I started learning more about storytelling, read a lot of books, went through a few courses, and I was completely engrossed in the process of learning more and more about storytelling. I realized my communication with my team, my writing at work, my discussions with my stakeholders all improved thanks to the principles of storytelling. But I wanted to do more.

I spoke with my management and proposed starting a local working group to learn about storytelling and hone our skills. Thankfully, my management was extremely supportive and encouraged me to take a slot for an upcoming training week to present on business storytelling. I have been given a 30 minutes slot for a presentation on the benefits of Business Storytelling. I have always been confident in my presentation skills, but it’s building out the presentation deck always makes me sweat. Because after going through a lot of presentations from others, to my own presentations, I was very clear that I want to make the presentation interesting, but also relevant to the audience. I think everyone wants their presentation to be interesting. I want to make sure, my presentation has a nice flow, not too much text, easy to comprehend sentences and right use of relevant quotes.

So as part of building out the slides, first, I collated all my knowledge, quotes, business stories, big corporate events stories etc. in a single document. The document was like my base from which I built my presentation. I used https://aiforgehub.com for any help when it came to generating some content for the presentation or helping with summarizing some of my thoughts. (Important to note that none of the information I used for my presentation was proprietary. Avoid using company sensitive information when sharing information with these chat bots). I had a structure in mind and now I had the materials as well. So I started putting together the material in a PowerPoint presentation deck. After, a few hours of work, I had a presentation that I thought had promise. Did some final edits and it was ready. I went through the deck a few times, practiced presenting it a few times and it felt like I had good presentation at hand. But then a thought arose in my mind, how do I really quantify how good my presentation deck is before presenting it to the audience. I thought about sharing it with family and friends to get their views, but I know they are always way too nice to me to be critical of my work. I thought I would share it with a small group of my colleagues, but then I wasn’t sure I would get some feedback quick enough due to their own workload. So I thought, why not I use my favorite companion; https://aiforgehub.com and ask Generative AI for feedback on my presentation. I saved my .ppt file as a .pdf, uploaded it to the tool’s ‘AI File Chat’, and the results were amazing. I mean, not because AI gave me a good score on my presentation deck, that was good to see though, I am not going to lie. But some of the feedback on what could make the presentation even better was very helpful. One thing that surprised me most was the quality of feedback, and that GenAI could do this.

Honestly, I shouldn’t be surprised. Since GenAI became all the rage, I read a lot of books and articles on prompting or prompt engineering, and there was this theme that stuck with me, and that was talk to the AI like an actual assistant, give them context in simple terms, and see the AI give you the results you want. And that is exactly what happened with this. I did not know I could do this with the tool, and I was pleasantly surprised by the feedback. Since the feedback, I have made updates to the presentation deck and I am very excited to present it to my colleagues soon.

Below is an excerpt from the conversation with AIForgeHub.com File Chat tool:

AI Assistant:

Hi! I am File Analyzer, and I’m File Analyzer. I can assist you with PDF, DOC, DOCX or CSV information or questions

You:

Could you help rate this presentation on a scale from 0–10 on rate of flow, quality of content and language used. The presentation is targeted to Internal Auditors to introduce them to storytelling.

AI Assistant:

Certainly, here’s a professional assessment based on the provided content:

Rate of Flow: 8/10

Strengths: The presentation follows a logical sequence, starting with the challenges auditors face, introducing storytelling as a solution, and breaking down various storytelling frameworks. Each section builds on the previous one, making the flow smooth and easy to follow.

Areas for Improvement: Some sections, like the discussion of specific frameworks, could be better segmented. Visually, bullet points and spacing might help in distinguishing different points more clearly.

Quality of Content: 9/10

Strengths: The content is highly relevant for internal auditors. It addresses common challenges such as perception of audits and relationship-building and proposes storytelling as a solution with concrete frameworks. The inclusion of Simon Sinek’s quote adds credibility and depth.

Areas for Improvement: While comprehensive, additional real-life examples or case studies demonstrating successful use of storytelling in audits could enhance the content further.

Language Used: 9/10

Strengths: The language is professional, clear, and concise. Jargon related to auditing and storytelling is used appropriately, making it accessible for the target audience. Phrases like “captures attention and spurs action”, and “establishes credibility” directly communicate the benefits.

Areas for Improvement: Repetition of content (such as the mention of the 5E framework) might need to be streamlined to avoid redundancy. Furthermore, the tone could be slightly more engaging to mirror the storytelling advice being given.

Overall: 8.5/10

This presentation is very strong overall, especially in terms of its structured approach and relevance to internal auditors. With slight modifications to enhance flow and avoid repetition, it could be even more effective.

What do you think? Will you be using AI to get feedback on your next presentation?

P.S: I made changes to my presentation post the feedback and reduced the number of slides from 30 to 20. The presentation was extremely well received and a lot of people reached out post the presentation and wanted to learn more about storytelling.