the prompt this whole guide is built on
I'm giving a [length] presentation for [class] on [topic]. Here's my outline: [paste it]. Play the toughest person in the audience. Ask me one hard question at a time, the kind a sharp classmate or my professor would ask. Wait for my answer, tell me what was weak about it in one or two sentences, then ask the next one.
You know your slides. What you're dreading is the part after, when someone raises a hand and asks the one thing you didn't think about, and the room goes quiet while you scramble.
Practice that part on purpose. AI can play the sharpest person in the room and throw questions at your outline until the hard ones stop being surprises. You still write and give the whole thing yourself.
How to do it
- Finish your outline or slides first. This is practice for a talk you already made.
- Paste your outline into the prompt above and fill in the class, the topic and how long you have.
- Answer each question out loud before you type it. You'll be talking on the day, so practice that way.
- Write down every question that made you hesitate. Those are the ones to prep.
- Fix the weak spots in your slides or notes, then run the follow up below.
Find the holes
Read my outline again and tell me the three spots where someone could poke a hole: a claim without support, a step that skips something, or a term I never explain. Don't rewrite anything, just point at them.
Lightning round
Give me five quick questions in a row about my topic, the kind people ask when they only half listened. After I answer all five, tell me which answer was the weakest.
that's it. go try it tonight.
