Leverage ChatGPT Plugins to Create AI-Generated Presentations

Table of Contents

• Introduction to Using ChatGPT Plugins for Presentations
• Example 1: Generating a Presentation from a PDF
• Example 2: Creating a Startup Presentation
• Additional Tips for Enhancing AI Presentations
• Conclusion and Summary

Introduction to Using ChatGPT Plugins for Presentations

In this blog post, we will be exploring how to leverage ChatGPT plugins like Smart Slides and Ask PDF to easily create presentations. These plugins allow you to summarize content from PDFs, research topics online, and automatically generate presentation decks.

We will structure this tutorial with two example scenarios - first, generating a presentation from a research paper PDF, and second, creating an investor pitch for a hypothetical startup idea.

Overview of Smart Slides and Ask PDF ChatGPT Plugins

Smart Slides is a nifty ChatGPT plugin that allows you to instantly create presentations by providing it text content that it can summarize and structure into slides. Ask PDF is another useful plugin that can read and summarize PDF documents for you. By combining these two plugins, you can upload a PDF paper to Ask PDF to get a text summary, and then feed that summary into Smart Slides to generate a presentation.

Tutorial Structure with Two Example Scenarios

As mentioned, we will walk through two examples in this tutorial. The first will demonstrate summarizing a research paper PDF and creating a presentation from it. The second will show how you can provide ChatGPT a startup idea prompt and have it automatically structure an investor pitch deck.

Example 1: Generating a Presentation from a PDF

In our first example, we'll utilize a PDF document on ocean exploration research to demonstrate how to combine the Ask PDF and Smart Slides plugins.

We'll see how you can quickly parse key information from a lengthy PDF into an easy to digest presentation format.

Uploading and Summarizing the PDF Content

The first step is to upload our ocean exploration research PDF to Ask PDF. We'll copy the unique document ID provided. Next, we prompt ChatGPT to generate a 7 paragraph text summary of the document contents by passing the document ID. This gives us an overview of all the key information. ChatGPT is able to generate the full summary in a single output. But for longer documents, you may need to ask it to continue over multiple messages to get the complete summary text.

Turning the Summarized PDF into a Presentation

Now that we have our summary, we leverage the Smart Slides plugin by asking it to take the 7 paragraph summary and turn it into a presentation on ocean exploration. We specify to use bullet points for main ideas and quotes to encourage an impactful slide layout. The plugin then instantly generates a presentation from the summary text. The output is a simple but effective slide deck covering the key points. The presentation theme and format remain mostly consistent between documents. But overall it serves as a great starting point to build upon.

Example 2: Creating a Startup Presentation

Next, we'll demonstrate how ChatGPT can automatically develop an investor pitch presentation if provided details on a hypothetical startup idea.

Rather than relying on an existing document, here we are prompting ChatGPT to generate its own unique presentation content tailored to our startup concept.

Providing the Startup Idea Prompt to ChatGPT

We provide ChatGPT a detailed overview of our sustainable packaging startup that aims to develop eco-friendly solutions to reduce plastic waste for businesses. This includes the problem we want to solve, our proposed sustainable solution, target customer segments, and other key details that set the context. Armed with this startup prompt, ChatGPT has enough background to start structuring relevant presentation content.

ChatGPT Generates Startup Presentation Structure

Remarkably, ChatGPT is able to automatically develop an outline for our startup presentation including sections like the problem, solutions, partnerships, case studies and more. This demonstrates how ChatGPT can take a startup idea prompt and quickly determine an impactful presentation flow to convince potential investors.

Review of the Final AI-Generated Startup Presentation

The resulting presentation provides a skeleton format covering all the key areas ChatGPT identified as important to highlight for our sustainable packaging startup. The content and messaging provides a starting point we can build upon by incorporating additional research and polish using other ChatGPT plugins. It would be ideal to further develop the points with supporting data and evidence. But overall, we now have an automated first draft presentation to aid and accelerate the startup planning process.

Additional Tips for Enhancing AI Presentations

There are a few additional recommendations worth highlighting that can aid in leveling up the presentations ChatGPT's plugins generate.

Using Other Plugins Like Browser to Incorporate External Research

A helpful companion plugin like Browser allows you to prompt additional internet research that can help supplement and enhance the content within your presentations. You can ask questions related to your presentation topic and have browsable search results incorporated automatically into your slides.

Customizing Presentation Themes and Formats

While the presentations use a consistent default theme, if you have specific company branding colors or slide layout preferences you want applied, the Smart Slides settings provide flexibility to cater to your needs. Take the time to ensure your presentations best align to your personal preferences or organizational standards by tweaking the configurations available.

Conclusion and Summary

In closing, asking ChatGPT to instantly generate professional presentations via plugins can save immense time while providing a solid starting point to build upon.

Whether you need to summarize a research paper or create an investor pitch deck for a new startup, combining plugins like Ask PDF and Smart Slides accelerates the presentation creation process notably.

FAQ

Q: What ChatGPT plugins can help generate presentations?
A: The two main plugins highlighted in this post are Smart Slides and Ask PDF. Smart Slides generates presentations while Ask PDF extracts data from PDFs.

Q: How do I create a presentation from a PDF with ChatGPT?
A: First upload the PDF using Ask PDF and get the doc ID. Then have ChatGPT summarize the PDF content. Finally, tell ChatGPT to make a presentation using the summarized content.

Q: Can ChatGPT make startup presentations?
A: Yes, you can provide a startup idea prompt and have ChatGPT generate an outline presentation structure for pitching your startup.

Q: What else can I do to improve ChatGPT presentations?
A: You can incorporate external research using other plugins like Browser. You can also customize themes and formats for a more polished look.

Q: How accurate are the AI-generated presentations?
A: The presentations provide a good skeleton structure but may lack details. Review and refine the content before finalizing.

Q: Can I download the ChatGPT presentations?
A: Yes, ChatGPT provides a link to download the generated presentations in various formats like PPTX.

Q: Do I need a paid ChatGPT account for these plugins?
A: Yes, you need ChatGPT Plus to access plugins like Smart Slides and Ask PDF.

Q: Are there limitations to the presentation capabilities?
A: The presentations tend to use simple default themes and have content gaps. Expect to refine and enhance the AI-generated content and formatting.

Q: Can ChatGPT fully automate presentation creation?
A: Not yet - ChatGPT still requires human guidance and refinement. But it can accelerate early research and drafting.

Q: What fields are best for using ChatGPT presentation plugins?
A: Any field requiring data consolidation and communication like business, education, research can benefit from leveraging these plugins.