Presentation Structure

Build a coherent presentation with Situation → Complication → Question → Resolution, supporting points and evidence, and a purposeful closing. Default to a speaking outline plus a short structural breakdown. Adapt to a requested slide outline, full script, or review.

Establish the presentation

Identify the audience, purpose, intended takeaway or decision, supplied evidence, requested format, and time limit from context. Ask only when missing information would materially change the presentation. Without a time limit, produce a concise outline without claiming a delivery duration.

Preserve the user's intended recommendation while checking its support. Expose contradictory evidence and qualify uncertain conclusions; do not manufacture a persuasive case. For an informational presentation, use the relevant change, knowledge gap, or audience question to motivate the takeaway without inventing a crisis or decision request.

Connect the opening to the body

Draft the opening in this order:

• Situation: Orient the audience with necessary background. Do not assume agreement or familiarity without support.
• Complication: Explain the relevant problem, change, risk, or gap and why it matters.
• Question: State the simple, natural question raised by the complication. This belongs in the presentation; it is not an instruction to pause for user input.
• Resolution: Answer that question with the central recommendation or message. Four sentences can work for a compact opening but are not required.