The exact system I use with Copilot to build presentations that actually win decisions

My AI presentation workflow changed everything.

Six months ago, I spent 6 hours on a pitch deck for a biotech client. The slides looked professional. The data was solid. The client lost the funding round.

Last month, a similar client needed a similar deck. I used my AI presentation workflow. Spent 90 minutes. They raised £4.2 million.

Same me. Same expertise. Completely different approach to using AI.

Here’s what I’ve learned after testing AI presentation workflows on hundreds of client decks: most people use Copilot backwards.

They open PowerPoint, type “create a presentation about Q3 results,” and wonder why the output looks generic and forgettable.

That’s not an AI presentation workflow. That’s hoping AI will think for you. It won’t.

The workflow I’m sharing today is different. It’s the system I’ve refined over the past year, tested on real presentations for investment banks, biotech founders, and SaaS executives. It’s also the foundation of the course I’m launching in January.

Why Your AI Presentation Workflow Isn’t Working

Let me guess what’s happening:

You prompt Copilot. You get 15 slides of generic structure — title, agenda, overview, data, data, data, summary, questions. It’s technically correct. It looks like every other AI-generated deck.

You spend the next two hours trying to fix it. Moving slides around. Rewriting bullet points. Fighting with formatting. By the end, you’ve saved no time and the presentation still feels… flat.

Sound familiar?

The problem isn’t Copilot. The problem is you’re asking AI to do your strategic thinking. It can’t. Here’s what AI cannot do:

• Decide what your audience needs to believe
• Determine which data actually matters for this decision
• Structure an argument that leads to action
• Know when to break the rules for impact

That’s your job. But here’s the breakthrough: once you’ve done that thinking, AI executes ten times faster than you can manually.

The AI presentation workflow I’m about to share separates strategic thinking (you) from execution (AI). That’s why it works.

The AI Presentation Workflow: 4 Steps

This is the exact process I use. It works for investor pitches, board presentations, sales decks, and executive updates. The frameworks adapt to any presentation type.

Step 1: AVP Framework (5 minutes — before you touch PowerPoint)

Before I prompt Copilot for anything, I answer three questions on paper:

A — Action: What specific decision or action do I need from this audience?

V — Value: What’s in it for them? Why should they care?

P — Proof: What evidence will make them believe me?

This takes 5 minutes. Most people skip it and spend hours wandering through slides wondering why nothing feels right.

Real example from a client deck last month:

• Action: Approve £500K for the pilot programme by Friday
• Value: This solves the customer churn problem costing us £2M annually
• Proof: Three case studies showing 40% churn reduction, internal data on our trajectory, ROI calculation showing 4x return

Now — and only now — am I ready to use AI. See the difference? I’m not asking Copilot to figure out my strategy. I’m asking it to execute a strategy I’ve already defined.

Related: How to Structure a Presentation: 7 Frameworks That Actually Work

Step 2: The 132 Rule for Structure

The 132 Rule is how I structure every presentation, regardless of length:

• 1 — One core message (the thing you want them to remember)
• 3 — Three supporting arguments (the structure of your case)
• 2 — Two types of evidence per argument (facts + stories)

This is where Copilot becomes genuinely powerful.

My prompt (this took me months to refine):

That’s a 30-second prompt. Copilot generates a structured outline in another 30 seconds. What used to take me 45 minutes now takes one minute.

The key: I gave Copilot the strategic decisions. It handled the structural execution.

Related: Best Copilot PowerPoint Prompts That Actually Work

Step 3: S.E.E. Formula for Each Section

Generic AI presentations fail because every slide sounds the same — informative but forgettable. The audience nods politely and does nothing.

The S.E.E. formula fixes this:

• S — Statement: What’s the point of this slide? (One sentence, opinionated)
• E — Evidence: What proves it? (Specific data, quote, or case study)
• E — Emotion: Why does it matter to THIS audience? (The “so what?”)

My prompt for transforming flat slides:

Copilot becomes a translation layer between your data and your audience’s concerns. You provide the strategic insight; it finds the words.

Step 4: AI Handles the Grunt Work

Once the strategic structure is solid, there’s tedious work that AI handles brilliantly:

• Reformatting bullet points into cleaner layouts
• Rewriting descriptive titles into action titles (“Q3 Revenue Analysis” → “Revenue Beat Target by 12% — Here’s Why It’s Sustainable”)
• Creating consistency across the deck
• Generating speaker notes
• Building an executive summary from the full deck

None of these require strategic thinking. All of them used to eat hours. Now they take minutes.

Related: PowerPoint Copilot Tutorial: Complete Guide 2025

The Real Time Savings

Here’s what changed when I adopted this AI presentation workflow:

That’s 4+ hours saved per presentation. If you create two presentations a week, that’s 400+ hours a year — ten full work weeks.

Who This Works For (And Who It Doesn’t)

This AI presentation workflow works if you:

• Already know your content but struggle to structure it persuasively
• Spend too long on slides that don’t get the results they should
• Want to use AI strategically, not just as a shortcut
• Present to executives, boards, investors, or clients who make decisions

This probably isn’t right for you if:

• You want AI to do all the thinking (it can’t — and the results show it)
• You’re looking for templates without learning the strategy behind them
• You don’t present regularly enough to justify learning a system

I’m direct about this because I’d rather you know upfront. The people who get results from this workflow — and from my course — are professionals who present regularly and want to get dramatically better, faster.

What Happens in the Course

The AI presentation workflow above is the foundation. The AI-Enhanced Presentation Mastery course goes deeper:

8 self-paced modules (January–April 2026):

• Module 1: AI as your strategic co-creator (not a shortcut)
• Module 2: The AVP framework with templates and examples
• Module 3: The 132 Rule — structuring any presentation
• Module 4: S.E.E. formula — making every slide persuasive
• Module 5: Data storytelling with AI
• Module 6: Building your personal prompt playbook
• Module 7: Executive presence and delivery
• Module 8: The complete AI presentation workflow

2 live coaching sessions (April 2026):

• Live deck reviews and feedback
• Q&A on your specific challenges
• Recordings available if you can’t attend

Resources you keep forever:

• 50+ tested prompts (my personal library)
• AVP and S.E.E. templates
• Before/after slide transformations
• The complete AI presentation workflow PDF
• Lifetime access to all materials and updates

Try the Workflow Today

You don’t need the course to start. Here’s what to do with your next presentation:

1. Before opening PowerPoint: Write down your AVP (Action, Value, Proof). 5 minutes.
2. Use the 132 Rule: Define your one message, three arguments, and two pieces of evidence per argument.
3. Prompt Copilot with your strategy: Use the prompts above — give it your decisions, let it execute.
4. Apply S.E.E. to each slide: Statement, Evidence, Emotion.

If this workflow saves you even one hour on your next presentation, imagine what happens when you master the complete system.

Mary Beth Hazeldine is the Managing Director of Winning Presentations. She spent 24 years in corporate banking at JPMorgan Chase, PwC, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Commerzbank before training thousands of executives to present with impact. Her clients have raised over £250M using her frameworks.