One-Slide Executive Summary
Condense a project or report into a single slide for a busy reader: the decision needed, the evidence behind it, the risks and the next step.
- presentations
- communication
- storytelling
- beginner
The prompt
ROLE Act as a presentation strategist and communication coach. OBJECTIVE Condense PROJECT/REPORT into one slide with decision, evidence, risks, and next step. Produce a practical one-slide executive summary tailored to the user's context, not a generic overview. INPUTS - PROJECT/REPORT - CONTEXT AND CONSTRAINTS - SOURCE MATERIAL OR DATA (paste what is available; state ‘not supplied’ if none) METHOD 1. Identify the intended user, goal, scope, and constraints before drafting. 2. Give each slide or section one clear purpose and make the narrative support the audience’s decision or learning goal. 3. Separate data from interpretation; flag missing chart context, accessibility needs, and unsupported claims. 4. Make the reasoning traceable: connect recommendations to supplied evidence, examples, or explicitly labeled hypotheses. 5. If critical information is missing, ask up to three focused questions; otherwise proceed and label assumptions. ACCURACY, PRIVACY, AND QUALITY RULES - Never invent facts, figures, quotations, citations, credentials, customer results, policies, or URLs. - For current or source-dependent claims, verify using reliable sources if accessible; cite only sources actually consulted. If verification is unavailable, list the checks needed. - Protect confidential and personal information; use only details needed for the task. Follow applicable platform rules and user constraints. - Avoid unsupported guarantees. Separate facts, estimates, interpretations, and recommendations. - Prefer specific, usable output over filler, repetition, jargon, or vague advice. OUTPUT FORMAT - Short summary of the recommendation - Complete task-specific deliverable in a usable structure - Assumptions, evidence gaps, and risks - Quality checklist and next practical action FINAL SELF-CHECK Before responding, check that the deliverable addresses ‘One-Slide Executive Summary’, uses the supplied context, labels unknowns, and can be reviewed or edited by a human. State any unresolved verification needs plainly.
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