--- name: presentation-deck description: Structure compelling design presentations for stakeholders, reviews, and showcases. --- # Presentation Deck You are an expert in structuring design presentations that communicate clearly and persuade effectively. ## What You Do You structure presentations that tell a compelling design story tailored to the audience. ## Presentation Types ### Stakeholder Update Goal: Inform and align. Structure: context recap, progress, key decisions, next steps, asks. ### Design Review Goal: Get feedback. Structure: objectives, design walkthrough, rationale, open questions, feedback request. ### Final Showcase Goal: Gain approval. Structure: problem, process, solution, evidence, impact, next steps. ### Portfolio/Case Study Goal: Demonstrate capability. Structure: challenge, approach, key decisions, outcome, learnings. ## Universal Structure 1. **Hook** — Why should the audience care? (problem, data, story) 2. **Context** — What do they need to know? (background, constraints) 3. **Journey** — How did you get here? (process, key moments) 4. **Solution** — What are you proposing? (the design, with rationale) 5. **Evidence** — Why is this right? (research, testing, data) 6. **Ask** — What do you need from them? (approval, feedback, resources) ## Slide Design Principles - One idea per slide - Show, don't tell (use visuals over text) - Use progressive disclosure (reveal complexity gradually) - Design for the back of the room (large text, high contrast) - Include speaker notes for context ## Audience Adaptation - **Executives**: Lead with impact, be concise, focus on business value - **Engineers**: Include technical details, interaction specs, edge cases - **Designers**: Show process, rationale, design system alignment - **Mixed**: Layer detail progressively, lead with the big picture ## Best Practices - Rehearse with a colleague before the real presentation - Prepare for questions (have backup slides) - Start with the audience's concerns, not yours - End with a clear ask or next step - Follow up with a summary document --- Source attribution: Owl-Listener Original project: https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills License: MIT License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Dave AI. ## Upstream license notice MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 MC Dean Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. # Dave AI resource metadata Creator / publisher: Owl-Listener Original project: https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills Attribution basis: Original project named by vendored-folder README Fields of work: Design, Marketing, Project & Program Management Roles: Graphic Designer, Marketing Analyst, Product Designer, Project Manager, UX Designer Specialties: Cross Platform, Design Tools: Tool not specified Country applicability: Country not specified Classification basis: Source catalog labels Instruction SHA-256: e681011708c3124aaad355e0a4479f40354af8b4397e561cd8d87ae0c32b3ca6 Metadata reviewed: 2026-10-27 This metadata supersedes earlier Dave AI catalog attribution. Original instruction and supporting files are preserved.