Speaking takes three pieces of writing: the abstract that gets you on the program, the slides, and the talk itself. It is a Workflow, and it takes a few sessions: an hour for the abstract, an afternoon for the slides and speaker notes, and your own time to rehearse. You gather your notes and the organizer's call for speakers, paste them into the AI you already pay for, and ask for the three pieces in order in one chat. The AI writes all three. You deliver, which means you supply the stories, check every claim and stand up and give the talk.
- Shape
- Workflow
- Sitting
- a few sessions
The shape: Workflow
This job is a Workflow because the three pieces are linked and come in a fixed order. The abstract makes a promise to the organizer and to the audience. The slides have to carry that promise, one idea at a time. The speaker notes have to deliver it in the time you are given.
Change the order and the talk drifts. If you build slides before the abstract is settled, you end up giving a talk that is not the one they accepted. If you ask for each piece in a fresh chat, the AI forgets what the last one promised. Keep one conversation, start it with one set of notes, and ask for the next piece only when the one before it is approved.
The job also splits across time. The abstract is due when the call for speakers closes, often weeks or months before the event. The slides and notes come later, once you know the room, the length and the audience. Rehearsal comes last, and no AI does it for you. Plan for at least three sittings, not one.
What you give the AI
The notes are the whole job. A thin set of notes gets a talk that any speaker could give anywhere. Gather these before you open the chat:
- The organizer's call for speakers. Paste it whole: the theme, the audience, the format and any rules. No call yet? Paste the event page or last year's program for the event you want to pitch.
- The limits. Title length, abstract word count, bio length, talk length and question time.
- Who is in the room. One line, such as "first-year founders" or "office managers at small medical practices".
- The one thing they leave with. A method, a checklist, an answer to a question they bring in. If you cannot say it in a sentence, the abstract will not say it either.
- Your three main points. Rough notes are fine.
- One real story for each point. Something that happened in your own work, with the detail you remember.
- What you can prove. Any number, result or claim you plan to make, and where it comes from.
- Your bio facts. Your name, your business, what you do and one line on why you are the one to give this talk. Only what is true.
- Past talks or posts, if you have them. One or two pieces in your own voice, so the AI can match how you sound.
For the slides and notes, in the later sitting, add:
- The confirmed talk length and the time slot.
- The room and the screen. A stage with a big screen, a small room with a TV, or a video call.
- Any template or brand rules the organizer requires.
What comes back
Three drafts in plain text: an abstract with a title and bio, a slide plan, and speaker notes. Here is the brief to paste first, with your notes filled in:
Act as my speaking coach and writer.
Below are my notes for one talk and the organizer's call for speakers.
Use only the facts in these notes.
If something is missing, ask before you invent it.
Organizer's call for speakers:
Limits (title, abstract, bio, talk length):
Who is in the room:
What they leave with:
Three main points:
One real story for each point:
Claims that can be proved, and their source:
Bio facts:
A sample of my own writing:
Step 1: Write the submission.
Give me three title options, each under ten words.
Then an abstract within the word limit that names who the talk is for in the first sentence and ends on what they leave with.
Then a bio in the third person within the bio limit.
Stop after step 1 and wait for my edits.After you have edited the abstract and sent it, come back to the same chat when the talk is confirmed:
Step 2: Write the slide plan.
Confirmed talk length and time slot:
The room and the screen:
Template or brand rules:
The talk must keep the promise of the approved abstract.
Fit it to the confirmed talk length, at roughly one slide per minute or less.
For each slide give me: a short title, the one idea on it, and a note on the visual.
No slide carries more than one idea or more than a dozen words on screen.
Open with the problem the audience brings in, not with my bio.
Close with one thing they can do tomorrow.
Stop after step 2 and wait for my edits.When the slide plan is right, ask for the notes:
Step 3: Write the speaker notes.
One block per slide, in short lines to glance at, not sentences to read.
Mark where each story goes and the one line it should land on.
Mark the transitions between points.
Add a time check after each main point to show where the talk should be by then.
Use only my stories and my claims.You get back three titles, an abstract, a bio, a numbered slide plan and a block of notes per slide. None of it is final until you have read it against your notes and said it out loud.
How to judge it
You can reject a bad draft in a minute. Look for these:
- Invented facts. A statistic you did not give it, a study, a client story, an award in the bio. Anything not in your notes comes out.
- An abstract about you, not them. If the first sentence is about your career instead of the people in the room, ask again with "Open with who this is for."
- A promise you cannot keep. "Attendees will double their sales" or anything that sounds like a guarantee. An organizer may read that as hype, and an audience will hold you to it.
- Over the limit. Count the words. A submission form that cuts you off mid-sentence is a bad first impression.
- Crowded slides. Paragraphs on screen, bullet lists of six, or two ideas on one slide. Ask for one idea per slide.
- A plan that drifts. Points that do not match the abstract, or a fourth point the AI added. The talk has to be the one they accepted.
- A script instead of notes. Full paragraphs you would be tempted to read. Ask for short lines.
- Hype words. "Revolutionary", "game-changing", "transform". Cut them to what the talk actually covers.
If invented facts or a drifting plan show up, fix the notes rather than the draft. Better notes fix every piece that comes after them.
What stays with you
The AI writes the words. The talk is yours, and so are these parts:
- The stories. The examples have to be things you have lived. The AI can order them and trim them; it cannot know them.
- Every claim. Check each number and result against its source before it goes on a slide. If you cannot point to where it came from, cut it.
- Permissions. A client named or shown on a slide agrees first. Photos and screenshots need the right to use them. Some organizers have rules on logos and selling from the stage; read them.
- The submission. You read the abstract one more time and press submit before the deadline.
- The rehearsal. Say the whole talk out loud at least twice, with a timer. Cut the slide you rush through every time.
- The delivery. The room, the nerves, the questions you did not expect. That part is only ever you.
A worked example
This is an editorial example with an invented business. Say you run a two-person bookkeeping practice, and a local chamber of commerce has a call for speakers for its small business lunch series.
The call asks for a 25-minute talk, a title under ten words, a 120-word abstract and a three-sentence bio. The notes name the room as owners who do their own books in the evening. What they leave with: a fifteen-minute monthly routine that keeps them ready for tax season. The three points are separating business and personal spending, the one report to read each month, and what to hand a bookkeeper when the time comes. The story under each is a pattern the practice sees in its own clients' books, told without naming any client.
The abstract opens with the owner doing books at the kitchen table, not with the practice's name. The slide plan has twenty slides, one idea each, ending on the routine written as three steps. The speaker notes mark where each story goes and put a time check after each point. The two of them rehearse twice, find the middle point runs long, and cut two slides. They make no claim about how much time or money an attendee will save, because they have nothing to prove it with.
Where this fits
A talk gives you weeks of material after the day. The three points are three posts on their own, and the same three points work as a short carousel; there are formats in our carousel post ideas. The same one-source, many-pieces method is in how to turn one useful idea into a post, an email and a week of social. If the draft starts to sound like everyone else, read how to use AI for social media without the slop. The full list of jobs like this one is on the DIY marketing hub.
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