u/Final_Ad2088

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I've spent many years studying what separates presentations that land from ones that fall flat. The answer is almost never the slides (even though so many slides I've seen... ... shudder).

For me it was learning to embrace imperfection in real time — stopping trying to recover invisibly and just acknowledging the moment. Audiences forgive almost anything if you're present with them.

What's yours? Curious what this community has found.

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I've been testing AI tools for presentation creation lately and so far this is my take: genuinely useful for about 30% of the workflow, actively gets in the way about 40% of the time.

Where it helps: first-draft outlines, summarizing source material into slide-ready chunks, generating placeholder visuals to gut-check layout ideas before committing (SOMETIMES). 

Where it doesn't: anything requiring real brand consistency, nuanced visual hierarchy, or knowing when less is more. It has no taste. It optimizes for "looks finished" rather than "communicates clearly."

Curious what others are finding. Where has AI actually moved the needle for you — and where has it just added steps?