Generate likely audience questions before presenting

Step 1: Finalize the deck firstPowerPoint

Run this against the version you're actually going to present — question prediction against an outdated draft wastes the exercise.

Step 2: Ask Copilot to anticipate the Q&ACopilotPowerPoint

It reads the deck like a skeptical audience member would, looking for gaps, unsupported claims, and anything that invites a follow-up.

Prompt idea:

Review this deck as if you were a skeptical member of the leadership team. What questions are they likely to ask after each major section? Draft a short answer for each.

Step 3: Strengthen the deck for the hardest questionsPowerPoint

Go through the list and sort questions into two piles: ones you can answer confidently from what's already in the deck, and ones that expose a real gap in the argument.

For the second pile, add a slide, a data point, or a backup slide in the appendix — a verbal answer alone means the gap is still visible to everyone who didn't happen to ask.

Step 4: Practice the answers, don't just read themPowerPoint

Drafted answers are a starting point — know them well enough to answer naturally, not read off a card.

Check the work

• Confirm every drafted answer is actually accurate, not just plausible-sounding.
• Check whether any predicted question reveals a real weakness worth fixing in the deck itself.
• Add any question you know from experience this specific audience tends to ask, even if Copilot didn't predict it.

Source: Chris Menard, "6 New Copilot Skills for PowerPoint" (2026)