5 Claude Workflows I use Every Day to Build my Slides


Hi Reader,

You've seen it before... "PowerPoint is Dead" & someone who generates a "Finished presentation in seconds".

It looks impressive for about three seconds, until you notice it looks like everyone else's. Generic layouts. Off-brand colors. Nothing that resembles your template or your standards.

That's the trap with one-shot AI slides. Speed, but no control.

I work differently. I use the Claude add-in DAILY inside PowerPoint as a design assistant that follows my system, my slide master, my layouts, my brand. I stay 100% in control of the outcome, and it still gets done many times faster than building it by hand.

Let's be realistic: it's not 10x faster for everything just yet. But the models improve every week, and the gap is closing fast.

In my latest video I break down the five ways I use it daily. Here's the short version.

1. Automations. I let Claude handle the repetitive work: turning an agenda slide into chapter slides, filling in data, building structure, writing summaries, and dropping it all into the correct on-brand layout. The catch is that this only works when your slide master is built properly first. If your foundation is messy, the automation just produces mess faster.

This is the whole point of my Slide Master for Professionals programYou can let PowerPoint (and AI) work for you!

2. Presentation design. Take a boring, default-looking slide and convert it into exactly the design you're after. Not the generic style Claude or ChatGPT defaults to, but your style. The skill here is knowing what good design looks like so you can direct the tool toward it.

This is exactly what Presentation Design for Professionals shows you how to do. Get the eye for design & become the director of your slides and AI.

3. Animations. Here's the part most people miss: you have to understand animations at a foundational level before AI is useful. Once you do, you can tell Claude precisely what you want. I've built slides with over 100 animations, and it executes them in moments because I knew exactly what to ask for.

You have to know what animations are capable of, if you understand that you can use AI to do it for you 10X faster (this is one of those cases where even 10x faster is an underestimation). Animations & Transitions for professionals teaches you exactly that.

4. Transitions. Same principle. Understand transitions deeply, and Claude becomes a specialist assistant that delivers your creative vision instead of a generic template. This is the core of Animations & Transitions for professionals.

5. Mathematical precision. Using vectors, exact proportions, and precise values to create shapes and layouts PowerPoint can't easily produce on its own. Because the add-in works at the code level, you can hit the exact radius, percentage, or proportion you need. This is where your templates and systems become a real competitive edge.

The thread running through all five: the AI is the amplifier, not the author. The professionals who win with it are the ones who already understand the craft and use AI to move faster, not the ones hoping it will think for them.

Reader, if you want to get to that level of control, that's exactly what the courses are built for. Start with the foundation, then layer on design, then transitions and animations. Each one makes the AI work harder for you.

Watch the full breakdown here:

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You can find all the details about the my PowerPoint For Professionals Programs here:

This is the perfect time to master PowerPoint like a true professional and be miles ahead of the competition.

Talk soon,

Sander Gijsbrechts
Slides by Sander
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP


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I am a presentation expert with over nine years of experience in corporate communications. I have built an audience of more than 480,000 subscribers on YouTube, where I have published over 450 tutorials on PowerPoint, design, and professional presentations. Over the course of my career, I have designed more than 10,000 slides for businesses and professionals. Through my website, I offer templates, training programs, and educational content that help people create clear, high impact presentations.

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