Speaker Notes
Scannable prompts for natural delivery, not scripts to read verbatim.
Per-slide note structure
### Slide [N]: [Headline]
**Key point:** [The ONE thing they must remember]
**Open with:** [First sentence or hook, conversational tone]
**Talk track:**
- [Prompt 1]
- [Prompt 2]
- [Optional anecdote or example]
**Transition:** [Bridge to next slide]Example
### Slide 5: Speed is a feature
**Key point:** Being fast is a competitive advantage, not just a nice-to-have.
**Open with:** "This slide captures something we keep rediscovering..."
**Talk track:**
- Every time we ship faster, customers notice and tell us
- Our competitors take months for changes we do in days
- Speed compounds, fast shipping builds momentum and morale
**Transition:** "So how do we protect that speed as we scale?"Notes by slide type
statement / question: Expand on the headline: what led to this conclusion, what's the implication. For questions, pause and let it land before answering.
data: Contextualize the numbers: what story do they tell? What surprised you?
section-divider: Brief: quick framing of what's coming, how it connects to what came before.
recap: Don't re-present. Touch each point quickly, add one synthesis insight, set up "so what."
Delivery cues
Include when relevant:
- (pause): let a point land
- (show of hands): audience interaction
- (click): advance animation or build
- (emphasize): vocal stress on key word
- (scan room): make eye contact before transitioning
Where the notes go
The output format reads notes from one place each: Marp and Slidev take an HTML comment at the end of the slide, reveal.js a Note: line, a .pptx the notes pane (never a text box on the slide). output-formats.md has the syntax. Keep the structure above inside that slot; the headings become plain lines in a Marp comment, and a first line shaped like Key point: X parses as a Marp directive, so write it as a sentence.
Context adjustments
- Internal: informal, reference shared history, challenge directly, be candid about what's hard
- External: build credibility first, prove before concluding, leave room for questions
- Recorded/async: tighter, less tangential, stronger signposting; notes clarify what's not obvious from slides alone