Use PowerPoint's Copilot to Build Compensation Presentation Decks

What This Does

Copilot in PowerPoint builds structured compensation presentation decks from your bullet-point outlines, converting analytical findings into presentation-ready slides with logical narrative flow and saving the design and organization work that typically takes hours.

Before You Start

• You have PowerPoint open with a Microsoft 365 subscription that includes Copilot
• You have your analysis findings ready (bullet points, key numbers, recommendations)
• Optional: your company's PowerPoint template loaded as a theme

Steps

1. Open Copilot in PowerPoint

Open a new PowerPoint presentation. Click the Copilot button in the Home ribbon. The Copilot panel opens on the right side. You can also access it via View → Copilot.

2. Describe the presentation you want

Type a detailed prompt describing your presentation's purpose, audience, key findings, and the slides you need. Include the actual data points you want to present.

3. Generate slides and refine

Copilot creates a complete slide deck. Use follow-up prompts to refine specific slides: "Make slide 3 a two-column layout comparing before and after" or "Add an executive summary slide at the beginning."

Real Example

Scenario: You need to present annual merit cycle results to the CHRO and CFO: budget spend, distribution by performance and department, and next year recommendations.

What you type in Copilot: "Create a 10-slide compensation merit cycle results presentation for CHRO and CFO. Include: (1) Executive Summary with total budget $2.4M spent vs $2.5M allocated, (2) Merit increase distribution by performance rating, (3) Average increases by department, (4) Compa-ratio movement before and after merit, (5) Outlier cases reviewed, (6) Pay equity check results, (7) Recommendations for next cycle. Professional corporate tone, minimal text per slide."

What you get: A 10-slide structured deck with titles, key message callouts, and placeholder chart areas that you replace with your actual charts from Excel.

Tips

• Use Copilot to generate speaker notes: click on a slide, then in Copilot type "Write speaker notes for this slide that provide context and anticipated questions." This preps you for Q&A without extra work.
• For pay equity slides, ask Copilot to suggest the most objective way to present the finding: "Rewrite this bullet to present a 1.8% unadjusted gender pay gap finding in neutral, factual language appropriate for a board-level audience."
• Ask Copilot to create a "Questions You May Receive" appendix slide with your prepared answers — leadership always asks the same 5 questions.

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