What you get
- One offline HTML deck with editor, presenter mode and notes
- Nine page recipes from claim title page to backup questions
- Evidence and limits side by side for every main result
- A timing check of the main talk against your slot
- PowerPoint export and an optional voiced rehearsal track
Good for
- PhD, master's and bachelor's thesis defenses
- Qualifying exams and proposal defenses
- Research seminars judged on the reasoning
Not for
- Posters and lightning talks
- Teaching lectures
- Pasting the whole thesis into slides
How to use it
In Claude or ChatGPT
Use the PopNow skill "Thesis Defense Slides" (thesis-defense-slides) for this: Build my 20-minute master's defense from chapters 3 to 5 of my thesis. The committee will push on how I measured noise.
In a coding agent
/popnow-thesis-defense-slides Build my 20-minute master's defense from chapters 3 to 5 of my thesis. The committee will push on how I measured noise.
Then try
Add a backup page for the three hardest questions about my sampling.
Voice my notes so I can listen to the talk once; tell me the price first.
What to have ready
- Your thesis claim in one sentence
- Main results with numbers, limits and citations
- Defense length and any department template rules
- Your own figures and tables
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Questions
How is this different from a general research talk deck?
It is built for being examined: titles are claims the committee can challenge, every main result has an evidence-and-limits page, and expected questions go into marked backup pages that the timing check leaves out.
Can I use my department's colors?
Yes. Use the department color as the accent and keep the white pages; crests and seals are not added as decoration.
Will it make up results or citations?
No. Numbers, figures and references come only from your thesis, and illustrative values are labeled as such on the page.
What is the rehearsal track for?
Your speaker notes are voiced page by page so you can hear the pace and transitions before the day; the same narrated file works for committee members who watch later.
What is a thesis defense, and how long should the talk be?
A thesis defense is the oral exam where you present your work and answer the committee. Most talks run 20 to 45 minutes and a dissertation defense often adds an hour of questions, so the skill sizes the deck to your slot and keeps backup pages for likely questions.