Refine and Verify Before You Share
Stay in the same Copilot thread so template context carries forward. Refine audience, flag unsupported bullets, add appendix placeholders, or tighten bullet count — without restarting.
Lesson 5
Same thread, sharper deck.
Walk the deck yourself before it leaves your machine. Copilot will not catch every issue.
Core principles
- Refine: Flag every bullet not supported by my brief or referenced files. Mark unsupported claims as [Verify] in place.
- Refine: Rewrite slides [N–M] for [new audience]. Keep the same layouts.
- Refine: Add appendix slides for data we still need — title each placeholder with what to collect and who owns it.
- Final checklist: MK layouts only; no invented pricing, timelines, specs, or case studies; [Needs input] and [Verify] resolved or removed; speaker notes match what you would say; saved under client name.
- Editable into client-ready within ~30 minutes of human review is the bar for success.
Go deeper: AI Judgment — verification tiers
Check yourself
What is the purpose of marking bullets as [Verify] during refinement?
[Verify] is a human checkpoint — Copilot surfaced a claim that may not be grounded. You trace it to a source or fix it before the deck goes to a client or leader.
Do this in Copilot
Run one refinement prompt on your deck, then walk the final checklist. Fix one issue Copilot missed.
Paste this into Copilot Chat and work through it before moving on.
Flag unsupported bullets
Flag every bullet that is not supported by my brief or the files I referenced. Mark unsupported claims as [Verify] in place. Do not rewrite yet — list them first.
- Uncertainty flagging
- Targeted refinement
Did you run this in Copilot? Mark complete when you have tried it.
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