Turn an Outline Into a Deck Through Google Slides

You can connect Google Slides to your muse so it can read presentations, draft new slides from an outline, and write speaker notes in plain words.

What it does

This is the connection for anyone who has to present and dreads the blank deck. Connected, the muse reads the decks in the Google account you sign in with and works on the story with you. Give it a short outline and it drafts the deck slide by slide, one idea per slide. Give it a finished document and it can turn the argument into slides while details stay in the document. Ask it to write speaker notes in short, plain sentences that sound like you, or to cut a deck that grew too long, with a reason for each cut. Before a talk, ask it to play the audience and name the hard questions the room is likely to ask. It can also reshape one deck for a different audience, keeping the story and changing the depth.

How to use it

1. Open the muse app and go to Settings, then Connectors.
2. Select Connect next to Google Slides, sign in with the Google account that owns your decks, and read the permission screen before you approve it.
3. Set approvals so no edit to a deck happens without your tap.
4. Test with a read: ask the muse to summarize a deck you know well. Check the summary against the deck.
5. Give it an outline for a new deck: the point of the talk, who is in the room, and the few things they must remember. Read the draft for story first.

What you need

• A muse account, with access in the US, Canada, Japan, or Singapore
• A Google account with the presentations you work with
• A short outline for any new deck

What to watch for

• This is a story tool, not a design tool. The muse can structure the talk and draft the slides and notes. The theme, images, and layout are yours.
• A summary can miss a slide and a rewrite can soften a claim that needed to stay sharp. Check anything that touches money, a promise, or a number against the original deck.
• Shared decks need care. An approved edit is seen by everyone who uses the deck, so let the muse draft in chat first.
• It cannot fix a talk with no point. If you do not know what the audience should think and do after the talk, the slides will be smooth around a missing idea.