# TED-Style Presentation Creation Prompt

Act as a world-class TED talk designer and create a complete presentation deck based on the provided article/topic, following TED's "ideas worth spreading" narrative philosophy and visual language.

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## Narrative Structure Design (Must Strictly Follow)

### Slide 1: Opening Hook

**Goal:** Capture attention in the first 30 seconds, create a knowledge gap

- **Content Options** (choose one):

- Shocking data comparison ("Every 6 seconds...")

- Counter-intuitive statement

- Curiosity-provoking question ("What if I told you...")

- Key moment from a personal story ("Three years ago, on that night...")

- **Visual Requirements:** One oversized core element + minimalist background to create suspense

### Slide 2: Why This Matters

**Goal:** Build emotional connection, make the audience realize "this relates to me"

- Use 2-3 sentences to explain the universality or urgency of the problem

- Show the scale or scope of people affected

- **Visual Strategy:** Use silhouettes, maps, or group icons to create resonance

### Slides 3-4: Current Dilemma

**Goal:** Depict "where we are now," establish the necessity for change

- Show current problems with specific cases or data

- Highlight limitations of traditional approaches

- **Visual Rhythm:** From broad to specific, from abstract to tangible

### Slide 5: Turning Point/Personal Epiphany

**Goal:** The signature TED "aha moment"

- Tell the moment of discovering a new perspective ("Until I realized...")

- Show the shift or breakthrough in thinking

- **Visual Design:** Use light, arrows, or perspective changes to symbolize cognitive leap

### Slides 6-8: Core Idea Expansion

**Goal:** Deep dive into "one core idea" (the 18-minute talk golden rule)

- **Slide 6:** Clear statement of core idea (one-sentence essence)

- **Slide 7:** Three key pieces of evidence/principles supporting the idea

- **Slide 8:** Use analogies or metaphors to make abstract concepts concrete

- Example: "It's like..." / "Imagine a..."

- **Visual Requirements:** Illustrative metaphors, avoid abstract charts

### Slides 9-10: Real Cases/Stories

**Goal:** Make the idea "come alive," build credibility

- Tell 1-2 specific practice cases

- Include a complete narrative arc with characters, conflict, and transformation

- **Emotional Design:** Show real struggles and breakthroughs, avoid perfectionism

### Slide 11: Addressing Potential Objections

**Goal:** Anticipate audience's "but..." questions, enhance persuasiveness

- Honestly acknowledge limitations or challenges

- Use data or logic to resolve concerns

- **Tone:** Humble yet confident, show depth of thinking

### Slides 12-13: Greater Significance

**Goal:** Elevate from individual case to universal value

- Connect to larger social issues, human insights, or future vision

- Answer "So What?"—why this transcends the specific topic itself

- **Visual Elevation:** Use expansive scenes, starry skies, horizons, and other imagery

### Slide 14: Call to Action

**Goal:** Empower the audience, let everyone participate in change

- **Three-Layer Design:**

- One small thing you can do today

- A challenge you can try this week

- A long-term direction you can pursue

- **Language:** Use second person "you can..." rather than preachy "should"

### Slide 15: Poetic Ending

**Goal:** Leave an afterglow, create a memory anchor

- Circle back to the opening question/story, form a narrative loop

- Use one golden sentence or image to freeze the moment (quoted or original)

- **Visual:** Minimalist image + core golden sentence, create contemplative atmosphere

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## Visual Language Standards (TED Stage Aesthetics)

### Color Philosophy

- **Primary Colors:**

- Background: Deep #1A1A1A (TED stage black) or warm #F5F1ED (knowledge-sharing feel)

- Text: High-contrast pure white #FFFFFF or ink black #0A0A0A

- **Accent Color System** (representing different emotional layers):

- **Curiosity/Inspiration:** TED Red #E62B1E (only for core idea slides)

- **Data/Rationality:** Tech Blue #4A90E2

- **Humanity/Warmth:** Amber Gold #F5A623

- **Usage Rules:**

- Maximum 1 accent color per slide

- Accent color占比不超过15% of the frame

- Gradients limited to single-color transparency changes (100%-0%)

### Typography Rules

#### Title Hierarchy

- **Extra Large Titles** (opening/core ideas):

- Font size: 12-18% of screen height

- Font: Bold sans-serif

- Maximum 7 words, remove all unnecessary articles

- Example: ❌"About the Importance of Innovation" ✅"Redefining Innovation"

- **Regular Titles:**

- Font size: 6-8% of screen height

- White space: At least 1.5x title height above and below

- **Body Text:**

- Font size: 2.5-3.5% of screen height

- Line height: 1.8-2.0x

- Maximum 30 words per slide (about 2 lines)

#### The Power of Numbers

- Key data must:

- Be enlarged to 150-200% of title size

- Stand alone with ample white space around

- Have micro unit labels (1/4 size of number)

- Example: **73%** <sub style="font-size:0.25em">of people will...</sub>

### Visual Focus Strategy

#### Per-Slide Composition Formula

```

1 Visual Anchor (40-60% of frame)

+ 1 Core Message (text or data)

+ Breathing Space (at least 35% white space)

= 1 Slide

```

#### Image Usage Principles

- **Photography:**

- Only for story slides (cases/emotional connection)

- Must be authentic scenes, no stock photos

- Apply B&W filter or monochrome overlay for restraint

- **Icons/Illustrations:**

- Linear style, consistent stroke weight (2-3px)

- Polarized sizing: Either 60% of screen (main visual) or under 8% (supplementary)

- Example scenarios: Hand-drawn arrows for processes, simple figures for characters

- **Data Visualization:**

- No 3D effects or decorative elements

- Show maximum 3-4 data points

- Color only for distinguishing categories, not conveying values

- Prefer: Bar charts (comparison), line charts (trends), single pie charts (proportions)

#### Metaphor Visualization Techniques

- Transform abstract concepts into everyday objects:

- "Complex system" → Gear assembly

- "Connection" → Neural network/constellation lines

- "Growth" → Tree/staircase silhouette

- Use negative space to create dual-meaning graphics

### Layout Grid System

#### Page Structure

- **Full-Screen Immersive:** Content centered vertically + horizontally, margins at least 10% on all sides

- **Asymmetric Balance:**

- Visual center can be off-center but balanced with white space or micro elements

- When text is left/right aligned, place breathing graphic element on opposite side

#### Reading Flow Design

- Left-to-right, large-to-small reading habits

- Place key information in the upper 1/3 "golden sight line zone"

- Sink secondary information to bottom, reduce font to 70% of body text

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## Interaction & Animation (Enhance Immersion)

### Navigation System

- **Progress Indicator:** Bottom dots (●○○○), current page enlarged and colored

- **Keyboard Shortcuts:**

- Space/Right arrow: Next slide

- Left arrow: Previous slide

- Number keys: Jump to corresponding slide

- **Gestures** (mobile): Swipe left/right to change slides

### Slide Transitions

- **Default Animation:** 0.6s ease-in-out fade

- **Special Moments:**

- Opening to slide 2: Push up

- Turning point slide: Scale fade

- Ending slide: Long fade (1.2s) for afterglow

### Element Entrance

- Title: Opacity 0 to 100%, with slight upward movement (20px)

- Data: Numbers jump from 0 to target value (1s animation)

- Images: Blur to clear (blur 10px → 0px)

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## Content Creation Checklist

### Narrative Completeness

- [ ] Is there a clear "one core idea" that can be summarized in one sentence?

- [ ] Does the opening create a knowledge gap within 30 seconds?

- [ ] Is there at least 1 real story (not pure theory)?

- [ ] Is there an "aha moment" designed?

- [ ] Does the ending provide specific, actionable suggestions?

### Emotional Curve

- [ ] Are emotional ups and downs designed (curiosity→surprise→reflection→hope)?

- [ ] Is vulnerability or failure shown to build trust?

- [ ] Is the tone conversational rather than preachy?

### Visual Consistency

- [ ] Does each slide have only 1 visual focus?

- [ ] Is white space over 30%?

- [ ] Are accent colors only used for core information?

- [ ] Is the font family unified (maximum 2 fonts)?

### 18-Minute Golden Rule

- [ ] Total slides controlled within 15 (average 1 minute per slide)

- [ ] Can each slide's information be visually captured within 5 seconds?

- [ ] Have all unnecessary modifiers and redundant information been removed?

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## Example Slide Structure Reference

### Example 1: Opening Hook Slide

```

[Upper 1/3 of screen]

2050

[Extra large bold, 15% of screen height]

[Center-bottom of screen]

Earth will have 10 billion people

But only 60% will have access to clean water

[Regular font size, 2.0 line spacing]

[Bottom of screen]

We have 27 years to change this number

[Small text, 60% opacity]

```

### Example 2: Core Idea Slide

```

[Left 60%]

[TED red color block background, occupying left side]

Education is not

filling a bucket

but lighting a fire

[White bold text centered on color block]

[Right 40%]

— Adapted from Yeats

[Small text annotation]

[Bottom]

This means we need to fundamentally redesign the classroom

[One line of explanatory text]

```

### Example 3: Data Comparison Slide

```

[Screen divided into left and right halves]

[Left half]

73%

[Extra large number, tech blue]

Status in 2023

[Right half]

12%

[Extra large number, amber gold]

Level in 2010

[Center]

[Thin arrow pointing from left to right, indicating trend]

[Bottom center]

Mobile payments changed consumption habits in a decade

```

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## Final Output Requirements

### Technical Specifications

- Responsive design, supporting 1920×1080 / 1366×768 / iPad / mobile landscape

- Use modern web technologies (HTML5 + CSS Grid/Flexbox)

- Font fallback: English (Inter/Helvetica → Arial), Chinese if needed (Source Han Sans/PingFang → Heiti)

- All animations use CSS transitions/animations, avoid JavaScript performance loss

### Accessibility

- Text-to-background contrast ratio at least 7:1 (WCAG AAA standard)

- Images must have alt descriptions (even decorative graphics should be marked "decorative")

- Full keyboard navigation support

### Deliverables

1. Complete HTML single file (inline CSS)

2. Speaker notes (key points for each slide, separate markdown file)

3. High-resolution exported static images (optional, for social sharing)

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## Creative Philosophy (Meta-Level Reminders)

> **Remember TED's Core:** It's not about showing how much you know, but igniting the flame of "I want to know more" in the audience's heart.

- For every slide, ask yourself: If the audience gets distracted and checks their phone right now, what do I lose? If the answer is "nothing," delete this slide.

- Data serves the story, not the other way around. Find the story first, then use data to amplify impact.

- The best design is invisible—the audience should remember the idea, not "this PPT is so cool."

- The 18-minute limit is liberation, not constraint. It forces you to find the diamond core of your thought.

**Ultimate Goal:** When the audience leaves the room, they may forget your name, forget your slides, but they'll remember the idea that changed how they see the world.

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## Important Notes

- All slide content must be in English

- Use simple, powerful English that a global audience can understand

- Avoid jargon unless absolutely necessary, and define it clearly if used

- Ensure cultural sensitivity and universal appeal in examples and metaphors