5.9 – AI-Powered Presentations: Gamma AI Lesson

Lesson Overview

Presentations are a constant requirement for business, education, marketing, and more. This lesson demonstrates a practical workflow combining NotebookLM for gathering and summarizing research, then using Gamma AI to design and share full-featured presentations. Gamma AI makes it possible to quickly convert outlines or summaries into customizable, polished decks—whether you prefer to present right in Gamma or export to standard formats like PowerPoint.

The workflow starts by using NotebookLM to break down your research into key points, then copies that structured text into Gamma’s import tool. Gamma AI handles the heavy lifting of transforming your notes into a visually engaging presentation, complete with AI-created images, adjustable themes, and intuitive editing tools. The result is a flexible, visually appealing set of slides you can share online, present live, or distribute as files.

This lesson is especially helpful for those who need to present complex information clearly, want to save time, and appreciate having editing flexibility after the slides are initially generated. Gamma’s built-in tools for AI image generation, theme design, and slide customization address a wide range of practical needs found in modern work and learning environments.

Who This Is For

If you need to regularly create presentations—especially from research summaries—this lesson will help you streamline the process with AI assistance.

• Business professionals preparing reports, pitches, or strategy summaries
• Educators designing lectures or course materials from study notes
• Marketers building product decks or campaign recaps
• Content creators assembling workshops, guides, or social media slides
• Analysts sharing research findings or insights with stakeholders
• Anyone seeking to upgrade their presentation quality and efficiency

Where This Fits in a Workflow

This lesson is most useful right after you’ve finished synthesizing or summarizing your research in NotebookLM. When you need a deck for a live presentation, classroom session, business pitch, or online sharing, Gamma AI serves as the bridge to turn content into visual slides. For example, a team might complete project research in NotebookLM, copy slide-by-slide notes into Gamma, then customize and present the deck at a client meeting or webinar. Likewise, educators might prepare a topic outline, import it, and then develop polished slides for class with minimal manual formatting.

Using Gamma AI at this stage elevates your raw content into a professional, shareable format—ready for real work or distribution.

Technical & Workflow Benefits

Creating slides manually from research can be slow, repetitive, and prone to formatting issues. By combining NotebookLM and Gamma AI, you skip tedious copy-pasting and design struggles. Gamma instantly structures your slides, adds consistency, and creates relevant visuals through its AI features. Changing layouts or adding images is reduced to a few clicks, eliminating the time spent hunting for assets or adjusting themes slide by slide.

For instance, a product manager can transform a dense research summary into a boardroom-ready presentation in under an hour, while an educator can quickly adjust slide density and style for different classes. The option to publish a presentation as a website or export to several formats streamlines sharing and collaboration, supporting both digital and in-person presentation workflows.

Practice Exercise

Try creating an AI-powered presentation from your own research using the workflow shown.

1. Gather a research summary in NotebookLM, such as a product analysis, lesson outline, or campaign report.
2. Prompt NotebookLM to create a 10-slide presentation breakdown, then copy the result.
3. Start a new project in Gamma AI using the "paste in text" option and import your outline. Adjust the text density, theme, and generate at least one AI image for your slides.

Question for reflection:
How does using AI for both content structure (NotebookLM) and visual design (Gamma) compare to your previous methods of building presentations from scratch?

Course Context Recap

This lesson builds directly on previous content about summarizing research in NotebookLM and moves you into the creation and delivery phases with Gamma AI. By following this workflow, you gain a repeatable strategy for turning research into presentable, shareable decks. Up next, the course will focus on integrating these and other AI tools more deeply into daily workflows for broader productivity boosts. If you’re interested in further customizing presentations, be sure to continue with the next lesson or revisit earlier chapters for more foundational skills.