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A presentation day

For anyone presenting today: the last prep happens in the morning, the run-through after lunch, and there's room to walk into the talk without rushing.

Brain dumpToday
Presenting to management today at 3pm, 45 minutes.
Finish the slides this morning, an hour and a half.
Checking the numbers with Alex at 11:30, half an hour.
One full run-through in the afternoon, half an hour.
Check the adapter and the screen connection.
Send the deck as a PDF too.
Have a look at email.
Write up notes for the team after the talk.
Start next week's draft if there's time.

Paste it into Dump in Brizemi, or say it in your own words. Change the times and things to fit you.

  • Fixed time
  • Must
  • Could

A sample day. Brizemi builds yours around your own calendar, routines and the time of day.

How to use it

  1. 1

    Copy the dump, or rewrite it with your own things.

  2. 2

    Open Dump in Brizemi and paste; the things become cards. Sort them into Must, Could and Park.

  3. 3

    Brizemi builds the day around your calendar, with breathing room in between. When the day slips, tap Rescue.

Tips for this day

  • Add Don't miss to the run-through (Pro): an alarm rings at its time even in Silent mode, so it doesn't get skipped in the rush.
  • Break the slides into Steps: "number slides, closing slide, speaker notes". You can keep the speaker notes in the card's Note too.
  • If the morning runs long, tap Rescue: with Keep the essentials, the talk, the run-through and the checks stay, and email gets parked.
  • Turn on Focus while you work on the slides; 50-minute rounds with 10-minute breaks are free in the app.

Why this day is built this way

When a presentation day goes badly, it's usually not the talk itself but the hours before it: the slides slip to the last minute, the adapter can't be found, and you arrive out of breath. This day lays things out backwards from the presentation time. The final slides get done in the morning, when attention is freshest, and the numbers are checked before lunch so there's time to fix anything that changes.

The run-through happens in the afternoon, with comfortable time left before the talk. Checking the connection and sending the PDF are small jobs that grow when forgotten, so they sit right before the presentation, with breathing room after them. Writing up notes afterwards takes half an hour, while it's all still fresh. Next week's draft waits in Parked if it doesn't fit today.

If you have this day often

If this is a day you have often: when it goes well, tap "Save this day as a template" in Close the day, and next time it sets up in one tap (Day templates, Pro).

A guide on this

The planning fallacy: why everything takes longer than you think

Questions people ask

What should I do right before the presentation?

Nothing new. In this example the last half hour goes to testing the connection, sending the PDF and a stretch of open time, so you walk in ready rather than running.

How long should the run-through be?

As long as the talk, or a little shorter. For a 45-minute presentation, a quick half-hour pass is often enough; the point is to hear the flow and the transitions out loud once.

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Can't find your kind of day? Write to us and we'll add it: support@brizemi.com

When the day slips, rescue it in one tap

Brizemi turns what's on your mind into a realistic day and rebuilds the rest when the day falls apart. Rescue is always free.

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