7 Presentation Frameworks Quick Reference Card

🎯 7 Presentation Frameworks

Quick Reference Card — Choose the Right Structure Every Time

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Most presentations fail for one simple reason:
the structure doesn’t match the situation.

This one-page reference card gives you 7 proven presentation frameworks used by executives, consultants, sales teams, and founders — so you always know how to structure your message before you open PowerPoint.

🚀 What This Reference Card Helps You Do

✔ Stop guessing which structure to use
✔ Choose the right framework in seconds
✔ Make messages clearer and more persuasive
✔ Adapt your presentation to audience, goal, and context
✔ Avoid overloading slides with the wrong logic

Think of this as your presentation decision compass.

🧠 The 7 Frameworks Inside

1️⃣ 🔥 Problem–Solution–Benefit
Best for: Sales pitches, proposals, decision requests
Focus on the pain first — if they don’t feel it, they won’t buy.

2️⃣ 🏛 Pyramid Principle
Best for: Executive briefings, board presentations
Lead with the answer. Support with no more than 3 points.

3️⃣ 📊 What–So What–Now What
Best for: Data presentations, reviews, reporting
Every chart must answer: Why does this matter?

4️⃣ 🦸 Hero’s Journey
Best for: Keynotes, vision talks, all-hands
Your audience is the hero — not you.

5️⃣ ❓ SCQA (Situation–Complication–Question–Answer)
Best for: Strategy and consulting presentations
Urgency comes from the complication — make it specific.

6️⃣ ⏱ 10–20–30 Rule
Best for: Investor pitches
10 slides. 20 minutes. 30-point font. No exceptions.

7️⃣ 🧩 Modular Deck
Best for: Client meetings, unpredictable conversations
Build sections you can skip or reorder on the fly.

🧭 Quick Decision Guide (Built In)

✔ Asking for a decision or money?
→ Problem–Solution–Benefit or 10–20–30

✔ Presenting to senior executives?
→ Pyramid Principle or SCQA

✔ Presenting data?
→ What–So What–Now What

✔ Trying to inspire or align?
→ Hero’s Journey

✔ Conversation unpredictable?
→ Modular Deck

No overthinking. Just pick and go.

👤 Who This Is For

✔ Professionals who present regularly
✔ Sales, consulting, and leadership roles
✔ Founders and executives
✔ Anyone who wants clarity without complexity

If you’ve ever thought “I know my content, but this feels messy” — this fixes that.

📄 Format

✔ One-page PDF
✔ Print it or keep it beside your screen
✔ Instant download
✔ Free — no fluff, no filler

🚀 Want Templates, Examples & AI Prompts?

This reference card is the foundation.

For full slide templates, before/after examples, and AI prompts, explore:
The Executive Slide System (£39)
👉 mbhazeldine.gumroad.com/l/executive-slide-system

Bottom line

Great presentations don’t start with slides.
They start with the right structure.

This card makes that decision easy.