In a recent LinkedIn post, Stephanie Hills, Ph.D. discusses how presentation design and storytelling can shape whether executives understand and act on complex ideas. This article covers Hills’s account of testing Gamma 5; it is a journalistic analysis of her post, not an article written by Hills. She also discloses that the post is a paid partnership with Gamma.
“How you communicate it determines whether people understand it, remember it, and act on it.”
From research to executive presentation
Hills says she used her AI transformation research in Notion as source material and asked Gamma’s Agent to develop it into an executive presentation. In her description, the process began with shaping the story and outline before moving on to slide design. That sequence highlights a distinction she draws between organizing a message and making it visually compelling.
According to Hills, the same material generated three different visual designs, and she could change colors and fonts without rebuilding the deck. She presents that flexibility as a way to explore alternative treatments of an idea while keeping the underlying content intact. Her post describes her own experience with the product and does not independently establish how it performs for other users.
Connecting existing work to presentation tools
Hills also points to Gamma’s connections with Notion, Slack, HubSpot and more than 20 other tools, saying they can bring existing content into the creative process. She notes that PowerPoint and PDF import and export support helped preserve formatting, and that her earlier Gamma work remained available.
“It was seeing my own ideas brought to life in ways I hadn’t envisioned.”
That reaction is central to Hills’s account: the appeal was not simply producing slides, but seeing familiar research expressed through different visual approaches. As she describes it, the tool offered ways to reframe her material without starting over.
The goal: make a message matter
Hills connects the product test to a broader point about communication. Whether the audience is a team, executives or customers, she argues, sharing information alone is not the end goal. A presentation also needs to make the message understandable and memorable enough to prompt action.
“The goal isn’t just to share information. It’s to make your message matter.”
Hills says she had used Gamma before and found Gamma 5 a step forward in the presentation experience. Because the post is a paid partnership, readers should understand her product assessment in that context. Her closing question—what makes it difficult to turn strong ideas into compelling presentations?—invites readers to compare that challenge with their own work.
📝 About This Content
This article is based on insights shared by Stephanie Hills, Ph.D. on LinkedIn.
📅 Originally posted on November 5, 2026 | View original post on LinkedIn →