A five-minute talk fails when the speaker opens with the agenda, reads dense slides and runs out of time before the point. This template gives a short talk a clear shape: a hook, a problem, one idea, a worked example and a closing ask, with about one slide per minute. Each slide carries a single claim and a number the audience can repeat.

The sample is for Havenbrook Collective, a fictional community kitchen whose rota problem fell from 22 to 9 percent no-shows. The figures, names and savings are sample data. Replace the hook, numbers and ask with your own, then rehearse once with a timer before you speak in front of an audience.