September 3, 2026
Laszlo Diewald has been working as a consultant for more than 10 years now. He started his career as an employee right after his study at the Technical University of Munich. Shortly after, he decided to become self-employed as a freelance consultant. In 2017, he founded his own consultancy, with a focus on large scale projects in the financial sector. In parallel, he started working on presentaid, which was finally launched in April 2022. In this conversation, Laszlo talks about the new presentaid Charts feature.
You get 8 shape types plus lines as part of this Organic Shapes collection. Each of these 8 shape types have 10 variants. So you end up with 80 hand-drawn shape options! Again each of these 80 shapes have 12 brush stroke styles! Plus you get the lines and arrows in 12 brush stroke styles too. Combine all variations to end up with more than 3000 possibilities.
September 3, 2026
Sally Zimney is an award-winning keynote speaker, communication coach, and author of the #1 bestseller Speaking Story. Ranked in the top 3% of women business speakers, she’s spent 20+ years helping big-hearted leaders and entrepreneurs trade polish for presence — and self-doubt for bold, authentic action. She hosts the top-2% podcast This Moved Me, and her whole obsession is a single question: how do we truly move people? Her answer, especially in an AI world — show up real, imperfections and all. In this conversation, Sally talks about the upcoming Presentation Summit 2026, being held virtually from September 13 to 16, 2026.
Inserting a New Slide with Copilot in PowerPoint 365 for Windows
September 3, 2026
Sally Zimney is an award-winning keynote speaker, communication coach, and author of the #1 bestseller Speaking Story. Ranked in the top 3% of women business speakers, she’s spent 20+ years helping big-hearted leaders and entrepreneurs trade polish for presence — and self-doubt for bold, authentic action. She hosts the top-2% podcast This Moved Me, and her whole obsession is a single question: how do we truly move people? Her answer, especially in an AI world — show up real, imperfections and all. In this conversation, Sally talks about the upcoming Presentation Summit 2026, being held virtually from September 13 to 16, 2026.
September 2, 2026
Kurt Dupont is a solution provider who would go out of his way just to ensure he brings out the best when it comes to issues that have to deal with data-driven presentations, data visualization, and digital signage software. He started by working at airports worldwide to set up airport databases and flight information screens. This evolved to become the basis for his several add-ins. In this conversation, Kurt talks about INSYNCR.
September 2, 2026
Ilene Bergelson is a NYC-based presentation coach who specializes in working with experts to communicate their knowledge, so it resonates, builds credibility, and sparks connection. A published author and guest lecturer at NYU and other colleges, she draws on her background in Broadway performance, biomechanics, and applied improvisation to bring both precision and play to her work. Through EmpowerSpeak™, Ilene has partnered with boutique firms and Fortune-50 companies alike, guiding speakers to find their voice, embrace adventure, and have fun while compelling their audience. In this conversation, Rick talks about the upcoming Presentation Summit 2026, being held virtually from September 13 to 16, 2026.
September 1, 2026
Good presentations are built on decisions made well before the room fills up. The widescreen 16:9 versus 4:3 article is one of those decisions: get it wrong and your slides shrink themselves in front of your audience. Tutorials on Gantt charts in Ampler, guide options in PowerPoint 365, and related tools round out the practical side of this issue. And then there is Presentation Summit 2026, running September 13 to 16, where our pre-conference conversations with Rick Altman, Nolan Haims, Mike Parkinson, and Robin Davis each push the same idea: clarity, evidence, and intention are what separate a presentation that lands from one that doesn't.
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