The Presentation Summit

Do you ever feel like the AI conversation is all-or-nothing? Either it's going to replace everything or it's completely overhyped?

Taylor Croonquist is doing something different at Presentation Summit 2026 — he's presenting TWO sessions that argue opposite sides of the same question on purpose.

One session makes the case for AI + your existing tools working together. The other makes the case that your legacy tools are still king.

Same speaker. Different sessions. The goal: help you think it through rather than hand you a verdict.

September 13–16, 2026 | Fully virtual | www.presentationsummit.com

Be honest: have you tried Microsoft Copilot for presentations and felt like it was both almost impressive AND kind of frustrating at the same time?

You're not alone.

Chantal Bossé is dedicating her entire Presentation Summit 2026 session to an honest look at exactly this — where Copilot earns its place in your workflow, and where it currently wastes your time.

No sales pitch in either direction. Just someone who has tested it thoroughly and wants to share what she actually found.

September 13–16, 2026 | Fully virtual | www.presentationsummit.com

Raise your hand if you've ever inherited a presentation deck that looked like it was built by a committee... over several years... with no communication between any of them. 🙋
Six fonts. Multiple shades of the same color. Slides that clearly came from somewhere else entirely.
Nolan Haims calls this a Frankendeck — and at Presentation Summit 2026 he's dedicating an entire session to rescuing them (and preventing them).
If this sounds familiar, you're going to want to be in this session.
September 13–16, 2026 | Fully virtual | www.presentationsummit.com

Arrive Sunday and leave smarter.

Three optional workshops kick off Presentation Summit 2026 on September 13 — before the main conference even begins:

• "Farewell to Death by PowerPoint" with Rick Altman
• "Template Creation Workshop" with Echo Swinford
• "Design Doctor" with Mike Parkinson

Each one is $99 and can be added right at registration. If you've ever wanted a focused, hands-on session before diving into four days of content, this is the way to do it.

Early-bird conference registration is $450 through June 1 (then $525). Workshops are $99 each.
Link to register is in the comments.

People have been coming back to the Presentation Summit for 15 years. Some of them have built businesses, changed careers, and made lifelong friendships here.

That doesn't happen at just any conference.

This September, we're bringing together the most ambitious roster we've ever assembled — a CNN prime-time anchor, an Olympic gold medalist, and more than 20 sessions covering every dimension of how we communicate and present.

And you'll do it all alongside people who love this stuff as much as you do.

September 13–16, 2026 | Virtual | Early-bird registration $450 through June 1.
Link to register is in the comments.

For four years, a guitar has been sitting in Rick Altman's background on camera at the Presentation Summit. For four years, producer John Chen has been asking when Rick is actually going to play the thing.

On September 14, he finally plays it. 🎸

That's because Emil Ernebro is joining us — and Rick is going to serve as his accompanist while Emil does something genuinely extraordinary live on our virtual stage.

Emil is a world-class fingerstyle guitarist from the west coast of Sweden. Around 100 concerts a year. Three albums. 200,000+ Instagram followers and 90,000 YouTube subscribers. Co-founder of ProGuitar.com, a fingerstyle school with a global student base. And — this part matters — someone who figured out how to build a meaningful online presence and connect with audiences he couldn't see in the room, about a decade ago, long before it became necessary for everyone.

On September 14, Emil is going to take a Beatles song and walk us through his entire creative process — live. How he hears it. How he adapts it for solo guitar. Every decision that turns something familiar into something with his fingerprints all over it.

Why does this belong at a presentation conference? Because Emil doesn't just play beautifully — he tells stories. He makes an audience feel like they're part of something. He figured out how to teach, perform, and connect on camera in a way that feels personal and not manufactured. That's exactly what every person who presents for a living is trying to do.

Rick will be on guitar alongside him. The accompanist role. We'll leave it at that. 😄

September 13–16, 2026 | Fully virtual | Early-bird $450 through June 1
Link in the comments.

Arrive Sunday and leave smarter.

Three optional workshops kick off the 2026 Presentation Summit on September 13 — before the main conference even begins:

• "Farewell to Death by PowerPoint" with Rick Altman
• "Template Creation Workshop" with Echo Swinford
• "Design Doctor" with Mike Parkinson

Each one is $99 and can be added right at registration. If you've ever wanted a focused, hands-on session before diving into four days of content, this is the way to do it.

Early-bird conference registration is $450 through June 1 (then $525). Workshops are $99 each.

Link to register is in the comments.

🎙️ We are thrilled to announce our keynote guest for the Presentation Summit — and she's someone truly special.
Kaitlan Collins, CNN's Chief White House Correspondent and anchor of The Source with Kaitlan Collins, will join us on September 16 for an exclusive, extended conversation on the art of communicating under pressure.

In 24 years, we've introduced a lot of amazing guests at the Summit. This one might be the biggest yet.

Here's what makes this different: Kaitlan won't just give a keynote — she'll take questions directly from our virtual audience. You'll hear firsthand how she stays grounded in high-pressure moments, delivers high-impact messages with precision, and connects genuinely through a camera lens to reach millions.

Whether you present to boardrooms, classrooms, or Zoom rooms, you'll walk away with insights you can actually use.

📅 September 16 | Presentation Summit (virtual)It is rare for a conference our size to land a guest of this caliber. We mean it when we say: you won't want to miss this one. Link in the comments.

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