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August 18, 2026
This issue keeps coming back to the presenter, not the slides. Akash Choudhry talks about think-cell's Business Presentation survey. Survey results found that AI adoption is high but satisfaction gaps remain, particularly when human judgment and credibility matter most. Bob Befus's ScriptAssist interview is built on exactly that insight: presenters who worry about their notes lose their audience. And the thin smiles piece from 2012 holds up surprisingly well. A presenter who looks disconnected, whether staring at a script or wearing a fixed expression, loses the room either way. Three reads, one message: no tool replaces the person actually in front of the audience.
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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.
August 26, 2026
Rick Altman has been hired by hundreds of companies, watched by tens of thousands of professionals, and read by millions of people, all of whom seek better results with their presentation content and delivery. He covers the whole industry, from message crafting, through presentation design, slide creation, software technique, and delivery. In this conversation, Rick 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
August 26, 2026
Rick Altman has been hired by hundreds of companies, watched by tens of thousands of professionals, and read by millions of people, all of whom seek better results with their presentation content and delivery. He covers the whole industry, from message crafting, through presentation design, slide creation, software technique, and delivery. In this conversation, Rick talks about the upcoming Presentation Summit 2026, being held virtually from September 13 to 16, 2026.
August 25, 2026
Nolan Haims has over 25 years of experience in the fields of visual communications and presentation, having created every type of presentation from Fortune 500 CEO keynotes to TED talks to multi-million-dollar agency pitches. He trains organizations to think visually, speaks at national conferences, and is a co-host of the long-running Presentation Podcast. As one of only 40 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the world, he works with and advises the software development team. He runs his own visual communications consultancy in Montclair, NJ. He is the author of The Better Deck Deck. In this conversation, Nolan talks about his participation at the upcoming Presentation Summit 2026, being held virtually from September 13 to 16, 2026.
August 24, 2026
Mike Parkinson is a geek. He is 1 of 36 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the world, is an internationally recognized communication and presentation expert, best-selling author, and professional trainer. Mike’s keynotes, training, books, and tools such as Build-a-Graphic help companies succeed while saving money and time. He owns Billion Dollar Graphics and is a partner at 24 Hour Company, a premier creative services firm. In this conversation, Mike talks about his participation at the upcoming Presentation Summit 2026, being held virtually from September 13 to 16, 2026.
August 17, 2026
This tutorial walks you through creating Gantt charts in PowerPoint using Ampler or Ampler Charts. Native PowerPoint has never included a dedicated Gantt chart option, which means most users rely on makeshift workarounds. Ampler changes that with purpose-built Gantt functionality that covers everything from basic timelines to milestones, dependencies, Excel linking, and brand-consistent formatting.
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