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Secrets to Visual Thinking Revealed at the Presentation Summit

May 8, 2023

The announcement of Temple Grandin's appearance at the conference has been met with tremendous positive response. Dr. Grandin's work is groundbreaking, as is her NYT best-selling work "Visual Thinking: The hidden gifts of people who think in pictures, patterns, and abstractions."

And every person who registers for the conference before Friday, July 7 receives a free copy.

Are You Smarter Than a Kindergartener?

April 20, 2023

The story I told in 2018 was one of my favorites, because, first off, it was told to me by a good friend who teaches middle school, and second, because it was 100% true although you would never believe it.

2023 Keynotes Have a Common Theme: The Magic of the Brain

March 23, 2023

Autistic animal expert, neuroscientist, and magician...just your garden-variety lineup of keynote speakers

Carmen Simon Returns to the Presentation Summit

March 20, 2023

"The thing about my good friend Carmen?" says Presentation Summit host and organizer Rick Altman. "She is the embodiment of her best-selling book: she is truly impossible to ignore."

The conference is delighted to announce her triumphant return this year as the Monday morning keynote presenter, Oct 16, live from Monterey CA.

What the f— do we do with all this s—??

February 8, 2023

Public profanity is a new phenomenon and I can't quite decide if it is a nadir or a zenith. Perhaps it is both, and as such, it has fascinating implications for anyone involved in public presentation.

Lessons Learned from the 2022 Presentation Summit

November 7, 2022

If you were to look up epiphany at Dictionary.com, it should include the footnote "See Season No. 20 of the Presentation Summit." In our 20-year history, no event has been more eye-opening than the four days in October over which we staged our hybrid conference.