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Credibility is the thread running through this issue. INSYNCR, as Kurt Dupont explains, exists because a generated figure looks right but a bound figure is right, and the distinction is what boardrooms and client reports depend on. Laszlo Diewald’s presentaid Charts interview makes a similar point: annotations that move with the data, charts that open correctly for anyone, and numbers that don’t drift between tools. Then there is Presentation Summit 2026, September 13 to 16, where our conversations with Camille Holden, Chantal Bosse, Ilene Bergelson, and Sally Zimney remind us that credibility is just as fragile in the room as it is in the spreadsheet behind the slide.
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Troy Chollar is co-founder and a Sr. Designer of TLC Creative Services and awarded by Microsoft as an MVP for PowerPoint for 24 consecutive years. For more than two decades, Troy has helped organizations create presentations ranging from executive briefings and sales decks to large-scale live event experiences. A regular presenter at The Presentation Summit (he was an attendee at the very first conference!), host of The Presentation Podcast, and the voice of ThePowerPointBlog, Troy is passionate about sharing practical PowerPoint techniques, animation strategies, and workflow improvements that presentation professionals can immediately apply to their own projects.
In this conversation, Troy talks about the upcoming Presentation Summit 2026, being held virtually from September 13 to 16, 2026.
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Lori Chollar is co-founder and CEO of TLC Creative Services, Inc., a design studio that thrives in the presentation world, and the live and virtual event industry. Her diverse design background spans traditional graphic and print design, apparel and product design, and a whole lot of presentation, template, and multimedia design. Building from a formal degree in graphic design to a thriving freelance business, her company with husband Troy has grown into a successful corporate design studio. Lori is passionate about good design and good business.
In this conversation, Lori talks about the upcoming Presentation Summit 2026, being held virtually from September 13 to 16, 2026.
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John Polk is the coauthor of Presentation Pitfalls: 10 Traps Business Professionals Fall Into and How to Avoid Them. He is President of John Polk & Associates and a former Data Visualization Professor at the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business. John designed the “Creating Effective Presentations” workshop for Capital One, which over 10,000 associates have attended. John now teaches workshops and coaches leaders to design and deliver presentations that engage, influence, and drive action.
In this conversation, John talks about the upcoming Presentation Summit 2026, being held virtually from September 13 to 16, 2026.
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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.
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