Read the Guild’s State of the Industry and Salary Report
In late 2020, we conducted a 26-question, survey designed to track the compensation of presentation professionals. Thanks to the responses through our surveys, we are beginning to see clear trends in demographics, employment, and the mood and sentiment of the people in our industry.
The Guild’s 2021 State of the Industry and Salary Survey Reportis composed of data from presentationists around the world. See where you stand relative to your peers as to education, salary, hours worked, and the economic impact of COVID-19. Use the data and key findings in this report to evolve your goals for greater success.
You are also entitled to a free copy if you were one of our respondents who filled out the optional field in the survey form to provide us your email address.
Interested in learning more about the presentation industry? Maybe you want to elevate your presentation career? Consider joining the Guild for access to this report plus many other valuable member benefits to help you meet your goals in 2021.
Certify Your Presentation Experience
Sign up for the Guild’s certification bootcamps at the Presentation Summit.
The Presentation Guild is offering two pre-conference bootcamps at this year’s Presentation Summit to help you study for and take the Guild’s Professional Certifications.
Presentation Summit The Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach
September 25 • 10 am–4 pm EDT
In person or virtual
Certification Bootcamp, Specialist Instructor: Guild Vice President Stephy Hogan
This bootcamp prepares you to study for and pass the Certified Presentation Specialist – PowerPoint™ exam. The professional at the specialist level is expected to be knowledgeable and skilled at crafting presentations, require minimal supervision and review of their work, and have at least six months of experience and/or training with at least 1,000 hours of direct presentation craftsmanship.
Certification Bootcamp, Expert Instructor: Guild President Emerita Echo Swinford
This bootcamp prepares you to study for and pass the Certified Presentation Expert – PowerPoint™ exam. The professional at the expert level is expected to have comprehensive knowledge, skill, and efficiency at crafting presentations; work independently; have at least 18 months of experience and/or training with at least 3,000 hours of direct presentation craftsmanship; and have attained the Certified Presentation Specialist – PowerPoint™ certification.
The Cert Prep Bootcamps each cost $495 and include a $200 voucher toward the cost of the exam. For anyone intent on certification, you are essentially getting this full day of instruction and training for under $300.
In addition to the $200 voucher, attendees will receive
Instruction that covers the major categories of skills and knowledge that will be represented on the assessment exam
A spreadsheet to document experience/education hours needed to take the exam
A study and practice reference guide for the exam
A practice exam and access to two additional exams that can be taken at a later date
These full-day sessions can be attended either in person or virtually, allowing people around the world to attend our bootcamps.
The Guild congratulates Amos Wampler and Arnout Drenthel for earning Certified Presentation Specialist (CPS™) distinction in May 2021.
The Guild’s professional certifications reflect attainment of established criteria for proficiency and competency in the presentation industry. They require a specified amount of industry experience and are granted upon an assessment of an individual’s knowledge and skills. Our professional certifications have ongoing requirements that must be met every two years.
Go to the Guild websiteto learn more about our presentation certification program.
Get your presentation design questions ready for Guild Art Director Julie Terberg and industry expert Nolan Haims during this live learning session. Julie and Nolan will answer questions about imagery and image sourcing, illustrations and icons, fonts and typography, and data visualization. Attendees, if desired, will be able to share their screens to review their designs. If time permits, Julie and Nolan will address any other design-related questions.
This event is for Guild members only. To attend the session, please log into your account on the Guild's website, go to the event’s page, then click on the Join/Register button to attend on the day of the webinar. Although the button reads, “Join / Register,” no registration is required. Once you click the button, you will be placed in the waiting room, and the moderator will admit you to the room at the appropriate time.
HAVE YOU HEARD?
Members Get 40% Off the New Slidewise 1.0
Slidewise is an essential, super-helpful Windows-only PowerPoint add-in from the team behind the popular compression software, NXPowerLite Desktop.
If you regularly work with client decks, cleaning them up, reworking, building templates etc., then this new tool will save you hours of time. It's especially handy at fixing font-related issues, but that is only one of its benefits.
Slidewise will assist you in three main areas:
It reveals insights into the hidden information that you wish PowerPoint would show you. In a Task Pane, it displays all media sizes, embedded objects, fonts used, linked media, and more in the open presentation.
It alerts you when fonts have been substituted, or linked media is missing, so you can fix those issues before they become bigger problems.
Slidewise also enables you to quickly replace fonts (even when PowerPoint can’t), manage linked media, embed or remove fonts, or even replace multiple image instances.
Martin Anderson, a new Slidewise customer, noted: “Having used the software Slidewise for just three days now ... it has already saved me loads of time. Showing the size of images is also a great feature, so thank you for some great software.”
The Guild is proud to be a major sponsor of the Presentation Summit, heading toward its 19th season, from September 26–29.
This month, the Summit is offering a special deal. Everyone registered before June 30 becomes eligible to win one of these valuable prizes:
If attending in person: You could win transportation to the conference to be held in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
Attending virtually: Receive a buddy pass to give to anyone.
On June 30, conference organizers will draw two names, one each from the two pools of patrons (in-person and virtual). To be eligible, you simply need to be fully registered by that date.
The Presentation Summit is the longest-running conference in our industry and will be inventing itself all over again as it debuts a hybrid format. All patrons will be watching the keynotes and breakout seminars as they are delivered in ballrooms—either live and in person or livestreamed and virtual. For more information about the Summit click on the links below:
Get your presentation design questions ready for Guild Art Director Julie Terberg and industry expert Nolan Haims during this live learning session. Julie and Nolan will answer questions about imagery and image sourcing, illustrations and icons, fonts and typography, and data visualization. Attendees, if desired, will be able to share their screens to review their designs. If time permits, Julie and Nolan will address any other design-related questions.
To attend the session, log into your account on the Guild's website, go to the event’s page, then click on the Join/Register button to attend on the day of the webinar.
Guild members can also access a library of webinar recordings.Go to our webinar archive pageand log into your account to view them.
Instructor: Guild Vice President Stephy Hogan
This bootcamp prepares you to study for and pass the Certified Presentation Specialist – PowerPoint™ exam. The professional at the specialist level is expected to be knowledgeable and skilled at crafting presentations, require minimal supervision and review of their work, and have at least six months of experience and/or training with at least 1,000 hours of direct presentation craftsmanship. (Offered in person and live-streamed virtually.)
Instructor: Guild President Emerita Echo Swinford
This bootcamp prepares you to study for and pass the Certified Presentation Expert – PowerPoint™ exam. The professional at the expert level is expected to have comprehensive knowledge, skill and efficiency at crafting presentations, work independently, have at least 18 months of experience and/or training with at least 3,000 hours of direct presentation craftsmanship, and have attained the Certified Presentation Specialist – PowerPoint™ certification. (Offered in person and live-streamed virtually.)
You've signed up for the newsletter, but this is just a taste of what a Guild membership provides. Only by joining can you enjoy our full range of benefits. Become a member now and ...
Access all webinars
Download exclusive member content like the salary survey
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Learn about presentation trends, tools, and tips in the discussion forums
Contribute your expertise to influence presentation standards
Gain solutions from other members to presentation challenges
And much, much more
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