Presentation professionals can be a lonely sort. It’s not just that we’re often glued to our monitors late at night or holed up at the back of a dark ballroom, but that more often than not, our work engagements don’t involve other presentation professionals. We’re in a niche industry, and the fact is that we just don’t get out much and meet others who do what we do and share and gain knowledge like we should.
Enter The Presentation Guild, a non-profit trade organization created by some of the sharpest people in the world of presentation. Similar to AIGA (for graphic designers), The Guild aims to advocate for, support and benefit its members and the entire presentation industry.
AIGA and similar organization were not built overnight and right now, The Presentation Guild is in a soft launch phase, accepting members, but also working out some kinks and developing support and resources. The Guild will officially launch in October at the Presentation Summit in Las Vegas. You’re all going to the Presentation Summit in Las Vegas, right…?
Guild Benefits
Much of what The Guild currently offers and will offer in the future will be for members only, but there will be selected things available to the general public such as a recent webinar with Microsoft on the brand new “Zoom” feature that was a big success.
Currently, there is a message board where members can reach out for technical, business and other help. There will be events, both live and virtual. Regular webinars with Guild members and guests will be held, and yours truly is the moderator of “Inspired by Design,” a monthly 20-minute webinar with presentation design master, Julie Terberg. There will be job boards, portfolio pages, contests and all sorts of other networking and professional development resources.
And, member or not, you can sign up for their newsletter which will keep you updated not just on the world of presentation, but also on Guild developments.
The Guild is also running a survey to find out a bit more about who we all are. It will take only 5 minutes, and if you do fill it out, you’ll get a copy of the results when ready.
Why Join?
I didn’t sell The Guild enough above? Now’s the time to get in on the ground floor. Join today, or at least sign up for the newsletter and like the Facebook page.
