Painless Presentations

This is a video of Ken Krugler's meetup presentation on May 28th, 2026, where he demonstrated how to use AI to create presentations -- including deep research, brainstorming, outlining, and building a PowerPoint deck using Claude. Topics covered include: How to do the setup once so everyone in your organization benefits. Why building a 30-minute deck used to take a full day -- and how that's changed. Why presentations still matter even when AI is doing most of the production work. What a branding document is and why it's the key to getting on-brand output from Claude. What goes into a good branding document (colors, fonts, slide patterns, writing style). Why your rough draft is non-negotiable -- and what "rough" can actually mean. The four inputs that make the difference between a mediocre deck and a great one. The outline-first workflow: why you edit the outline, not the deck. How to split the work between Claude and yourself.