Painless Presentations

Below 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.

In addition, the slides and many files used in the presentation can be found in this Google Drive folder.