Echo Swinford

A Microsoft PowerPoint MVP since 2000, Echo Swinford began her PowerPoint career in 1997. She holds a master's degree in new media from Indiana University and is the owner of Echosvoice, a PowerPoint consulting firm specializing in custom template development (including templates that work with Copilot), presentation creation, makeovers and cleanup, and training for large and small corporate clients. Echo is President Emerita of the Presentation Guild, a not-for-profit trade association for the presentation industry which she founded in 2015. She has been spearheading the Guild's certifications program and as such, is the first recipient of the CPS and CPE (Certified PowerPoint Specialist and Expert) designations.