About Us
Revolutionizing Continuing Education
e-Summits.com fills a gap in the online continuing education industry by extending all of the benefits of the Summit for Clinical Excellence conference via an advanced online education delivery system. Through e-Summits you don't just hear or read about what was presented. You see what was presented through our video-based continuing education workshops. It's the next best thing to being there!
Our Story
Paul Ortman
CEO & Executive Director
Ben Franklin Institute Producer of the Summit for Clinical Excellence Conferences
Our parent company, The Ben Franklin Institute, has been the premier provider of continuing education conferences for professionals in the mental and behavioral health fields for more than 10 years. Our signature conference, the Summit for Clinical Excellence, has become the gold standard for quality onsite continuing education conferences in the field. With the support of nationally-recognized treatment centers including Promises, Sierra Tucson, and Creative Care, we continue to offer our onsite participants access to renowned practitioners who wrote the book in their particular area of expertise.
Our Mission is
Our Customers' Success
Our mission is to provide quality continuing education in diverse formats to meet the needs of today's behavioral health care professionals.
Welcome to The Summit for Clinical Excellence and e-Summits.com
- Raising the Bar in Continuing Education!






