So here is the last (but really good!) lesson about how to use PowerPoint presentations to increase your exposure to your audience.
In the process of giving you different places to showcase your powerpoint presentations, I came across a new website, well, actually, it is a community (like YouTube and MySpace), however, it is just for people who wish to showcase….
PowerPoint Presentations - isn’t that just so awesome!

So, here is what Slide Share is all about:

The name of the website is SlideShare. As their home page states, Slide Share is theworld’s largest community dedicated to sharing presentations on the web. It was started by three people, Dr. Rashmi Sinha,Jonathan Boutelleand Amit Ranjan.

So, let me tell you how to get started:

1. Go to the upper right hand corner and register.
2. Once you register, you can upload your Powerpoint presentation files.
3. Click on the UPLOAD button located on the horizontal navigation bar at the top
4. Once you get here you will see the following list displayed:
   • We accept PowerPoint (ppt & pps), PDF, & OpenOffice (odp) files. If you are on a Mac and use Keynote, export to “PDF”.
   • Do NOT upload materials that you do not have copyright for, or have permission from the owner. Read our Terms of service & Privacy policy.
   • SlideShare is public space. Do not upload any material you want to keep private.
   • Please be patient while uploading files; it can take several minutes to upload a large file. If you get any errors, please contact us with details.
   • Maximum file size is 30 MB.
   • Click on the button underneath this, “Browse and Select Files”.

Another window will open up labeled “Select Files to upload to www.slideshare.net”. You will need to retrieve your selected file from your computer. Once you find it, click the “open” button in the window.

The program then will start uploading your ppt(Powerpoint presentation) file. (Don’t be worried if it doesn’t look like it is uploading at first…it takes a few seconds -sometimes up to 10 or 15 seconds to start)

Within 5 minutes, you can click on the “My SlideSpace” button and see your Power Point Presentation and it is ready for viewing by others.

To Retrieve the code so you can share your SlideShare :

If you click directly on your powerpoint presentation on the screen once you are in the “my slidepace” window, you will be brought to another window where you will be able to retrieve the code to place in your blog or on your website.

Also, you will see where anyone can:

-”zing it” (like Digg it) and they can Digg it too!

-Save it to their favorites

-Share it with others

-Subscribe to receive updates on all your PowerPoint presentations

Underneath your slide show on this page, you will see where you can share it with My Space, Facebook, Friendster and Hi5 communities (I haven’t heard of Hi5 yet - I will have to go check them out. Anyone a part of that community? Please tell us about it. )

Another added feature - they have a Slide Share forum you can join to ask and answer questions.

Ok, now for the coolest part (well, I think it is pretty neat) if you want, you can take a moment to check out the <a href=”http://www.slideshare.net/VATeresa/key-business-partners-intro”>Slide Share Presentation that I did today</a>:

I hope that I have helped you realize how you are able to utilize PowerPoint presentations to gain exposure for your business.
If by chance you have missed the previous lessons: Lesson #1 or
Lesson #2

Just a special note here: Audio Acrobat has a beta version for video NOW.

Hey, just yesterday I created my audio welcome message using Audio Acrobat and it was pretty simple as well.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 27th, 2007 at 10:24 pm and is filed under Writing & Business Lessons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.