2. Overview of Web 2.0
and SlideShare
Presented by Stephen Moore
3. Web 2.0 Overview
• Web 2.0 is the “participation web”
• What makes it “participation” is that people interact with it
• Sites you have a personal connection with
• Sites you feel apart of
• Sites that would not exist without you
4. What is Slideshare
Slideshare is the world’s largest community for sharing presentations.
• Share business media
• Presentations, PDFs, and documents
• Vibrant Professional Community
• Comments, downloads, and favorites content
• Content Spreads Virally
• Shared via Facebook, Twitter, and other social media
• The site has over 25 million monthly visitors, still growing rapidly
5. Web 2.0 and SlideShare
• SlideShare allows to share files with one another
• A user can upload their presentation to be seen publicly or
privately
• Publicly allows a business to send the files to people as well as for
the public to search for it
• Privately allows a business to only allow personnel they invite to see
the PowerPoint
6. Some things you can do on
SlideShare
• Embed slideshows into blogs or websites
• Share slideshows publicly or privately
• Put audio in slides
• Market your own even
• Join groups who share interests
• Download the original file
8. SlideShare Overview
• The “YouTube for Presentations”
• Over 25 million monthly viewers worldwide
• SlideShare is the world's largest community site for sharing
presentations.
• It is really easy to integrate with Facebook, twitter and other
social networks.
• SlideShare is not limited to just presentations, it allows
uploads of documents and pdf’s
9. Who can/does use SlideShare?
• Anybody can use it, and there is a wide variety of people who
do it.
• There are many personal uses of SlideShare
• Personal research/ interest
• For entertainment
• As a consumer
• A Social network to keep your distant family and friend involved
• There are also many business uses of SlideShare
• Marketing and advertising
• As a social network to inform clients what is going on in the
company
10. More users SlideShare
• Whitehouse.gov has posted presentations on SlideShare
about
• technology policy
• Green policies
• Documents showing Presidents’ speeches in 15 different
languages.
• They make it available for other government agencies and
individuals
• Whitehouse Channel -slideshare.net/whitehouse
11. Convenience of SlideShare
• Power Point Presentations or any other documents stored on
the web with a permanent URL can be a very valuable
resource.
12. Why are Permanent URLs
good?
• This means that your Presentation/Documents are 100%
backed-up.
• You can reach your file on any computer in the world, that has
the internet.
• No more carrying around USB’s
• No need to emailing presentations
13. Is SlideShare Safe?
• SlideShare is clean and family friendly
• There is privacy settings
• Limiting who can see your presentations
• It supports various copyright claims
14. Real Life Reviews
• "A fantastic Web 2.0 tool that lets students and instructors to
upload their presentations and share them online through a
YouTube-like interface. Also, it is a good place to discover
presentations and slideshows from others." Steve Yuen
• "In my view, the YouTube of presentations. This is a great
social networking site for sharing presentations. You can
access some really interesting presentations here." Manish
Mohan
16. The Founders of SlideShare
• All hold backgrounds in business
• Rashmi Sinha
• CEO and Cofounder of SlideShare
• She focuses on partnerships and product strategy
• Jonathan Boutelle
• The man who came up with the initial idea of SlideShare
• Amit Ranjan
• The head of the building team at SlideShare
• Background in product marketing, sales,and consumer research
17. Share Presentations with Potential
Customers
• Upload presentations to be shared publicly or privately
• Private uploads
• allow a business to share its presentations with specific people
• Investors, potential partners, etc
• Public uploads
• Allow businesses you are not communicating with to find your
service or products
• Allow customers to see your product or service
• Free advertising
20. Find new products and services
• Find presentations of products and services that interest you
• Search by topic
• Search by idea
• Search by product
21. Share Personal Presentations
• Teachers can share their lecture slides with other teachers or
students
• Students can share their presentation with other students
• Share presentations with friends
• Share presentations with family
22. Need to Sell Something?
• Use SlideShare to sell anything you want
• Present your home to anyone on the internet
http://www.slideshare.net/Somerset08873/32-stratford-drive
• Sell your car
http://www.slideshare.net/BillStayart/c-class
