If you haven’t investigated Slideshare yet, now might be the time to do so.
When I was looking at options for posting presentations online, I looked into Google Apps, Slideshare, Scribd and a few other platforms. Thanks to a nice user interface, the Slideshare Pro option, and the social functionality, Slideshare won out. I upload presentations and reports to our channel and then embed the presentations on our website where appropriate.
What I didn’t foresee, however, was the added benefit that many see Slideshare as one of the industry standards. For example, when I posted a recent report on our Slideshare channel, several blogs and online media outlets picked it up. One of the outlets that shared the report seems only to share Slideshare presentations. Presentations and reports also get broader exposure than they otherwise might when posted on a platform like Slideshare. For example, the same report was featured on the Slideshare homepage the day after we posted it. I don’t know who all of the 6,000 viewers might be, but I’m sure our report has been skimmed or read by a different (and perhaps much larger) audience than it would have been if we had only posted it on our website.
Have you looked into Slideshare or other similar platforms? What other benefits or weaknesses have you identified?
Libby Dowdall 