Anyone who reads this blog knows I’m a SlideShare user. Well, as of this morning, SlideShare just got 100x better as it is now fully integrateable with PowerPoint 2007. Just install the SlideShare Ribbon for PowerPoint (don’t forget to install the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 first as instructed) and then you’ll have a new SlideShare ribbon right in PowerPoint.
As you can see from the buttons much of what they do is self-explanatory. Simply put you can upload to, search, and download from SlideShare directly in PowerPoint. Here’s a screenshot of what the search/preview/download interface looks like.
What I also found surprisingly impressive is the program’s ability to give you detailed statistics about your account with just a click of the Presentation Stats button.
There’s more I could say but instead I’ll leave you with the intro video that the folks at SlideShare put together.
SlideShare Ribbon Demo from slideshare on Vimeo.
Find your voice, speak intelligently to the people you respect, and get better. This presentation covers everything I know about producing the kind of work that I enjoy and that I strive to make. NB: I’ll eventually replace this upload with an annotated version, so apologies in advance if comments and what have you disappear later. SlideShare Link
Read the full article: Why Gen Y Is Going to Change the Web on ReadWriteWeb.
A quote from the book I’m currently reading inspired me to create this mini-presentation. Eventually I’m sure I’ll work it into one of my proper presentations.
And here’s the final bit, the slides for my RSS preconference @ Internet Librarian 2007.
Here’s my Second Life presentation from Internet Librarian 2007.
(I’m having a little trouble uploading my other two presentations to SlideShare at this time. I’ll get them up as soon as I can.)
Dr. Melmer from the SD Department of Education spoke at SDLA2007. At the end of his talk he drew an analogy between how banks have changed and how libraries need to change. I took that and made it a smidge more visual. Here’s the result:
