What is SlideShare?◇ Founded in 2006 ◇ Goal: making knowledge sharing easy◇ Joined the LinkedIn Family in 2012 ◇ Over 18 million uploads in 40 content

categories◇ Top 100 most-visited websites of the world◇ Get up to speed on any topic - you can find

experts from every topic imaginable

A SlideShare can be presented in the form of….◇ Presentations◇ Infographics ◇ Documents◇ & Videos

Who uses SlideShare?

Industry Leaders & Entrepreneurs

◇ Guy Kawasaki (Silicone Valley)

◇ Eric Schmidt (co-founded of Google’s parent Alphabet)

◇ Reid Hoffman (co-founder LinkedIn)

◇ Arianna Huffington (co-founder of The Huffington Post)

Education◇ Stanford Graduate

School of Business◇ Lynda.com◇ edX◇ Jane Hart

Media ◇ Mashable◇ CNNMoney◇ The Next Web◇ The Economist

Group Businesses ◇ Dell◇ Ogilvy◇ Penguin Random House◇ Accenture

Nonprofits & Government

◇ The White House◇ World Economic Forum◇ Lean In◇ Rockefeller Foundation

Conference Speakers◇ South by Southwest◇ Dreamforce◇ Cannes Lion◇ Lean Startup Conference

Anyone.

Why use SlideShare over other Research?◇ LEARN FASTER, SMARTER.◇ Instead of searching multiple different

websites and scrolling through numerous pages of text, you can flip through a SlideShare deck and absorb the same information in a fraction of the time.

What to upload?Options are Limitless:

◇ How-To Guides◇ Best Quotes ◇ Life and Work

Hacks ◇ Infographics◇ Data and Stats

◇ Case Studies ◇ 101 Guides◇ Photo Essays◇ Travel Guides◇ School Projects◇ Recipes

◇ Leadership Advice

◇ Visual Resumes ◇ Investor

Reports

You can narrow down your search by adding filters!

““In today’s world of visual communication, design is an important element of your content you can’t ignore: Visuals are processed 60,000x faster than words, and can increase a viewer’s comprehension by 89%. As we say at SlideShare, visual is viral.”

- SlideShare

Tips & Tricks◇ Balance

Use symmetry and asymmetry to emphasize

certain elements

◇ Emphasis

Make the most important element of your

presentation stand out

◇ Unity

Create a consistent visual theme throughout your

slides

◇ Movement

Use elements like curved lines to encourage the

eye to move from one point to the next.

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