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They have a great new online meeting service that allows you to present your content online in beautiful HD quality.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Your entry to the contest can be about anything. A story about you, your travels, or something you love. Just tell it with words and pictures and in 30 slides. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Everyone who enters the contest gets a free Fuze Meeting account ($270 value). Learn more about how to enter contest &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.slideshare.net/contest/fuze-tell-a-story-contest&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-weight: normal; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;; letter-spacing: -1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;How to Build Community Using SlideShare&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size: 11px; color: rgb(84, 95, 104); font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Angela Connor, an online community strategist has written an &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.angelaconnor.com/2009/05/19/nine-tips-on-building-community-through-slideshare/&quot;&gt;excellent article&lt;/a&gt; about how to build your a own community using SlideShare. Here&#39;s a quick summary of her community building tips:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Check who has &#39;favorited and/or &#39;embedded&#39; your slides.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visit their profile and view their content. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Send a personal message to connect.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Search keywords for your topics of interest. Then repeat steps 2 &amp; 3.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Share your slides on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linkedin.com/opensocialInstallation/preview?_ch_panel_id=1&amp;_applicationId=1200&quot;&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; &amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2490221586&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Post thoughtful comments and offer feedback on presentations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Embed slides (yours and others) in your blog on website.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Consider sharing more than just slides (share documents or audio or video).&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size: 11px; color: rgb(84, 95, 104); font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-weight: normal; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;; letter-spacing: -1px;&quot;&gt;Add SlideShare to your Facebook Pages&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size: 11px; color: rgb(84, 95, 104); font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Many of you had asked us to allow SlideShare presentations within Facebook Pages. 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If you&#39;ve made a Facebook Page for your company or product, then go add your presentations to it now. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;In other news, we are thrilled that our relaunched &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2490221586&quot;&gt;Facebook App&lt;/a&gt; was one of the select few to be verified by Facebook for their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/apps/directory.php#/apps/directory.php?app_type=0&amp;category=100&quot;&gt;Business &amp; Finance&lt;/a&gt; section. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size: 11px; color: rgb(84, 95, 104); font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;What are you waiting for, go add the Facebook app &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2490221586&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size: 11px; color: rgb(84, 95, 104); font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style=&quot;font-size: 11px; color: rgb(84, 95, 104); font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-weight: normal; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;; letter-spacing: -1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(128, 128, 128);&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size: 11px; color: rgb(84, 95, 104); font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size: 11px; color: rgb(84, 95, 104); font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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