2. WHAT IS SLIDESHARE?
SlideShare is a media site for sharing presentations,
documents and pdfs. SlideSharefeatures a vibrant
professional community that regularly comments, favorites
anddownloads content. Content also spreads virally through
blogs and social networkssuch as LinkedIn, Facebook and
twitter. Individuals and organizations upload documents to
SlideShare to share ideas, connect with others, and generate
leads for their businesses. Anyone can view presentations and
documents on topics that interest them.
3. BENEFITS OF USING
SLIDESHARE
Patrick Powers (2010), suggest the following benefits of using Slideshare:
1. SlideShare as a marketing tool. For example, the presentations are well put
together and capitalize on a great opportunity to let people know more about
the institution.
2. SlideShare can act as an internal organizer for uploading a handful of
presentations a while back focused around information pertinent to an
internal audience.
3. Slideshare as an alumni resource. For example, uploads presentations
targeted for a specific audience. The presentations are geared toward job
seekers and alums in the workplace.
