2. What is SlideShare?
• a Web 2.0 based slide hosting service. Users can
upload files privately or publicly in the following
file formats: PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote or
OpenDocument presentations.
• Slide decks can then be viewed on the site itself,
on hand held devices or embedded on other sites.
• The website was originally meant to be used for
businesses to share slides among employees more
easily, but it has since expanded to also become a
host of a large number of slides that are uploaded
merely to entertain.
3. Who made the SlideShare?
Venrock, Brian Ascher and Marissa Campise
When was the SlideShare launched? And what is
the reason why they did the SlideShare?
Launched on October 4, 2006, the website is considered
to be similar to YouTube, but for slideshows. The website
was originally meant to be used for businesses to share
slides among employees more easily, but it has since
expanded to also become a host of a large number of
slides that are uploaded merely to entertain. Although the
website is primarily a slide hosting service, it also supports
documents, PDFs, videos and webinars.
4. Some things that you can do on SlideShare
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Upload presentations publicly or privately
Download presentations on any topic and reuse or remix
Embed on blogs, websites, company intranets
Share on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
Leadshare: generate business leads with your
presentations, documents, pdfs, videos
• Slidecast: sync mp3 audio with slides to create a webinar
• Embed YouTube videos inside SlideShare presentations
• Use SlideShare PRO for premium features like branded
channels, analytics, ad free pages etc
