Share Your PowerPoint Presentations Online Using Flickr: Beth's Blog Video Tutorial
Getting your PowerPoint presentations online is an excellent way to share them. The number of services now available to help you do so are growing, and the the ability to convert PowerPoint decks into easy to share web presentations is easier than ever.
One great way to share your presentations is covered by Beth Kanter in her screencast on how to embed great looking presentations into your blog using the popular photo sharing service Flickr.
Her Beth's Blog is a fantastic resource for all things ed tech, information design and a lot more besides, and is a highly recommended destination for anyone interested in picking up some valuable hints, tips and opinion pieces.
In the following video Beth talks us through the process of:
Getting slides out of PowerPoint (in a good format for web delivery)
Arranging and uploading them for a seamless presentation via your Flickr account
Finding, grabbing and embedding the simple code you need to get the presentation into your blog
If that makes it sound complicated, be assured that Beth's warm delivery and coverage of all of those details that make all the difference really do make is a simple procedure, and one that will result in great looking presentations that you can deliver over the internet.
For those interested in the web pages that Beth visits during the screencast:
Beth Kanter is a trainer, coach, and consultant to nonprofits and individuals in effective use of technology. She has worked on projects that include: training, curriculum development, research, and evaluation. Her expertise is how to use new web tools (blogging, tagging, wikis, photo sharing, video blogging, screencasting, social networking sites, and virtual worlds, etc) to support nonprofit. She is an experienced coach to "digital immigrants" in the personal mastery of these tools.
She is a professional blogger and writes about the use of social media tools in the nonprofit sector for social change.
Additional Resources
There are now a great many services offering ways for you to put your presentations online with ease. You may want to check out the following free alternatives:
