Here, SlideShare power user Liz Ngonzi, an international educator, speaker and entrepreneur, talks with Kendra Mayfield about why she decided to upgrade to a SlideShare Pro account and how SlideShare has helped her build her personal brand on the Web. Tell us about yourself, and how you’ve used social media so far? I was born in Uganda and moved to the United States when I was four years old. My mother was a diplomat, so I traveled internationally a great deal while growing up. I spent 13 years at the United Nations International School – an indelible experience that shaped… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Interviews
Non-profit NTEN.org increases its reach and legacy with presentations
The Nonprofit Technology Network, NTEN, is a membership organization that works with the community of technologists who serve non profits. NTEN helps its members in a number of ways – by educating them about use of technology as well as spearheading research and advocacy for non profits. Throughout the year, NTEN works with nonprofits, and also the vendors who serve non profits. In 2000, NTEN launched its first conference, now called the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). The NTC has grown steadily, breaking an attendance record in 2011 of more than 2,000 participants. This year’s NTC, which takes place April 3-5,… Read more »
PowerPoint will never look the same, thanks to Duarte’s Diagrammer
This week Nancy Duarte and her design team launched a new online store, Diagrammer. For 99 cents per download, you can now access world-class diagrams, edit and add them to your presentations. Duarte Inc. is widely known for their quality presentation design, notably working with Al Gore to develop the presentation that became the Academy Award winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Nancy took time to tell us about Diagrammer, and the inspiration for such an innovative online service. When the book ‘slide:ology‘ was published, everyone’s favorite chapter was the one about diagrams. People would write to Nancy and her team,… Read more »
Ariba: Making events ‘more mobile, more social’ – a SlideShare case study
Here, Kendra Mayfield speaks with Justin Fogarty, social media manager for Ariba, about why the B2B company decided to upgrade to a SlideShare custom branded Channel for a rich social media presence for its annual events content. With its vast network of more than 700,000 companies, and more than 100,000 transactions occurring on a daily basis, Ariba, Inc. is clearly more than just a software company. Every year, the B2B business commerce solutions provider connects hundreds of peers and prospects through its annual conference, Ariba LIVE. Until recently, attendees who were excited about sharing insights and strategies from real-time sessions… Read more »
Interview: Sebastian Majewski – UN DESA: Enabling the world to make informed decisions
From NASA to SAP many large organizations are upgrading to SlideShare Network for a rich, branded and distributed social media presence. Here, Kendra Mayfield speaks with Sebastian Majewski, from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), an organization that helps countries around the world meet their economic, social and environmental challenges. In this interview, Sebastian explains why UN DESA decided to upgrade to a SlideShare Network. With more than 300 documents and 300 print and electronic publications published globally each year, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ (UN DESA) information sharing is, well,… Read more »
How to rock your Twitter Chat with SlideShare: an interview with Mark Johnson, FAIA
We’re pleased to introduce guest author Kendra Mayfield, a new addition to the editorial team here at SlideShare. As a professional writer, Kendra has reported for Wired News and companies such as LinkedIn, Gap Inc. Global Communications and the University of San Francisco Medical Center. To kick off our series highlighting best practices from the SlideShare community, Kendra interviewed Mark Johnson, FAIA. We love to spot presenters who are using SlideShare in new ways. That’s just the case with Mark Johnson, a marketing exec, licensed architect, professional building designer and certified kitchen designer. Mark’s iPad + Apps for Designers presentation,… Read more »
Interview: Jesse Desjardins – how to create a global fan base with presentations
We love to see rising stars come up from the horizon and make a name for themselves with their presentations. That is just the case with Jesse Desjardins, also known as JesseDee. Jesse really caught the SlideShare community’s attention during our World’s Best Presentation contest last year. In this interview, Jesse shares what happened next – from presentation crowdfunding for events like South by Southwest and Cannes, to landing his present job in Australia. How did you get started on SlideShare? Just over a year ago I was asked to do a social media workshop in Australia. I had seen… Read more »
How to Ignite your town
You may have heard of, or better yet attended, an evening of Ignite. Ignite is an event organized by volunteers, where participants are given five minutes to speak about their ideas and personal or professional passions, accompanied by 20 slides. Each slide is displayed for 15 seconds, and slides are automatically advanced. Or, as described on the Ignite website: “It’s a high-energy evening of 5-minute talks by people who have an idea—and the guts to get onstage and share it with their hometown crowd.” One of the most successful Ignite events takes place in Boulder, Colorado. A team of courageous… Read more »