At SlideShare we don’t only see the World’s Best Presentation Contest as a competition but also a learning experience all around. After seeing some of the great presentations in the contest I think each of us is just that little bit better at creating our own.

In that light, we thought sharing some of the judges’ feedback on the other winners would be valuable to both the participants and others.
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I’ve always thought of SlideShare as a tool for learning, productivity and sharing information. Today I found out that it can also be used as a game!
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You don’t need to wait any longer, the results are finally here!
Full list at: http://www.slideshare.net/contest/results-2008

First Place:

THIRST by Jeff Brenman, a beautiful presentation on the impending water shortage across the world was unanimously chosen by the judges as the best presentation in the contest.

What the judges had to say: “Creative, world subject, very clear and persuasive, most professional, great show and great design”

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Fred Wilson, a well known blogger and VC (his SlideShare profile is here) is looking for help with the presentation for his Web 2.0 keynote. This is a paid gig. There are so many great presentation designers on SlideShare - please reach out to Fred if you would like to work on this.

As SlideShare has grown, we’ve felt the need to formalise the unwritten rules that shape a healthy community. While we think the community guidelines we’ve come up with are reasonably complete, they may be edited later for clarity or to explicitly add something.

For now they are listed below and later this week they will be linked on the main site too.

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Indezine, an extremely popular website with news, tips and information about presentations, created an account on SlideShare a couple of months ago and has now uploaded over 2000 presentation templates!

Geetesh Bajaj, the powerhouse behind Indezine, has painstakingly created all of these templates and has made them available for free on SlideShare.

Check them all out here or take a look our picks spotlighted today on the home page!

Today is the last day for voting in the World’s Best Presentation Contest. Voting closes 12:00 PM PST. We are in the home stretch now. We hope to have the results for you within a week of closing (we’ll try sooner).

We have again been receiving complaints of voting misdemeanors during the last few days. Be rest assured - once voting gets over we are going to go over the voting data with a fine eye and weed out any irregular voting patterns. In case there is evidence that some entries have been purposely voted up, they could end up getting disqualified as well. Also, remember that the end result is really dependent on the judges (not the votes!).

Lets hope the contest a successful closing!

Its 080808 (Aug 8th, 2008) - its the first day of the Olympics! I remember watching the Olympics on TV for hours as a child. Its one of the few world events that gets millions of people excited. This time, I will be watching TV of course, but I am also watching the Olympics on SlideShare. Its exciting how many SlideShare users are sharing slides about the Olympics. If you have pictures to share, please upload them to SlideShare (here is a handy guide on how to make a pictue slideshow in under a minute). Remember to add it to this group about the Beijing Olympics.

If you are in China for the Olympics, drop in the comments. And if you are not lucky enough to be in China, then enjoy vicariously through this slideshow below!