However, when I presented an updated version of this presentation to a new audience in March at the CUPRAP conference, “It’s the Community, Stupid! Take 2″ (1305 views in 2 months), the videos and the slides introducing them were included as well on Slideshare.

Actually, I think that presentation zen style slides work best on Slideshare as long as you can associate some text to your visuals and tell a powerful story.

I think you’re first goal should be making the presentation as beneficial and informative for the audience in the room. They’re the ones paying to be there (either in the room or online). If you design your slides for the people in the room, you can be a bit spare with the content and you won’t feel like you are just reading bullet points. I’ve been in sessions where the slides are detailed and the person reads them point by point and its dull.

However, if you do want to post them online, make a second version with a bit more info. For example, on the slide above, add the two points you are making (even if its as simple as Community + Collaboration) and people who are viewing the content online can still get the gist of what you’re saying.

Optimally, your live presentation will be streamed or recorded for later viewing. If that’s not possible, have a different set of slides that summarize what you talked about for your online audience.

A great example of this would be Seth Godin’s talk on Tribes at TED. If he would have used a different set of slides, his presentation might not have been as effective. Yet, if his online audience simply sees his slides, and nothing else, they may not get everything he was trying to convey during his presentation.

Luckily of course, it was all recorded together, but you see my point .

-Travis

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