Lorraine K. Lee
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Share Your Best Blogging Practices (#Blogging)
It’s no surprise then that we’ve seen so many great decks about blogging — from creating an editorial calendar to repurposing your blog content. <> View a few of our favorites below, and don’t forget to share your tips, too! Creating a Plan of Attack While blogging for some may be a leisurely activity done during free time, creating an editorial calendar can help with improving content, building… → Read More
What You Can Expect in 2016
Believe it or not, there are exactly four weeks left in 2015. Many of you have already shared your insights on what we can expect in 2016 — from the new trends we’ll see in marketing and media to the future of work and frontier tech. What does the future hold for your industry? Which trends do you expect to stay for the long haul, and which will fall by the wayside? View all #FutureOf… → Read More
3 Decks on How Your Startup Can Beat the Odds
These days, it seems like everyone wants to be part of a startup or small business. Just last year, small businesses accounted for as much as 80% of employee growth in the U.S. The U.K. also broke records when it launched 581,000 new companies, with this year expected to be another record-breaker. Startup hubs are popping up in new places, too; more than $3 billion was invested in LA’s tech… → Read More
What’s Next for VCs? Here are the Trends to Look Out For
It’s official: The venture capital industry is bigger than ever before. The first nine months of 2015 saw $98.4 billion invested into VC-backed companies. It was an 11 percent jump compared to 2014, which had been a record year for VC-backed investments. With Square’s recent filing of its IPO (it went through nine rounds of funding to get to this point) and startups like Thumbtack raising… → Read More
What’s Next for VCs? Here are the Trends to Look Out For
It’s official: The venture capital industry is bigger than ever before. The first nine months of 2015 saw $98.4 billion invested into VC-backed companies. It was an 11 percent jump compared to 2014, which had been a record year for VC-backed investments. With Square’s recent filing of its IPO (it went through nine rounds of funding to get to this point) and startups like Thumbtack raising funding at a $1.3 billion valuation, the role of venture capitalists continue to hold an important role in the growth — and success — of a company. → Read More
What’s Next for VCs? Here are the Trends to Look Out For
It’s official: The venture capital industry is bigger than ever before. The first nine months of 2015 saw $98.4 billion invested into VC-backed companies. It was an 11 percent jump compared to 2014, which had been a record year for VC-backed investments. With Square’s recent filing of its IPO (it went through nine rounds of funding to get to this point) and startups like Thumbtack raising funding at a $1.3 billion valuation, the role of venture capitalists continue to hold an important role in the growth — and success — of a company. → Read More
3 Decks on Mastering the Art of the Startup
Despite the fact that nine out of 10 startups fail, this hasn’t deterred founders across the world (7 of the 10.9 million jobs added since the Great Recession were created by startups and small enterprises, according to Forbes). Silicon Valley, known for its plethora of startups, has seen copy cats, too, including Silicon Beach in Los Angeles (which recently revealed 80% of its office space is… → Read More
Professional Women: How do You Succeed in Today’s Competitive Landscape?
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg’s recent post about how women remain underrepresented in the workplace has brought new light to just how far off companies are in reaching equality in the C-Suite (it’s more than 100 years away!). What will it take for the gap to close? How can companies and coworkers help bridge this divide? Share your best advice on how to succeed as a woman in the workplace, and tag… → Read More
How to Hire a Winning Team
There’s no denying that companies want the best and brightest working for them — but in an increasingly competitive world, the fight for top candidates only continues to grow (check out just a few of Google’s perks aimed at attracting and retaining talent). Regardless of whether you’re a giant tech company or a small business, how can you make sure you’re winning over the right candidates? <>… → Read More
The Best of Dreamforce 2015
Salesforce’s annual software conference, Dreamforce, took San Francisco by storm this week. The conference saw 160,000 attendees and 1,600 keynotes and sessions, including those ranging from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Hawn Foundation Founder Goldie Hawn to Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins and Academy Award winner Patricia Arquette. So what were the main takeaways and best sessions from the four-day… → Read More
Level Up Your Content Strategy: Highlights From CMWorld and Inbound
Two of the biggest conferences for marketers — Content Marketing World and Hubspot’s Inbound 2015 — took place this week, with no shortage of headlines (and tweets!). CMWorld boasted guests such as actor John Cleese, author Kristina Halvorson, and content marketing expert Jay Baer, while Inbound’s speakers included author Seth Godin, comedian Aziz Ansari, and Chelsea Clinton. Of course it wasn’t… → Read More
3 Decks That Explain the State of the World Economy
If you’re worried we’re on the brink of another global economic crisis, you’re not alone. Recent headlines have given reason for concern: China’s share prices have continued to fall despite moves taken by the government to prop up prices (let’s also not forget China’s “Black Monday” panic, where Chinese stocks had their biggest drop in a single day — 8.5% — in the past eight years). Then there’s… → Read More
The Very Best Slides on Creativity, Social Media Marketing & More
Earlier this week we launched Clipping, a new feature that allows you to clip and save your favorite slides on SlideShare, and organize them into Clipboards to share with your networks. We’ve seen Clipboards created on everything from content marketing and career advice to big data and eLearning. Check out a few of our favorite Clipboards below. To create your own, browse any SlideShare… → Read More
Hiring Best Practices: How Do You Attract Top Talent?
With the recent controversy over Amazon’s workplace culture, it’s clear that hiring the right candidate can make or break a business — and the employee. Recruiting top talent has always been a priority for most organizations, but in today’s talent war, it’s getting fierce. Our September Upload Campaign focuses on just that: How do you find the right people who will help your organization grow?… → Read More
How to Ignite Your Creative Spark: 4 Must-Reads
Creativity: It’s a trait many desire, but isn’t an easy one to acquire. Like any skill, honing creativity takes practice, time, and fine tuning — and then sometimes you’re just “struck” with creative lightning. In today’s world of competitive business innovation, marketing messages and hiring practices, being creative is key. For our August Upload Campaign, we asked you to share how you fuel… → Read More
Unconventional Presentation Tips to Wow Your Audience
We’ve all heard the basic public speaking advice: Make eye contact, speak more slowly than you think you need to, tell a story. But what about the tips that go below the surface — tips that the pros have learned from giving countless presentations over the years? Turn to these three decks to take your speeches to the next level: Throw in Your Funny Bone Most of us can agree that humor in a… → Read More
Best Books: Your Picks for What to Read This Summer
Creating a Simpler Life Who doesn’t want a life that’s a little simpler, whether that means simplifying your thoughts, your food, or otherwise? See what life coach Barrie Davenport recommends you read to reach this goal: Gain Control of Your Finances This deck by Wiley recommends best books about money that both you and your kids can read together. Who said summer can’t be about learning? A… → Read More
Upload Campaign: How Do You Find Your Creative Spirit?
With the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity recently behind us and the release of the Emmy Award nominations list for 2015, there’s no better time to celebrate the creative spirit. Whether you consider yourself a professional “creative” or not, we all embrace creativity in some form — whether it’s getting creative with your daily routines, or pushing others to innovate in the… → Read More
You Asked, We Answered: SlideShare Tips & Tricks for Content Marketers
Have you been leveraging SlideShare to its fullest potential? For many, you’ve just scratched the surface. We recently took to Twitter to participate in the #GetRealChat, hosted by social media expert Pam Moore. We shared advice on how to leverage the power of SlideShare and LinkedIn, showed examples of how top brands and people using SlideShare — and answered all of your burning questions! If… → Read More
100 Uploads, 4 Million Views: Best Lessons Learned From 5 Years on
When designers Yancey Unequivocally and Cory Jim first entered SlideShare’s World’s Best Presentation Contest in 2010, they didn’t expect their first-place win would lead to them launching a company. Now, with a viable presentation design company under their belts — not to mention 100 SlideShare uploads totaling 4 million views — they’ve learned more than a few lessons about what it takes to… → Read More