DECISIONS — INFORMED
Information Update Newsletter
INFORMATION UPDATE
"Helping Businesses Find the Facts"
A Monthly Publication of Shamel Information Services
INFORMATION UPDATE
June 2009 Number 105
Welcome to INFORMATION UPDATE, the monthly resource forinformation seekers and users.
IN THIS ISSUE
=> DO IT YOURSELF - Presentations On the Internet
=> DID YOU KNOW? - Monitor, Alert, Scan, Update
=> NEWS, NOTES, and ANNOUNCEMENTS
DO IT YOURSELF - Presentations On the Internet
Information comes in many formats. Last month we talked about images, audio files, and video clips on the Internet. Another ubiquitous form of communication is the PowerPoint presentation. Slide decks, as they are often called in business enterprises, can contain a bounty of information including statistics, lists, strategies, and sometimes confidential information.
Docstoc and Slideshare are two sources of slide decks, and Google Advanced Search provides a tool for narrowing results to this format.
Docstoc is an online community dedicated to sharing profes- sional documents. With free registration, users can upload documents for sharing and download or copy documents when those rights have been granted. Docstoc supports sharing of the following formats: .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, .txt, and .rft. Documents are categorized as legal, business, personal finance, technology, education, jobs & careers, tax, real estate, current events, or politics and history. A search on "market share" led to some interesting slide decks on the automotive market, a word document on the airline market, and a pdf with instructions on how to find market share information. Docstoc lets you filter the results to the most viewed, most downloaded, most recent, most reviewed, and highest rated.
SlideShare claims to be the largest community for sharing presentations. Free registration permits uploading and downloading, and SlideShare offers an option called Slide- casts. In researching this article I found a slidecast of a children's storybook called Ravens Love to Sing, being read aloud in Japanese. SlideShare files can include video and automated slide shows, and when you select a slide deck to view, SlideShare will point you toward related presentations. Using this feature I found several useful presentations on how to use Twitter.
A third option for tracking down slide decks is Google's Advanced Search mode. From the Google home page click on Advanced Search. Enter your search terms and look down the page for File type. From here you can select the .ppt format to limit the search to PowerPoint files. Try enter- ing your company name in the box labeled "all these words." In the boxes labeled "one or more of these words" put "confidential", "proprietary", and "private" without the quotes. I hope you don't find the results to be *too* interesting!
Docstoc http://www.docstoc.com/
Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/
Google http://www.google.com/
DID YOU KNOW? - Monitor, Alert, Scan, Update
Lately we are getting more and more requests to assist with information monitoring. In a knowledge economy, having too much information does not enable good decisions. Having the right knowledge at the right time can help, but scanning, filtering, and following the multitude of sources can over- whelm.
Once the proper sources are identified and the feeds are established, a skilled knowledge engineer can filter and easily deliver the knowledge when and where it is needed.
The increase in demand for these services may be attributed to the vast quantity of information coming at us each day. It is possible that your organization could benefit from receiv- ing a targeted, customized update on topics of interest to you. Whether it be daily, weekly, or monthly, an alert of feed can be developed to meet you needs.
For more information visit http://shamelinfo.com
Notes, News, and Announcements
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Cynthia L. Shamel, editor
Shamel Information Services Decisions-Informed Telephone: +1 858-673-4673
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