In this guest post, Roger Doiron shares how he turned his vision for healthy, sustainable foods into a grassroots movement that reached all the way to the White House. Roger is founder of Kitchen Gardeners International (KGI), a nonprofit network of over 20,000 individuals from 100 countries who are taking a (dirty) hands-on approach to relocalizing the food supply.

Back in January of 2008, I had a big idea. An idea so big it would need White House approval. The non-profit group I’d founded, Kitchen Gardeners, had just been selected for an Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy fellowship.  The goal was to get healthy and sustainable foods in the news and on America’s plate. (more…)

Tim Ferris, author of The 4-Hour Workweek, considers “work smarter, not harder” to be one of the most widespread personal development clichés. Busy people are always hurrying to get from point A to point B, and half of the time, most of them are running late in the process. (more…)

There’s a certain art to curating content that’s required to elevate above the simple consolidation of other people’s work. And how you present your curated content provides a huge opportunity for you to differentiate yourself.

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In a conversation the other day we were talking about how to guide today’s youth for success in the “real world”.  It encompassed topics from the importance of learning different languages, including Spanish and Mandarin, to the role a college education plays.  While we had a range of opinions, there was one thing we all agreed upon — how important it is for our youth to excel at being able to tell a story. From job interviews, to saving the world, to storytelling in business, how well our youth are able to translate their experience and education into stories really matters. (more…)

When marketers think of SEO content they tend to think of their website or blog, but they should also be thinking about their presentations. And now they can!

SlideRocket has just released the “Promote My Presentation” feature, which greatly improves your ability to get your presentations listed in Google and Bing’s organic search results. (more…)

There are many channels that can help your online presentation to go viral. Twitter of course should be on your shortlist.

To boost the juice that you get from Twitter be sure to pepper your presentation with Twitter calls to action (at appropriate points in your presentation of course). Click to Tweet is a tool that can help you do this quickly and effectively by enabling you to customize the Tweet that will appear when people click the Twitter bird, or other icon or text you choose to have trigger the Tweet. (more…)

Leave it to SlideRocket to create Valentines Day cards called the “Unvalentine” and the “Singletine”. Each celebrates Valentines Day in its own special way. With a touch of irreverence and plenty of style, these presentations are worth a view and a share.

The Unvalentine

True, this Valentines Day card is a bit snarky. But look under the sarcastic exterior and you see a hopeful message of finding happiness within yourself.

The Singletine

Valentines Day doesn’t have to be dominated by smoochy couples and lovebirds. Celebrate your independence by sharing this presentation with the single people in your life, and maybe even a few married people too.

Congratulations to the winners of the SlideRocket Non-profit Presentation Contest! Click to see the best presentations as determined by our panel of judges!

Below are the presentations of all participants in the contest. Please give them a view and give their cause a hand by sharing their presentations!
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SlideRocket is thrilled to announce the availability of an additional $10,000 in donation prizes for our 2012 “Make an Impact” Non-profit Presentation Contest. This brings the total donations that will be awarded* to an eye-popping $30,000! Additionally, our panel of five distinguished presentation judges has just been selected.
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Ideas are powerful, but as you seek to bring them to life and make an impact, how do you tackle the inevitable roadblocks that will arise? How do you surmount the moments of uncertainty and doubt that can derail your goals?
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