SlideShare Announces Contest Winners

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SlideShare announced the winners of its The World’s Best Presentation Contest, and the results include some amazing presentations.

The overall winner is Thirst, a presentation that brings alive the impending worldwide water shortage that’s staring at mankind. Interestingly, this presentation was created by Jeff Brenman. He also won the first prize in the last contest that SlideShare held. We interviewed Jeff last year for his Shift Happens presentation.

Footnotes, a photo slide show that documents Melanie’s journey through photos of her feet, won the second prize for its novel theme while the third prize was won by a presentation about the crisis in Zimbabwe.

The judges for this contest included Guy Kawasaki, who conceptualized this entire presentation contest concept. Other judges were Nancy Duarte, Garr Reynolds, and Bert Decker.

And at Indezine, we have something exclusive for you — an interview with Rashmi Sinha of SlideShare. Rashmi talks about this contest, her favorite entries, and more.

And here are some statistics: the contest this year attracted 2415 entries and 22,000 votes from voters in 130 countries. There are 3 overall winners, 6 category winners, and 9 honorable mentions. The first, second, and third prize winners will receive a MacBook Air, Amazon Kindle, and an iPod Nano, respectively. Winners in each category will receive an iPod Touch.

Here are embeds of the three winning entries:

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