SlideRocket Chosen by South by Southwest (SXSW) as the Official Online Presentation Partner

SlideRocket Chosen by South by Southwest (SXSW) as the Official Online Presentation Partner

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- SlideRocket, presentations reinvented, today announced it is the official online presentation partner for the upcoming SXSW Interactive Festival, March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas. As the official online presentation partner of the event, SlideRocket will work with the speakers presenting at SXSW to maximize the impact, effectiveness and lifetime value of their presentations. For SXSW Interactive attendees, SlideRocket becomes the go-to resource for event content. Attendees can access session presentations on-demand at a dedicated SXSW site, powered by SlideRocket.

SXSW presenters are guaranteed to impress with SlideRocket's high-definition presentations. SlideRocket frees presentations from the confines of desktop-based slideware and creates the opportunity for measurement and follow-up. SlideRocket presentations are living documents - presenters can share presentations via simple links, post them to the web and make real time updates. Highlights and details include:

   --  Create awesome presentations:  State of the art importing capabilities       and authoring tools as well as unique asset management capabilities       make it possible to easily create a professional, exciting       presentation every time, allowing SXSW presenters to focus on       captivating their audiences, rather than just advancing their slides.   --  Cloud-based and platform agnostic: SlideRocket is a cloud-based       application, available anywhere and everywhere the presenter goes,       making presentations easily updatable regardless of the presenter's       location. In addition, SlideRocket is platform-agnostic; presentations       look exactly how they are meant to no matter what hardware or software       is available, allowing presenters to focus on 100% on engaging their       audience.   --  Portability: With SlideRocket's Portable Presentation, users can       easily present at events like SXSW without worrying about connectivity       or hardware compatibility issues and without the need for a       specialized player. If necessary, users can export presentations and       save the rich media presentation on hard drives, thumb drives or CDs.       Full fidelity and quality of the file is ensured, no matter the       platform.    --  Update, track and measure presentations post-session:  SXSW presenters       can be sure that any viewer of their presentation will always see       up-to-date and accurate messages. With SlideRocket, presenters only       need to update a slide once and those updates will sync across all       subsequent views.  As well, presenters have the opportunity to learn       if their presentations are succeeding via SlideRocket's unique       analytic capabilities. Presenters can embed presentations on their own       blogs and sites, as well as get feedback on who is viewing them and       which slides are of most interest to their on-demand audience.    

SlideRocket presentations create an ongoing connection between the presenter and the audience, extending and spreading the presenters' messages beyond a singular event.

"SXSW is an incredibly innovative and exciting event. The speakers, the content and the event production is creative, top of the line and keeps massive audiences coming back year after year," said Chuck Dietrich, CEO, SlideRocket. "We're excited to be a part of SXSW's continued innovation, helping to create its 365-day-a-year presence online."

"We're thrilled that SlideRocket will help the community and panel content to live on after the event ends in March," said SXSW Interactive Festival Producer Shawn O'Keefe. "SlideRocket benefits SXSW Interactive attendees with its ability to share and maintain connections, which is of course a big part of our core mission."

An incubator of cutting-edge technologies, the SXSW Interactive Festival brings together the world's most creative web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators, content producers, programmers, widget inventors and new media entrepreneurs. Five days of captivating keynote presentations and provocative panel sessions provide lively discussion as well as big-picture analysis of the future of this industry. In addition to the bountiful business opportunities at the Trade Show & Exhibition and the hands-on gaming fun at the ScreenBurn Arcade, SXSW Interactive provides a full array of exciting evening events to entertain attendees. To learn more about SXSW Interactive, click here.

Until SlideRocket, presentations have been limited to flat, static slides built with antiquated technology, just like a printed brochure. SlideRocket's application changes the way people think about presentations. SlideRocket turns presentations inside out and allows people to interact and engage in ways not possible with the technology available today.

Are you a 2010 SXSW Interactive presenter? Learn more about using SlideRocket for your SXSW presentation, and sign up for your free Business Edition account.

About SlideRocket, Inc.

SlideRocket is the ultimate way to create, manage, share and measure presentations. For more information, please visit www.sliderocket.com.

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