Flickr and SlideShare

I recently told you about Flickr and realized that in addition to adding it to your website marketing arsenal as a general tool, you can use it to promote and document your business or organization’s events.

Before the event…

• Post images of your flyer
• Post images of your keynote speakers, the location and any other teasers that may come to mind

During the event…

• Take and post lots of action shots…speakers giving talks, people looking at exhibit tables
• Make sure you capture those memorable moments like the audience being enthralled with the speaker or networking with enthusiasm

Flickr has lots of applications that allow you to integrate your Flickr album with your website. It’s a great way to save bandwith.

The next place is SlideShare, which I’ve raved about before as well.

SlideShare has a special place for events…http://www.slideshare.net/events

You can assign the event its category, mark its duration/date on the calendar, assign its geographical location, invite your friends to join it…other people can join the event and mark their status as “attending” or “watching“

When you create the event, you can specify whether you want images from Flickr (using the event tag) to automatically show up in your event.

Also since many events record videos, you can also embed the videos (from popular sites like YouTube, Googlevideos, Metacafe, Viddler etc.) into your event.

Once you create an event, have your presenters post their presentations in your SlideShare event space.

So, there you go…2 places to spread the word about your event. Use them for your next event and let me know how it goes in the comments!