Jill – you are bang-on with your commentary about slideshare.net! I post some of my presentations (like the leadership one) so that others can benefit from it AND to obtain the brand exposure that it offers. I have 20,006 views, 94 favs, and 27 embeds of this leadership quotes presentation. That’s a lot of eyeballs seeing my brand and what I offer.
I tend not to post my presentations from speaking engagements as the context is often lost. However, it IS much more environmentally considerate over physical handouts (as long as we don’t go off and print the slideshare copy).