A few weeks ago, we were privileged to host several expert speakers at our latest Web Executive Seminar, Global Health and the Internet: How Can We Save More Lives?

We now have the speakers' presentations posted to Slideshare.net -- many with accompanying audio. (Slideshare was neatly summarized by TechCrunch as PowerPoint + YouTube, as I've blogged previously.)

Only a few days after posting, one our speaker's presentations was selected by Slideshare's staff as a "Slideshow of the Day." Shortly after its posting to the home page of Slideshare, the presentation quickly received over 1,000 views! Previous WES presentations generally see a few hundred views over a period of months, not just days.

This wide viewership was richly deserved. The presentation by Shannon Raybold of the U.N. Foundation, described the fantastic success of Nothing But Nets campaign, which has raised over $14 million to deliver 1.4 million bed nets to people at risk of mosquito-transmitted malaria.

If we had merely posted her presentation to our own site, it would have never enjoyed such reach. It's yet another example of what can happen when you post compelling content to the right social site.

And Shannon's presentation is extremely compelling. It should be useful to anyone interested in online fundraising, global health, or using the web to focus attention on a critical issue. See and hear for yourself. Her presentation is below.