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10 superb social media presentations | Blog. Slideshare is a fantastic resource for sharing presentations, so you can enjoy and learn from smart people even if you cannot attend the conferences and events they often speak at. Some slideshows lose a lot of meaning if you dont have the author walking and talking you through them, but others are excellent, and there's a kind of brevity associated with the best presentations / slides, which helps to drill home the message. I have recently been browsing a number of quality social media presentations on Slideshare and thought I'd collate some of the best ones for your viewing pleasure.

Enjoy! Introduction to Social MediaWhat The F**K is Social Media? Social MediaBranding 2.0 & Social MediaSocial Media StrategySocial Media MeasurementSocial Media ROISocial Media Optimization: An Easy Guide to Marketing and Promoting Your BlogSocial Media RelationsHow Obama Won Using Digital and Social Media. Noodle. Crying foul over Turkey | Presseurop. After three weeks of relentless campaigning, “a quarrel has erupted over the question of Turkey,” reports Le Monde. Several candidates have accused President Nicolas Sarkozy of indulging in doublespeak when he reaffirmed his opposition to the inclusion of Turkey in the EU. President Sarkozy officiated at the opening of two stages of accession negotiations with Turkey, when he was EU President in 2008. “The UMP (Union for a Popular Movement, President Sarkozy’s party) is fighting back, obviously delighted with the opportunity to raise such a divisive issue," says Le Monde.

The other major campaign theme is the current economic crisis – which tops the list of concerns expressed by France’s voters. Crying foul over Turkey | Presseurop. Pdld [Place de la Démocratie] Stasi masterminds of West Germany's '68? | Presseurop. The Der Spiegel headline has sent shockwaves across Germany: “Killing links Left to the Stasi – The truth about the shot that changed West Germany.” Over the last few days, controversy has erupted over a historical detail that may transform perceptions of modern Germany. It has now been revealed that Karl-Heinz Kurras, the policeman who shot dead a student protester, Benno Ohnesorg, in West Berlin on 2 June, 1967, was a Stasi ("Staatssicherheit," or East German secret service) agent and a member of the ruling East German SED party.

The death of Ohnesorg proved to be a turning point in the radicalization of the 1968 student protests. This latest revelation “will require us to revise our understanding of recent history,” reports the weekly magazine. The policeman, whom the supporters of the ’68 movement have long believed to be an incarnation of the oppressive power wielded by the West German government was in fact motivated by socialist beliefs. Actualit.