Company: Brainshark, Inc., Waltham, MA
Entry Submitted By: Davies Murphy Group
Company Description: Brainshark provides the leading cloud-based software for creating, sharing and tracking online and mobile video presentations. Thousands of companies – including a third of the Fortune 100 – rely on Brainshark to increase the impact and reduce the cost of their sales, marketing, training and HR communications. For more information, visit www.brainshark.com.
Nomination Category: App Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Utilities & Services

Nomination Title: Brainshark’s SlideShark App Lets Users View, Present and Share PowerPoint Presentations on the iPad

The date on which this nominated app was first distributed or otherwise made public:

October 18, 2011

Briefly describe this app's objectives and how it has met those objectives (up to 100 words). Include here the platforms your app supports.

SlideShark is a free app used to view and share PowerPoint presentations on the iPad. The app solves a significant problem for millions of iPads users who wish to play PowerPoints properly on the iPad – with animations, fonts, colors and graphics intact. Users simply upload a PowerPoint file to their secure online account, where it’s automatically converted and then downloaded to the iPad for viewing. Users can also share presentations online to be viewed on-demand – from virtually any device – and then track the viewing results. Paid versions include SlideShark Plus for individuals and SlideShark Team Edition for multi-user organizations.

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Brainshark designed, developed and marketed SlideShark using internal resources.

Brainshark’s staff, who collaborated to build, test and promote the app, includes members of the product management, engineering and quality assurance (QA), marketing, IT, customer support and executive teams. Brainshark also solicited feedback from existing customers, analysts, and usability testers inside and outside of the organization.