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====Authorstream.com is a web-site for hosting and transferring PowerPoint (PPT) presentations. The site claims to be the “best” PPT sharing platform available. The features of Authorstream allow users to not only create PPT presentations online, it also is a collaborative environment that allows for asynchronous conversations of users and people they invite to their presentations. Furthermore, it features other applications like sharing, reviewing, broadcasting, creating multiple channels, and most importantly for this workshop, conversion of PPT presentations to video. All in all, it is a necessary hosting and storage site for PPT presentations which converts them to the proper language for broadcast via the Internet. Some may wonder why it is necessary to transfer a PPT to a video format code. Have you ever tried to access one of your PPT presentations anywhere else besides your home or laptop computers? Mobile devices are becoming more and more popular as a tool for speakers to use for practicing their presentations. With a PPT transferred to the Flash format or video and added to a hosting site like YouTube, creators can randomly access their PPT creations anytime and anywhere. This is certainly a convenient feature for the traveling presenter and really for anybody who deems it necessary to have this random access. The next question is this; have you ever tried to edit together PPT slides with videos that you have recorded? With the Authorstream conversion application to a MP4 video format, creators can edit together PPT and video into a seamless presentation for viewing. This creates formidable opportunities for creators to combine all of their creative elements into their presentations in a cost effective, most professional look-and-feel manner.====