If you’d like to make sure your presentation is seen only by the people you hand-pick, you should set your presentation to ‘Private’. While uploading, scroll down to the ‘Display’ section and select the ‘Private’ option. This will mark your presentation as private. Remember that you can upload only up to 50 presentations for free.

Once marked ‘Private’ your presentation can be viewed only the people you select.

You can see a ‘Select Contacts’ link adjacent to the ‘Display’ field. It enables you to select the contacts (whom you intend to share the presentation with) while uploading the presentation. While sharing the presentation, always double-check to be sure the contact list you select includes only the people you want to see that presentation

There are two ways you can share a private presentation.

• While uploading the presentation, click on the link marked ‘Select Contacts’. A window displaying your contacts’ list pops up. Here you can select the contacts with whom you intend to share your presentation. While selecting the contacts, you have two more options available:
  • You can import contacts from your address books at Yahoo! Mail, GMail, AOL, and MSN, by clicking on the link marked ‘Import Contacts’. Follow these steps
    • Select the email provider from which you intend to import contacts
    • Enter the respective username and password
    • Click on the ‘Import Contacts’ button
    • The contacts that you import here will be available to you while sharing the subsequent presentations also.
  • You can add more contacts by clicking on the ‘Add Contacts’ link.
    • Just type the contacts’ email addresses.
    • Separate the email addresses by a comma or a semi colon
    • Click on ‘Ok’.
    • The contacts that you have entered will be available to you while sharing the subsequent presentations also.
  • Once you have selected the contacts from the contacts’ list, click on the button marked ‘Ok’. An invitation to view the presentation is sent to all the selected contacts.
• Just hit the link marked ‘Share’ made available in the right-side section in Presentation View window.
  • The ‘Share’ window opens up displaying a list of your contacts (if you have shared presentations in past).
  • Select/ enter the email addresses of the people whom you want to share your presentation with.
  In order to view your private presentation, the invitee needs to logged into authorSTREAM

To make private presentation public, do as follows:

• Go to ‘Your Presentations’ page.
• The ‘Your Presentations’ page opens up displaying the presentation uploaded by you. The presentation’s basic info (displayed beside the presentation’s thumbnail) shows whether a presentation is private or public.
• Below each private display presentation, you can see a field marked ‘Make Public’.
• Click on the link here, and your presentation will become public.
• Remember you can convert a Private presentation into public and vice versa.

To view a private presentation you need to be a member of authorSTREAM and be signed in. You will then need to launch the presentation by clicking on the link you received from your friend.

No. You cannot share a private presentation that has been shared with you. Only the owner can share a private presentation.

When you make a presentation private, it is viewable only by you and the people you choose.

Yes. You can embed a private presentation on your website by copying the embed code for that presentation from the ‘Presentation Detail’ page and pasting it into your website