Comments on: When demonstrations go bad http://saunderslog.com/2006/12/14/when-demonstrations-go-bad/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:05:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2006/12/14/when-demonstrations-go-bad/#comment-78412 Alec Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:19:48 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/12/14/when-demonstrations-go-bad/#comment-78412 Thanks Zachary... I'm as fallible as the next guy, but don't tell my wife that! Thanks Zachary… I’m as fallible as the next guy, but don’t tell my wife that!

]]> By: Zachary Houle http://saunderslog.com/2006/12/14/when-demonstrations-go-bad/#comment-78116 Zachary Houle Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:26:12 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/12/14/when-demonstrations-go-bad/#comment-78116 Alec, your demo/presentation about blogging at DemoCamp (or was it CaseCamp?) was really great. You're probably the reason I've started blogging again, in a way. Got me fired up. So I hope you're not saying you're human after all. ;-) Alec, your demo/presentation about blogging at DemoCamp (or was it CaseCamp?) was really great. You’re probably the reason I’ve started blogging again, in a way. Got me fired up.

So I hope you’re not saying you’re human after all. ;-)

]]> By: Signal to Noise » Alec’s product demo advice–a great read http://saunderslog.com/2006/12/14/when-demonstrations-go-bad/#comment-78090 Signal to Noise » Alec’s product demo advice–a great read Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:25:42 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/12/14/when-demonstrations-go-bad/#comment-78090 [...] Check it. [...] [...] Check it. [...]

]]> By: Martin Dufort http://saunderslog.com/2006/12/14/when-demonstrations-go-bad/#comment-78049 Martin Dufort Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:15:16 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/12/14/when-demonstrations-go-bad/#comment-78049 Hey Alec. I'm in total agreement with this and especially the "Speed To Cool" factor associated to a demo. We had a very miserable experience at BarCamp Montreal. They decided to switch every presentation to a 15-minute format. Our presentation was inline with a 40-minute time slot. The moderator gave me the 5-minute to go sign and we had not started showing our web capability yet. No speed to cool there. We were also using the venue WIFI infrastructure but then we got terrible bandwidth as everyone in the room got bored by our intro and started surfing the web instead.... No "Speed to cool" there either. Terrible presentation, no backup plan, a failure; but a GREAT learning experience: "Speed to Cool" is key... Hey Alec.

I’m in total agreement with this and especially the “Speed To Cool” factor associated to a demo. We had a very miserable experience at BarCamp Montreal.

They decided to switch every presentation to a 15-minute format. Our presentation was inline with a 40-minute time slot.

The moderator gave me the 5-minute to go sign and we had not started showing our web capability yet. No speed to cool there.

We were also using the venue WIFI infrastructure but then we got terrible bandwidth as everyone in the room got bored by our intro and started surfing the web instead…. No “Speed to cool” there either.

Terrible presentation, no backup plan, a failure; but a GREAT learning experience: “Speed to Cool” is key…

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