DeMo Intro Deck, January 2012

Deck I used to walk through the introductions, housekeeping, and overview of DeMo for the January 2012 session at Startup City in Des Moines. I'm sharing this so that folks who weren't in attendance might get a better idea of what DeMo is all about. You can read about the January 2012 presentations on my blog:

Transcript

1. WELCOME TO DEMO
   FOR JANUARY 17, 2012
   
   www.facebook.com/demodsm
   twitter: @scottrocketship
   www.scottrocketship.com
   Tuesday, January 17, 2012
   

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2. ^BROUGHT TO YOU BY^
   Tell Yas from iapps24 THANKS for supporting DeMo.
   www.iapps24.com
   Tuesday, January 17, 2012
   

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3. ADDITIONAL THANKS TO:
   Startup City
   Becky Mollenkamp
   BitMethod
   Tej, Chuck, Dan S., Brian, Rob, Dan B., Bailey
   Tuesday, January 17, 2012
   

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4. LET’S GET TO KNOW
   EACH OTHER!
   (CUE GROANS)
   • Your Name.
   • Your Role: artist/designer, developer, business/marketing, other
   (TIP: Just say other and move on.)
   • Favorite board game growing up.
   • (TIP: Talk fast. This is just a warm-up.)
   Tuesday, January 17, 2012
   

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5. WHAT IS DEMO?
   • A monthly checkup for Des Moines’ builders, designers,
   hackers and makers.
   • A show-and-tell.
   • A design critique.
   • A way to get help and get connected.
   Tuesday, January 17, 2012
   

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6. HOW DOES IT WORK?
   Tuesday, January 17, 2012
   

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7. ONE: YOU TELL US WHAT IT IS.
   (FIVE MINUTES, TOPS.)
   Tuesday, January 17, 2012
   

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8. TWO: TELL US WHERE YOU’VE
   STRUGGLED, OR WHAT KIND
   OF HELP YOU NEED.
   (TIP: USE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS)
   Tuesday, January 17, 2012
   

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9. WHAT TO ASK?
   • “I’m not even sure where to start...share your overall
   impressions...”
   • “We’re losing a lot of people at the second checkout screen...”
   • “This approach has been really difficult. What platform might
   be better for this?”
   • “X, Y, and Z have been hard. Where do I find the right kind of
   people to help me with these issues?”
   Tuesday, January 17, 2012
   

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10. THREE: WE HAVE A GUIDED
    CONVERSATION. YOU’LL GET
    SOME FEEDBACK YOU ASKED
    FOR, AND SOME YOU DIDN’T.
    (TIP: DO MORE LISTENING THAN TALKING.)
    Tuesday, January 17, 2012
    

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11. WHO’S FIRST?
    Tuesday, January 17, 2012
    

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